Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

First graders in Miss Flanagan's class conducted research projects. Each pair researched a significant person for Black History Month. Students read books, watched videos, and too...

When faculty members at MED suggested the school’s next HOUSE challenge be a collection of food and other necessities for those in need, nobody could predict what was headed their...

MONDAY - We Love To Be Comfortable! Wear Your PJ's! TUESDAY - Love Is In The Air! Wear Red, Pink or Purple! WEDNESDAY - Buddy Up! Students or teachers dress alike! THU...

Chatham's youngest musicians debuted their talents at MED's 4th Grade Informance on January 27. Families filled the cafetorium to learn about what our orchestra, band and cho...

Dear MED Families, Please be informed that Friday, February 3, 2023, which is on the calendar as a District Conference Day, will now be a half-day of classes for all MED stude...

TO BENEFIT THE CHATHAM SILENT FOOD PANTRY Collection Dates: Monday, January 23th thru Thursday, February 9th The MED “Houses” will have a friendly school wide competition t...

Registration for our Class of 2036 begins in February. Registration packets will be mailed to the homes of children who are on the Chatham Central School District census. If you h...

Students in Mrs. Van Note's 2nd grade math group performed a "math play" for their peers. Kalani Raggs, Rowyn Zwingelberg, Adrianna Hoch and Shelby Oddy wrote and starred in this ...

The Chatham Central School District will host a public information session Monday, January 30, 6:30 p.m. in the Chatham High School library to provide residents with information ...

Each first grade teacher taught a different holiday from around the world on Thursday! The classes “took flight” with their suitcases and passports to China, Egypt, India, and Mex...

As part of CMS' December theme of compassion, the guidance department and 7th grade team planned a cross-grade level event for our 2nd graders. The middle schoolers visited MED, ...

Chatham High School's National Art Honor Society (NAHS) students took a field trip to the MED to read stories and hand out handmade fleece hats to our kindergarten students! ...

Elves visited our school at night this week and put all staff on a naughty or nice list. The kids were beyond excited to search for their teacher on the lists. Wednesday morning, ...

Our third and fourth graders enjoyed learning about physics when Mobile Ed Productions’ Forces and Motion program came to MED December 14 . Students learned about Sir Isaac Newto...

If you are attending this evening's high school winter concert, please take a few moments to enjoy our district art show. We are excited to showcase grades k-12 works of art to co...

Students put in weeks of research and hard work to build miniature Iroquois longhouses, and presented their projects to other students and staff during the Longhouse Gallery Walk...

MED students arrived at school November 28 to a surprise house dance party first thing in the morning! Students got into their house colors and headed to one of two quick dance p...

Mrs. Winter's Language Concepts 3-5 class hosted a Friendsgiving Feast for Mr. Botsford's Language Concepts K-2 class on November 17! The students used their profits from their sc...

New at MED this year, the PTA organized a meaningful school-wide Veterans Day assembly to honor our Veterans and instill in students an understanding of the importance of this hol...

Please welcome Stacey Muscato to Mary E. Dardess Elementary School. Ms. Muscato is our new assistant principal and comes to Chatham from the Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle Schoo...