Earlier this week, CES First Graders visited the Great Swamp Conservancy! They learned about bats and butterflies, and also had a chance to scoop up and look at plenty of critters along the way!
CES 4th graders with Mrs. Hughes and Mrs. Owens are building complex machines as part of their Mystery Science lesson on transferring energy!
Our final meeting of the school year for the "Let's Play" Two-Year-Old program is underway with a little craft to "Octopi" the time! We're excited to see this group continue to grow in "Look at Me, I'm Three!" next year!
This morning, third graders from Mr. Janes and Mrs. Platt's third grade class at Camden Elementary saw some hard work pay off with a fish release! The class has been raising landlocked Atlantic Salmon through an long-standing educational partnership between the Camden Central School District, Trout Unlimited, and the Fish Creek Atlantic Salmon Club. The partnership aims to educate students about the incredible aquatic wildlife in their own backyard.
In addition to a fish release, students also enjoyed some exploration time to catch and examine other creatures, such as insects or crawfish.
This is the second year we have had a third grade classroom participate alongside our Middle School classrooms in this initiative, as Mr. Janes carried the initiative over from his previous teaching experiences.
The Middle School classes are eyeing Wednesday to release their fish! More to come....
On Saturday, the Camden Elementary School PTO played host to its 2025 Color Blast Run! Proceeds from the event will go to help the PTO continue their great work on behalf of our students, staff, and families!
Thank you to all who pitched in to make this event a success!
Heads up - It's about to get musical around here! Our Camden Elementary School, McConnellsville Elementary School, and Camden Middle School ensembles will be entertaining audiences with their Spring Concerts over the next two weeks!
Mon. 6/2 - CMS 5th Grade
7 PM, Camden Middle School
Tues. 6/3 - Camden Elementary
6 PM, Camden High School
Wed. 6/4 - CMS 6th Grade
7 PM, Camden Middle School
Tues. 6/10 - McConnellsville Elementary
6 PM, Camden High School
Wed. 6/11 - CMS 7th and 8th Grade
7 PM, Camden Middle School
At the end of Wednesday morning's festivities, we got our fourth grade winners from each school together, along with team photos from Camden and McConnellsville! After a day of spirited competition, the bar has been set high (pun intended) for our third graders on Friday!
On Wednesday, fourth graders from both elementary schools came together to compete as part of the annual Camden Central School District fourth grade track meet! The event is always a highlight of the year, especially for this group as they prepare to become one Blue Devil family at Camden Middle School this fall!
Students strived to do their best while representing their school in six individual track events, five field events, and an exciting mixed 4x100 meter relay. Along the way, the competitors also learned how much they've grown since their third grade meet a year ago!
The CCSD Third Grade Track and Field Meet scheduled for Thursday morning has been postponed to its rain date, Friday 5/30 (Tomorrow).
The start time remains 9:15 AM on the new date.
This change does not affect today's Section III Championship Meet at CHS.
On Friday, Camden Elementary School invites you to their "Camden Cares About You Fair"!
This event is open for all in the community to enjoy. Vendors, food, entertainment, and more will be present. In addition, you can pick up your PTO Color Blast Run bib!
Mrs. Kuc’s second grade had a bubble blowing contest with bubbles, then bubble gum to celebrate the ‘B’ from our ABC year end countdown.
CES Families!
As you may have already seen, the Camden Elementary School PTO has been hard at work to help with the cost of school supplies.
Last night, the PTO announced to the CES community that many necessary supplies for Camden Elementary School students for the 2025-26 school year will be provided with money and resources amassed through PTO fundraising efforts! There may be some selected items still needed, but this is a huge step forward for our families.
Please join us in extending appreciation to this incredible group of volunteers for all they do, and to everyone who contributed to making this opportunity a reality!
Want to help them continue their great work? Consider participating in their upcoming Camden Color Blast 5K!
https://www.camdenschools.org/o/ces/article/2140816
Need something important ahead of the upcoming weekend? Connected Community Schools can help! They are having Open Hub hours at CHS from 4 PM to 6 PM on Wednesday, 5/21. Please enter through the front bus loop entrance. Contact Valarie at the number listed on the flyer if you have questions.
Polls are now open at CHS for the budget vote and Board of Education elections! They will run from noon to 9 PM.
It's spring, and our "Look at Me, I'm Three!" participants are growing so fast! So it was only fitting that we had a flower-themed May meeting on Wednesday!
The group practiced some relaxing mindfulness, then read the silly story "Grow Flower Grow!" by Lisa Bruce. In the story, Fran tries to feed her flower spaghetti and pizza to make it grow!
Then, it was craft time! Attendees made a paper craft, and also planted flowers for themselves (sans spaghetti). As they keep growing, those flowers will grow with them!
Mark your calendars! June 4th will be our last "Look At Me, I'm Three!" for the school year before our friends head off to Pre-K in September!
This week at Camden Elementary, 2nd-4th graders went on a virtual field trip right from the library! Using Google Expedition VR Headsets, students immersed themselves into interesting locations. From learning about different habitats to seeing world renowned landmarks such as the Colosseum, students had a great time. They even got to see what it would be like to walk on the moon! The headsets are provided by the Madison-Oneida BOCES School Library System.
Budget Update 5/16/25
We would like to inform you that in the 2025–26 budget notice, the amounts listed in the program and capital components are reversed in the contingency budget column only. This does not impact the total amount of the contingency budget as listed.
You can click here ( https://5il.co/3er3p ) to view an updated version of the notice. The update will also be reflected in the online version of our budget newsletter.
Just like this snowman from first grader John Seymore, we hope your week was a masterpiece!
The team that makes it all happen. We are lucky to have some of the best art teachers around here in the Camden Central School District!
One of our favorite parts of the District-Wide Art Show is getting photos of the artists with their outstanding work!
