From Mesopotamia to Egypt, Mrs. Keller and Mrs. Littler's students have been quite a band of historical globetrotters lately! Today, they worked on Hieroglyphics, which is an Ancient Egyptian way of writing using symbols!
If you look closely at Camden Elementary School, you’ll find there are some new friends brightening up the property! Thanks to grant funding and the generosity of the Camden Elementary PTO, seven brand new Red Maple trees have been planted on the premises. As they grow, they’ll provide enhanced greenery and shade around the school building.
The trees were carefully planted by DNC Landscaping, Inc., one of Camden’s very own small businesses. The company is owned by Camden Elementary School alumni Nick and Kassidy Britton, and fellow alumnus Aaron Storace also works with the company. Some younger members of our CES Community also turned up to help with planting! In these pictures, you’ll see third graders Kyler Britton and Emilia Salmon, kindergartners Reid and Luke Platt, and second grader Harper Smith!
Thanks to the DNC team and the Camden Elementary School PTO for their efforts, which will leave a lasting impression on the CES campus!
Mrs. Keller and Mrs. Littler's class made some Mesopotamian-style Cuneiforms for their unit on early world civilizations! Cuneiforms are an ancient system of written communication using symbols!
On Monday, nonfiction author Kevin Kurtz visited McConnellsville and Camden Elementary schools. In his books you can find information about animal habitats, science, nature, and more! Students were engaged in his discussion about his experiences as an author, working in an aquarium, and even spending time on a ship to study the ocean! Many of his books can be found in the elementary school libraries if your student is interested in learning more!
This week is American Education Week! Organized by the National Education Association, American Education Week is a week set aside to celebrate public education, and the efforts of support staff, teachers, administrators, and families toward supporting students' education.
On Wednesday, students in Mrs. Cochran's class made this turkey craft!
More scenes from last week's District Reading Extravaganza at CES!
More Info: https://www.camdenschools.org/article/1876400
Wednesday, November 13th was World Kindness Day! In honor of the occasion, a local small business, Two Broke Besties, sponsored a bracelet giveaway for an educator who makes a difference in the community, and our own Stephanie Kowalski was selected!
She was able to gift each of her 3rd graders at CES a set of bracelets in hopes to inspire them to be kind, helpful, positive and thoughtful. The students were full of smiles when they received a bracelet with their name and a kind message. A special thank you to the Two Broke Besties team for their constant support of our students, for sharing their incredible talents, and helping to spread love and kindness by doing such a generous giveaway!
After confirming his plans to the Board of Education at its November meeting, Camden Central School District Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ravo Root has announced he will be retiring effective July 31st, 2025.
MORE: https://www.camdenschools.org/article/1873129
Our Elementary School students had an awesome time rocking out with musician/author Eric Litwin today! Check out these pics from CES!
It's been an exciting week in classrooms at Camden Middle School and Camden Elementary School as we get started on this year's "Trout in the Classroom" program!
Mr. Paul Miller of the Fish Creek Atlantic Salmon Club and the Tug Hill Chapter of Trout Unlimited delivered over 800 fish eggs to the classrooms of Mr. Janes, Mrs. Platt, Mrs. Lapier, Ms. Beach, Mrs. Turner, and Dr. Goff. This wonderful program is sponsored by the two clubs, and teaches our students valuable lessons about local wildlife. The teachers would like to thank Mr. Miller and the clubs for continuing to support this important classroom program that connects to the science curriculums in 3rd, 6th, and 7th grades throughout the year!
In art class with Miss Lis, 2nd graders from Mrs. Holmes’s class created beautiful polka dot pumpkins inspired by Yayoi Kusama. Great job, 2nd graders!
Election Day is a great day for students to learn how the process works, such as in Mrs. Riegler's Kindergarten Class! The class listened to the audiobook of "Duck for President", then cast their votes for either Duck or Farmer Brown in the voting booth!
Camden Elementary School, Camden Middle School, and McConnellsville Elementary School families! Save the date for our 2024 Title One Fall Reading Spectacular, entitled "Reading Is My Superpower"!
This free event will feature exciting reading-themed activities, the chance to receive a free book, and we will have a special guest: author Eric Litwin, the acclaimed children's author of the widely-recognized Pete the Cat and Groovy Joe series!
The event will take place on Thursday, November 7th from 5:30 to 7:00 PM at Camden Elementary School.
Camden Elementary 3rd graders had the chance to explore the Amazing Animal Adaptation program from the Adirondack Experience Outreach Program! They were able to learn what makes mammals uniquely suited to surviving the forests of the Adirondacks, and were able to view and interact with animal pelts, skulls and mounts.
Dutch and Evan at CES are celebrating an impromptu "Twin Day"!
In fourth grade at CES, "It's okay to feel all the stuff you are feeling". Happy Halloween!
The CES First Grade and Fourth Grade teams went a little.... "Inside Out" with their costume choices this year!
Someone get Todd Gordon '87 on the line..... We've got ourselves a driver!
Yellow Brick Road? Or a sidewalk on Empey Ave? When it's a Halloween parade, the answer can be both!
