Cairo-Durham Central School District

On March 14, 2024, the Cairo-Durham High School Classes are hosting an 'Elementary Teacher vs. Middle/High School Teacher' basketball game as a fundraiser! Tickets for entrance to the game will be sold, as well as concessions. The CDTA will sell 50/50 tickets, with proceeds toward the CDTA Scholarship fund. The Booster Club will be selling school merchandise. Each high school class has been assigned a list of concession items to avoid duplicates. The money raised from the concession stand will offset the cost of class activities such as pep rallies, prom, the senior trip and more. Please see the attachment for what each class is responsible for. The game ticket prices are: Adults $5 Kids/Students $3 If you want to purchase game tickets, please contact a Cairo-Durham High School Class Advisor: Senior Class Advisors Mary Savoia (msavoia@cairodurham.org) and Alyssa Wickham (awickham@cairodurham.org) Junior Class Advisor Jennifer Searing-Burke (jsearing@cairodurham.org) Sophomore Class Advisors Joshua Yaple (jyaple@cairodurham.org) and Matthew Hitchen (mhitchen@cairodurham.org) Freshman Class Advisors Shelly Gouza (sgouza@cairodurham.org) and Jennifer Hill (jhill@cairodurham.org)

The Cairo-Durham Middle School Student Council is sponsoring a "Glow Dance" on Friday, March 22 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Cairo-Durham Middle School! Pre-sale tickets are available during announcements the week of March 18-21 for $8, and tickets will be available for $10 at the door. Concessions will be available for purchase at the dance. Students are encouraged to wear neon, glow sticks, or anything that shows up under the black lights! Can't wait to see you there!

Congratulations to the 11 Cairo-Durham High School students having their artwork selected for exhibition at CREATE Gallery at 398 Main Street in Catskill from March 15-31, 2024! The following students will have their artwork showcased at the 41st Annual "Outside the Lines" art show for students and teachers: - Keltie Asbury - Jessica Baeckmann - Emelia Biondolillo - Hannah Budz - Elexandreah Desmarais - Rose Fucito - Danasia King - Emily Moon - Dezaray Riley - Lenesha Sanpal - Aishwarya Thakur The opening reception is on Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 2-4 p.m. and the closing reception is on Sunday, March 31, 2024 from 2-4 p.m.

Penny Wars are coming to Cairo-Durham Elementary School the week of March 18-22, 2024! HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Each classroom has their own coin collecting jug for collecting points. Each grade level will have a “sabotage” jug located in the main office. - ADD POINTS to your classroom jug by adding pennies and dollar bills. - SUBTRACT POINTS from other grade levels by adding silver coins to their “sabotage” jug THE GRADE LEVEL WITH THE MOST POINTS WINS A FANCY LUNCH! All funds raised will go toward PBIS. The winning group will be announced on March 27, 2024. For more information, please contact Assistant Principal Harvey at rharvey@cairodurham.org

​"Penny Wars" are here at Cairo-Durham Middle School from March 4 to March 14! The three grade levels will compete to see which class can collect the most points through accumulating pennies. Beware, as there will be opportunities to sabotage the other classes! Collection buckets for each grade will be found outside of classrooms and point scales will be posted. See the Cairo-Durham Middle School bulletin board for more information on where to find your bucket and points totals. ​ The class that collects the most points wins a Stewart’s Ice Cream party! Best of luck!

​It's that time of year for Cairo-Durham Middle School families to purchase yearbooks, submit candids of all middle school students and baby photos of 8th graders! You can create custom pages until May 17, 2024. Yearbook Purchase: www.treering.com/validate (Enter school passcode in attachment). 8th Grade Baby Photos: Submit to Danielle Lacitignola (dlacitignola@cairodurham.org) with subject line "Baby Pictures". Candid Photos: Submit to Jennifer Searing-Burke (jsearing@cairodurham.org) with grade of student(s) and "Candid" in subject line.

Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 5th Grade Families: Graduation photo day for these three grade levels at Cairo-Durham Elementary School will be on Tuesday, March 19! Families can register on ismilestudios.com in advance to get notifications of when pictures are ready!

Know a Cairo-Durham Central School District Alumni that is a role model, has flourished beyond high school and deserves to be recognized? Here's your chance to nominate them for the Monthly Mustang Alumni Spotlight! All nominees must be graduates of the Class of 2018 or prior. Please fill out the Google Form below by Friday, March. 22, 2024. Nominations in past months will also be considered. Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6PWpg3qXVrCyAXT8STqHrvQOkBzWOoGggOHw3d2DSWnE-zw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Mark your calendars! Pre-K and Kindergarten Orientation for the 2024-25 school year at Cairo-Durham Elementary School will take place on the following dates: - Kindergarten: March 19, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Student must be turning 5-years old on or before Dec. 1, 2024.) - Pre-K: March 26, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Student must be turning 4-years-old on or before Dec. 1, 2024.) Registration packets available at Orientation, in the Cairo-Durham Elementary School Main Office and on the District website!

It's safe to say that Mrs. Fitzgerald's class at Cairo-Durham Elementary School enjoyed the March "Spirit Week" last week!

The Cairo-Durham High School newspaper is back! Check out the full March 2024 edition here: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2363/cdhs/4077199/CDInsiderVol1Mar2024.pdf

On March 14, 2024, the Cairo-Durham High School Classes are hosting an 'Elementary Teacher vs. Middle/High School Teacher' basketball game as a fundraiser! Tickets for entrance to the game will be sold, as well as concessions. The CDTA will sell 50/50 tickets, with proceeds toward the CDTA Scholarship fund. The Booster Club will be selling school merchandise. Each high school class has been assigned a list of concession items to avoid duplicates. The money raised from the concession stand will offset the cost of class activities such as pep rallies, prom, the senior trip and more. Please see the attachment for what each class is responsible for. The game ticket prices are: Adults $5 Kids/Students $3 If you want to purchase game tickets, please contact a Cairo-Durham High School Class Advisor: Senior Class Advisors Mary Savoia (msavoia@cairodurham.org) and Alyssa Wickham (awickham@cairodurham.org) Junior Class Advisor Jennifer Searing-Burke (jsearing@cairodurham.org) Sophomore Class Advisors Joshua Yaple (jyaple@cairodurham.org) and Matthew Hitchen (mhitchen@cairodurham.org) Freshman Class Advisors Shelly Gouza (sgouza@cairodurham.org) and Jennifer Hill (jhill@cairodurham.org)

The Cairo-Durham Middle School Student Council is sponsoring a "Glow Dance" on Friday, March 22 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Cairo-Durham Middle School! Pre-sale tickets are available during announcements the week of March 18-21 for $8, and tickets will be available for $10 at the door. Concessions will be available for purchase at the dance. Students are encouraged to wear neon, glow sticks, or anything that shows up under the black lights! Can't wait to see you there!

Mark your calendars! Pre-K and Kindergarten Orientation for the 2024-25 school year at Cairo-Durham Elementary School will take place on the following dates: - Kindergarten: March 19, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Student must be turning 5-years old on or before Dec. 1, 2024.) - Pre-K: March 26, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Student must be turning 4-years-old on or before Dec. 1, 2024.) Registration packets available at Orientation, in the Cairo-Durham Elementary School Main Office and on the District website!

The Cairo-Durham Middle School Student Council is sponsoring a "Glow Dance" on Friday, March 22 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Cairo-Durham Middle School! Pre-sale tickets are available during announcements the week of March 18-21 for $8, and tickets will be available for $10 at the door. Concessions will be available for purchase at the dance. Students are encouraged to wear neon, glow sticks, or anything that shows up under the black lights! Can't wait to see you there!

Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 5th Grade Families: Graduation photo day for these three grade levels at Cairo-Durham Elementary School will be on Tuesday, March 19! Families can register on ismilestudios.com in advance to get notifications of when pictures are ready!

Students and staff at Cairo-Durham Elementary School are celebrating a "Spirit Week" for the week of March 4-8, 2024! Pictured here are members of the Thompson/Lopez class celebrating "Disney Day" and CDES Physical Education Teacher Mrs. Stalter and CDES Social Worker Mrs. Stalter celebrating "Twin Day"!

Congratulations to Storm W. for being named the "Star of the Week" in the Thompson/Lopez class at Cairo-Durham Elementary School!

Enjoying playtime in Ms. Hall's class, Carter L. and Conor W. are pictured here with their creation of building blocks!

​"Penny Wars" are here at Cairo-Durham Middle School from March 4 to March 14! The three grade levels will compete to see which class can collect the most points through accumulating pennies. Beware, as there will be opportunities to sabotage the other classes! Collection buckets for each grade will be found outside of classrooms and point scales will be posted. See the Cairo-Durham Middle School bulletin board for more information on where to find your bucket and points totals. ​ The class that collects the most points wins a Stewart’s Ice Cream party! Best of luck!