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!!!!
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.
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!!!!
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!
More photos from the CDES Multicultural Night!
Ms. Flubacher's 5th grade students and Mr. Goodwin (Math Coach) participated in a Building Thinking Classroom activity where students worked collaboratively and were encouraged to think critically and problem solve. The students demonstrated perseverance, determination, and focus while completing the math tasks.
Quiz Night 2025 at CDHS was a tremendous success!
Students, faculty, staff, admin, and board members competed in groups to answer questions about fun trivia. The teams came up with unique team names, including Skibidi Slicers and Tubatomic!
It is great to see students smiling while learning until 8 PM. Get your team ready for next year's Quiz Night!
Thank you to our wonderful sponsors for your support!
More photos from Quiz Night 2025!
From 5 - 6:30 PM tomorrow, Wednesday, April 2, learn about and experience traditions from other cultures from our very own CDES families! Join us in the CDES large gym!
Students must be accompanied by an adult.
Last week's Grade 2 Thompson / Lopez Star of the Week was Greyson!
Greyson participated in all activities, completed his work, waited his turn patiently, and was kind to everyone all week! Greyson worked extremely hard in math and writing! He is doing a great job adding and subtracting with regrouping and subtracting on a number line! Greyson is working really hard when reading! Way to go, Greyson!
Congratulations, Greyson! Your teachers are so proud of you!!!!
Last week's Grade 3 Whitbeck / Lopez Star of the Week was Aria!
Aria demonstrated respect, responsibility, and kindness all week. Aria also participated in all activities, completed her work, waited her turn patiently, and made safe choices. Aria has worked extremely hard memorizing her multiplication facts and is consistently responsible about catching up on any missed assignments!
Congratulations, Aria! Your teachers are so proud of you!!!!
We are extremely proud of our alumni, and we need your help identifying individuals to highlight. Nominations are now open for the Spring 2025 Mustang Alumni Spotlight. Click here: https://forms.gle/XALrQCsGgZcd9CYPA to nominate a Cairo-Durham CSD alum. Submissions are due by Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 2 p.m.
April breakfast and lunch menus are here! View them below or click here: https://www.cairodurham.org/documents/cafeteria-menus/254963
In honor of Autism Awareness Day on April 2, the CDES Student Council worked together to design posters and signs to display around the school to help educate and bring attention to the importance of understanding and supporting individuals with autism.
The student council would also like to remind you to wear BLUE on April 2 for World Autism Awareness Day!
CDES students learned some new dance moves with the help of the talented Marcus!
Last week's Grade 2 Thompson / Lopez Star of the Week was Josh! The Grade 3 Whitbeck / Lopez Star of the Week was Joseph!
Josh participated in all activities, completed his work, waited his turn patiently, and was kind to everyone all week! Josh worked extremely hard in math and writing! He is doing a great job adding and subtracting with regrouping and subtracting on a numberline! Hosh is also very funny! Way to go, Josh!
Joseph demonstrated respect, responsibility and kindness all week. He also participated in all activities, completed his work, waited his turn patiently, and made safe choices. Joseph has worked extremely hard memorizing all of his multiplication facts too! Joseph is also a very kind and helpful big brother! He is always talking about how much he loves his baby sister!
Congratulations, Josh and Joseph! Your teachers are so proud of you!!!!
CDES recently had its 3rd Grade Frog Expo! Each student choose a species of frog to study then they all worked hard to create awesome projects featuring their frogs. Great job, third graders!
Winter Sports Awards are on this Thursday, March 20!
Modified sports start at 5:30pm and JV/Varsity starts at 6pm in the CDHS Auditorium.
