October 16, 2023
A group of pink Panthers participated in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk in Albany's Washington Park on Sunday, October 15. The group of CCSD staff walked to celebra...
October 13, 2023
In celebration of finishing their first knowledge unit all about fables, the first grade held their very own Fable Olympics! Students competed in four different games that were ea...
October 13, 2023
Friday was Fire Prevention Day at MED! Our volunteer firefighters from the Chatham, Ghent, East Chatham, Tri-Village, and Spencertown fire companies visited our elementary school ...
October 11, 2023
The Chatham Board of Education has appointed John Roloson as dean of students at Mary E. Dardess Elementary School, effective October 10 through the end of the 2023-24 school year...
October 5, 2023
October is Bully Prevention Month. Counselors will be having classroom discussions about what bullying is, how it hurts, and what we can do to prevent it!
Students will be...
October 5, 2023
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT SPONSORED BY THE CHATHAM AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIAR Y
REMEMBER OUR SOLDIERS! MED is helping with a community service project sponsored by The ...
September 25, 2023
MED held its first HOUSE event of the new school year with a surprise assembly on September 20. All classrooms were called to the gym, where students learned what color HOUSE they...
September 7, 2023
Our first day of classes was September 7 and families shared their first day photos with us. Check out all those smiles!
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September 6, 2023
CCSD families, help us celebrate our students' first day of the school year by sending us your first day photos! We'll post them here on our website and on our Facebook page that ...
September 6, 2023
It was back to school for staff on September 5, Chatham Central School District’s Opening Conference Day for the 2023-24 school year. Along with giving our faculty an opportunity ...
August 31, 2023
On August 30, Chatham Central School District hosted an orientation for our new faculty members to learn about our schools, programs, procedures, and culture. For the 2023-24 scho...
July 11, 2023
Welcome to the 2023-24 school year at Mary E. Dardess Elementary School! Here you will find our school supply lists for each grade.
Pre-K Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grad...
July 10, 2023
Say hello to parent-teacher chat and classroom announcements in the Chatham CSD app. Now it’s easier than ever to stay up-to-date with the district, schools, AND your student’s t...
June 23, 2023
June 23 was our last day of school! A Chatham tradition, the staff at MED were out in front to wave goodbye to the students as our buses brought them home for the last time during...
June 23, 2023
CHS’ Books & Beyond Club and Mr. Tillinghast’s Pre-AP 9th grade English class created a StoryWalk® on campus for young students to enjoy. They used the book Nervous Rex, written...
June 23, 2023
June 21 was Field Day at MED! Chatham Middle School’s NJHS helped run the games at each station and had fun interacting with the youngsters and teaching them the rules. The finale...
June 20, 2023
English as a new language teacher Anne Knapp took all of MED's English language learners out to lunch for an end-of-the-year treat. Throughout the year, the students have enjoyed ...
June 20, 2023
As one last treat from the MED PTA before the school year lets out, all students at MED got to enjoys shaved ice June 20. The PTA brought in the Kona Ice truck, which parked at th...
June 20, 2023
This year, Mrs. Baskiewicz’s and Mrs. Ranita’s kindergarten classes came together to start Panther Pals. The classes got together once a week and the students were paired up with...
June 16, 2023
Cloudy skies and a chance of drizzle? What perfect day for an umbrella parade! The kindergarten students have been doing an ABC countdown to the end of the school year. Each day ...