Mary E. Dardess Elementary School

Author and former CCSD administrator Mike Burns visited MED on Friday to talk to our students about being an author and read his children’s book Nervous Rex to the entire schoo...

First graders in Miss Flanagan's class and second graders in Mrs Van Wie & Mrs Winter's class recently became published authors! Each class embarked on a project to draft, edit, a...

Last week, Mrs. Reichardt's 5th grade science classes enjoyed designing and building STEM marble runs and ferris wheels! After creating a marble run, they blew the marble through ...

It’s the 5th graders last day at Nature’s Classroom! They’re off to the final activities of the week and then will be heading home! The 5th graders have had a busy afternoon of ...

On May 28th, students in the 4th grade embarked on an exciting team building adventure called My Side of the Forest, inspired by the novel My Side of the Mountain . This day-lo...

5th graders visited the MED library to help kindergarten set up a Story Walk for Nervous Rex, by Michael Burns, an author who is coming to MED on May 31!

Mystery readers pop into MED classrooms here and there to spread the love of reading. MED fourth grader Zoe Williams was invited by her former kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Cowles, t...

Mr. Botsford’s language concepts class took a field trip to A. Ooms & Sons Dairy Farm in Valatie on May 21. While at the farm, they learned about the feed cows eat and watched as ...

Dive into the big blue world with Mary E. Dardess Elementary School’s 4th & 5th Grade Drama Club as they present Disney and Pixar’s Finding Nemo KIDS in the Chatham High School a...

May 17 was a surprise Student Appreciation Day at MED. Students formed into their HOUSEs and headed through four fun stations: Rock, Paper, Scissors Hula Hoops, Kam Jam, playgro...

First grade took a field trip to the Theatre Institute at Sage to see one of their favorite story books come to life! Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin always has them laughing, ...

Students in Mrs. Ranita’s kindergarten class had their writers’ celebration the morning of May 14. For the past few weeks, students had been writing and illustrating their own boo...

MED's 4th & 5th Grade Drama Club is in full swing as they gear up to perform Finding Nemo KIDS! Here students are pictured practicing 'flocking,' or moving together just like fi...

In science, 5th grade is learning about how to conserve freshwater on Earth. Students were tasked with creating a 3- step water filtration system that decreased the nitrate level ...

Mrs. Baskiewicz's kindergarten class has begun their study of plants! They discussed the four important things a plant needs to grow and then planted their very own marigold seeds...

Our pre-k classes enjoyed a visit from the Mud Creek Environmental Learning Center on Friday and learned about opossums! The students learned what they eat, where they live, and h...

Mrs. Daly and Ms. Martino's 2nd grade class has been learning about the life cycles of insects and plants. Students studied the life cycle of a bean plant, completed and colored a...

Brownies! In the spirit of March Madness, MED held a snacks bracket where different snacks were pitted against one another and every student voted for their favorites. In the end,...

Kindergartners in Mrs. Ranita's class learned about the solar eclipse the morning of April 8. They made solar eclipse headbands and discussed the phases, the path of totality, and...

First grade classes had a BLAST celebrating the end of their astronomy unit. Learning about constellations, space travel and the solar system has been one of their favorite topics...