Camden High School -

Mrs. Dacey’s MVCC Marketing Class (BM120) joined in on the Madness of March - The Marketing Madness, that is.

Throughout the month, students participated in a research and debate project in the form of a bracket-style competition, with an “Athletes vs. Influencers” theme. Each student needed to select one of these figures and conduct research about how they market themselves, and how they may influence consumer behavior.

The first round vote was a simple popularity contest, but each round became increasingly focused on marketing behaviors. In round 2, students researched brand endorsements for their subject, presented their findings, and went through elimination. In round 3, students researched total audience size by analyzing their chosen person’s followers and the number of impressions they create across platforms. Round 4 was an analysis of philanthropy, charity work, and community initiatives.

After the first four rounds, the final round was a sales pitch to the class on the two remaining subjects. Bart Seidl presented about online influencer Mr. Beast, while Karter LaFlair presented about boxing champion Muhummad Ali. Seidl was the winner and received a gift certificate for some frozen lemonade.

Mrs. Dacey would like to thank Reagan Arnold, Ella Winters, Isaiah Franco, Bella Keller, and Natalie Hotaling for their help with the bulletin board throughout the unit.

On Wednesday, March 18th, a group of ninth and tenth grade students took a trip to SRC in North Syracuse to participate in an interactive program entitled “High School Students in the STEM Workplace”.

Throughout the day, students learned about coding, codebreaking, and more through an array of activities. They broke into teams to do a decoding activity with logic puzzles and a lock box, completed a binary code name bracelet activity, and met with engineering professionals from one of the region’s highest-profile firms.

SRC is a non-profit research and development company working with the defense/intelligence sector, and also does business in the arena of environmental protection. They employ over 1,100 people in facilities across seven states, but are headquartered in Syracuse.

This morning, two teams representing Camden High School are taking part in this year's MOBOCES Battle of the Books! Hosted by the MOBOCES School Library System staff, the Battle of the Books is a regional team trivia competition that tests student knowledge on a hand-selected list of books they've been reading throughout the year to get ready.

Our 2026 competition teams are named the Grim Readers and the Reader McEntires!

Please join us in congratulating these students on putting their best foot forward to represent Camden with pride!

Today, the Camden High School team is rallying around colleague Paul Calicchia as he continues treatment for an ongoing health challenge. Paul, your CCSD family is cheering you on every step of the way!

The Camden High School Business and Marketing Honor Society pitched in to help the community by cleaning up Main St. after the annual Camden Irish Parade. These amazing students donated their time to earn community service hours toward their yearly goal as a member of the organization. Pictured below: Laura Albrecht, Connor Collins, Isaiah Franco, Zachary Giarrusso, Gage Grinnell, Natalie Hotaling, Bryson Roes, and Peyton Wickham

At Saturday's Odyssey of the Mind State Finals, a tenth place team finish and a great year weren't the only things to celebrate.

As part of the evening’s awards festivities, Camden co-advisor and coach Jessica Harney received the NYSOMA Community Star Award from the New York State Odyssey of the Mind Association! She received the honor for her tireless work to carry on the Odyssey spirit in Camden, and to drum up interest in the program across schools in the local area.

Thursday evening marked a celebration of all things music education as Camden High School held its annual "Music in Our Schools Month" concert!

The CHS Music Department's three largest ensembles: String Orchestra, Concert Choir, and Concert Band, all took the stage for an hour-long show in a fun "Pops Concert" format that left audiences delighted.

Did we witness our String Orchestra playing an AC/DC song last night? Perhaps. Did our Concert Choir sing some Radiohead last night? We can't deny it. Did Concert Band add a legendary Beatles tune? We're just going to say yes there.

Will there be video of all three, along with the entire concert? Stay tuned.....

Please join us in extending our best wishes to our Camden High School Odyssey of the Mind team as they prepare for the New York State Finals in Syracuse on Saturday, March 21st!

The Camden High School team advancing to states consists of seniors Alexis Albrecht, Abigail Arnold, Ben Gallagher, and Samantha MacMurray, and sophomores Phinean Callahan and Abigail Conover. They are coached by Jessica Harney and Melanie Callahan.

Want to learn more about how they got to this point? Read more here!
https://www.camdenschools.org/article/2766982

Join us tonight (3/19) as the Camden High School ensembles take the stage for their Music In Our Schools Month concert! The first note gets played at 7 PM!

Mrs. Harney's psychology class was treated to a live demonstration of operant and classical conditioning principles. Our CHS Agriculture Teacher, Miss Curtis, and her dog Gibbs demonstrated some of his newly acquired skills as a way to reinforce what the psychology students already learned about operant conditioning. In addition to the reinforcement lesson, students had a chance to ask Ms. Curtis questions about the courses offered here, her career pathway, and some best practices for dog training. All of the students have dogs or cats at home, so the lesson provided some real life support. She also explained how operant conditioning is used with her prized dairy cows in the showring. Mrs. Harney and the students would have also liked to see that demonstrated, but bringing in a dairy cow takes a bit more effort and a lot more cleanup.

Due to the expectation of inclement weather this evening, the Camden Central School District has made the decision to cancel all after-school activities for Tuesday, March 17th, 2026.

Connected Community Schools is holding Open Hub hours on Thursday, March 19th from 4 to 6 PM at their Camden High School Hub location. Come stock up on essential items you might need at home, while also learning more about what Connected Community Schools can offer our families. Please enter through the front bus loop.
Any questions? Call Val at 315-271-8780!

An update to the 2026-27 academic calendar has been released. The lone change from the original release is a change in date for Homecoming 2026. The event will now be held on Saturday, October 10th!

PDF: https://aptg.co/l66Hm0

It was a pleasure to host John Clifford and Mike Jaquays from the Daily Sentinel this afternoon at CHS. They dropped by to interview CHS senior Gage Grinnell, and CHS theatre teacher Stephanie Heath for a story about Gage's recent victory at the Syracuse Branch Shakespeare Competition!

Please join us in extending our best wishes to CHS senior Ayden Gerow as he competes in the NYSPHSAA Individual Bowling Championship on Saturday, 3/14/26 at AMF Strike-N-Spare Lanes in Syracuse! He got to this point by winning the Section III Individual Shootout held recently.

Bowling begins at 8 AM Saturday. Follow along with live scores here as they get reported in!
https://www.section3bowling.com/nysphsaa-state-individual-championships/

Our WCHS Broadcasting and Journalism class visited Utica University this morning to check out the Communication and Media departments! The students toured the UticaTV and WPNR FM studios, met with Distinguished Professor of Public Relations and Journalism Paul MacArthur, checked out academic buildings and student housing, enjoyed lunch, and a few hopped on for a quick talk break on the WPNR-FM airwaves as well!

During the morning of Thursday, March 12th, 19 students from Camden High School explored the possibilities available through the Camden Central School District's school-to-work internship program with International Wire! Students came loaded with questions about this global company in our hometown, and the opportunities available in engineering, manufacturing, finance, human resources, and more! Through this program, students can gain valuable real-world experience and dual credits for CHS and Mohawk Valley Community College. We currently have our second internship class making its way through the program.

Our students were accompanied by business teachers Steven Klepadlo and Judy Dacey, and technology teacher Jake Bates.

If you have a freshman or sophomore who might be interested in pursuing this avenue in the future, have them discuss it with a teacher in the business or technology departments, along with their school counselor.

Thank you to the IW team for taking time to host us today!

Today, March 7th, is the final day of National School Social Work Week for 2026, so we leave you a reminder that we have one of the best around up at CHS! Earlier this school year, the one and only Michelle Mellon was honored as the New York State School Social Worker of the Year, and we thought this was a good time to pull this story back into your timeline.

https://www.camdenschools.org/o/chs/article/2550307

Another production "Easter Egg" for you today. You probably observed the large monument as part of the set for the town of "Ashton" in Big Fish. Take a closer look at the inscription, and you'll notice a few familiar names got put on there.