Chatham Middle School

Mrs.Velez’s grade 6 social studies class celebrated the Lunar New Year when students returned to school from winter break. Students arrived to a freshly cleaned classroom decorate...

The Class of 2027 hosted the annual Queen of Hearts Dance for 7th and 8th grade students on February 27 in the CMS gym. Our 2026 Queen of Hearts Royal Court is: 7th Grade Court...

Did you know that this March marks more than 40 years of celebrating Music in Our Schools Month? This month-long celebration celebrates the music made in schools throughout the c...

Nineteen members of Chatham Middle School's Service Club set up an afternoon of fun games for Chatham Kids Club, with spoon races, go fish, arts and crafts, and reading on Februar...

Congratulations to Chatham Middle School special education teacher Lauren Wrigley on being named a News Channel 13 Top Teacher! Ms. Wrigley's segment aired the morning of Februar...

As the teacher in the movie Wonder explains to his students, "When you are faced with the choice of being right or being kind, choose kind." As part of CMS' February character e...

Channel 13 News' Tamara Starr was at CMS to talk with teacher Lauren Wrigley and her students on February 4. Ms. Wrigley has been named a WNYT Top Teacher and her segment will a...

Chatham Middle School congratulates our students who made the honor roll for the second quarter of the 2025-26 school year. Grade 6 Honor Roll Jacob Beauchemin, Amaya Brantl...

Emily Haigh from the Columbia County Department of Health visited CMS to talk to students about the dangers of vaping (hint: it's bad for you!). In separate presentations for 6th,...

The CMS Service Club made a trip to the Columbia-Greene Humane Society, where the students cleaned windows, folded laundry and brought care to the animals by brushing and playing ...

Students from the CHS Student Government, CHS Class Officers, and CMS Key Communicators, as well as officers from the CMS Service Club and National Junior Honor Society attended ...

January 2026 The Chatham Central School District encourages all students in grades 3-8 to participate in the New York State Testing Program. We know that in recent years, there ...

The Chatham Board of Education has appointed John Thorsen to serve as Chatham Middle School’s interim assistant principal. Mr. Thorsen is a familiar face to most of us here at Chat...

The Chatham Middle School Service Club visited the Payne Home in Chatham this holiday season to make crafts, play bingo, and build connections with the residents.

On the last day of school before the holiday break,CMS hosted its annual volleyball tournament. Mrs Ladd's class an the 8th graders won vs teachers! Way to go everyone.

The seventh grade headed over to MED December 18 to bring some holiday cheer to third grade. The students read, played games, made a craft together, and made a lot of great connec...

8th graders were surprised with a holiday breakfast put on by the 8th grade teachers on the morning before the start of the holiday break. Bagels, muffins, and fruit for all! ...

Our Grade 7/8 chorus students celebrated their successful performance at their concert December 17 with a variety of holiday-themed games. Ultimately, the Pink Fluffy Unicorn Team...

Chatham Middle School is excited to recognize our November Students of the Month for showing outstanding organizational skills. These students have demonstrated responsibility, ...

Santa Claus came to town on Friday, along with 120 senior guests! Always a community favorite, our National Junior Honor Society and Service Club students hosted Chatham Middle Sc...