Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

For their end-of-the-year celebration this year, our kindergarten held a carnival for students and their families. Each student handmade four tickets for the event that they could...

If you heard a loud rumble coming from MED on June 6, you might have thought it was thunder (or the train), but no, it was representatives from the Lebanon Valley Speedway there t...

The MED PTA held its 1st Spring Family Fun Day at our school on June 4. The weather was beautiful and many community members volunteered their time to help make this event a succe...

The 5th grade enjoyed the great outdoors and more when Nature's Classroom on Wheels rolled into MED on June 2. Four guest educators from Nature's Classroom spent the entire sc...

MED 4th graders took a community walking field trip on June 3rd. They left MED and walked to the Tracy Memorial on Main Street where they met up with Mayor John Howe. Mayor Howe ...

Our School Resource Deputy, Travis Van Alstyne, organized a Law Enforcement Day for 5th graders on June 1, 2022. From the Columbia County Sheriff’s office, Sgt. Heath Benansky alo...

As our varsity baseball team headed out this morning to the Class C Regional Semi-Finals at the Bolton Ball Field in Bolton Landing, the Mary E. Dardess Elementary School was out ...

Mrs. Winter's Language Concepts 3-5 Class celebrated the ongoing success of their school store, The Panther Pantry, on May 31! Weeks after first opening their store, they have mad...

MED hosted a surprise house activity on May 26! In their respective houses, students rotated through four fun and exciting activities that allowed them to enjoy the wonderful weat...

The screening dates for next year’s pre-k program will take place in the afternoon of June 16, 17, 22, and 23. This targeted program was created to identify children with deficits...

Students from Mr. Botsford’s and Mrs. Winter’s Language Concepts class took a field trip to A. Ooms & Sons Dairy Farm in Valatie on May 17. While at the farm, the children hand-fe...

Chatham Central School District currently offers a targeted pre-kindergarten (TPK) program. We are assessing the needs of our community in regard to adding a universal pre-kinderg...

The MED PTA organized a 3-week long loose change collection. They set up four empty five-gallon water jugs in the school’s lobby - each with a different color representing MED’s ...

Chatham Central School District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music educat...

Are you looking for a rewarding volunteer experience? Are you interested in supporting enriching educational experiences for students of the Chatham Central School District? ...

Dear Chatham CSD Parents/guardians, Chatham Central School District has received additional COVID-19 at-home rapid antigen test kits from NYS, which we will be sending home with...

Mrs. Winter's Language Concepts 3-5 class at the MED is proud and excited to announce the opening of their school store, The Panther Pantry. They will be offering this snack and s...

Please welcome Jessica Williams as our new secretary at Mary E. Dardess Elementary School. Ms. Williams is a familiar face here at MED; she has worked as a kindergarten teaching a...

This winter, 4th grade students enjoyed handcrafting their own books during an after-school Art Club with MED's very own art teacher, Mrs. Cynthia Gray. Over the course of four se...

In honor of Youth Art Month, Chatham’s visual arts department is hosting our second pop up art show to coincide with the CHS production of Little Women March 11-13. This pop up ...