
UPDATE: The Fall Festival at the Cairo-Durham Elementary School from 5-7 p.m. will be taking place INDOORS tonight. Come join us for games, food, face painting and more!


The Cairo-Durham National Honor Society is hosting the annual Fall Festival and Community Yard Sale on September 30th from 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Cairo-Durham Elementary School!
Setup will be at 8:30 a.m. Parking spots and 10x10 lawn spots are available. The price is $15 for pre-registration and $20 for at the door. The rain date for this outdoor event is scheduled for October 1st. Use this link to register for a yard sale spot: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-d12ENy9t4-6CHgoQ_3qzCunXO0M3zakOKEmuB_qfEvpVUw/viewform
For more information or to pre-register, please contact Cairo-Durham National Honor Society Advisor Allison Manoli at amanoli@cairodurham.org or by calling the high school main office at 518-622-8543 and asking to be transferred to Mrs. Manoli.


3rd, 4th and 5th grade students at CDES embodied the P2 trait of "Teamwork" in the library with Ms. Rell. Students collaborated with each other to make a spaceship or rover with facts they learned from their books and databases about planets.!







3rd, 4th and 5th grade students embodied the Positivity Project trait of "Teamwork" in the library. with Ms. Rell. Students were tasked with making a spaceship or rover with facts they learned from their books and databases about planets!







We are so excited for the Fall Festival at the Cairo-Durham Elementary School playground THIS FRIDAY, September 29 from 5-7 p.m. Come join us for games, food, face painting and more!


The entire CDES 3rd grade enjoyed a late afternoon of apple picking and shopping at Boehm Farm on September 26!
This is the second year that the 3rd grade team has partnered with the local farm to provide a variety of delicious apples (Empire, Autumn Crisp, Cortland and more) for the Harvest Festival that will take place at Cairo Durham Elementary School on Friday September 29!
A very special thank you to Jane and her family for donating 300 apples for the CDES students and their families for two consecutive years!
Pictured left to right: Left to right
Katie Chase, Jessica Kellegher, Ashia Lembo, Andrea Whitbeck and Bridget Lopez


The Cairo-Durham National Honor Society is hosting the annual Fall Festival and Community Yard Sale on September 30th from 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Cairo-Durham Elementary School!
Setup will be at 8:30 a.m. Parking spots and 10x10 lawn spots are available. The price is $15 for pre-registration and $20 for at the door. The rain date for this outdoor event is scheduled for October 1st. Use this link to register for a yard sale spot: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-d12ENy9t4-6CHgoQ_3qzCunXO0M3zakOKEmuB_qfEvpVUw/viewform
For more information or to pre-register, please contact Cairo-Durham National Honor Society Advisor Allison Manoli at amanoli@cairodurham.org or by calling the high school main office at 518-622-8543 and asking to be transferred to Mrs. Manoli.


Mrs. Beare's class recently went outside for Science on a nature walk! Students used their five senses to explore the school campus and write sentences that described what they found while outside. The class also used their sentences to create drawings of their findings.
The class studied how to be a scientist, how scientists use their five senses to conduct experiments and learn more about the world around them.
Students also studied the trait of the week, "curiosity", to ask questions and learn more about the little things they saw outside.






We are so excited for the Fall Festival at the Cairo-Durham Elementary School playground THIS FRIDAY, September 29 from 5-7 p.m.
Come join us for games, food, face painting and more!


Approved at last Thursday's Board of Education meeting, October 13th, 2023 will be a District-wide Early Release Day for all students.
Students at the secondary campus will be released at 11:45 am and students at the elementary campus will be released at 12:45 pm.
We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your flexibility as we work to provide more professional development opportunities for our teachers to grow and best support our students and their learning.


Mrs. Thompson's class said farewell on Friday, September 22, to Amanda Rushkoski, an amazing member of the CDES team who will be starting a new journey in the Marshall Islands. The students made beautiful cards and wrote complete sentences in order to convey how much they appreciate all she does! Good luck Mrs. R, we will miss you!


The Cairo-Durham National Honor Society is hosting the annual Fall Festival and Community Yard Sale on September 30th from 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Cairo-Durham Elementary School!
Setup will be at 8:30 a.m. Parking spots and 10x10 lawn spots are available. The price is $15 for pre-registration and $20 for at the door. The rain date for this outdoor event is scheduled for October 1st. Use this link to register for a yard sale spot: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-d12ENy9t4-6CHgoQ_3qzCunXO0M3zakOKEmuB_qfEvpVUw/viewform
For more information or to pre-register, please contact Cairo-Durham National Honor Society Advisor Allison Manoli at amanoli@cairodurham.org or by calling the high school main office at 518-622-8543 and asking to be transferred to Mrs. Manoli.


Congratulations to Milleth Cruz (Lopez/Whitbeck) and Noah Masterson (Thompson/Lopez) for being recognized as this week's "Stars of the Week"!



Creativity at CDES! Ms. Sniffen's class crafted a model of Earth's layers by using Play-Doh, clay and a marble!

The Cairo-Durham Booster Club is hosting a 9" potted mum sale with mums from Story Farms in Catskill! Each plant costs $15. Checks may be made out to the Cairo-Durham Booster Club at 1301 Route 145, Cairo, NY, 12413. Pickup will take place on September 23 during Cairo-Durham's Homecoming. Please use the link below to purchase your mums today!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5JRX4Z4e62l7PBFM6ONARY6vf4kJ6e96-AYStQtGFiEwV0g/viewform


The Cairo-Durham National Honor Society is hosting the annual Fall Festival and Community Yard Sale on September 30th from 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Cairo-Durham Elementary School!
Setup will be at 8:30 a.m. Parking spots and 10x10 lawn spots are available. The price is $15 for pre-registration and $20 for at the door. The rain date for this outdoor event is scheduled for October 1st. Use this link to register for a yard sale spot: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-d12ENy9t4-6CHgoQ_3qzCunXO0M3zakOKEmuB_qfEvpVUw/viewform
For more information or to pre-register, please contact Cairo-Durham National Honor Society Advisor Allison Manoli at amanoli@cairodurham.org or by calling the high school main office at 518-622-8543 and asking to be transferred to Mrs. Manoli.


Our students said "cheese" but Mac said "treats"! Thanks to iSmile for two great picture days!



The Cairo-Durham Booster Club is hosting a 9" potted mum sale with mums from Story Farms in Catskill! Each plant costs $15. Checks may be made out to the Cairo-Durham Booster Club at 1301 Route 145, Cairo, NY, 12413. Pickup will take place on September 23 during Cairo-Durham's Homecoming. Please use the link below to purchase your mums today!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5JRX4Z4e62l7PBFM6ONARY6vf4kJ6e96-AYStQtGFiEwV0g/viewform


Congratulations to Natalie G. in the Thompson/Lopez class at Cairo-Durham Elementary School for being recognized as the "Star of the Week" for the first full week of school!


The Cairo-Durham National Honor Society is hosting the annual Fall Festival and Community Yard Sale on September 30th from 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Cairo-Durham Elementary School!
Setup will be at 8:30 a.m. Parking spots and 10x10 lawn spots are available. The price is $15 for pre-registration and $20 for at the door. The rain date for this outdoor event is scheduled for October 1st. Use this link to register for a yard sale spot: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-d12ENy9t4-6CHgoQ_3qzCunXO0M3zakOKEmuB_qfEvpVUw/viewform
For more information or to pre-register, please contact Cairo-Durham National Honor Society Advisor Allison Manoli at amanoli@cairodurham.org or by calling the high school main office at 518-622-8543 and asking to be transferred to Mrs. Manoli.
