CES students were dancing their way into break!
High School Animal Science recently created 3D animal models to learn all about external anatomy of livestock. They even had one of the students accidentally create "Hae-Hae the chicken" from the Disney movie Moana.
Congratulations to McConnellsville's Mrs. Fairbrother (Ms.Fiorini) who got married last weekend! She was fortunate to share her special day with teammates Mrs.Holmes and Ms. Schaehfer! She celebrated in class with cupcakes and rock candy for her students! Best wishes to the newlyweds! Cheers!
Mrs. Skinner and Mrs. Sessler’s 3rd grade class were busy this week remembering to demonstrate kindness throughout this holiday season. Happy holidays to all our families!
CMS 5th graders were at the DOME in Syracuse cheering on the SU Women's Basketball team at their education day today. Our students even received a visit from Otto while the Orange took care of the St. Francis Red Flash by an 85-43 score.
The CMS Student Council wrapped up their Holiday Food Drive on Friday, December 15th. In total, CMS donated 780 items to the local Rotary. These items were used to help fill food baskets for local families. Congratulations to Miss Christmas's homeroom. They collected an average of 7.7 items per student!
Due to the holiday recess, Thursday, December 21st will be the last day of the Winter Walking program for December, and for the 2023 Calendar Year.
We will resume on Tuesday, January 2nd.
https://www.camdenschools.org/page/community-winter-walking
Happy holidays from the Camden Central School District!
Members of the CHS Select Choir have been busy this month! The group has been out caroling at the Holiday Stroll, and Toys for Tots! Last night, they brought their talents to a few households around the village!
It's always great to see our student musicians spreading cheer around the community, and we're certainly excited about the upcoming musical and spring concert seasons that await us!
On the evening of Thursday, 12/21, the Connected Community Schools team will be hosting Open Hub hours at CHS! This is a great opportunity for our families to get anything they may need for the upcoming break. Contact information for the site coordinators is included in the attached image if you have questions.
The Blue Devil had to call for a sub last night. As it turns out, he knew just the person to ask.
The Cooper's Angels initiative has experienced incredible support from the CCSD community, including at CHS! All of these items, many of which were Cooper's favorites, are on their way to their new home in Canastota soon at the Wanderer's Rest Humane Association.
The Drama Club will host a "Photos with Santa" initiative on Thursday for their fellow students to help ensure the donation being made in memory of Cooper is even larger!
Mrs. Bottini's class at CES recently made Gingerbread Houses! This was a new experience for many students in the class, and they'd like to thank the many families who donated "construction materials" for the students to use.
Mrs. Libertella's college chem students went with her today to the MVCC Utica Campus today to analyze silver solder samples using an atomic absorption spectrophotometer.
Want to know what that does? Here's an explanation of the process:
https://www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/industrial/spectroscopy-elemental-isotope-analysis/spectroscopy-elemental-isotope-analysis-learning-center/trace-elemental-analysis-tea-information/atomic-absorption-aa-information.html#:~:text=Atomic%20absorption%20spectrometry%20(AAS)%20detects,absorbances%20are%20measured%20against%20standards.
Camden Elementary Kindergarten students are “traveling around the world” to different countries to see how others celebrate their winter holidays. Miss Leone’s class had their first stop in Africa, where they learned all about Kwanza and made a special Unity Cup! They are excited about going to 4 other countries this week!
McConnellsville fourth grade had a fun day ice skating and visiting the Rome Fire Department! Even Stanley the elf came along prepared with his ice skates and fire helmet, and as it turns out, he's a natural.
If any NHL teams are looking to add some depth for the later part of the season, have your people call our people.
CES third graders are practicing rounding to the nearest ten, while reviewing some units of measurement. Students rounded amounts water using milliliters, bags of beans in grams, and lengths of classroom objects in centimeters.
Students in Mrs. Angell's writing group at McVille wrote persuasive essays as to why someone would want to buy their Gingerbread Houses. Of course, good marketing sense says you should have a house for them to buy. So, students were able to execute their own vision by building houses based on what they wrote!
On Friday, December 8th, Camden High School was fortunate to be selected to pilot a new presentation for the nationally renowned Rachel's Challenge Program. The Chain Check event was designed to follow the popular Chain Reaction portion of Rachel's Challenge. During this time, adult facilitators worked to do activities that checked in with the students and discussed ways to promote a positive and kind environment at CHS. The event was well-received and a great experience for the students and staff.
Santa's a popular guy. Even the teachers wanted their picture taken with this jolly celebrity when he visited McConnellsville for Tuesday's Holiday Make N' Take event!
