Camden Central School District -

Good luck to our Indoor Track and Field team as it heads to Onondaga Community College and SRC Arena for the Section III Class Championship meet on Saturday! Follow live results here: https://milesplit.live/meets/646704 As a courtesy reminder, attendees will need to purchase Digital Tickets through Section III. Tickets: https://section3.org/sports/2021/4/29/hometown-ticketing.aspx

This week, February 3rd-7th, is National School Counseling Week! We couldn't be prouder of our incredible team of school counselors across our buildings. They play a unique and very important role in supporting our students so that they can thrive and reach their full potential! CES Kelly Mirabelli CMS Kim Tremblay Brian Campbell CHS Christine Kio Tammy Kline McVille Janine Anderalli

This afternoon, our Elementary Special Education team is participating in a Goal Writing workshop with Becky Copp from Madison-Oneida BOCES Staff and Curriculum Development!

Our Elementary Teaching Assistants are learning more about how they can support modern literacy instruction under the Science of Reading model with Christine Castiglia of The Reading League!

Today's professional development opportunities have begun with our Office Staff "Lunch and Learn" session at the District Office! Members of our secretarial staff are participating in a session focused on enhancing productivity with Google tools. They are learning about converting files between the Google and Microsoft 365 platforms, organizing tips for Google Drive, and additional useful features in Google Docs and Sheets.

The Look at Me, I'm Three program will meet on Wednesday, February 12th! As always, reach out to Patti Ferretti to RSVP if you plan on attending. Contact information is included on the attached graphic.

Let's try this again! It's Sectional Quarterfinal matchday for Camden volleyball! The Blue Devils travel to Rome's Strough Middle School for a 6 PM match against the Black Knights.

Our Pre-K classes recently finished up their unit about clothing, and naturally, they decided to celebrate by having a fashion show! Each class paraded around McConnellsville Elementary as an audience of K-5 students looked on!

The Camden Central School District has cancelled all after-school activities for today, Thursday, February 6th. Tonight's sectional volleyball match at Rome will be re-scheduled.

The deadline to apply is February 18th! https://www.camdenschools.org/article/1989907

The Camden Central School District invites all interested and qualified candidates to apply for the position of Superintendent of Schools. The successful candidate would take office on or around August 1st, 2025. The application deadline is set for Saturday, February 15th, 2025. For more information on the process, or to apply for the position of Superintendent of Schools for the Camden Central School District: https://www.camdenschools.org/page/superintendent-search

Tonight, Section III tournament play begins for Camden Volleyball! The Blue Devils will travel to take on second-seeded RFA tonight at 6 PM! Good luck!

We're halfway there! 🎶 Mrs. Willson's WIN math period discovered that yesterday was day 90 of 180 school days, which means we've made it through 50% of the school year!

Congratulations to our Camden CSD Athletes of the Week for the week encompassing 1/27-2/2, as voted on by CHS Students! Our winners this week are Astro Johnson (Girls' Wrestling) and Billy Bernabe (Alpine Skiing). Astro was selected for being a great teammate, as well as having success on the mat. Astro took 4th place in the 152 weight class at the Homer Legacy tournament and currently holds a 22-10 record on the season. Billy was selected by his peers for being a team leader, and for his performances on the slopes in one of the most important weeks of competition he's ever had. At the Winter Carnival event in Lake Placid, he placed third and second on his two runs in slalom at Pigsah. In the giant slalom event, he took first and second place finishes on his two runs at Whiteface Mountain. Outside of high school competition, Billy returned to Lake Placid this past weekend to compete in the Empire State Games! Keep your eyes on this space for next week's winners!

Records are made to be broken, so why not break your own? Isaac Lynch did exactly that on Tuesday, February 4th. As Camden defeated Oneida 91-88 in double overtime, the Blue Devils' big man delivered a career night with a school-record 48 points to go with an impressive 17 rebounds. Lynch reached his new single game scoring record on the weight of a 15-of-28 shooting performance from the field, and he connected twice on five attempts from beyond the arc. He also finished the night 12-of-17 from the free throw line. The previous mark stood at 39 points, which he set in a game at New Hartford back in December. In equally-as-exciting news, Isaac is now just 78 points away from reaching the 1,000 point mark for his career. The Blue Devils will play their next three games at home. We will keep you in the loop game-by-game to give you the best chance of being there when it happens! Camden will host CVA on Friday at 6:30, and Sandy Creek on Saturday at 1.

The Camden High School Business Department is proud to announce Gage Grinnell is their Business Department "Employee of the Month" award winner. Gage is currently taking MVCC Introduction to Business and Career and Financial Management. He has also met the requirements to be a member of the Business and Marketing Honor Society . He has previously taken MVCC Business/Personal Law and MVCC Marketing. Gage displays many employability skills and positive personal characteristics in our business classes including: positive work ethic, critical thinking and teamwork. He's clearly putting in the work to be successful in all areas, as he was also the runner-up in the CHS Shakespeare Competition last week! Way to go, Gage!

Two Thumbs Up for the Alpine Ski Team! The Blue Devils had a great day in yesterday's race at Song Mountain! Billy Bernabe finished his runs as in second and first to take first place overall, and Dylan Poole earned his first top 10 finish! The Alpine Ski team competes tonight at 4:00 at Woods Valley. Come on out and cheer them on!

The Volleyball Brackets are out!!!! Camden will be traveling to Rome on Thursday for the Sectional Quarterfinals. The match is set to start at 6:00 PM in the RFA Main Gym.

CMS Students! During the month of February, use the Beanstack app to keep track of your reading. At the end of the month, stop down to the Media Center to show Mrs. Britton or Mrs. Bloomquist your reading streak and they'll have a treat for you. Not using the app yet? See your ELA teacher or your friendly Camden Middle School librarians and they'll show you how!

Did You Know? McConnellsville Elementary recently recognized 102 of its 237 K-5 Students for maintaining perfect attendance in the last month! That’s 43 percent of the student body among those grade levels. We thank you for your continued commitment in getting your child to school each day!