The Blue Devil had to call for a sub last night. As it turns out, he knew just the person to ask.
The Cooper's Angels initiative has experienced incredible support from the CCSD community, including at CHS! All of these items, many of which were Cooper's favorites, are on their way to their new home in Canastota soon at the Wanderer's Rest Humane Association.
The Drama Club will host a "Photos with Santa" initiative on Thursday for their fellow students to help ensure the donation being made in memory of Cooper is even larger!
Mrs. Bottini's class at CES recently made Gingerbread Houses! This was a new experience for many students in the class, and they'd like to thank the many families who donated "construction materials" for the students to use.
Mrs. Libertella's college chem students went with her today to the MVCC Utica Campus today to analyze silver solder samples using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer.
Want to know what that does? Here's an explanation of the process:
https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/industrial/spectroscopy-elemental-isotope-analysis/spectroscopy-elemental-isotope-analysis-learning-center/trace-elemental-analysis-tea-information/atomic-absorption-aa-information.html#:~:text=Atomic%20absorption%20spectrometry%20(AAS)%20detects,absorbances%20are%20measured%20against%20standards.
Camden Elementary Kindergarten students are “traveling around the world” to different countries to see how others celebrate their winter holidays. Miss Leone’s class had their first stop in Africa, where they learned all about Kwanza and made a special Unity Cup! They are excited about going to 4 other countries this week!
CES third graders are practicing rounding to the nearest ten, while reviewing some units of measurement. Students rounded amounts water using milliliters, bags of beans in grams, and lengths of classroom objects in centimeters.
McConnellsville fourth grade had a fun day ice skating and visiting the Rome Fire Department! Even Stanley the elf came along prepared with his ice skates and fire helmet, and as it turns out, he's a natural.
If any NHL teams are looking to add some depth for the later part of the season, have your people call our people.
On Friday, December 8th, Camden High School was fortunate to be selected to pilot a new presentation for the nationally renowned Rachel's Challenge Program. The Chain Check event was designed to follow the popular Chain Reaction portion of Rachel's Challenge. During this time, adult facilitators worked to do activities that checked in with the students and discussed ways to promote a positive and kind environment at CHS. The event was well-received and a great experience for the students and staff.
Students in Mrs. Angell's writing group at McVille wrote persuasive essays as to why someone would want to buy their Gingerbread Houses. Of course, good marketing sense says you should have a house for them to buy. So, students were able to execute their own vision by building houses based on what they wrote!
Santa's a popular guy. Even the teachers wanted their picture taken with this jolly celebrity when he visited McConnellsville for Tuesday's Holiday Make N' Take event!
Mrs. Calabro's Math 8 students at CMS plotted coordinate points to create a holiday picture!
The grades 7-8 concert at Camden Middle School is this evening!
Connected Community Schools is hosting a craft night at Camden Middle School on Thursday! RSVP to the number in the flyer if you're coming.
CES has released its holiday spirit week schedule!
In honor of Computer Science Education Week, McConnellsville students in grades 1-4 participated in Hour of Code during their library time last week. If your elementary student has come home excited about these activities, you can pick from dozens of free coding games by searching "Hour of Code" on your favorite search engine.
Miss Barber's class elf, Stanley, brought some hot cocoa to share last week! As it turns out, Stanley has some pretty sharp culinary skills.
Camden Middle School Principal Brittany DerCola has announced the A-Pass award winners from the first marking period! Well done!
Congratulations to CHS Senior Emily Bird!
Emily was selected to receive All-Star honors as part of the Apex Division III Field Hockey showcase held in Spooky Nook, Pennsylvania on November 18th. As an All-Star, she was deemed to be one of the best eleven players out of over 80 attendees while competing in front of dozens of college coaches.
Emily recently committed to attend York College in the Fall of 2024.
Congratulations!
The Look at Me, I'm Three! program's December meeting is approaching quickly! The group is intended for district children who have turned three years old on or before December 1st, 2023.
The group will meet on Wednesday, December 20th at 5:30 PM at Camden Elementary School. Snacks and activities are included in this free program.
If you are attending, please RSVP to Patti Ferretti at pferretti@camdencsd.org or 315-245-2616, extension 5200. This will be very helpful in planning the evening.
On Thursday, Camden Elementary School celebrated Holiday Family Night!
A highlight of the evening was a new edition of the CES Masked Reader Initiative, featuring an appearance by the actual Grinch! Our students also got to meet with Santa to make any last-minute requests.
At this point, the Grinch probably is just asking Santa if he can be out of trouble. It's a big ask, but maybe he'll come through.
Who was our reading grinch? You'll see a video later today so you can start guessing, and the grand reveal will happen right before break!
