Saturday, February 9, 2013
Meredith Wilson's classic musical comes performed on Chatham Middle School's stage.
A cast of 67 students from Chatham Middle School will take the stage Sunday for a production of "The Music Man ... Jr." Students will perform an abbreviated versiond of Meredith Wilson's classic musical at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday after the Friday show was postponed because of the winter storm. Though the show is shortened, director Alison Caravano promises the soul of the show remains. The cast, Caravano said, "is one of the most gifted groups of young people I have ever had the privilege of directing." The students have rehearsed two hours each day since November. Besides the cast, there is also a set of 30 crew and design volunteers and 36 hair and make-up collaborators. Veronica Shaw and Nina Packie served as the musical …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Education Foundation's grant will go toward purchase to enhance student writing.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The Chatham Education Foundation (CEF) awarded an $11,000 grant to Chatham Middle School to fund the purchase of 16 Netbooks. The Netbook computers will be used by students throughout the school to promote and enhance writing across the curriculum. Principal Robert Accardi applied for the grant, along with eighth-grade English teachers Lisa McTague and Carmela Zack. Colleen Markley, the president of CEF, said the organization is "pleased to have provided these grants, which will benefit students throughout Chatham." The grant was made possible, Markley said, by the generosity of residents and businesses of the Chathams. Because of their support, she said, "the Foundation has been able to continue its efforts of supporting innovative and …
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Rockefeller Center hosted TubaChristmas for the 39th year, and Chatham musicians were a part of it.
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Mark and Michael Kellstrom, Justin Hovi and Eric Liotta from Chatham High School and Ryan Maher from Chatham Middle School took their baritones and tubas to Rockefeller Center Sunday for the annual celebration of TubaChriistmas. The five Chatham natives joined 460 other musicians with their tubas, sousaphones, baritones and euphoniums for the annual celebration in front of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. "The excursion to New York City the second Sunday of December has become a Chatham tradition for Chatham Middle School and Chatham High School band members for almost 10 years," Cathy Kellstrom, former head of the Chatham Music and Theater Boosters (CMTB), said. CMTB subsidizes the trip to New York City for the chosen musicians to …
Monday, December 3, 2012
From elementary school students to high schoolers, 'tis the season for Chatham's music students to strut their stuff.
Families within the Chathams will know the holidays are here by the bevy of holiday concerts within the School District of the Chathams, which kick off at 7:30 p.m. Monday with the Chatham High School choral concert at the Chatham High auditorium. The winter concert provide students with the chance to show off their talents and what they have learned thus far this year. The winter concert schedule for the School District of the Chathams is:
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Despite going without power for days, 12 staff members from the School District of the Chathams are ready to give their time to fight blood cancers.
After school lets out Friday, 12 teachers and administrators from the School District of the Chathams will gather their running gear and travel to Philadelphia to participate in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training Marathon. Nine of those running gathered at Chatham Middle School Tuesday to compare notes and trade tips for the weekend, including: These are details the group has not had a chance to work out yet, mostly because of the damage caused by Tropical Storm Sandy. Several went without power for five days or more. LaSusa was the last to have his power restored—it didn't come back until Sunday. Between work and his family, training for the marathon went on "a full-on taper" after Sandy. Another teacher participating in…
Sunday, November 4, 2012
The Board of Education meet Monday will address the missed school days.
Primary schools in the School District of the Chathams will be closed Monday due to lingering effects from Tropical Storm Sandy. Lafayette Avenue School, Chatham Middle School and Chatham High School will open as usual while Southern Boulevard School, Washington Avenue School and Milton Avenue School will be closed. Superintendent Michael LaSusa said, "Our intention is to provide instruction to the primary students in some way on Tuesday." LaSusa said further information about primary student instruction and making up the school days lost after Tropical Storm Sandy will come out of the Board of Education meeting Monday night. Business Administrator Peter Daquila said the meeting will take place at Chatham Middle School at 7:30 p.m. Monday…
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Chatham Middle School students were delayed in their project, originally intended for the Week of Respect earlier this month, because of weather.
Chatham Middle School (CMS) Assistant Principal Robert Gardella and Physical Education instructors led students in an outdoor art project Tuesday, in which students pledged mutual respect and acceptance to each other. The project was originally planned for the week of Oct. 1, which was the state-wide Week of Respect against harassment, intimidation and bullying at CMS. Rain and other inclement weather delayed the project, however, and Gardella was forced to wait. It was all sunshine on Tuesday, though, as students used their P.E. classes to draw and color in the words "Respect," "Character" and "Acceptance" in the traffic oval in front of Chatham Middle School. Gardella also had two cameras placed on the school roof to track progress …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Fence caps mark the end of rituals against bullying, but students continue their commitment throughout the year.
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Thursday, October 4, 2012
As the Week of Respect comes to a close, Chatham Middle School Students have a reminder of their commitment to stand together againts bullying. The words "We Stand Together" were spelled out with fence caps in the chain link fence at Haas Field, where students and staff can see them daily. For other details on the Week of Respect activities at CMS, click here. Do you have other photos from the Week of Respect? Add them to this article!
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Several staff members at Chatham Middle School have seen their spouses, children, friends and colleagues affected by blood cancers.
As 14 staff members from the School District of the Chathams train and raise funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training Marathon in November, they do so with the knowledge that they are not merely serving a good cause. They are also showing direct support for their colleagues, their families and their friends who have struggled with these diseases in their own lives. "We have people that we work with [whose] immediate family currently undergo the challenge of these diseases," Peter Trebour, assistant principal at Chatham Middle School, said. Thirteen of those who will run in the marathon in Philadelphia on Nov. 18 work at Chatham Middle School. The fourteenth runner is Superintendent Dr. Michael LaSusa. The runners are …
Week of Respect returns for second year.
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Chatham Middle School takes respect very seriously. Students and faculty at the middle school begin their second annual Week of Respect Monday. The week fills the school's obligations under the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights, which Gov. Chris Christie signed into law over a year ago. Events this year are coordinated by Assistant Principal Robert Gardella. The Week of Respect officially started Friday in homeroom, when the school aired a video as part of the morning homeroom introducing the Week of Respect. After school, a banner with the words "I Stand Against Bullying" was hung in the cafeteria. Throughout this week, Gardella said, students will be invited to sign their initials on Post-Its and to stick the Post-It on the banner. Students …
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