Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

During our staff development afternoon on March 27, our Faculty Voice Committees held an expo to share their work with their peers. Led by our teaching staff, these committees hav...

Project Trio is here today putting on some great performances for our students at MED, CMS, and CHS before their public performance here tonight. Part of Music in Our Schools M...

Our 5th graders headed over to CMS on March 22 to see retired New York State Police Computer Crime Unit Investigator, Cyber Crime Specialist, and U.S. Deputy Marshall Tom Roidl al...

On March 24 Chatham CSD will welcome Project Trio, a high-energy chamber music ensemble comprised of three virtuosic composer/performers from Brooklyn - double bassist Peter Seymo...

Sweethearts & Heroes, a student-empowerment and empathy-activation team, was back in Chatham on March 9 to share their powerful anti-bullying message with Mary E. Dardess Elementa...

MED was out in force March 8th to send the Panthers' varsity boys basketball team on their way to regionals in Plattsburgh. The boys won the game and head to the regional final Sa...

March is Music in our Schools Month, which kicked off with Chatham having a stellar representation at the All-County Musical Festival, occurring March 1st and 2nd at Hudson High S...

This year, the elementary school has implemented Friday meetings, where faculty members coordinate school-wide discussion topics and activities for classrooms to engage in. These ...

Hudson Valley Community College baseball players were at MED March 2 to read to our students! Trevor Kniffin, MED’s long-term physical education substitute teacher, is an assistan...

Great news! For the first time, Chatham Central School District will be able to offer a universal prekindergarten program starting with the 2023-24 school year. Our pre-k program...

Students in Mrs. Baskiewicz's kindergarten class celebrated the 100th day of school today! Students celebrated by taking 100 steps in the school, counting by 1's and 10's, to see ...

Valentine’s Day math and graphing with candy hearts in Mrs. Kolb's 2nd grade class!

Mrs. Winter's Language Concepts 3-5 class took a special trip to the Columbia-Greene Humane Society February 13. The students used some of the profits from their classroom store, ...

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...