Miss Barber's entire 4th grade class volunteered to carry all 310 items of food collected out to the Camden Food Pantry volunteer's vehicle! Many hands make light work!



The final results are in and McConnellsville Elementary read a total of 2,012 minutes! WOW!
In first place, 2nd grade read 559 minutes. In second place, PreK read 399 minutes. In third place, 1st grade read 346 minutes. Great job to all participants!

Today, (Tuesday 5/21/24), The Camden Central School District will hold its vote on the 2024-25 proposed budget, its Board of Education elections for two available at large vacancies, and a vote on ballot proposition II regarding a transportation limit adjustment.
Voting will be held from Noon until 9 PM in the Camden High School Auditorium Lobby. In addition, any outstanding absentee ballots are due to the District Clerk by 5 PM today, Tuesday, May 21st, 2024.
For more detailed information about what’s on this year’s ballot, along with voter eligibility requirements, visit https://www.camdenschools.org/page/district-clerk.
For more information about the budget proposed for the 2024-25 school year, visit https://www.camdenschools.org/page/business-office-2024-budget

Last night, we had a tremendous turnout for our 2024 District-Wide "Growing With The Arts" Art Show! Thanks to everyone who came to support our young artists at this incredible showcase of their talents!









Kindergarten students in Miss Wood’s class at MES recently started an ABC countdown!
Yesterday, they celebrated Camping Day! They made STEM shapes with mini marshmallows and read in their tents with flashlights!









The day is here! Tonight at 6:30-8:00 pm, join us at Camden High School as we celebrate art across our district. Hope to see you there!

Registration for our 2024 season of the Camp Sum-More-Fun Summer Enrichment programs has been moving quickly. Between our "Happy Campers" (Current K-2 Students) and "Adventurers" (Current Grade 3-6 Students) programs, an impressive 339 students have been signed up in under six days across both of those programs!
If you still need to register your child, check ParentSquare for the link. Registration questions can be directed to Amanda Mitchell (amitchell@camdencsd.org) and Sarah Roth-Trnchik (sroth-trnchik@camdencsd.org) for the Adventurers program, and Craig Ferretti (cferretti@camdencsd.org) can answer any "Happy Campers" program questions.

McConnellsville Elementary School Families:
Bingo on The Lawn will be held in the early evening on Tuesday, May 21st. Please check your parentsquare messages to RSVP if you are attending with your child. This is an outdoor event, and the rain date will be Wednesday, May 22nd.

The Camden Central School District will host the May meeting of the "Look at Me, I'm Three" program on Wednesday, 5/15. If you are attending with your child, please contact Patti Ferretti to RSVP if you have not done so already. Contact information is included in the attached image.

This Wednesday! Join us at 6:30-8pm as we celebrate artwork district wide in our K-12 art show at Camden High School. All are welcome!

As of last Friday, PreK is in the lead with 2nd and 1st grade not too far behind! Great job reading! Don't forget to keep turning in your planets to help your class fill our galaxy with the most planets!

Please send in food or toiletry items if you're able. The 4th Grade Book Club is collecting them for the Camden Food Pantry. Our goal is 450 items and we are currently at 57.



Discover a New Universe with Books!
Help your grade level earn the most planets to fill our galaxy. You can earn a planet by reading for 10 minutes.

The McVille 4th Grade Book Club is sponsoring a food drive to benefit the Camden Food Pantry! Please consider supporting this endeavor if you can do so by bringing in a non-perishable food or toiletry item or two from now until May 17th. Shelley Malenowski, MES Library Media Specialist, is your point of contact for questions at (smalenowski@camdencsd.org).

Next Wednesday, please join us at Camden High School from 6:30-8:00pm as we celebrate artworks created by students K-12th grade. All are welcomed! Students who have a piece of art in the show will get an note sent home by Friday. We look forward to seeing you there!

The McVille PTO will meet today (May 7) at 4:30 PM. Also, Bingo on the Lawn at McVille will be May 21st!

Congratulations to the staff, students, and families at McConnellsville Elementary School! McConnellsville was selected as a Capturing Kids' Hearts National Showcase School for its work in character education!
https://www.camdenschools.org/article/1586117

The 4th Grade Book Club's Service Project to benefit the Camden Food Pantry begins TODAY and runs until May 17th! Please send in an item or two if you are able.

The McConnellsville Fourth Grade Book Club will hold a food drive beginning on Monday, May 6th. Please consider sending some non-perishable food items to school if you can do so. Contact library media specialist Shelley Malenowski (smalenowski@camdencsd.org) if you have questions on donating.

Our 4th Grade Book Club is sponsoring a food drive to benefit the Camden Food Pantry! Please bring in a nonperishable food or toiletry item or two from May 6-17th. There will be a collection box by the officer.

