It’s that time of year again! The Syracuse Area Music Awards (SAMMYs) People’s Choice Awards voting is well underway in the round of 16 for all categories, and we are asking for your support of our students and community to keep us all progressing through the competition!
Our very own Camden High School band is looking to defend its title in the category of “Local Academic or Musical Organization”.
Our neighbors in Camden at Good Life Tavern are also seeking a repeat in the “Best Venue” category.
Local band Buffy & The Boyz is also back in this round under “Local Artist/Band” and has done a lot of campaigning on behalf of the Queen Village and our students.
Finally, Camden’s own Curteis Harlander Memorial Summer Concert Series is in the running for “Best Local Event or Music Series”.
Voting is free and open to the public. Per their rules, one vote per IP Address per day, so if you’re on WiFi at a particular location and it won’t let you vote, try your cellular data.
https://www.syracuseareamusic.com/peopleschoice/
Voting for this round wraps up on Sunday, February 8th.
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 February'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!
It's February, and our McVille Student Council friends are here to tell you that the monthly elementary character focus is...... Kindness!
Save the dates - Friday, February 27th, and Saturday, February 28th! More details to follow soon!
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On the afternoon of Wednesday, January 28th, the Camden varsity bowling programs celebrated their class of 2026 with senior night festivities at King Pin Lanes in Rome. Congratulations to Braylon Lyke, Ayden Gerow, Pietra Van der Werff, and Harley Kenyon on great careers, and hopefully the best is yet to come for our bowlers!
Section III Championships are upon us for both teams! The Camden boys will compete on Sunday, 2/1, at Strike-N-Spare Lanes in Syracuse, and the Camden girls will follow on Sunday, 2/8, at Flamingo Bowl in Syracuse. The Section III Individual Shootout begins on 2/26.
For more information including tickets, visit https://section3.org
For championship results, head to https://www.section3bowling.com/calendar/
Graduating wrestlers Astro Johnson, Peyton Kelley, Ryley Narolis, and Mason Butler were celebrated, and three of the four graduating seniors won their matches to add to the festivities.
Special thanks to our own Tracy Hooker, who also happens to be a Therapy Dog Evaluator, for lending her expertise!
Concerts are scheduled for Saturday. Click the link below to get acquainted with the schedule, parking information, and admission prices for this prestigious event!
https://www.camdenschools.org/article/2645179
On Tuesday, January 27th, the Camden High School boys’ basketball team notched a second straight win, and honored a group of six seniors in the process. Ahead of a 74-62 win over Oneida, the Blue Devils basketball and winter cheerleading programs recognized their Class of 2026 for an immense contribution of time and energy to their respective squads.
Mykenzie Gardner was the lone senior representing the winter cheerleading program, and was joined in the festivities by boys’ basketball players Landon Loomis, Adam Gonzalez, Zack Odom, Cody Piersall, and Trenton Brower.
The program also took the opportunity to honor longtime coaching staff member Mark Trusso. Trusso, a retired CCSD technology teacher, has dedicated his time working with the boys’ and girls’ basketball programs at Camden during his career, with a coaching tenure that began in 1978. As he gets ready to depart the Camden area for a new chapter, Trusso was presented with an engraved piece of the current high school’s original gym floor, which was recently replaced.
In the game itself, the Blue Devils overhauled an early deficit to take a one point lead at halftime, then methodically expanded their lead in the second half to lock down their fifth victory of the season.
Photos: Braelin Page / Imagesbyb
Some students even took on the task of preparing for multiple select ensembles at once. Fiume played this show a week after playing in the All-County orchestra, and Schulz has been preparing for the upcoming Junior Area All-State Festival that will be held in Camden on January 30th and 31st.
