Camden Elementary School Families! Just a friendly reminder that you are invited to the upcoming Camden Elementary School Fall Carnival! This exciting annual event will be held on Thursday, October 24th from 4:30 to 6:00 at CES!
Camden Elementary School, Camden Middle School, and McConnellsville Elementary School families! Save the date for our 2024 Title One Fall Reading Spectacular, entitled "Reading Is My Superpower"!
This free event will feature exciting reading-themed activities, the chance to receive a free book, and we will have a special guest: author Eric Litwin, the acclaimed children's author of the widely-recognized Pete the Cat and Groovy Joe series!
The event will take place on Thursday, November 7th from 5:30 to 7:00 PM at CES.
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Camden Elementary School on Monday, October 21st through Friday, October 25th! CES Families will have the opportunity to shop during the Fall Carnival from 4:30-6pm on Thursday, October 24th. Contact the Main Office if you have any questions.
Camden Elementary School First Graders took a walking field trip to the Camden Police Station. Thank you Chief Redden and the Camden Police Department for giving the children a tour and showing us what you do every day for our community!
The Camden Central School District is excited to announce the addition of its brand new “Let’s Play!” program to its early childhood offerings. The “Let’s Play” program is a new monthly program aimed at two-year-olds and their families, with the aim of progressing into the “Look at Me, I’m Three!” program for the following year, and a pre-kindergarten program for the year after that.
To be eligible for this program, a student must reside in the Camden Central School District, and be two years old, or reach that age on or before December 1st 2024.
The program will be offered at no cost to families. It will take place during the daytime, and will consist of a monthly one-hour block of play-based learning and socialization with parent/guardian involvement. The inaugural meeting is set to be held on Wednesday, October 30th from 10 to 11 AM at Camden Elementary School.
Participation for this first meeting will be limited to 15 children, and will be on a first-contact, first-serve basis. RSVPs are required each month. To reserve your spot, or if you have questions, contact our Family School Navigator, Patti Ferretti, at 315-245-2616, extension 5200, or at pferretti@camdencsd.org.
Some great family time was had by all during our October "Look at Me I'm Three!" meeting! Over twenty CCSD three-year-olds (or very soon-to-be three-year olds!) joined us for a great night of crafting, play-based-learning, and socializing. The group meets each month throughout the school year.
Stay tuned for details on our November meeting!
We will also be launching a new monthly early childhood program very shortly that is very similar to this one..... An announcement is coming tomorrow!
Friendly Last-Minute Reminder: Look at Me, I'm Three! meets this evening!
Today, our Elementary Schools are wearing orange in support of Unity Day, as part of Bullying Awareness Month! Unity Day takes place annually on the third Wednesday of October, and serves as an opportunity to raise bullying awareness, and show widespread support toward ending bullying worldwide.
Have you ever tried to outrun a dinosaur? Well, Mrs. Mitchell's third grade class did on Tuesday! Students have been learning about how fossils help scientists learn about living things from the past and how using characteristics from animals of today can help us learn even more. Students compared their strides while running to a dinosaur with a similar leg length, and they found it would be pretty challenging to outrun one!
If they want to double check their work with a second experiment, there might be some dinosaurs running around on Halloween. We can't promise the data will be anywhere close, though.
Be here. Be on time. Every day. #CCSDAttendanceAwarenessMonth
Mrs. Kuc's second grade class at Camden Elementary learned more about the animal kingdom with a field trip to Fort Rickey last week! As you might expect, they were big fans of the petting zoo! Thanks to our student teacher, Miss Sochia, for the pictures!
Yesterday, Miss Stone's class at CES finished their science unit on works of water and erosion. Students learned about the flow of rivers and where they come from. They learned why some beaches have different color sand and lastly we learned about erosion and landslides. Students built models of mountains using cornstarch and made it rain on their models. This allowed them to see the formation of rivers and canyons. Lastly students tested different way to protect their mountain to avoid landslides. students took notes and made adjustments to their models to more effectively protect their mountains.
Friday's morning program at CES was hosted by first graders, and featured a special guest presentation from the Camden Fire Department! This week is National Fire Prevention Week, so our local volunteer firefighters came in with some great reminders about what to do to prevent fires, and what to do if you are in a building that catches fire.
They also did an equipment demonstration to help our young students become familiar with how an interior firefighter looks and sounds in full turnout gear. This helps to build trust and hopefully, facilitate a better response if any student should ever find themselves in that unfortunate situation.
It's as good a time as any right now to check your smoke detectors and make/practice an evacuation plan for your household.
A long musical journey begins with a few notes!
Attendance matters. #CCSDAttendanceAwarenessMonth
October's "Look at Me, I'm Three" program meeting is just around the corner! Contact Patti Ferretti (pferretti@camdencsd.org) to RSVP!
RISE AND SHINE, BLUE DEVILS! It's going to be a great day today! Here is your schedule for Homecoming 2024!
Whether it was Princess/Hero day, or Blue and White Day, or some combination of both, our students brought the ENERGY on Friday!
Given that it's Princess and Hero day at CES, it's only fitting that the school community found a way to get Mr. Ferretti his own crown. He has been dubbed the GOAT of Camden Elementary, complete with a crown from Ms. Levensailor!
That's one mighty blue and white crew... on a field trip to the Zoo! That's where Miss Stone's second graders were yesterday!
