Camden Central School District -

At Saturday's Odyssey of the Mind State Finals, a tenth place team finish and a great year weren't the only things to celebrate.

As part of the evening’s awards festivities, Camden co-advisor and coach Jessica Harney received the NYSOMA Community Star Award from the New York State Odyssey of the Mind Association! She received the honor for her tireless work to carry on the Odyssey spirit in Camden, and to drum up interest in the program across schools in the local area.

Mrs. Riegler’s kindergarten class, and Mrs. Poulin’s fourth grade class spent some time together to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The students used a variety of materials to create leprechaun catapults and enjoyed some delicious Lucky Charms. They are looking forward to next month’s get-together!

Members of our team enjoyed taking part in today's Camden Irish Parade! Thanks for having us!

The CCSD Title I Team presents its 2026 District-Wide Reading Extravaganza on Thursday, March 26th! The theme of this year's celebration is "Hometown Heroes"!

Bring your student and join us for face painting, read-alongs with some of our student athletes, snacks, crafts, a chance to learn from some of the everyday heroes in our community, receive a free book, shopping for additional materials at the Scholastic Book Fair.... and more!

The fun starts at 5:30 PM, and continues until 7:00 PM at Camden Elementary School!

As part of Friday's professional learning, our team gathered by building level for a two hour Restorative Practices training. Our Blue Devils learned helpful tips to build community, strengthen relationships, and promote positive behaviors within our school culture. Pictured here is our Elementary team!

As part of today's professional learning offerings, some of our Blue Devils are engaging in a Google Gemini seminar with Brittany Harvey from our partners at the Mohawk Regional Information Center (MORIC)! She has been here throughout the day offering training on Gemini and multiple levels of the Canva platform for our faculty and staff.

Thursday evening marked a celebration of all things music education as Camden High School held its annual "Music in Our Schools Month" concert!

The CHS Music Department's three largest ensembles: String Orchestra, Concert Choir, and Concert Band, all took the stage for an hour-long show in a fun "Pops Concert" format that left audiences delighted.

Did we witness our String Orchestra playing an AC/DC song last night? Perhaps. Did our Concert Choir sing some Radiohead last night? We can't deny it. Did Concert Band add a legendary Beatles tune? We're just going to say yes there.

Will there be video of all three, along with the entire concert? Stay tuned.....

Please join us in extending our best wishes to our Camden High School Odyssey of the Mind team as they prepare for the New York State Finals in Syracuse on Saturday, March 21st!

The Camden High School team advancing to states consists of seniors Alexis Albrecht, Abigail Arnold, Ben Gallagher, and Samantha MacMurray, and sophomores Phinean Callahan and Abigail Conover. They are coached by Jessica Harney and Melanie Callahan.

Want to learn more about how they got to this point? Read more here!
https://www.camdenschools.org/article/2766982

Join us tonight (3/19) as the Camden High School ensembles take the stage for their Music In Our Schools Month concert! The first note gets played at 7 PM!

Mrs. Harney's psychology class was treated to a live demonstration of operant and classical conditioning principles. Our CHS Agriculture Teacher, Miss Curtis, and her dog Gibbs demonstrated some of his newly acquired skills as a way to reinforce what the psychology students already learned about operant conditioning. In addition to the reinforcement lesson, students had a chance to ask Ms. Curtis questions about the courses offered here, her career pathway, and some best practices for dog training. All of the students have dogs or cats at home, so the lesson provided some real life support. She also explained how operant conditioning is used with her prized dairy cows in the showring. Mrs. Harney and the students would have also liked to see that demonstrated, but bringing in a dairy cow takes a bit more effort and a lot more cleanup.

Miss Scheftic’s class at CES practiced kindness for St,. Patrick's Day. They encouraged Lucky the Leprechaun to take a snooze in their village of leprechaun homes on his exhausting night! In support of their kindness, Lucky left each student some golden chocolate coins for letting him rest in their village!

In this courtroom, justice won't be served too hot.... or too cold. It can only be just right.

Save the date! The Camden Middle School Drama Club will present its Spring Play production "Goldilocks on Trial" on Friday, May 15th at 6:30 PM! One Show - Free Admission - Don't Miss It!

The McVille Third Grade Coding Club programmed their Dash robots to become ball launchers today. Their objective? To knock leprechauns off of cups. The group also worked together to create a massive cup pyramid!

Due to the expectation of inclement weather this evening, the Camden Central School District has made the decision to cancel all after-school activities for Tuesday, March 17th, 2026.

Connected Community Schools is holding Open Hub hours on Thursday, March 19th from 4 to 6 PM at their Camden High School Hub location. Come stock up on essential items you might need at home, while also learning more about what Connected Community Schools can offer our families. Please enter through the front bus loop.
Any questions? Call Val at 315-271-8780!

An update to the 2026-27 academic calendar has been released. The lone change from the original release is a change in date for Homecoming 2026. The event will now be held on Saturday, October 10th!

PDF: https://aptg.co/l66Hm0

The props, and the director's scripts were laid out by the stage with care.... in hopes that rehearsals soon would be there! Monday marks the beginning of on-stage rehearsals for the CHS Drama Club production of "The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood!"

It was a pleasure to host John Clifford and Mike Jaquays from the Daily Sentinel this afternoon at CHS. They dropped by to interview CHS senior Gage Grinnell, and CHS theatre teacher Stephanie Heath for a story about Gage's recent victory at the Syracuse Branch Shakespeare Competition!