The Cairo-Durham Central School District is accepting applications for the following position: CDHS Principal. For more information, please view the attachment!
Ms. Rice and Mrs. Lopez's third grade class would like to thank CDES School Resource Officer Deputy Espel and Mac for everything they do for their class and our school! We really appreciate you being here and helping all of us! The picture shows a shirt that was made for Deputy Espel that says "Best SRO Cairo Durham 2023".
There will be an American Red Cross Blood Drive tomorrow, April 26th from 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. in the Cairo-Durham High School Gymnasium. Register to donate at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=1830nyp
Prom Dress Reminder: There are still available prom dresses in the Student Services Office at CDHS, along with some shoes. They will be here the remainder of this week before moving on to another district. Please encourage your student(s) to come down during their free periods, and also encourage those who may be attending prom next year or if they need a dress for another event.
The 10th grade STAR class went on its annual field trip on April 22 to Cooperstown! They visited the Cooperstown Escape Room (teachers versus students) and the Farmers Museum. The students and chaperones Mrs. Gori, Mr. Higgins, Ms. Edwards and Mrs. Lang also went out for dinner and ate a family style meal .
Looking to catch a Spring Sports game? Here is the full slate of Mustangs in action this week!
Monday, April 24
- Varsity Baseball at Hunter Tannersville/WAJ at 4:15 p.m.
- Boys Varsity Tennis vs Taconic Hills at the High School at 4:30 p.m.
- Modified Track and Field vs Albany Leadership/Green Tech at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 25
- Boys Varsity Tennis vs Waterford/Halfmoon at Watervliet at 4:30 p.m.
- Modified Softball vs Taconic Hills at the High School at 4:30 p.m.
- Varsity Track and Field at Maple Hill at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 26
- Boys Varsity Tennis at CA at 4:30 p.m.
- (Senior Game) Varsity Baseball vs Germantown at the High School at 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 27
- Modified Softball vs Watervliet at the High School at 4:30 p.m.
- Varsity Softball at Lansingburgh at 4:30 p.m.
- Boys Varsity Tennis vs Greenville at the High School at 4:30 p.m.
Friday, April 28
Varsity Baseball at Chatham at 4:30 p.m.
- Modified Track and Field at Hudson at 4:30 p.m.
- (Senior Game) Varsity Softball vs Germantown at the High School at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 29
- Varsity Baseball at Watervliet at 12:00 p.m.
Ms. Flubacher's 5th grade class is preparing for the upcoming ELA State Test and found a way to practice and review in a fun and engaging way!
Students partnered up and used board games to answer questions. For every correct question, the student was able to make a move on their game board and continued to play until there was a winner!
These students had a blast participating in dinner group activities related to social emotional learning!
The Class of 2023 is hosting a Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser hosted by the Blackthorne Resort on Sunday, April 23rd from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The cost is $10 per person and there will be a dine-in and takeout option. All proceeds will go towards the Class of 2023's Senior Trip. For more information, please email bragos57@gmail.com or call 518-821-3364.
At yesterday's Whole Group Mentoring event at CDMS, students decorated pots with animal faces and planted grass (for the animal fur) in one pot and planted marigolds in another pot. The group then had snacks and played UNO!
A special shoutout goes to Colton in Ms. Adrian's 1st grade class who recently assisted Ms. Rell as a library helper!
For the second year in a row, the Cairo-Durham Elementary School Student Council created a framed puzzle of a soldier and donated it to the Greene County Veterans Service Agency in Catskill in honor of all veterans.
In attendance for the donation were Ed Bloomer, District 3 – Athens; Matt Luvera, District 1 – Catskill; Jim Thorington, District 6 – Windham Ashland Jewett Prattsville; Harry Lennon, District 8 – Cairo; Greg Davis, District 4 – Greenville; Tommy Hobart, District 2 – Coxsackie; Pat Linger District 5 – New Baltimore; and Linda Overbaugh, District 1 – Catskill. A representative from Senator Hinchey's office brought certificates for all students as well.
Representing CDES were Principal Christopher Stein, Assistant Principal Rachel Pollard, Deputy Steven Espel, Student Council advisors Heather Fitzgerald and Bonnie Whateley, President Thomas Rushkoski, Treasurer Aubree Walz, Secretary Lily Zeun, Historian Benjamin Nova and Class Representatives Makayla Cucceraldo, Aleah Hough, Alex Twitty, Adalyn Butler, Jano Guiragossian and Brielle Lewis.
There will be an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday, April 26th from 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. in the Cairo-Durham High School Gymnasium. Register to donate at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=1830nyp
For their Library special, students in Mrs. Margiasso's class got to play marshmallow-sight word Bingo. When they got five in a row, students ate the marshmallow!
The Class of 2023 is hosting a Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser hosted by the Blackthorne Resort on Sunday, April 23rd from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The cost is $10 per person and there will be a dine-in and takeout option. All proceeds will go towards the Class of 2023's Senior Trip. For more information, please email bragos57@gmail.com or call 518-821-3364.
The Cairo-Durham Central School District is extremely proud of Cierra Ford, a Welding student attending Questar III’s Donald R. Kline Technical School in Hudson, for delivering a presentation at a recent Questar III Board meeting! Here, Cierra is pictured with Questar III Assistant Superintendent Anthony Taibi and Donald R. Kline Technical School Principal Melissa Fox, as well as Cierra speaking during the meeting. Way to go, Cierra!
Starting April 19th, Twin County Recovery Services Inc. will be offering a six-week parenting class for active parents. The class will have a hybrid option of meeting virtual and/or in-person. For more details, please contact Tara Eldred-VanRoy at tarav@twincountyrecoveryservices.org or by calling 518-943-2036 ext. 3311.
The Class of 2023 is hosting a Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser hosted by the Blackthorne Resort on Sunday, April 23rd from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The cost is $10 per person and there will be a dine-in and takeout option. All proceeds will go towards the Class of 2023's Senior Trip. For more information, please email bragos57@gmail.com or call 518-821-3364.
Starting April 19th, Twin County Recovery Services Inc. will be offering a six-week parenting class for active parents. The class will have a hybrid option of meeting virtual and/or in-person. For more details, please contact Tara Eldred-VanRoy at tarav@twincountyrecoveryservices.org or by calling 518-943-2036 ext. 3311.
There will be an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Wednesday, April 26th from 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. in the Cairo-Durham High School Gymnasium. Register to donate at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=1830nyp
