Cairo-Durham Central School District

It's never too late to recognize change makers in the Cairo-Durham Central School District! Congratulations to Zachary Russell, a member of the class of 2024 at Cairo Durham High School, for being recognized as the March 2024 Student of the Month. Zach is very involved in various school activities. He is a five-sport athlete (soccer, basketball, indoor and outdoor track and field, volleyball, and baseball). He participates in the music program through playing the saxophone and singing in the chorus. Even with his many activities, he maintains an average on the High Honor Roll while taking college-level courses. Beyond school, Zach likes to spend time with his family and friends. If you spoke to any of Zach’s teacher’s you would hear the same thing, he is kind, hardworking, intrinsically motivated and always brings a good sense of humor to class. Mrs. Jones admires his “dedication to his academics, but also the ability to balance it all!” He is admired and respected by the faculty and his peers. As a member of the National Honor Society, he is a role model to his peers through his strong commitment to academics, his high moral standards and leadership skills in the classroom and on the sports field. According to Zach, “All of my teachers are very supportive and helpful.” Zach plans to attend a college with the aspiration of becoming an engineer.

The Cairo-Durham Middle School/High School Art Exhibit will take place TONIGHT, May 9, 2024 from 5-7 p.m. in the hallway leading to the Cairo-Durham High School auditorium! Check out our students' fantastic artwork!

Attention all Juniors and Seniors! Tickets are now on sale for the Enchanted Evening prom on June 15, 2024. This magical event is sure to be a night to remember, filled with dancing, dining and unforgettable memories! Tickets can be purchased by juniors and seniors only. Don't miss out on what will be an enchanted evening! Contact a Class Officer from the Class of 2025 or their advisor Mrs. Searing-Burke. jsearing@cairodurham.org, for more information or to purchase your tickets. The Junior Prom Agreement form must be completed and handed in with payment. Let the countdown to prom night begin!

The Cairo-Durham Central School District is accepting applications for the following position: - Cairo-Durham High School Teaching Assistant For more information, please view the attachment!

The Cairo-Durham Elementary School Art Show showcasing animal-themed artwork created by Pre-Kindergarten-5th grade students will take place on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. in the Cairo-Durham Middle and High School hallway leading to the Auditorium! Check out the artwork when you go to vote for the Cairo-Durham Central School District 2024-25 proposed budget and Board of Education election or attend the Cairo-Durham Elementary School Kindergarten and 1st Grade Spring Concerts in the Auditorium!

It's never too late to recognize our positive difference makers in the Cairo-Durham Central School District! Congratulations to the February 2024 Students of the Month at Cairo-Durham Middle School! From left, Kourtney Matice (8th grade), Nevaeh Stevenson (7th grade), Cairo-Durham Middle School Principal Danielle Czech and Thomas Sylvester Jr. (6th grade).

NEWS RELEASE from Cairo-Durham Central School District FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2024 2023-24 Cairo-Durham Middle School Third Quarter Honor Rolls Announced CAIRO, NY – The Cairo-Durham Central School District is excited to announce its Middle School Principal’s Honor Roll, High Honor Roll and Honor Roll members for the third quarter of the 2023-24 school year. To qualify for Principal’s Honor Roll, students must record a grade point average of 95 or higher throughout the quarter. To qualify for High Honor Roll, students must record a grade point average between 90 and 94. To qualify for Honor Roll, students must record a grade point average between 85 and 89. Principal's Honor Roll 6th Grade: Leslie Cruz, Brayden Herdman, Hunter Lee, Dylan Mulligan, Natalie Olivett, Ruby Palmer, Nadav Saad, Reagan VanDenburgh and Aubree Walz. 7th Grade: Zoey Choinsky, Lucy Palmer, Grace Plank and Abigail Pritchard. 8th Grade: Brooke DeFrancesco, Tyler Little, Lucas Lounsbury, Lauren Musong, Patrick Panyan, Alexandra Richers, Alesiana Roeber, Sadye Schneider, Abigail Wright and Michaela Wright. High Honor Roll 6th Grade: Marco Alvarado, Francis Baxter, Nicholas Dyer, Luke Hulbert, Felicity Lendin, Brielle Lewis, Daniel Lopez, Giavanna Massaro, Hailee Myers, Aryssa Ortiz, Joseph Parks, Gianna Race, Kaylee Relyea, April Rooney, James Sasso, Kassidy Schrull, Jocelyn Shook, Thomas Slater Jr., Silas Smith, Sophia Sternbach, Thomas Sylvester, Anthony Tritto, Brayden Vetter, Aislinn Wilber, Ryan Young, Lily Zeun and Logan Zeun. 7th Grade: Kasandra Backenroth, Naylor Cooper, Sophia Cuti, Xavier James, John Kiley, Rebecca Mahler, John Mirandona and Francesca Porter. 8th Grade: Vincenzo Alvarado, Hanna Baxter, Allie Byrne, Luis Cruz, Evangeline Finnegan, Isabel Haigh, Khodyn Laga, Sebastian Miller, Payton Neubauer, Michael Pernice and Austin Sperano. Honor Roll 6th Grade: Anastasa Amlong, Kaleb Avelar, Jasmine Bucao, Owen Chapman, Madelyn Dedrick, Hannah Faulkner, Nyelle Grayton, Jano Guiragossian, Brendan Hasenkopf-Massaro, Sofia Hernandez Merino, Annabelle Holbrook, Dayyan Lalgee, Kashlyn LaRose, Calvin Lewis, Gianna Lewis, Brandon Mackle, Aiden McGovern, Jayden Morey, Autumn Nielsen, Anthony Rende, Jennifer Ruiz Yatz, Aiden Smith and Logan Thorne. 7th Grade: Travis Barbosa, Darien Barris, Aleaha Brousseau, Jaedyn DeLong, Mya DeRose, Hannah DuHart, Seamus Gavin, Amelia Hammond, Michael Houston Jr., Rojer James Jr., Baylee Kastner, Grace LaRose, Lexi Maderic, Michael Parks Jr., Wynter Plank, Maya Powers, William Pugsley, Skylar Racano, Karlie Sickler, Trinity Smith, Bella Snedeker, Alana Torres, Joseph Tritto III and Teagan Watkins. 8th Grade: Korin Beatty-Brust, Aidan Cody, Brianna Dennis, Meaghan Hammond, William Hernandez Merino, Zuri Hewson, Lukas Higgins Jr., Ziva Homeyer, Jozlyn Jones, James Kuhn, Nataylia LaRose, Jakob Magsitza, Adrianna Massaro, Kourtney Matice, Zoey Mickle, Ethan Searing-Burke, Olivia Soto, Julie Speenburgh and Leo Vittoz. ###

Attention Prospective 2024-25 Pre-Kindergarten Families: The lottery drawing for full-day Pre-K for the 2024-25 school year will take place on May 21 at 10 a.m. Completed registration packets to be included in the lottery drawing are due to the Elementary School Main Office by May 20, 2024 at noon. Only 18 full-day slots are available for the 2024-25 school year. The drawing can be viewed live online or parents/guardians are welcome to attend in person. The District is still accepting half-day AM/PM Pre-K applications, as well. Those applications will be accepted until all slots are filled. For more information, please contact Joanne Cleary at 518-622-3231. Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation. Sincerely, The Cairo-Durham Elementary School

The Cairo-Durham Middle School/High School Art Exhibit will take place on Thursday, May 9, 2024 from 5-7 p.m. in the hallway leading to the Cairo-Durham High School auditorium! Check out our students' fantastic artwork!

SAVE THE DATE! The Cairo-Durham High School Class of 2024 Graduation Ceremony will take place on Friday, June 28, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cairo-Durham High School soccer/football stadium. In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 29, 2024 at a time to be determined. Please contact the Cairo-Durham High School main office at 518-622-8543 with any questions.

Cairo-Durham Central School District Athletics schedule update for week of May 6-11, 2024: Tuesday, May 7, 2024: Varsity Baseball at Coxsackie-Athens at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2024: No Varsity Baseball game.

Attention all Juniors and Seniors! Tickets are now on sale for the Enchanted Evening prom on June 15, 2024. This magical event is sure to be a night to remember, filled with dancing, dining and unforgettable memories! Tickets can be purchased by juniors and seniors only. Don't miss out on what will be an enchanted evening! Contact a Class Officer from the Class of 2025 or their advisor Mrs. Searing-Burke. jsearing@cairodurham.org, for more information or to purchase your tickets. The Junior Prom Agreement form must be completed and handed in with payment. Let the countdown to prom night begin!

Mrs. Manoli's Engineering class at Cairo-Durham High School was busy testing robotic cars on April 29, 2024! Students were challenged with building two cars and when one hits the other, the back car stops and the front one moves forward! Way to go, class!

Camp Invention 2024 is coming to Cairo-Durham Elementary School during the week of July 15-19, 2024! Students will have the opportunity to illuminate and explore their horizons with fun activities! Families who are interested in having their student(s) participate in Camp Invention 2024 but are in need of financial support are encouraged to contact Cairo-Durham Elementary School Assistant Principal Rachel Harvey at 518-622-3231 or rharvey@cairodurham.org For more information, please visit invent.org/camp

The Cairo-Durham Middle School/High School Art Exhibit will take place on Thursday, May 9, 2024 from 5-7 p.m. in the hallway leading to the Cairo-Durham High School auditorium! Check out our students' fantastic artwork!

On May 5, 2024, members of the Cairo-Durham High School Interact Club met the bus filled with donated items from the New York State Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, and the New York State Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians in America. Their "Stuff the Bus" fundraiser, collected at their annual Spring Board meetings in East Durham, certainly kept the Cairo-Durham Central School District Transportation Department, Interact Club students and Cairo Food Pantry members busy all day organizing the food. Pictures shown have filled the bus with snacks, juice boxes and soup items. This has been one of the most successful fundraisers for the Backpack Program, a program that has been in existence since 2008. Thank you to all of those involved!

The Cairo-Durham High School Civic Readiness group is collecting hygiene products for the Mustang Closet! The Mustang Closet is a place in the high school that is intended to be stocked with personal hygiene products that will be available to students who may need them to support their basic needs in school or at home. Monetary or product donations are needed, and will be collected through May 26, 2024. Thank you in advance for your support. These resources will be put to very good use. If you have any questions or would like to donate, please contact Shelly Gouza at sgouza@cairodurham.org

Cairo-Durham High School students of the National Art Honor Society recently visited The Clark Museum and Williamstown College in Massachusetts! Students received a tour of the art department and college museum, then took a wonderful tour of The Clark Museum.

Congratulations to all four of our Cairo-Durham Varsity Spring teams, who will be recognized as Scholar-Athlete Award Recipients for having 75% of their athletes maintain a 90% average or higher, during their sports season! The following are the teams, their coaches, and their overall average: Boys Varsity Tennis - Head Coach Bryan Pisano - 98.63 Girls Varsity Track and Field - Head Coach Lucy Baeckmann - 95.21 Boys Varsity Track and Field - Head Coach Jennifer Moritz - 90.2 Varsity Baseball - Head Coach Branden Eacott - 90.0 Way to go, Mustangs!

Looking to catch the Mustangs in action? We have you covered! Check out the Cairo-Durham Central School District athletics schedule for the week of May 6-11, 2024! Monday, May 6, 2024: - Modified Track and Field at Taconic Hills at 4:30 p.m. - Varsity Baseball at Taconic Hills at 4:30 p.m. - JV Softball vs Taconic Hills at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2024: - Boys Varsity Tennis at Coxsackie-Athens at 3:30 p.m. (Patroon Conference Championships) - Modified Baseball and Softball vs Hudson at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. - Varsity Baseball at Coxsackie-Athens at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2024: - JV Softball at Taconic Hills at 4:30 p.m. - Modified Baseball vs Windham-Ashland-Jewett at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, 2024 - Boys and Girls Varsity Track and Field vs Hudson/Chatham/Watervliet at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. (Senior Meet) Friday, May 10, 2024 - JV Softball vs Saugerties at CDHS at 4 p.m. (New time and Senior Game) Saturday, May 11, 2024 - Varsity Baseball at TBD - Boys and Girls Varsity Track and Field at Middleburgh at 10 a.m.