Lunch Menus for May are here!
School will be closed on Friday, May 23, 2025, through Monday, May 26, 2025. The District is able to lengthen the Memorial Day weekend by giving back an unused snow day. We hope the extended weekend, with Memorial Day on Monday, May 26, 2025, will find students and staff refreshed for the final stretch of the 2024-25 school year when they return on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
It’s a BBQ Bash, Y’all!
The Cairo-Durham Class of 2025 is cookin’ up something good — and we need YOU to help make our senior year unforgettable!
When? May 20 | 4–6 PM
Where? Right here at CD!
Who’s cookin’? The legendary Halvo Homestead!
Menu:
Half Chicken – $16 (classic & tasty)
Pulled Pork – $18 (juicy & unbeatable)
All proceeds go toward a Senior Trip, Graduation Celebration Breakfast, and Senior Sunset, etc.— aka the stuff memories are made of!
Grab your tickets now (as pre-sale tickets are encouraged & dinner sales that night limited) — your taste buds (and the Class of 2025) will thank you!
Email jsearing@cairodurham.org or see your favorite senior today!
The CDES Star Seekers Club recently designed 3D models for additions to the International Space Station. An augmented reality app, 3DBear, allowed students to design the 3D models while viewing it in real-time through their tablet's camera.
Congratulations to Digital Photography students Emily Moon and Evangeline Finnegan for winning awards recently at the 2025 Capital Region Media Arts Festival Awards Ceremony! Emily took second place, and Evangeline Finnegan was awarded Honorable Mention.
The exhibit will remain open through May 2nd at the Nisk Art Gallery at Niskayuna High School, located at 1626 Balltown Rd. Niskayuna, NY.
CDMS seventh-grade students went on a field trip to the Boston Museum of Science on April 10!
Michael Pernice singled in Jake Young with what proved to be the game-winning run with two outs in the top of the ninth inning as Cairo-Durham edged Hudson, 2-1, in Monday's Patroon Conference baseball game.
Logan Walz and Joey Kahle singled for the Mustangs. Young had an RBI.
Freshman Trent Keller had two singles and an RBI for Hudson. Gannon Logue, Antonio Troy, Eli Conte, Amarion Perry and Tyler Sheldon all singled.
Young pitched seven innings for Cairo-Durham, striking out 13, walking two and allowing one run and five hits. Walz threw the last two frames, striking out two, walking one and allowing one hit.
Last week's Grade 2 Thompson / Lopez Star of the Week was Minna! The Grade 3 Whitbeck / Lopez Star of the Week was Cheyenne!
Minna participated in all activities, completed her work, waited her turn patiently, and was kind to everyone all week! Minna worked extremely hard in math and writing! She is doing a great job adding and subtracting with regrouping, subtracting on a numberline, answering word problems, and counting coins! Way to go, Minna!
Cheyenne demonstrated respect, responsibility and kindness all week. Cheyenne also participated in all activities, completed her work, waited her turn patiently, and made safe choices. Cheyenne has worked extremely hard memorizing her multiplication facts and restating, answering and citing when answering text based questions too! She has also been participating in class!
Congratulations, Minna and Cheyenne! Your teachers are so proud of you!!!!
The C-D Middle School Student Council presents Activity Night on May 2, from 6 -8 PM.
Tickets are $5 and come with a drink and pizza. You can purchase tickets from April 28- May 2 before school, outside of room B-4.
Reminder: Spring Break is this week! We'll see you back in school on Monday, April 21.
Reminder: Cairo-Durham schools will be closed next week, April 14-18, due to Spring Break. We look forward to seeing you back in school on Monday, April 21.
Congratulations to the following Cairo-Durham High School Media Arts students: Isabelle Neves, Evangeline Finnegan, Ava Zeun, Storm Newkirk, Ryan Coon, Emily Moon, Margo Cochrane, Logan Walz, and Ally Barnett for having their digital artwork selected for the 2025 Capital Region Media Arts Festival at Niskayuna High School.
Their artwork was selected by a panel of Capital Region art educators and then adjudicated by art professionals. It is quite an honor to once again have this many students' artwork selected for participation in this competitive annual exhibit.
The exhibit will officially open today, April 10, with an evening reception from 6-7 PM at the Nisk Art Gallery at Niskayuna High School, located at 1626 Balltown Rd. Niskayuna, NY. The exhibit will be closing on Friday, May 2nd.
Thank you for supporting CDHS Media Arts!
Out of a large pool of students across the state, only 80 are selected for the all-expenses-paid, three-week residential science exploration program at NYU. Two of those 80 students are from our very own Cairo-Durham!
Aishwarya Thakur and Issabella Zelinsky have both been accepted to the Simons-NYU Science Explorations Program at New York University!
Read more here: https://www.cairodurham.org/article/2140953
Congratulations to CDHS students Ash Allen, Rose Fucito and Nick Wieber for having their artworks selected for exhibit at the 36th Annual HS Juried Art Exhibit. Their artwork will be on display at the Questar III Central Office at 10 Empire State Boulevard in Castleton through April 21, 2025.
Each year, Questar III hosts this exhibit to showcase the finest student artwork from Greene, Columbia, and Rensselaer counties. Congratulations to the three CDHS students for having their work chosen. Participating in this show is truly an honor.
This week is National Assistant Principals Week! Thank you to our talented and dedicated assistant principals: Austin Crittenden, Rachel Harvey, and Kerry Overbaugh!
Last week's Grade 2 Thompson / Lopez Star of the Week was Levi! The Grade 3 Whitbeck / Lopez Star of the Week was Merrick!
Levi participated in all activities, completed his work, waited his turn patiently, and was kind to everyone all week! Levi worked extremely hard in math and writing! He is doing a great job adding and subtracting with regrouping, subtracting on a numberline, and counting coins! Way to go, Levi!
Merrick demonstrated respect, responsibility, and kindness all week. Merrick also participated in all activities, completed his work, waited his turn patiently, and made safe choices. Merrick has worked extremely hard memorizing his multiplication facts and restating, answering, and citing when answering text-based questions, too!
Congratulations, Levi and Merrick! Your teachers are so proud of you!!!!
Cairo-Durham Middle and High School World Language students recently celebrated National World Language Week. Students created posters celebrating this year's theme, "Languages Take You Places."
Winners included-
Mrs. Karker's classes: First Place: William Hernandez Merino, Second Place: Vivienne Myers, Third Place: Zuri Hewson
Mrs. Misasi's classes: First Place: Destiny Mauriello, Second Place: Amanda Ramos-Rivera,
Third Place: Phoenix McCabe and Alfred Santos De Paz
Ms. Ray's classes: First place: Olivia Soto, Second place: Alexandra Richers and Ziva Homeyer, Third place: Julie Speenburg and Isabel Haigh
There was also a word-of-the-day in a different language each day on the morning announcements, exposing all students to diverse language and vocabulary from various languages such as German, Russian, Italian, Polish and Chinese.
Students also actively participated in the celebration by creating colorful feather flags to visually represent different languages and cultures. The flags were displayed in the school, and students had fun having their pictures taken using the mural as a background.
Congratulations Jess Baeckmann and Kenzie Sherburne! Jess is bound for Marist, where she will join their track and field team. Kenzie is headed to Dean College to play basketball.
More photos from the CDES Multicultural Night!
On Wednesday, April 2nd, Cairo-Durham Elementary School hosted a vibrant and engaging Multicultural Night, where families came together to showcase and celebrate cultures from around the world! The event featured interactive displays representing Italy, Ireland, India, Mexico, Germany, Israel, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic, with families sharing traditional food, clothing, music, and dance from their heritage.
A big thank you to all the families who participated and helped make this event such a success!
