Ahead of the upcoming solar eclipse, we were fortunate to host a meteorologist from the National Weather Service today! He started his day at McConnellsville Elementary, where he showed students how an eclipse works and stressed the importance of following safety guidelines when viewing this rare event! Our students were a terrific audience and asked great questions!
We also held assemblies for students from Camden Middle School and Camden Elementary School today. We're a bit over a week away from seeing a total eclipse in action right in our community!
Ahead of the Easter holiday, Mrs. Riegler's class had a visit from some-bunny special! We were "hopping" with excitement to find out who it was. In fact, you could say we were all "ears."
Have a wonderful holiday weekend, one and all!
Students in Mrs. Calabro's Math 8 classes are just FLIPPING over the Pythagorean Theorem!
Last week, Camden Middle School's Mrs. Willson was able to come to Mrs. Gonzalez’s first grade class at CES for Agricultural Literacy Week (3/18-3/22). She read the book, “I Love Strawberries!” to the class, showed them a real strawberry plant, and explained the life cycle of a strawberry. She even brought in real strawberries for the students to enjoy with yogurt and homemade whipped cream for dipping!
Highlights from Camden Middle School's Youth Art Month Spirit Week celebration!
MES, CES, and CMS Families:
Don't forget about tonight's Reading Extravaganza! The fun starts at 5:30 at Camden Elementary School!
On Friday, March 22nd, a group of 10 student leaders from the Camden Central School District attended a YAC (Youth Activation Summit) hosted by Special Olympics New York at Whitesboro High School. Groups from around the Tri-Valley League participated in a variety of activities centered around inclusivity and whole-school involvement.
There was plenty of inter-scholastic collaboration, and our Camden students made us proud by taking leadership roles in the discussions.
Camden students in attendance were:
Nevaeh Meyers
Ryen Lago
Katherine Redden
Liz Conover
Kinley Snyder
Zack Odom
Adam Gonzalez
Cody Piersall
Zach Giarrusso
Landon Loomis
ICYMI: The Snow/Emergency Giveback Days were updated recently. The lone change from what was originally released is as follows:
Thursday, May 23rd will replace the fourth giveback day originally announced for June 26th.
The following days will remain on the giveback day list as originally announced:
Monday, April 1st
Friday, April 19th
Friday, May 24th
On Saturday, March 23rd, the Camden High School choir, under the direction of Amanda Hughes, performed the Star Spangled Banner ahead of a Major Arena Soccer League match between Utica City FC and the St. Louis Ambush!
Between two different group sales, and a healthy number of season ticket members in our community, we saw well over 75 Camden folks out to enjoy the game and see the performance!
We will have video of the performance for you in the coming days.
Also, if you're interested in attending the team's playoff home game in the Eastern Conference semis, we hear the team will be announcing a date and time for that very soon......
Be proactive ahead of the upcoming Solar Eclipse. Take a moment to review https://eclipse.aas.org/eye-safety for information on safe eclipse viewing.
For more information on our Eclipse Day (April 8th) plans, head to
https://www.camdenschools.org/article/1511288 if you haven't done so already.
Attention all CES, MES, and CMS families! Feel free to join us for this free district-wide event on Wednesday, beginning at 5:30 PM at CES!
We had a Wednesday morning visitor in the office! Agriculture instructor Karly Marshman brought over Elena the African Leopard Tortoise! Elena has been in the ag room for a few months now. She is 14 years old, and typically, these quiet and friendly creatures often live over 50 years, and in some cases, closer to 100 years!
On Thursday, McConnellsville Elementary continued the long-running tradition of hosting the Learning Fair! The Learning Fair goes beyond a traditional science fair and challenges students to explore a topic that is interesting to them. We had over 30 projects this year!
Hopefully, we've inspired some students to try something new!
Some pictures from our recent meeting of the "Look at Me, I'm Three!" program. We're so excited about how much these young learners are growing and can't wait to see them all again at our April meeting!
Behold.... the power of cheese!
Students from the Agriculture elective learned about the basics of cheesemaking from Cornell Cooperative Extension's Dairy in the Classroom educator! They learned about the science of cheese and how to make it at home.
Mrs. Holmes' second grade class had a great time learning about astronomy with the StarLab Mobile Planetarium provided by MOBOCES and OHM BOCES! A highlight of the presentation was a demonstration of solar and lunar eclipses ahead of the big total solar eclipse happening on April 8th!
Olivia Hooker and Billy Bernabe will be representing Camden High School and Section III at the NYSPHSAA Student Leadership Conference in Albany on Wed 3/27 and Thurs 3/28. Both were nominated by their coaches and selected to be this year’s representatives. Billy and Olivia will meet and work with other student leaders from across the state. They will hear keynote speakers: James Orrigo (LAD in a Battle) and Deb Hult (Core Trainings), and work in breakout sessions with the speakers Hult (Core Trainings), Orrigo (Passion to Purpose) as well as Dr. Robert Zayas (NYSPHSAA Executive Director) and the NY Army National Guard.
If you've been following along lately, you may have also noticed both are excelling in their respective sports. Olivia just wrapped up a great volleyball season, and Billy took home a state medal in alpine skiing.
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the following Camden students for winning their category at the Oneida County level in the American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Poster Contest!
class 1 - Sophia Armstrong
class 4 - Emma Kratz
class 5 - Dolmae Honrales
class 6 - Emma Watson
These students will have their work advanced to the Department of New York judging panel for further consideration in the next round!
After school activities for Camden Schools are cancelled on Tuesday, March 19, due to poor weather in the Northern end of the District.