Our Camp Sum-More-Fun "Encore Jazz" cabin prepared some terrific modern pieces during this year's program, including this rendition of "Man In The Mirror" from Wednesday's rehearsal!
https://youtu.be/5NdcARgn_6U
Connected Community Schools threw a terrific Teddy Bear picnic on Tuesday!
We recently got news that Camden High School has earned "School of Excellence" recognition from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association! Earning the "School of Excellence" designation requires an athletic department to have over 75 percent of its varsity teams achieve "Scholar-Athlete Team Award" status. 25 Blue Devil teams did so during this school year.
The Camden Central School District would like to congratulate two students who brought home some ribbons from Wednesday's 4-H Poultry Show at the Boonville-Oneida County Fair.
Matthew Albrecht '27 was selected as the "master showman" of the 4-H Poultry Show for his work with his silkie chicken named "Drumstick". "Drumstick" was raised with the help of the Camden Middle School agriculture classroom, which oversaw a group of baby chicks this spring as part of its poultry unit.
Dalton Metott '28 showed one of his Barred Rock chickens and received a first place award for showmanship.
Making the experience even better was that the District's Camp Sum-More-Fun Agriculture Campers were attending the fair that day to see how a livestock show works, and they got to see some of their peers win awards for it.
The District applauds both students for taking their interest in agriculture a step further, and instructors Karly Marshman and Brianne Willson for their work in elevating agriculture education at Camden.
As CSMF winds down, let's take a minute to offer our appreciation to an incredible group of students who made the experience even better. The new "Leadership" cabin was an invitation-only opportunity for a group of CHS students to serve as role models for the younger students who attend Camp-Sum-More Fun.
These students supported our operation in more ways than we can list here. Yesterday alone, we saw them setting up and tearing down the stage for drama, helping with student microphone prep in the auditorium, and even taking a few shifts inside of the dunk tank for our students to enjoy. Great job!
"Wat" a day for Watercolors! On Wednesday, our CSMF Kindergarten Campers were outside doing some watercolor painting.
Along the way, we saw a really cool idea you may be able to use at home. To make it easier to transport and use, the water for each student's brush was actually frozen into an egg shape. By using ice, you're also less likely to over-saturate your brush water with paint because it will drip off rather than remaining stagnant.
Wednesday was FUN DAY at Camden High School! Students from Camp Sum-More-Fun and our Special Education Summer Program came together to enjoy inflatables, sno cones, and of course our famous CSMF celebrity dunk tank!
Our CSMF Lego Creators cabin has started their final builds! The students have been tasked with using concepts from their previous builds to create items that will all fit together to tell a story. Students get to use robotics kits as part of the class. The kits teach basic programming concepts that they can use as a foundation for more advanced concepts as they get older!
Students in the Camp Sum-More-Fun Encore Jazz cabin were making final preparations for Thursday morning's concert program! Our musicians will perform immediately following the drama cabin performance at 9:30 AM. Parents and families of our performers are welcome!
To borrow a line from a classic cinema song, our CSMF drama students have been having a bippity-boppity blast over the last week and a half! Since last Monday, the students have been hard at work on a short production called "Cinderella Rap", which they will be performing Thursday morning at 9:30 AM. Parents and families are welcome to join the fun and see their students perform.
Camp Sum-More-Fun is a #MOBOCES LEAP Summer Enrichment Program.
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!
Mr. Fiorini gets soaked in the dunk tank: A Play in Two Acts
The CSMF Lego Robotics Cabins: "Creators" and "Innovators", went on a fantastic field trip to visit the MVCC Science and Technology department. In the MVCC Fab Lab, they learned about 3D printing, metal printing, and laser cutters. They even created a design that was carved onto a dog tag. In the computer science building they coded M-Bots. Both cabins had a blast!
The Camden High School drama club is pleased to announce the title of its fall 2023 production. This year's CHS Fall Play will be "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," adapted for the stage by playwright Virginia Koste!
This unique re-telling of locally-born author L. Frank Baum's classic story will be presented three times. The opening night performance will be held on Friday, November 3rd at 7 PM. There will be two performances on Saturday, November 4th. The first will be a matinee held at 2 PM, and one final performance will be held at 7:30 PM.
Auditions will be held in September. Contact advisor Stephanie Heath if you have questions.
Synopsis: Like the stage manager in Our Town, Frank Baum "stage manages" his story to keep the action brisk from scene to scene. Baum is a welcome and theatrical addition. In real life he was an actor, traveling salesman, vaudeville manager and newspaperman. Swept to Oz on a cyclone, Dorothy joins with the Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion as she searches for home and family. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz celebrates the importance of mind and heart; courage in facing what is feared; the need to dream, to dare, to ride out storms; the joys of loving, laughing, crying, being lost and found. Faithful to the original book, Virginia Koste's play creates a fresh framework for Oz.
One of our CSMF Agriculture campers is in the holiday spirit this week. And by the holiday, we mean Christmas in July. If you happen to celebrate, we wish you a happy Christmas in July!
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
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Camden High School
Breakfast: 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM
Lunch: 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM
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This week in the CSMF Agriculture Cabin, it's all about plant life! As part of today's activities, students made these cool "pollinator hats" to wear in the classroom.
What are these CSMF campers measuring for? The short answer is something awesome. Stay tuned for the longer answer in the coming days at camdenschools.org!
Students in the CSMF Construction Crew cabin are working on gravity-powered cars as one of their projects! Today was test day as Mr. Calkins set up the ramp in the hallway for students to see their cars in action.
Today was "Camp Store Preview" day for our CSMF campers! Groups of campers came in to meet our Tycoon Junior business cabin and see the items they'll be able to buy with their camp bucks from Tuesday through Thursday this week!
