Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

Kindergarteners enjoyed the fresh coat of snow, warm temperatures and, of course, teamwork while building a snowman together March 10 at MED!

Kindergarteners in Mrs. Van Note's group actively practiced their sight words and numbers by throwing bean bags at each word or number they were learning.

Third graders in Mrs. Mulica and Mrs. Maraglio’s class enjoyed an ELA lesson where students had to provide details from the text they were reading to support their answers. For ea...

January 27, 2022 Dear Chatham CSD Parents and Guardians, Chatham Central School District has received additional COVID-19 at-home rapid antigen test kits from NYS, which w...

January 24, 2022 Dear Chatham CSD Parents and Guardians: The New York State Department of Health recently updated its guidance for COVID-19 isolation and quarantine , which ...

January 11, 2022 Dear MED & CMS Families, Mary E. Dardess Elementary School and Chatham Middle School will shift to remote learning for Thursday, January 13, and Friday, Ja...

The Mary E. Dardess Elementary School, Chatham, New York, announces the registration dates for the 2022-2023 Kindergarten Class. Registration for the Class of 2035 begins in Fe...

MED put out a house challenge in December for students to collect donations for the Everlasting Hope Animal Rescue in Hillsdale. The collection drive was the idea of fourth grader...

(Updated January 4, 2022) Dear Chatham CSD Parents and Guardians, On January 3, Chatham Central School District received our COVID-19 at-home test kits that we informed yo...

Congratulations to Mira Pierce, who is the winner of Chatham Central School District’s 2021 Spelling Bee. The 8th grader spelled her way to the top of a tough field of competitors...

Kindergarten students enjoyed a sweet end to their gingerbread unit and got into the holiday spirit with our annual gingerbread house activity. Students built and decorated their...

This December, MED held a holiday door decorating contest, and boy did we have a lot of cool entries! There were two judging categories - classroom doors and non-classroom doors. ...

The Chatham Central School District Spelling Bee will be rescheduled to Thursday, December 23, 8:30 a.m. Parents and anyone else who loves a good spelling competition can watch th...

Students put in weeks of research and hard work to build miniature Iroquois longhouses, and on November 9, presented their projects to their classmates as part of the fourth gra...

CHS students in Mrs. Scott's graphic design class created their own Thanksgiving placemats for MED kindergarten classes. The students had to plan and design fun-to-color placemats...

Mrs. Winter's Language Concepts 3-5 class had an unbe-leaf-able time with their autumn leaf unit this week! They read and studied how and why leaves change color, comparing trees ...

Our elementary school's library and Panthers Den each have a new book on their shelves that is helping children cope with anxiety, a gift to the school by the book’s author. Visit...

Our 5th grade classes observed National Take a Hike Day yesterday by walking the trails on the Chatham CSD campus! While out hiking, students completed a nature scavenger hunt and...

Dear MED Families, Our first parent-teacher conference is right around the corner. We will be conducting these parent-teacher conferences differently than prior years. Parent...

Last week, all of our first graders learned about Veterans Day and took the time to create thank you letters to veterans. The father-in-law of one of our first grade aides is a ve...