The CMS Special Education team, the CMS Health Office, and Dr. Goff brought an old school arcade vibe for halloween with this Pac-Man ensemble!
If you're wondering who's behind the mask.... Give it up for the one and only Mr. Eric Bird!
During the week of October 31st, the Camden High School Unified Fine Arts Club held its first meeting of the year to get into the holiday spirit! The club came together to produce a step-by-step Haunted House drawing!
The Unified Fine Arts Club was created as a parallel to our successful Unified Sports programs. In Unified Sports, students with disabilities work alongside students without disabilities to achieve a common goal together - and that spirit translates beautifully to the arts. Throughout each meeting, students create together. They collaborate on ideas and work on practical solutions together to produce a finished project that they can take home! And along the way, each student makes a few new friends, too!
If you've seen our teachers wandering the halls today, don't sweat it - they made sure to fill out SmartPass first!
As part of this year's celebrations at CHS and CMS, our CFLR Prevention Specialist, Ambur Kowalski, arranged to have Reality Check visit during lunch periods to speak with students about the dangers of vaping and how marketing targets youth. As part of the week, students created drawings and wrote pledges reflecting their commitment to staying drug-free.
On Wednesday, Camden Elementary and McConnellsville Elementary welcomed celebrated children's author (and Utica, NY native) Daryl Cobb for a visit! Students in grades K-4 were treated to his message that included the love of reading and writing. He even recruited some teachers and students to participate in his engaging, informative, and entertaining presentation!
The students formulated their hypotheses and brought forth their allegations - but there was an important plot twist that changed everything: There was no “witch” after all!
The activity was designed to teach the class about how mob mentality and hysteria can lead to false accusations, just as those factors led people to be prosecuted for witchcraft centuries ago.
In a fascinating turn of fortune, the activity also aligns with Mrs. Smith’s own family history. She discussed her own family genealogy research with the class. That research revealed a family connection back to Lydia Gilbert, who was the second woman and seventh person to be convicted of witchcraft in the State of Connecticut in 1654.
You never know where you'll find a new twin! Our own Sunshine Britton did exactly that at today's Leatherstocking Regional Conference for library staff! She came across Library TA Melanie Goodwin from the Gilboa-Conesville Central School, and knew she had to get a picture!
Sunshine and her CMS Library colleague, Jennine Bloomquist, were two of the conference's featured presenters this year!
UPDATE: Section III has issued a second revision to the schedule for the Section III Field Hockey Championships. The Class A final has been moved to Sunday, 11/2. The Class B, C, and D finals have new times on Saturday.
Camden will now play VVS at 11am Saturday in the B final.
Camden 1, Whitesboro 0 - OT - FINAL
Meagher with the winner, assisted by Morrison with 2:19 left in OT
"No man is a failure who has friends," - Clarence Odbody
Grab your friends and bring them to see the CHS Drama Club production of the enduring holiday classic "It's a Wonderful Life!" This year's fall production is scheduled for Friday, November 14th and Saturday, November 15th, with three total performances at the Camden High School Auditorium. Admission is free!
