We'd like to wish Deputy Espel and Deputy Rivera a Happy (early) School Resource Officer Appreciation Day! We are so lucky to have you as part of our school community. Thank you for all you do, each and every day!!
On Tuesday, the 5th grade hosted a fundraiser Valentine's Shop and sold candies and treats.
Happy Valentine's Day!
UPK-2nd grade had a great time on Tuesday while taking Spring Pictures!
Hadestown, the high school's winter musical, is right around the corner! Showtimes are Friday, Feb 28th at 7 pm, Saturday, March 1st at 7 pm, and Sunday, March 2nd at 2 pm.
Pre-sale reservations are now open. This form will be open until Sunday, Feb 23rd at noon. We will be holding live sales on Monday, Feb 24th, and Tuesday, Feb 25th from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm in the MS/HS lobby. All tickets reserved must be paid for by the end of live sales on Tuesday, February 25th, or your reservation will be canceled and your tickets will return to the queue.
Click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GJYZwyDvYo2ZABt9aDsK70KvGsbaGmwJyM49wmFPJ8k/viewform?chromeless=1&edit_requested=true
Reminder: Cairo-Durham schools will be closed next week, Feb. 17-21, due to Presidents Day and the Winter Break. We look forward to seeing you back in school on Monday, Feb. 24!
Congratulations to Mackenzie Sherburne, a CDHS Senior, for scoring her 1,000th career point on Monday, February 3, 2025, during the Girls Varsity Basketball game versus Hunter-Tannersville. Mackenzie is the first girl in Cairo-Durham history to reach this milestone!
Read the below press release for more!
Ms. Zielenski and Avery were practicing good sportsmanship on Monday in Ms. Lembo’s room duringTeam Day at the elementary.
Carbury from Mrs. Thompson’s, Mrs. Lopez’s, and Ms. Licis’s Second Grade Class recently organized a special day for his classmates.
Carbury requested that everyone bring in their favorite stuffed friend for the day!
The students read to their special friends, wrote about them during writing time and participated in a show and tell activity! The students then built on their knowledge of different living creatures through class discussions and watching videos! Mrs. Lopez and Mrs. Thompson shared their special stuffed friends as well!
Thank you, Carbury, for this amazing idea. Everyone had a great time!
Congratulations to Mackenzie Goodwin and Pasquale Sala for earning 100% fluency in addition and subtraction on Reflex! Keep up the great work!
Cairo-Durham is hiring a full-time maintenance person!
More information about this opportunity is available here: https://5il.co/37dp2
Last week's Grade 2 Thompson / Lopez Star of the Week was Carbury! The Grade 3 Whitbeck / Lopez Star of the Week was Colton!
Carbury participated in all activities, completed his work, waited his turn patiently, and was kind to everyone all week! Carbury worked extremely hard in math and writing! He is doing a great job adding and subtracting with regrouping! Carbury also organized a special stuffed animal day for his class! Way to go, Carbury!
Colton demonstrated respect, responsibility and kindness all week. He also participated in all activities, completed his work, waited his turn patiently, and made safe choices. Colton has worked extremely hard on memorizing his multiplication facts and is doing great restating, answering and citing during ELA.
Congratulations, Carbury and Colton! Your teachers are so proud of you!!!!
Nominations for the January 2025 “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” are open and can be submitted at the link below by Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 4 p.m. Past nominations will also be considered in the selection process. Click here ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2q9nfXwRYv7cSUw_bdouBjcdspek0B2VyNasVZr-LvsYNdg/viewform ) to submit a nomination for January 2025!
Cairo-Durham CSD is closed Thursday, February 6, 2025 due to inclement weather. The 8th grade transition night scheduled for tonight, will be postponed to a later date. All CSE meetings scheduled for today are canceled. A notice to reschedule will be sent by the Special Education Department to families impacted by this change.
On March 13, 2025, the High School Classes (Class of 2025, 2026, 2027, and 2028) are hosting the Second Annual March Madness Basketball game as a fundraiser where the CD Elementary faculty and staff play the MS/HS faculty staff.
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.
Booster Club will be selling Mustang Merchandise.
The game Ticket prices are
Adults $5
Kids/Students $3
If you want to purchase game tickets, please let us know.
Senior Class Advisor
Jennifer Searing-Burke
Junior Class Advisors
Matthew Hitchen and Bridgette Gregory bgregory@cairodurhsm.org
Sophomore Class Advisors
Shelly Gouza , and Jenn Hill
Freshman Class Advisor
Jennifer Searing-Burke jsearing@cairodurham.org and Jennifer Engelin jengelin@cairodurham.org
The elementary school is hiring for a Teacher Aide!
More information is available here: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2363/cdcsd/5271797/Aide_Posting_ES_2-4-25.pdf
The Cairo-Durham Elementary School Student Council visited The Humane Society this week. One of the many projects the members undertook was to raise funds and donations for the Humane Society. The students took a special trip to personally deliver all they had collected. They were given a tour and learned a great deal as well as getting a chance to hang with some furry friends!
Some very excited second and third graders at CDE planned a surprise Birthday celebration for their favorite principal, Mr. Stein, on January 31, 2025!
The students in Grade 2 (Thompson, Lopez, and Licis ) and Grade 3 (Whitbeck, Lopez and Licis) worked hard during ELA to create special cards for Mr. Stein. In the cards, the students thanked Mr. Stein for all he does each day at CDE, and they conveyed their sincere wishes for a very Happy Birthday! They then delivered the cards in person and presented Mr. Stein with a blue and white Birthday hat and a special cupcake as they sang Happy Birthday!!!!
Mrs. Lopez, Mrs. Whitbeck, Mrs. Thompson, Ms. Licis, and Their Amazing Second and Third Graders all wished Mr. Stein the best Birthday ever and thanked him for being such an extraordinary leader in our building.
The students in Grade 2 (Thompson, Lopez, and Licis) and Grade 3 ( Whitbeck, Lopez, and Licis) celebrated Mrs. Diamond on her birthday on January 30th.
The students also made her birthday cards!
Nominations for the January 2025 “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” are open and can be submitted at the link below by Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at 4 p.m. Past nominations will also be considered in the selection process. Click here ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2q9nfXwRYv7cSUw_bdouBjcdspek0B2VyNasVZr-LvsYNdg/viewform ) to submit a nomination for January 2025!
This week's Grade 2 Thompson / Lopez Star of the Week is Lubna! The Grade 3 Whitbeck / Lopez Star of the Week is Vera!
Lubna participated in all activities, completed her work, waited her turn patiently, and was kind to everyone all week! Lubna worked extremely hard in math and writing! She is doing a great job adding and subtracting with regrouping!
Vera demonstrated respect, responsibility and kindness all week. She also participated in all activities, completed her work, waited her turn patiently, and made safe choices. Vera has mastered her multiplication facts and is doing great restating, answering and citing during ELA.
Congratulations, Lubna and Vera ! Your teachers are so proud of you!!!!