Cairo-Durham Elementary School

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!

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

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.

The District hosted a Mustang Wellness Step Challenge for 2025. Staff, faculty, and District admin tracked their steps from January to March. The top prize was a one-month membership to Lee Physical Therapy and Wellness, the second and third prizes were massages from Elite Massage Therapy, fourth and fifth place took home a $20 gift card to the Juice Branch, and fifth to tenth places earned a branded water bottle from Left Lane Designs LLC. Congrats to winners: 1. Christy Roe 2. Devon Passaro 3. Corbette Russell 4. Jessica Staiger 5. Jennifer Moritz 6. Nancy Trembacz 7. Jeffrey Miriello 8. Meghan Stalter 9. Brigette Parks 10. Elizabeth Fisher

Reminder: Today, Thursday, March 13, all Cairo-Durham CSD schools will be dismissed early. The middle and high schools will dismiss at 11:45 am, and the elementary school and AM Pre-K will dismiss at 12:45 pm. There will not be any PM Pre-K. Buses will still transport high school students to Questar programs at their normally scheduled times. School will also be closed tomorrow, Friday, March 14, for the Superintendent's Conference Day.

The Greene Monsters Wrestling Club had a great first year! The Greene County youth wrestling program was started by community member Brent Jones to help support the local schools’ modified and high school wrestling programs. There were over 40 kids ages 5 - 12 in the Greene County area that joined. On Sunday, March 2nd, over 10 Greene Monster wrestlers registered for the 3rd Annual NYS Novice State Tournament at the Armory in Albany, NY. There were 107 teams with over 400 wrestlers participating from all over New York. The Greene Monsters finished 22nd. Congrats to the following C-D wrestlers who ranked in the tournament for their weight class: Elayna Jones, Sophia Morse, and Timothy VanNess!

Last week's Grade 2 Thompson / Lopez Star of the Week was Abe! The Grade 3 Whitbeck / Lopez Star of the Week was Abby! Abe participated in all activities, completed his work, waited his turn patiently, and was kind to everyone all week! Abe worked extremely hard in math and writing! He is doing a great job adding and subtracting with regrouping and subtracting on a numberline! Way to go, Abe! Abby demonstrated respect, responsibility, and kindness all week. She also participated in all activities, completed her work, waited her turn patiently, and made safe choices. Abby has worked extremely hard on memorizing her multiplication facts and is doing great restating, answering, and citing during ELA. Congratulations, Abe and Abby! 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 open for the Spring 2025 Mustang Alumni Spotlight. Click here: (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2q9nfXwRYv7cSUw_bdouBjcdspek0B2VyNasVZr-LvsYNdg/viewform?usp=sf_link) to nominate a Cairo-Durham CSD alum. Submissions are due by Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 2 p.m.

Last week, the Student Council celebrated Read Across America Week in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday! 🎉 Last Monday, CDES kicked things off with Mystery Readers! Faculty and staff signed up to surprise classrooms with a special read-aloud. Teachers selected a time for a guest reader to visit, and students loved the excitement of a mystery visitor sharing a story!

First graders were learning about moose. Tami Wood, the special education teacher assistant, offered to provide each class with a real-life model of how big a moose antler is compared to the local deer that many of our students know.

Here are more photos taken during Read Across America Week from Tracy MacGiffert's Universal Pre-K classes!

On Thursday, March 13, all Cairo-Durham CSD schools will be dismissed early. The middle and high schools will dismiss at 11:45 am, and the elementary school and AM Pre-K will dismiss at 12:45 pm. There will not be any PM Pre-K. Buses will still transport high school students to Questar programs at their normally scheduled times. School will also be closed on Friday, March 14, for the Superintendent's Conference Day.

The Cairo-Durham Central School District is hiring for an Assistant Principal and a Library Media Specialist! Read more below: Assistant Principal: https://5il.co/39od6 Library Media Specialist: https://5il.co/39od7

Dear Cairo-Durham Families, Staff, and Community Members, Recognizing our wonderful alumni, community members, staff, and students is a high priority for the District, which is why the “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” was originally developed. However, due to low monthly nominations, the District has decided to select and announce a spotlight recipient once a quarter going forward. 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://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2q9nfXwRYv7cSUw_bdouBjcdspek0B2VyNasVZr-LvsYNdg/viewform?usp=sf_link) to nominate a Cairo-Durham CSD alum. Submissions are due by Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at 2 p.m. Thank you, The Cairo-Durham Central School District

Last week's Grade 2 Thompson / Lopez Star of the Week was Amelia! The Grade 3 Whitbeck / Lopez Star of the Week was Hussain! Amelia participated in all activities, completed her work, waited her turn patiently, and was kind to everyone all week! Amelia worked extremely hard in math and writing! She is doing a great job adding and subtracting with regrouping! Amelia also read a book to her entire class and shared her cheerleading skills with them! Way to go, Amelia! Hussain demonstrated respect, responsibility and kindness all week. He also participated in all activities, completed his work, waited his turn patiently, and made safe choices. Hussain has worked extremely hard on memorizing his multiplication facts and is doing great restating, answering and citing during ELA. Congratulations, Amelia and Hussain! Your teachers are so proud of you!!!!

Over the weekend, CDHS presented the musical Hadestown: Teen Edition to excited audiences. Thank you to all the cast, crew, musicians, and teachers involved in making this production so successful!