Chatham High School

Attention student athletes/calendar update: Sports physicals for any student athlete in grades 7-12 are August 20 & 27, 2024 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. All physicals will be in the CHS nurse's office. No appointment needed, first come first served. Please be sure to mark your calendars!

Enjoy your summer!

Tonight's Commencement for the Class of 2024 will be held indoors at CHS. The entire ceremony will be livestreamed and available to view on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ChathamCSD/ . The stream will be available a few minutes before the ceremony, which begins at 6:00 p.m. The Commencement Parade will take place at 7:45 p.m. Congratulations to the Class of 2024!

The Class of 2024 will parade through the Village of Chatham following their graduation ceremony on Wednesday, June 26. The parade starts at approximately 7:45 p.m. at Chatham High School, takes a left onto Woodbridge Ave., right onto Kinderhook St., right at the roundabout onto Main St., and continues straight onto Hudson Ave. to the Columbia County Fairgrounds. The community is encouraged to come out and cheer on the graduates.

Due to the forecast for extreme heat, Chatham Middle School and MED Elementary School will dismiss students early on Tuesday, June 18 and Thursday, June 20. CMS will dismiss students at 11:15 a.m. and MED will dismiss students at 11:30 a.m. both days. Breakfast and lunch will be served. The Chatham High School Regents/final exam schedule will remain as normal and the building has air conditioning. Transportation home at the end of the day will be provided for CHS students who request it. Please call or email the CHS main office anytime, but no later than 11:30 a.m. the day of your request. A reminder that there is no school on Wednesday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth.

The Panthers are headed to the NYS baseball finals for the third year in a row! Chatham shut out Pulaski 9-0 in the NYSPHSAA Class C semifinal at Binghamton University Friday morning. The Panthers will play Burke Catholic in the championship game at 10 a.m. this Saturday at Mirabito Stadium. The NYSPHSAA Championships will use online ticketing. Ticket prices are $11.50 (inclusive of fees). Children under five are free. Cash sales will not be available at the gate. For tickets, please visit https://nysphsaa.org/sports/2023/4/11/BaseballChampionshipTickets.aspx - the game will also be live streamed on https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/ (requires subscription).

The Panthers now head to the NYS baseball FInal Four, where they take on Pulaski on Friday, June 7, 10:00 a.m. at SUNY Binghamton. The winner of that game will advance to the NYS Finals on Saturday, June 8, 10:00 a.m. at Morabito Stadium All NYSPHSAA Championships will use online ticketing. Ticket prices are $11.50 (inclusive of fees). Cash sales will not be available at the gate. For tickets, please visit https://nysphsaa.org/sports/2023/4/11/BaseballChampionshipTickets.aspx Tickets are general admission and are good for the entire day at any site.  There are no discounts for senior citizens or students. Children age 5 and under are free. Only NYSPHSAA passes will be honored at the championship site. No Section Lifetime, Service or other passes will be accepted.    The game will also be livestreamed on https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/ (requires subscription).

Congratulations to the varsity baseball team on their 18-10 victory over Tupper Lake in the regional semi-final yesterday evening. The boys will be playing Section 7 winner Ticonderoga in the Class C regional final on Saturday, June 1, 12:00 pm at Shuttleworth Park in Amsterdam. Chatham will be in the 3rd base dugout and will be the home team. The winner moves on to the NYS semi-finals next week in Binghamton. Tickets can be purchased on GoFan at: https://gofan.co/app/school/NYSPHSAAII?activity=Baseball . They will not be accepting cash at the site for tickets but will have IPads available to purchase tickets electronically. There is no live streaming option for this game. Go Panthers!

The Class of 2024 invites you to their Senior Expo & Awards Night, a celebration of their high school careers. Starting at 6:00 p.m. June 5 in the Chatham High School gymnasium, come see our seniors’ displays highlighting their many personal accomplishments made as students here at Chatham CSD. The evening wraps up with our Seniors Awards Ceremony in the CHS auditorium.

The Marching Panthers will be hitting the street to honor our fallen service members this Memorial Day. Look for the CHS marching band in the Ghent parade at 9:00 a.m. and the CHS and CMS marching bands in the Chatham parade at 11:00 a.m.

2024 Prom Dress Drive: donate your clean, gently worn dresses to the Prom Dress Fund. All donations will be used to provide area students with free dresses for the 2025 prom season. You can drop off dresses between May 22 - June 21 to Chatham High School. *Only dresses that are 5 years or newer will be accepted.

All CCSD schools and offices will be closed on Friday, May 24, 2024 for an unused emergency closing give-back day. Please be sure to update your calendars and enjoy the extra-long weekend!

Friday, May 17, 2024 is an early dismissal day for all schools in order to accommodate senior capstone presentations in the afternoon. The dismissal times have been set as follows: CMS 10:50 a.m., MED 11:05 a.m., CHS 11:15 a.m. Please be sure to update your calendars!

The Chatham Panthers varsity baseball team is playing in the Hope Rocks Hardball Invitational on May 4 at Cantine Field in Saugerties. It's Chatham vs. Pine Plains at 10AM. Hope Rocks is a grassroots movement to empower, engage, educate, and enlighten communities about mental health and the fight against addiction and suicide.

Enjoy a late morning or early afternoon of painting and goodies when the Class of 2027 hosts a Canvas & Cookies painting event on Saturday, April 13. Two sessions will be hosted to accommodate painters of all age groups (10am families with students k-5, Noon adults & students grade 6 and up). Sessions will be led by retired Chatham art teacher Patrice Tomaso featuring a design for elementary and a sunset scene for adults & students grade 6 and up. Cost is $15 per person, which includes a canvas and various baked goods to choose enjoy. All proceeds will benefit our freshmen class. Please RSVP by April 8 using the QR code or the following link: https://forms.gle/iazvfmZK27HkfSCZ8

Sometime during the week of April 8, 2024, we will hold a lockdown drill in our High School only. Officers from local law enforcement will assist us. If you have any questions, please contact the High School principal or the superintendent's office.

Attention students age 16 & older: our next Driver Education Pre-Licensing Course is April 18 & 25, 6:00-8:30 p.m. at Chatham High School. Cost is $35. Learn more on our Driver Education page at https://www.chathamcentralschools.com/o/chs/page/driver-education

The CHS robotics team, Artemis (6621), is competing March 22 and 23 in the FIRST Tech Valley Regional at the MVP Arena in Albany. You can watch the competition live at https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires9 or in person: the event is open to the public with no charge for admission!

Sometime during the week of March 25, 2024, we will practice lockdown drills in all three of our school buildings. Officers from the Chatham Police Department, Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, and New York State Police will assist us. As you know, it is important that we periodically practice these drills with as many different variables as possible; our goal is to make sure our students and staff are prepared and safe. If you have any questions, please contact your building principal or my office.

The CHS robotics team, Artemis, are competing March 15 and 16 in the Finger Lakes Regional in Rochester. You can watch the competition live at https://www.twitch.tv/firstinspires9