Due to weather conditions, the visiting team has canceled the Modified Girls and Boys Soccer game scheduled for today, Thursday, 9/26 @ 4:30 PM at Maple Hill.
A special board of education meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 2, at 5:30 PM in the District Office.
The Cairo-Durham CSD is hiring for a temporary School Counselor or School Social Worker.
Click here for more information: https://www.cairodurham.org/documents/employment/job-postings/246137
This Week in Sports!
Check out the CDSports LiveStream YouTube channel where many games are live-streamed. Click Here: https://www.youtube.com/@cdsportslivestream4550/streams
The visiting team has changed the time for today's Varsity Boys Soccer game scheduled for Monday, 9/23 @ 4:30 PM to 7pm at Hudson HS on the Soccer Turf Field. We apologize for any inconvenience as this was unexpected and out of our control.
Last week, students in MS and HS learned more about Suicide Prevention during lunches.
Thank you to AFSP for collaborating with Mrs. Drossel, our School Social Worker, who advises Sources of Strength. Bracelets, stickers, magnets, and even guitar pics with the AFSP logo were distributed! Students could choose from a variety of materials to spread messages of hope, and increase awareness and support, while decreasing the stigma of mental health challenges.
Interested students signed up for the Out of the Darkness Walk in Hudson on 10/13, for which Mrs. Drossel is coordinating a team.
The Cairo-Durham Central School District is hiring for a part-time teaching assistant for the high school.
Job postings can be found here: https://www.cairodurham.org/documents/employment/job-postings/246137
The Community Day 2024 Event hosted by the Hudson Valley National Center for Veteran Reintegration is on September 21st from 11 - 4 at the Angelo Canna Town Park.
View the flyer below for more information,
The Community Day 2024 event hosted by HVNCVR Greene County Vet2Vet will take place on September 21 from 11 - 4 at the Angelo Canna Town Park!
View the flyer below for more information.
Reminder: Dining menus can be viewed on our District website. To access, please click "Dining" on your school's main menu.
Menus can also be viewed here: https://www.cairodurham.org/documents/cafeteria-menus/254963
Support the Cairo-Durham Soccer Programs by getting a car wash on Sunday, September 15 at the elementary school! It starts at 9:30am and goes until 1pm. $15 per car.
On the first day of school yesterday, the Class of 2025 had a car parade from CDE to the HS as a kickstart to their senior year. Staff and faculty cheered them on as they arrived for their first day of school!
Do you have any great first-day photos you'd like to share? Feel free to DM our Facebook page and we'll feature some of the pics on social media!
Fall picture days are scheduled for September 12 and 13 at both the Cairo-Durham Middle and High Schools. Photos will be taken during the student's gym class.
During the Cairo-Durham Central School District Board of Education meeting on August 14, 2024, Herbert Tedford was appointed as the new Assistant Principal at the Cairo-Durham Middle and High School.
Mr. Tedford, originally from Colonie, lived in Pueblo, Colorado for 25 years and received his education from Colorado State University-Pueblo (formally known as the University of Southern Colorado). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education/Biology and Coaching and a Master of Arts in Special Education and School Administration. Mr. Tedford also earned a Certificate of Advanced Study from the College of St. Rose.
“In high school, I was positively impacted and had positive relationships with my coaches, teachers, and principals – I wanted to provide the same for young people,” Mr. Tedford said.
He has worked in school administration in Colorado, Connecticut, and New York. Mr. Tedford has served at both the middle and high school levels as a principal, a special education principal, and an assistant principal.
“I’m most excited about building relationships with students and being instrumental in helping them make good choices that will positively impact them now and later in life,” Mr. Tedford said. “I also enjoy providing guidance in choosing a post-secondary pathway in the 3 E’s – Employment, Enlistment, or Enrollment.”
Save the Date: 6th grade orientation is set for August 28, 2024 at 6pm. Any "New to District" Middle School students are also welcome to attend.
7th and 8th grade students are welcome to pick up their schedules beginning at 7pm on August 28th.
If you cannot make it, schedules can be picked up at the Middle School any day from August 29th to the start of school. Schedules will also be viewable on SchoolTool starting on August 29th.
Save the Date: 6th grade orientation is set for August 28, 2024 at 6pm. Any "New to District" Middle School students are also welcome to attend.
7th and 8th grade students are welcome to pick up their schedules beginning at 7pm on August 28th.
If you cannot make it, schedules can be picked up at the Middle School any day from August 29th to the start of school. Schedules will also be viewable on SchoolTool starting on August 29th.
To access the 6 - 8 grade supply lists, please click here: https://www.cairodurham.org/o/cdms/documents/supply-lists-(gr.-6-8)/237602
The Cairo-Durham Central School District is accepting applications for several coaching positions for the 2024-25 fall sports season! Please view the attachment for more information.
NEWS RELEASE from Cairo-Durham Central School District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cairo-Durham Central School District Announces Brandon LaFever as May 2024 “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” Recipient
CAIRO, NY, May 24, 2024 – The Cairo-Durham Central School District is proud to announce the May 2024 recipient of the “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” is Brandon LaFever (‘14).
LaFever, who has obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology, his Doctorate in Neuroscience from Penn State University and is currently completing Physician’s Assistant’s school at Albany Medical College, has found his way back to Greene County after diving into his passion of assisting others with the function of the brain.
“It’s really cool to come back to the community I grew up in and that nurtured me,” LaFever said. “It felt natural to come back to my home of Greene County. I’ve always had a tie to things in the community.
While securing his college degrees, LaFever was often seen riding the ambulance for Greenport Rescue Squad, transporting and treating local residents. Now, LaFever is looking to establish his future in the Cairo-Durham Central School District by moving into a family member’s home with his fiance and Cairo-Durham High School alumni, Victoria.
LaFever credits his participation in sports like football, school musicals and seven Advanced Placement classes in high school for shaping him to be the person he is today.
“They taught me to be determined and to push the boundaries of my comfort zone,” LaFever said.
In her nomination of LaFever, Mary Ann Stortecky said LaFever was “very active in Cairo-Durhams’s music department”, as he “played percussion in band, sang in the chorus and was the lead in the school musical for several years.”
LaFever’s passion for music continued in college, as he traveled across the country in the acapella group named “8 Beat Measure”, then as the music director for Penn State’s acapella group.
“Embrace the uncertainty of life, it will be more enjoyable,” LaFever said. “Let the chips fall as they do. Do what you’re good at, but go towards a passion. You want to be good at what you do, but you want to enjoy it. I just take things one thing at a time.”
Sharing wisdom with future generations of Mustangs, LaFever said his trials and tribulations have helped grant him perspective in reality as he looks to open up his own practice specializing in overcoming brain tumors, seizures and brain surgery.
“There’s success, and then there’s learning. You learn from your failures,” he said. “School definitely helps you figure out who you are and you meet a lot of good people.”
In an effort to bridge the community and the Cairo-Durham Central School District, the “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” was created to provide an opportunity for community members to nominate members of the Cairo-Durham Class of 2018 or prior who have made an impact in the community, embrace Cairo-Durham pride and serve as role models to future generations of Mustangs to be recognized on the District’s platforms.
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Photo: Cairo-Durham Central School District May 2024 “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” recipient Brandon LaFever (‘14).
Save the Date!
6th grade orientation is set for August 28, 2024 at 6pm! More information to come.
