Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

In Miss Mason’s kindergarten class, they had a foodie Friday and made monsters! The students got to make their own monstrous rice crispy treats and enjoy them!

On the morning of October 23, four members of our transportation department volunteered to teach bus safety to our youngest students at MED. Bus mechanic/substitute driver Wall...

The Rotary Club of Northern Columbia County visited MED October 23 to give every student in third grade their very own dictionary. This is part of a long-standing Rotary program t...

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT SPONSORED BY THE CHATHAM AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY REMEMBER OUR SOLDIERS! M.E.D. will participate in collecting items needed below. The items will he...

After learning all about the human body in their core knowledge language arts unit, students participated in Doctor Day to show off what they learned. Nutrition facts, math skills...

Our second grade classrooms ended their core knowledge language arts unit "Early Asian Civilizations" with different celebrations! Students in Mrs. Van Wie's class made paper, whi...

Fifth graders in Mrs. Reichardt's science classes recently investigated whether plants take in carbon dioxide to live and grow. In this experiment, they used bromothymol blue sol...

October 16 was Unity Day. Students and staff wore orange to show their support for an inclusive school environment and an end to bullying.

In physical education, MED students worked with the parachute! Here are some of our kindergarteners making a tent with the parachute together!

MED student Davianna Clarke is the winner of a $15 gift certificate to The Chatham Bookstore. She had the closest guest as to how many teddy bears were in a jar at MED's open hou...

October 11 was Fire Prevention Day at MED, a student favorite! Volunteer firefighters from the Chatham, Ghent, East Chatham, and Spencertown fire companies came out to talk fire s...

Miss Mason’s kindergarten class and Mrs. Ronca’s fourth-grade class did a pumpkin craft together. Then they enjoyed apple cider donuts and apple cider as a snack!

What do you do when you are learning about the letter L? Make lemonade of course! The MED pre-k made freshly squeezed lemonade, first tasting the sour lemons and then adding sugar...

Miss Gomm’s kindergarten class and Mrs. Kolb’s second-grade class had their first K-Buddy meet up of the year! The 2nd graders taught the kindergarteners how to make a pumpkin col...

Meet “Monster Moldy Toad.“ Don't worry, ol' Moldy eats a kid-free diet; he will be gobbling up donations for the MED PTA's Trunk or Treat happening October 25. MED's monthly th...

First grade recently finished their unit on fables, the first part of their Core Knowledge Language Arts Curriculum. They celebrated the end of their study of fables by competing ...

September 27 was MED's first HOUSE day of the school year. At a school-wide assembly in the morning, students learned what color house they are in when their homeroom teachers bur...

Second grade celebrated the end of their "Fairy Tales and Tall Tales" unit with a theme party! Students dressed up as their favorite fairy tale or tall tale characters, including ...

Meet Chatham Central School District’s new school resource deputy (SRD), Timothy Roberts, who joined our District this September. Deputy Roberts is a five-year veteran with the Co...

Welcome to the 2024-25 school year! Thanks to all our Chatham CSD families who shared their first-day-of-school photos with us. Check out all those smiles! View more photos here....