Happy Thanksgiving, Blue Devils!
Floral design students at Camden Middle School were hard at work this week! Students created 14 arrangements for staff to enjoy during Thanksgiving. Students spent the day stopping into the agriculture classroom to check if their arrangements had found a home with a staff member. The students left beaming when they found out their creations found a loving home! The learning opportunity was made possible by local funeral homes!
Camden's agriculture program had their first donation of lettuce to the open grocery HUB pickup today! Greenhouse management students and FFA members worked hard to produce over 10 large bags of lettuce. Students learned about proper food safety as well as alternative crop production through the "Lettuce Support our Community" project! The project was funded through a year long "Living to Serve" grant from the National FFA organization. Students are eager to start the growing process to produce more lettuce for the next grocery pickup at the Camden High School HUB!
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Mrs. Willson's 6th grade homeroom at CMS celebrated Thanksgiving. Students completed a "plate project" where students showed gratitude and kindness to each other through written sentiments. They also completed a Thanksgiving project to bring home. No Thanksgiving celebration would be complete without PIE! Happy Thanksgiving!
At the beginning of the month, the students started working on a StickTogether puzzle. They finished it just in time for Thanksgiving to reveal this beautiful turkey. 🦃 several students worked on the puzzle, but in the photos you will see the 7th grade lunch bunch who completed the puzzle. Thank you to all who helped complete the task.
The Camden Central School District is proud to announce that Agriculture teacher Karly Marshman is the recipient of a 2024 Outstanding Educator Award from the Genesis Group of the Mohawk Valley Region. The award was presented on Thursday, November 21st, 2024 at the 18th Annual Genesis Group “Celebration of Education” at Hart’s Hill Inn in Whitesboro.
The Genesis Celebration of Education is an awards ceremony recognizing excellence in education across the Mohawk Valley region. It includes honorees from public schools, private schools, parochial schools, BOCES, and colleges/universities across the area. Camden has been a fixture at the ceremony recently, with the District’s Camp Sum-More-Fun enrichment program and Special Education Summer Program receiving honors.
Marshman was recognized for her efforts in building an Agriculture Education program at Camden.
She was presented with her award by longtime friend of the district Maria Smith, who has been instrumental in bringing Drone/Remote Piloted Aircraft Systems educational programming to our Camp Sum-More-Fun summer program for several years.
Read:https://www.camdenschools.org/o/ccsd/article/1893467
On Friday, November 22nd, the Camden Central School District and Camden Middle School were honored to host Regent Patrick A. Mannion from the New York State Board of Regents. The Board of Regents are the supervisory body for all educational activities in the state of New York, and meet monthly to shape the state’s education policy.
Mr. Mannion represents our area, the Fifth Judicial District, on the board. He took office in March 2024 after being elected to a three-year term in the joint legislative session. Ever since, the Onondaga County resident has been touring schools in the area he represents to get to know his constituents.
During his visit to Camden, Mr. Mannion received a tour of some areas that have defined Camden Middle School’s evolution into a National/New York State “School to Watch”. To start, he learned about the role our Connected Community Schools partnership plays in the well-being of our students. He also saw our new turf baseball field, and visited our agriculture program. In the agriculture room, one of our resident teacher/farmers, Brianne Willson, was able to give a brief overview of the space and the curriculum.
Before he departed, Mr. Mannion led CMS Student Leadership members in a roundtable discussion about the challenges and opportunities in modern education from a student’s perspective, and our students came prepared with outstanding questions and suggestions!
Thank you for coming to visit us!
Today,. The Camden Central School District is pleased to host New York State Regent Patrick A. Mannion! Mr. Mannion, an Onondaga County resident, represents the Fifth Judicial District. His area of responsibility includes Oneida County.
He was elected through a joint session of the New York State Legislature to serve a three-year-term on the Board of Regents beginning in March of this year. He has toured several schools throughout the area to begin his term.
Mr. Mannion will be touring Camden Middle School today with Camden CSD and Madison-Oneida BOCES administrators. He will be here soon, so stay tuned for coverage of his visit!
Do you need any basic items for thanksgiving break? Need a connection to services? Connected Community Schools is here to help! They will be holding an Open Hub night on Tuesday at Camden High School!
Contact our Connected representatives, Kelly, DeeAmbra, or Kim if you have questions. Their contact information is located on the attached flyer.
Dr. Goff the new 7th grade science teacher is doing an amazing job building relationships with students. Photographed is a student that had the opportunity to grow his own corn plant during homeroom as an EXTRA learning opportunity! Way to go Dr. Goff!
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.
Want to step into a world of pure imagination? Follow us! We're just a few hours away from our final performance of the Camden Middle School Musical, Willy Wonka Jr!
Free Admission. 7 PM Curtain at Camden Middle School!
The Nordic Ski Team is looking for interested student-athletes for this winter. No experience is necessary. Opportunities exist at the Varsity and Modified levels! Contact Athletic Director Josh Mazzaferro (jmazzaferro@camdencsd.org) if you have any questions.
https://students.arbitersports.com/organizations/camden-central-schools-athletics
You know about Motorcycles..... but what about a Willy Wonka Motorcycle? We've got one on display for our CMS Musical Performances of "Willy Wonka Jr.", thanks to the generosity of Mr. Ron Engel!
For a small donation before the show, you can have your photo taken with this incredible work of art, with proceeds to benefit future musical productions at CMS. During the school day, it is living in the CMS Library Media Center along with a curated collection of books by the story's author, Roald Dahl.
If you know how many miles per gallon it gets running on a tank of Wonka's Fizzy Lifting Drinks, please let us know. It's for science.
Need something to do this evening? We've got YOUR golden ticket to family fun!
Come see Camden Middle School's second and final performance of "Willy Wonka Jr." tonight! (Friday 11/15).
The fun starts at 7 PM in the CMS Auditorium!
More scenes from last week's District Reading Extravaganza at CES!
More Info: https://www.camdenschools.org/article/1876400
This awesome Wonka themed bike was loaned by Ron Engel to be on display during the CMS production of Willy Wonka Jr. Before the show tomorrow you can have your picture taken with it for a small donation that will go towards future musical productions. During the day, students can stop in and see it in the CMS Media Center and check out some other works by Roald Dahl. 🍬 🍭 🫧
Camdens agriculture program has been blessed with flower donations from local funeral homes in Camden and Rome! Greenhouse management students spent class organizing and preserving the flowers in the floral cooler. All flowers are ready for the new Floral Design course being offered at Camden Middle School in the coming weeks!
Opening Night is almost here!!!! Come see the Camden Middle School production of "Willy Wonka Jr." on Thursday and Friday at 7 PM!
