School District of the Chathams

Congratulations to all of the talented students whose artwork was selected for display in the Board of Education Gallery! Your creativity and skill truly brighten the room!

A heartfelt thank you to our incredible art department teachers for organizing the District Art Show and BOE Gallery, as well as for the tremendous instruction and encouragement you provide your students with every day. Your dedication helps our students discover and develop their artistic talents and passions.

Hip Hip Hooray! Three cheers for Milton Avenue School staff! 💕 Throughout October, they rocked “Pink Out” Fridays and raised over $550 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Reminder there is a BOE Meeting tonight, November 3, 2025 in the CHS Auditorium at 7:30 PM. The meeting will also be live streamed on YouTube at https://www.chatham-nj.org/page/live-stream-video-of-boe-meetings

A number of pantries offer fresh produce in addition to stable, non-perishable foods, shopping appointments, and information about additional services that can be beneficial. Go to the NJ 2-1-1 website, or dial 2-1-1, or text your zip code to 898-211 for help.

Lafayette Avenue School got in on the fun too! Third and fourth graders showed off their costumes in their very own Halloween parade. Happy Halloween, SDOC — that’s a wrap! 👻🎉

The Halloween spirit was alive and well at Washington Avenue School! The CHS Marching Band and students joined the K-2 parade, keeping this long-standing tradition going strong. 🎃🎺

Way to go, Mrs. Steigerwald’s Kindergarten class! These festive trick-or-treaters earned top marks in the Positive Behavior Challenge at MAS! 🎃👏

🎃 Congratulations to Mrs. Annunziata’s 5th grade class for winning the Halloween Door Decorating Contest at CMS! 🏆👻 Your creativity and spooky spirit made your door stand out—great job!

Halloween came early for some lucky trick-or-treaters! On Sunday, October 26, the CHS Red Cross Club hosted its first-ever Trunk or Treat event. Thanks to the creativity and teamwork of many students, the event was a spooktacular success for our community.

Chatham Middle School students collected over 85 costumes and accessories for Jersey Cares! 🎃 Thanks to the CMS Student Council, Mrs. Dangler, and Coach Guerriero for leading a drive that brought the school community together to spread Halloween cheer.
Pictured: Co-Presidents Owen Miller and Max Arent, who helped make it happen!

Please help our talented CHS student artists win the Crosley Custom Cruiser contest! We are one of 250 schools chosen to customize a portable record player in keeping with the theme "Band Together." Our National Art Honor Society members sought to demonstrate that music has the power to unite generations by passing down favorite artists, stories, and memories of live music. At first glance, it's a cardboard box of memorabilia collected over decades, but upon closer examination, it is a record player emulating a live show!

Formal voting will open on November 3rd, but in the meantime, all social media engagement counts as bonus points. Whether you use Facebook, Instagram or Tiktok, we have accounts with posts that you can "like" to vote. Be sure to "follow" so you catch all future posts! @chathamhighvisualarts on all platforms

What a historic weekend for CHS Athletics!
Our football team captured the division title, and our girls soccer team made history with their fifth consecutive County Championship — a first ever.

Even more incredible, both our boys and girls soccer teams won the Morris County Championships on the same night, marking the first time that teams from the same school achieved this feat. Congratulations to all of our athletes and coaches!

Thank you to Mrs. Mandala for coordinating another successful CHS Wellness Fair. It was a wonderful event promoting health, wellness, and community at CHS.

Students at WAS enjoyed a festive Pumpkin Fun Day!
They had the opportunity to go pumpkin picking, decorate their selected pumpkin, and pick out two new books during the BOOOOOOOOOOK Bonanza. A big thank you to the WAS PTO for generously donating the pumpkins and coordinating parent volunteers to help make the event such a fun and successful day for our students!

Last week was a busy fall week at MAS! Second graders showed off their skills during Mr. V’s Bike Test, and our preschoolers had a blast exploring the Pumpkin Patch on the playground, thanks to the MAS PTO. 🍂🎃

Earlier this month, Mrs. Dangler’s 6th Grade Astronomers turned their classroom into a cosmic gallery! Students presented models and data comparing the inner and outer planets. Mr. Yamamoto and Ms. Zambolla stopped by to see their out-of-this-world work! Photo credit: Mrs. Dangler

In recognition of School Violence Awareness Week, observed statewide beginning the third Monday in October, SBS celebrated Peace Day on Wednesday, October 15. The day focused on promoting positive self-management and peaceful conflict resolution. Students joined in the spirit of the celebration by wearing tie-dye or their SBS shirts.

While students enjoyed the day off, SDOC grades 6–12 teachers became students themselves—diving into AI during the Building AI Literacy Among Students session, funded by the Chatham Education Foundation.

Reminder there is a BOE Meeting tonight, October 13, 2025 in the CHS Auditorium at 7:30 PM. The meeting will also be live streamed on YouTube at https://www.chatham-nj.org/page/live-stream-video-of-boe-meetings