Tonight, Section III tournament play begins for Camden Volleyball! The Blue Devils will travel to take on second-seeded RFA tonight at 6 PM! Good luck!
Congratulations to our Camden CSD Athletes of the Week for the week encompassing 1/27-2/2, as voted on by CHS Students! Our winners this week are Astro Johnson (Girls' Wrestling) and Billy Bernabe (Alpine Skiing).
Astro was selected for being a great teammate, as well as having success on the mat. Astro took 4th place in the 152 weight class at the Homer Legacy tournament and currently holds a 22-10 record on the season.
Billy was selected by his peers for being a team leader, and for his performances on the slopes in one of the most important weeks of competition he's ever had. At the Winter Carnival event in Lake Placid, he placed third and second on his two runs in slalom at Pigsah. In the giant slalom event, he took first and second place finishes on his two runs at Whiteface Mountain. Outside of high school competition, Billy returned to Lake Placid this past weekend to compete in the Empire State Games!
Keep your eyes on this space for next week's winners!
Records are made to be broken, so why not break your own? Isaac Lynch did exactly that on Tuesday, February 4th. As Camden defeated Oneida 91-88 in double overtime, the Blue Devils' big man delivered a career night with a school-record 48 points to go with an impressive 17 rebounds.
Lynch reached his new single game scoring record on the weight of a 15-of-28 shooting performance from the field, and he connected twice on five attempts from beyond the arc. He also finished the night 12-of-17 from the free throw line. The previous mark stood at 39 points, which he set in a game at New Hartford back in December.
In equally-as-exciting news, Isaac is now just 78 points away from reaching the 1,000 point mark for his career. The Blue Devils will play their next three games at home. We will keep you in the loop game-by-game to give you the best chance of being there when it happens!
Camden will host CVA on Friday at 6:30, and Sandy Creek on Saturday at 1.
Two Thumbs Up for the Alpine Ski Team! The Blue Devils had a great day in yesterday's race at Song Mountain! Billy Bernabe finished his runs as in second and first to take first place overall, and Dylan Poole earned his first top 10 finish!
The Alpine Ski team competes tonight at 4:00 at Woods Valley. Come on out and cheer them on!
The Camden High School Business Department is proud to announce Gage Grinnell is their Business Department "Employee of the Month" award winner. Gage is currently taking MVCC Introduction to Business and Career and Financial Management. He has also met the requirements to be a member of the Business and Marketing Honor Society . He has previously taken MVCC Business/Personal Law and MVCC Marketing. Gage displays many employability skills and positive personal characteristics in our business classes including: positive work ethic, critical thinking and teamwork.
He's clearly putting in the work to be successful in all areas, as he was also the runner-up in the CHS Shakespeare Competition last week!
Way to go, Gage!
The Volleyball Brackets are out!!!!
Camden will be traveling to Rome on Thursday for the Sectional Quarterfinals. The match is set to start at 6:00 PM in the RFA Main Gym.
On Saturday, January 25th, the Camden High School Science Olympiad team continued its tradition of great performances as it competed in the 2025 Mid-State Regional Competition at LeMoyne College. The Blue Devils produced top ten finishes in five events en route to a 13th place finish out of 34 teams. Camden scored a total of 375 points on the day.
Highlighting the day was a third place finish by Camden’s entry in the Geologic Mapping event, contested by Bella Keller and Annaka Stauring.
A fourth place finish was achieved in the Dynamic Planet event, with Jacob Lago and Mackenzie Keil representing Camden.
Also receiving medals were Camden’s sixth place finishing entries. In the Codebusters event, the Blue Devils were successful with Annaka Stauring, Thomas Potter, and Justin Melnick. An identical finish was achieved in the Wind Power event with Jacob Lago.
To round out Camden’s accolades, Stauring also finished seventh in the Optics event.
Founded in 1984 and incorporated in 1993, New York State Science Olympiad, Inc. ("NYSSO") is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which seeks to engage and challenge students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics ("STEM") through various levels of team-based, collaborative, and competitive tournaments throughout New York State. There are over 650 participating teams statewide.
Mrs. Libertella's college-level chemistry class is here to tell you that there are less than 140 days until graduation!!! On Friday, the class made this 140 link paper chain, one for each remaining day they are in high school, and on each link are some of their favorite memories from their time here from Pre-K until today!
The countdown now sits at 137 days.
Looking for some fresh fruit this winter? We have a "Berry" good idea for you!
The Camden FFA chapter is holding a strawberry sale! These Strawberries are available in one pound containers and sold in quantities of two containers, four containers, or eight containers.
Proceeds will benefit FFA activities. Please order no later than February 14th. Delivery will be made to CHS in early March, where you will need to pick up your order after school hours. Direct-to-home shipping will not be available for this sale.
Click this link to get started: https://freshfruitorder.org/CamdenHSFFA/Shop/ProductsList.aspx
Contact advisor Erin Curtis (ecurtisszalach@camdencsd.org) if you need more information!
Camden High School Folks: The LAST DAY to order the 2025 CHS Yearbook is FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14th!!! No extra yearbooks will be ordered. Contact Amy Andrews (aandrews@camdencsd.org) if you need more information!
Did you miss out on your opportunity to get CHS Morgan's Message Club apparel at Wrestling this week? You're in luck! The club has opened an online apparel store for you to shop! A portion of every sale goes to Morgan's Message and the organization's work to elevate and prioritize student-athlete mental health at all levels!
https://shinethelighton.com/collections/morgan-s-message-chs
Our Connected Community Schools team has been quite busy over the past few months! Here's a recap of what they've been up to lately:
Presenting the Camden Winter Cheerleading and Boys' Basketball Class of 2025!!!
Leilani Hillabrandt
Pedro Floge
Colton Harrington
Isaac Lynch
Stephan Parry
Ayden Swinney
Todd Willson
#SeniorNight
Getting ready to roll on Senior Night.
Tonight is a special night for Camden cheerleading and boys' basketball: Senior Night!
We anticipate a 6:15 ceremony, and a 6:30 tip! Come and join us!
Camden varsity bowling celebrated its Class of 2025 with Senior Night on Wednesday! As the Camden girls and boys programs prepared to match up with Holland Patent, the Blue Devils recognized seniors Xenia Kirby, Matt Melancon, Sarah Marshall and Tracey York for their contributions!
On Tuesday, January 28th, 10 Camden High School theater students will battle it out and present the best of the bard as the CHS Theater Department proudly presents its 32nd Annual Shakespeare Competition! A field of 19 students has been trimmed to ten finalists to go in front of an esteemed panel of judges for this long-running CHS tradition. They'll be vying for top honors, along with a chance at the regional competition held next month at Syracuse Stage.
All parents of our performers are invited to attend the competition. We hope to see you there! If you plan to attend, please arrive at the high school between 1:30-1:45. Park in the back parking lot and enter at the side door by the auditorium. The doors will open at 1:30. The competition will start at 1:50 SHARP, so please do not be late. Reach out to Mrs. Heath with any questions you may have.
The 10 finalists are:
Gage Grinnell, Isabella Wing, Mady Redden, Ryan Brown, Sydney Matthews, Owen Carr, Ellie Kratz, Alyssa Vera, Hannah Smith and Hailey Hicks.
The Camden Central School District is on a 2-hour delay this morning, Tuesday, January 28, 2025 due to inclement weather. No AM BOCES and no AM Pre-Kindergarten.
Reminder: There is no school on Wednesday, January 29th because of the Lunar Holiday Observance. This is the first time this observance is on our calendar. We will see you on Thursday!
Therapy Dog Kylo saw the eighth graders touring the high school last week, and he really wanted to be part of the fun!
