The fun starts soon down at McVille!
Need something for the kids to do this week? Here's an idea! Connected Community Schools and the McConnellsville PTO are holding an open gym opportunity on Wednesday, April 8th! Contact Walker if you need more information. His number is included on the attached graphic.
He said he'd be back, and on Thursday, Mr. Ferretti made good on that promise!
Talk about taking Egg Hunting to the next level! On Thursday, the McConnellsville Elementary Coding Club turned their Dash robots into Easter Bunnies, then coded them through mazes they created to collect eggs.
Connected Community Schools and the McConnellsville PTO are holding an open gym opportunity on April 8th, during spring break!
Wednesday night marked the latest edition of the Camden Elementary School Discovery Expo! Students were eager to show off their research projects to a wide audience about a variety of topics including a K'Nex Rube Goldberg machine, homemade Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, some of the most famous Scottish Terriers from history, scouting, science demonstrations, and even a live horse!
Introducing our readers for the 2026 Camden Elementary School masked reader series! Our readers were revealed at an assembly during the afternoon of Thursday, April 2nd in front of an enthusiastic crowd of staff and students.
Your answers are as follows:
Iron Man - Brianna Sheftic
Batman - Katherine Bajohr-Comstock
Hulk - Nicole Gonzalez
Welder - Jenny Chamberlin
Catwoman - Haley Bottini
and, appearing as Vader - Mr. Craig Ferretti returned to visit!
Your answers are as follows:
Iron Man - Brianna Sheftic
Batman - Katherine Bajohr-Comstock
Hulk - Nicole Gonzalez
Welder - Jenny Chamberlin
Catwoman - Haley Bottini
and, appearing as Vader - Mr. Craig Ferretti returned to visit!
Mrs. Riegler's kindergarten class enjoyed an egg hunt today at Camden Elementary!
Mrs. Dacey’s MVCC Marketing Class (BM120) joined in on the Madness of March - The Marketing Madness, that is.
Throughout the month, students participated in a research and debate project in the form of a bracket-style competition, with an “Athletes vs. Influencers” theme. Each student needed to select one of these figures and conduct research about how they market themselves, and how they may influence consumer behavior.
The first round vote was a simple popularity contest, but each round became increasingly focused on marketing behaviors. In round 2, students researched brand endorsements for their subject, presented their findings, and went through elimination. In round 3, students researched total audience size by analyzing their chosen person’s followers and the number of impressions they create across platforms. Round 4 was an analysis of philanthropy, charity work, and community initiatives.
After the first four rounds, the final round was a sales pitch to the class on the two remaining subjects. Bart Seidl presented about online influencer Mr. Beast, while Karter LaFlair presented about boxing champion Muhummad Ali. Seidl was the winner and received a gift certificate for some frozen lemonade.
Mrs. Dacey would like to thank Reagan Arnold, Ella Winters, Isaiah Franco, Bella Keller, and Natalie Hotaling for their help with the bulletin board throughout the unit.
Throughout the month, students participated in a research and debate project in the form of a bracket-style competition, with an “Athletes vs. Influencers” theme. Each student needed to select one of these figures and conduct research about how they market themselves, and how they may influence consumer behavior.
The first round vote was a simple popularity contest, but each round became increasingly focused on marketing behaviors. In round 2, students researched brand endorsements for their subject, presented their findings, and went through elimination. In round 3, students researched total audience size by analyzing their chosen person’s followers and the number of impressions they create across platforms. Round 4 was an analysis of philanthropy, charity work, and community initiatives.
After the first four rounds, the final round was a sales pitch to the class on the two remaining subjects. Bart Seidl presented about online influencer Mr. Beast, while Karter LaFlair presented about boxing champion Muhummad Ali. Seidl was the winner and received a gift certificate for some frozen lemonade.
Mrs. Dacey would like to thank Reagan Arnold, Ella Winters, Isaiah Franco, Bella Keller, and Natalie Hotaling for their help with the bulletin board throughout the unit.
It's pretty funny when you have a room full of bunnies! It was a hop-py morning in Mrs. Cochran's first grade class! You could say they had quite an.... Egg-stravaganza.
Have you ever seen a Middle School student attempt to teach card games to a baby chicken? Well, you have now.
This was "Chick Week" in CMS Agriculture, and these students decided to teach baby chick "Debbie" how to play UNO on Funny Farm "Friday", which got moved up a day this week.
We're not sure how "Debbie" reacted to her first-ever Draw Four card, but we guess no news might be good news.
The April meeting of "Look at Me, I'm Three" is set for Wednesday, April 15th at 5:30 PM and will be held at Camden Elementary School!
This program is a free monthly Pre-K prep program for students eligible to enroll in Pre-K for the 2026-2027 school year.
To participate, a child must have reached the age of three years old on or before December 1st, 2025.
The program runs for approximately 45 minutes , and includes a reading activity, craft activity, snack, and more.
Contact our Family School Navigator and program director, Patti Ferretti, to reserve your spot for this month's program.
You can also contact her with questions at (315) 245-2616, Ext. 5200, or pferretti@camdencsd.org.
These opportunities are presented in partnership with Family School Navigation, formerly known as Ready 4 Kindergarten!
This program is a free monthly Pre-K prep program for students eligible to enroll in Pre-K for the 2026-2027 school year.
To participate, a child must have reached the age of three years old on or before December 1st, 2025.
The program runs for approximately 45 minutes , and includes a reading activity, craft activity, snack, and more.
Contact our Family School Navigator and program director, Patti Ferretti, to reserve your spot for this month's program.
You can also contact her with questions at (315) 245-2616, Ext. 5200, or pferretti@camdencsd.org.
These opportunities are presented in partnership with Family School Navigation, formerly known as Ready 4 Kindergarten!
McConnellsville's March Picture Book Madness has a winner! Elvis and Romeo was the winner, as voted on by students, after a hard fought battle!
Connected Community Schools is holding Open Hub hours on Thursday, April 2nd from 4 to 6 PM at their Camden High School Hub location. Come stock up on essential items you might need at home, while also learning more about what Connected Community Schools can offer our families. Please enter through the front bus loop. Any questions? Call Val at 315-271-8780!
On Wednesday, March 18th, a group of ninth and tenth grade students took a trip to SRC in North Syracuse to participate in an interactive program entitled “High School Students in the STEM Workplace”.
Throughout the day, students learned about coding, codebreaking, and more through an array of activities. They broke into teams to do a decoding activity with logic puzzles and a lock box, completed a binary code name bracelet activity, and met with engineering professionals from one of the region’s highest-profile firms.
SRC is a non-profit research and development company working with the defense/intelligence sector, and also does business in the arena of environmental protection. They employ over 1,100 people in facilities across seven states, but are headquartered in Syracuse.
Throughout the day, students learned about coding, codebreaking, and more through an array of activities. They broke into teams to do a decoding activity with logic puzzles and a lock box, completed a binary code name bracelet activity, and met with engineering professionals from one of the region’s highest-profile firms.
SRC is a non-profit research and development company working with the defense/intelligence sector, and also does business in the arena of environmental protection. They employ over 1,100 people in facilities across seven states, but are headquartered in Syracuse.
This is one bracket that's always perfect. McConnellsville Elementary School has been working through a March Picture Book Madness tournament, with advancing books voted on by students.
We're down to just two books left standing! The competition has been fierce, but only one picture book will be crowned champion. Who will it be? Staff and students will find out the answer very soon.
We're down to just two books left standing! The competition has been fierce, but only one picture book will be crowned champion. Who will it be? Staff and students will find out the answer very soon.
This morning, two teams representing Camden High School are taking part in this year's MOBOCES Battle of the Books! Hosted by the MOBOCES School Library System staff, the Battle of the Books is a regional team trivia competition that tests student knowledge on a hand-selected list of books they've been reading throughout the year to get ready.
Our 2026 competition teams are named the Grim Readers and the Reader McEntires!
Please join us in congratulating these students on putting their best foot forward to represent Camden with pride!
Our 2026 competition teams are named the Grim Readers and the Reader McEntires!
Please join us in congratulating these students on putting their best foot forward to represent Camden with pride!
During Friday's internet outage, the CMS Library's fifth grade lunch bunch showed why they're never short on big ideas. (You may remember their earlier "Shark Tank" adventures from the fall semester.) The group immediately invented a game in the courtyard involving a ball and some of the lightweight flexible seating options from the library.
Today, the Camden High School team is rallying around colleague Paul Calicchia as he continues treatment for an ongoing health challenge. Paul, your CCSD family is cheering you on every step of the way!
Nominating petitions for the upcoming Camden Central School District Board of Education election are available. There are three “At Large” seats up for election for three-year terms.
Petitions may be picked up at the Camden Central School District Administrative Office at 51 Third Street. Contact District Clerk Adja Williams at 315-245-4075 to arrange a time to pick up a petition.
Petitions may be picked up at the Camden Central School District Administrative Office at 51 Third Street. Contact District Clerk Adja Williams at 315-245-4075 to arrange a time to pick up a petition.