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A quick note from principal Heidi Allen for our Brain Gain Institute and Kindergarten Bootcamp families! If you are participating and have not received a letter, please reach out to her. We're excited to start our second season of this program next week!
The August breakfast and lunch menus for our summer nutrition program are here!
Breakfast: https://5il.co/2040u
Lunch: https://5il.co/2040v
Free meals for all students 18 and under will run until August 18th. The following meal schedule remains the current one in effect:
Camden Elementary School
Breakfast: 7:45 AM to 9:00 AM
Lunch: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
USE ENTRANCE G
Camden High School
Breakfast: 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Lunch: 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM
USE ENTRANCE M
The Camden Connected Community Schools team will be hosting "Open Hub Hours" at CHS on Monday, 7/24 from 4-6 PM. Please bring bags if you have them. See the flyer below for more information, and contact our site coordinators at the numbers listed with any questions.
Camp is back in session! Wednesday marked the third day of our summer enrichment program called “Camp Sum-More-Fun”.
Over 400 students in grades K-9 are taking part in this award-winning educational program for the 2023 season at Camden High School.
Our K-2 students, the “Happy Campers”, explore a wide variety of age-appropriate STEAM activities. Students in grades 3-8 are known as the “Explorers” group, and are enrolled into subject-based “cabins” where they can explore an area of their choice such as drones, culinary arts, agriculture, business, music, and theatre.
We have also added a ninth grade “leadership” group for the first time. A select group of students were chosen to offer peer mentorship and leadership education opportunities to the younger campers.
In our Wednesday session, we saw an incredible racing drone demonstration, craft activities with our “Tycoon Junior” business group, spirited competition from the “Ninja Warriors” group, and an AWESOME science presentation by “Professor K” at our closing ceremony (We’ll have video shortly!).
Stay tuned for plenty of content as CSMF continues!
CSMF is presented through a partnership with the Madison-Oneida BOCES LEAP summer enrichment programs!
A new student academic calendar has been posted! There is only one small change to note, and it was a slight adjustment to the 4th quarter elementary report card date. All other information remains the same. Check the link below, or get it on our website any time!
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2998/CCSD/2864409/2023-2024_Student_Calendar__Final_.pdf
The Camden Elementary School Supply List has received a huge update with multiple classrooms added on!
https://www.camdenschools.org/page/school-supply-lists
Update: Times have been updated for this year's summer meals program to reflect different breakfast/lunch time slots at each building.
The Camden Central School District's Summer Food Service program is in full swing! The program offers free breakfast and lunch for children 18 years and younger throughout the summer months. The program runs Monday through Friday until August 18th.
Meals can be secured during each day of operation at the following sites. If your child is participating in District-Operated Summer programming, meals will be provided as part of their program schedule.
Camden Elementary School
Breakfast: 7:45 AM to 9:00 AM
Lunch: 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
USE ENTRANCE G
Camden High School
Breakfast: 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Lunch: 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM
USE ENTRANCE M
Menus for July are posted at CamdenSchools.org, and menus for August are coming very soon!
Please note there may be changes to locations and/or times as the summer progresses. We will communicate those changes to you if and when they occur. In addition, if your child has a food allergy or other dietary restriction, we ask that you let the food service staff on-site know so that they may make arrangements for an appropriate meal that meets your child’s needs. Please contact the CCSD Business Office if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
One week from today, our Connected Community Schools team will host Open Hub Hours at CHS! They will be available to assist you with any essentials you may need for the Summer months. Contact information is included in the attached flyer.
Supply lists for Camden Middle School and portions of Camden Elementary School are now available! We will update with more lists as they are received throughout the Summer months!
https://www.camdenschools.org/page/school-supply-lists
Friendly reminder! On Monday, July 17th, the Oneida County Car Seat program is coming to Camden! See the flyer below for more details!
Beginning this fall, all Camden Central School District pre-kindergarten classes will be moving to McConnellsville Elementary School. The District has chosen this course of action to help expand access to opportunities for our youngest learners.
If you have questions, comments, or concerns, District pre-k coordinator Craig Ferretti is your point of contact. He can be reached at 315-245-2616.
If you need to register your child for Fall 2023, call 315-245-4096.
Congratulations to Camden music teacher Jennifer Guhin on being nominated for the Manilow Music Teacher Award for our area! The prizes include additional funding for her classroom and an opportunity to meet Barry Manilow at an upcoming performance!
Want to help her have the best chance to win? Vote here!
https://tradablebits.com/tb_app/487826?skip=true#
Thursday, 6/29 at Camden Elementary will be a great morning to get out and play with Connected Community Schools!
On Wednesday night, Camden Elementary School held its moving up ceremony for the fourth grade Class of 2023! Congratulations, Cougar Alumni!
Pull up a chair and have a listen to this wonderful performance by Mr. Rudka. Somewhere, we know Greg was singing along with a smile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LPUziWf9k
Our elementary-level students had a GREAT time dancing and playing along with Downbeat Percussion yesterday! You can see the full ensemble this Fall at Buffalo Bills games out in Orchard Park, NY.
The CES Student Council recently met its fundraising goals to support student events and celebrations, and students were rewarded for their support of the council with a very special event on Wednesday.
If the Council met its goals, Mr. Ferretti and Mrs. Mitchell agreed to be duct taped to the gymnasium wall, and were very good sports about it as students and staff took turns applying sticky strips of tape to hold their building leaders in place.
When the students and staff were finished, the step stools supporting our two participants were removed, and students were amazed to see their building administrators being held up on the wall using only the power of duct tape!
Stay tuned for more from this event, coming soon!
This morning, we had the honor of hosting Downbeat Percussion for a morning assembly with CES and MES students! Downbeat Percussion is an incredibly talented professional drumline that also happens to be the official game day drumline of the Buffalo Bills.
They played some tunes for the students while demonstrating many of the concepts students are already learning about in music class, such as rhythm and sound dynamics.
They invited students up onto the "stage" to perform with them, and then played several of the students' favorites for an on-field dance party!
We'll have more to share later on.
