Cairo-Durham Middle School

The Cairo-Durham Middle School/High School Art Exhibit will take place on Thursday, May 9, 2024 from 5-7 p.m. in the hallway leading to the Cairo-Durham High School auditorium! Check out our students' fantastic artwork!

NEWS RELEASE from Cairo-Durham Central School District FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2024 2023-24 Cairo-Durham Middle School Third Quarter Honor Rolls Announced CAIRO, NY – The Cairo-Durham Central School District is excited to announce its Middle School Principal’s Honor Roll, High Honor Roll and Honor Roll members for the third quarter of the 2023-24 school year. To qualify for Principal’s Honor Roll, students must record a grade point average of 95 or higher throughout the quarter. To qualify for High Honor Roll, students must record a grade point average between 90 and 94. To qualify for Honor Roll, students must record a grade point average between 85 and 89. Principal's Honor Roll 6th Grade: Leslie Cruz, Brayden Herdman, Hunter Lee, Dylan Mulligan, Natalie Olivett, Ruby Palmer, Nadav Saad, Reagan VanDenburgh and Aubree Walz. 7th Grade: Zoey Choinsky, Lucy Palmer, Grace Plank and Abigail Pritchard. 8th Grade: Brooke DeFrancesco, Tyler Little, Lucas Lounsbury, Lauren Musong, Patrick Panyan, Alexandra Richers, Alesiana Roeber, Sadye Schneider, Abigail Wright and Michaela Wright. High Honor Roll 6th Grade: Marco Alvarado, Francis Baxter, Nicholas Dyer, Luke Hulbert, Felicity Lendin, Brielle Lewis, Daniel Lopez, Giavanna Massaro, Hailee Myers, Aryssa Ortiz, Joseph Parks, Gianna Race, Kaylee Relyea, April Rooney, James Sasso, Kassidy Schrull, Jocelyn Shook, Thomas Slater Jr., Silas Smith, Sophia Sternbach, Thomas Sylvester, Anthony Tritto, Brayden Vetter, Aislinn Wilber, Ryan Young, Lily Zeun and Logan Zeun. 7th Grade: Kasandra Backenroth, Naylor Cooper, Sophia Cuti, Xavier James, John Kiley, Rebecca Mahler, John Mirandona and Francesca Porter. 8th Grade: Vincenzo Alvarado, Hanna Baxter, Allie Byrne, Luis Cruz, Evangeline Finnegan, Isabel Haigh, Khodyn Laga, Sebastian Miller, Payton Neubauer, Michael Pernice and Austin Sperano. Honor Roll 6th Grade: Anastasa Amlong, Kaleb Avelar, Jasmine Bucao, Owen Chapman, Madelyn Dedrick, Hannah Faulkner, Nyelle Grayton, Jano Guiragossian, Brendan Hasenkopf-Massaro, Sofia Hernandez Merino, Annabelle Holbrook, Dayyan Lalgee, Kashlyn LaRose, Calvin Lewis, Gianna Lewis, Brandon Mackle, Aiden McGovern, Jayden Morey, Autumn Nielsen, Anthony Rende, Jennifer Ruiz Yatz, Aiden Smith and Logan Thorne. 7th Grade: Travis Barbosa, Darien Barris, Aleaha Brousseau, Jaedyn DeLong, Mya DeRose, Hannah DuHart, Seamus Gavin, Amelia Hammond, Michael Houston Jr., Rojer James Jr., Baylee Kastner, Grace LaRose, Lexi Maderic, Michael Parks Jr., Wynter Plank, Maya Powers, William Pugsley, Skylar Racano, Karlie Sickler, Trinity Smith, Bella Snedeker, Alana Torres, Joseph Tritto III and Teagan Watkins. 8th Grade: Korin Beatty-Brust, Aidan Cody, Brianna Dennis, Meaghan Hammond, William Hernandez Merino, Zuri Hewson, Lukas Higgins Jr., Ziva Homeyer, Jozlyn Jones, James Kuhn, Nataylia LaRose, Jakob Magsitza, Adrianna Massaro, Kourtney Matice, Zoey Mickle, Ethan Searing-Burke, Olivia Soto, Julie Speenburgh and Leo Vittoz. ###

It's never too late to recognize our positive difference makers in the Cairo-Durham Central School District! Congratulations to the February 2024 Students of the Month at Cairo-Durham Middle School! From left, Kourtney Matice (8th grade), Nevaeh Stevenson (7th grade), Cairo-Durham Middle School Principal Danielle Czech and Thomas Sylvester Jr. (6th grade).

Reminder: Honors information night for 6th and 7th grade is tomorrow! Middle School Honors night is set for Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 6pm in the MS/HS Auditorium. If you are a current 6th or 7th grade student interested in taking Honors or Accelerated courses in the 2024-2025 school year, please be sure to attend our information night. We will speak about the course offerings, expectations, and process. The application will be shared that night. Current 8th grade students looking to take Honors or Accelerated classes in High School will attend the High School Honors night on May 30.

The Cairo-Durham Middle School/High School Art Exhibit will take place on Thursday, May 9, 2024 from 5-7 p.m. in the hallway leading to the Cairo-Durham High School auditorium! Check out our students' fantastic artwork!

Congratulations and thank you to the following individuals who will be retiring from the Cairo-Durham Central School District at the end of the 2023-24 school year for their years of service! - Lucy Baeckmann - 23 Years - Richard Crianza - 17 Years - Cynthia Dougherty - 5 Years - Michelle Golden - 20 Years - Nancy Pine - 20 Years - Jacqueline Pinnella - 37 Years - Karen Zindell - 24 Years Additionally, there will be a retirement party/dinner for these individuals on Friday, June 7, 2024 at the Shamrock House in East Durham. Please RSVP and contact Tammy Karker at tkarker@cairodurham.org for more information on attending!

Looking to catch the Mustangs in action? We have you covered! Check out the Cairo-Durham Central School District athletics schedule for the week of May 6-11, 2024! Monday, May 6, 2024: - Modified Track and Field at Taconic Hills at 4:30 p.m. - Varsity Baseball at Taconic Hills at 4:30 p.m. - JV Softball vs Taconic Hills at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2024: - Boys Varsity Tennis at Coxsackie-Athens at 3:30 p.m. (Patroon Conference Championships) - Modified Baseball and Softball vs Hudson at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. - Varsity Baseball at Coxsackie-Athens at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2024: - JV Softball at Taconic Hills at 4:30 p.m. - Modified Baseball vs Windham-Ashland-Jewett at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, 2024 - Boys and Girls Varsity Track and Field vs Hudson/Chatham/Watervliet at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. (Senior Meet) Friday, May 10, 2024 - JV Softball vs Saugerties at CDHS at 4 p.m. (New time and Senior Game) Saturday, May 11, 2024 - Varsity Baseball at TBD - Boys and Girls Varsity Track and Field at Middleburgh at 10 a.m.

The modified baseball and softball teams both took losses to Germantown yesterday afternoon in very competitive games on the diamond. The next game for both teams is today (5/3) at home versus Catskill at 4:30.

Congratulations to the Class of 2024 Cairo-Durham Mustang Pride Hall of Fame Inductees, Bridget "Bunny: Agostinoni, Emily Brunner, Patricia Gibson and Caroline B. Pfleger who were recognized at the Shamrock House in East Durham on April 27, 2024!

Attention parents and students of the current 6th and 7th grade classes: Middle School Honors night is set for Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 6pm in the MS/HS Auditorium. If you are interested in taking Honors or Accelerated courses in the 2024-2025 school year, please be sure to attend our information night. We will speak about the course offerings, expectations, and process. The application will be shared that night. Current 8th grade students looking to take Honors or Accelerated classes in High School will attend the High School Honors night on May 30.

It's never too late to highlight our amazing principals at Cairo-Durham Central School District! May 1, 2024 was National Principals Day and we at Cairo-Durham Central School District are so proud to call these individuals our principals!

Know a Cairo-Durham Central School District Alumni that is a role model, has flourished beyond high school and deserves to be recognized? Here's your chance to nominate them for the Monthly Mustang Alumni Spotlight! All nominees must be graduates of the Class of 2018 or prior. Please fill out the Google Form below by Friday, May 3, 2024. Nominations in past months will also be considered. Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXzxoCteRZyM8fQyj2ZFA3Q4qz_8_oPq_PbI8G1JDkqgLauw/viewform?usp=sf_link

April 30, 2024 Dear Cairo-Durham Central School District Families, I am writing to you today to inform you that school will be closed on Friday, May 24, 2024 through Tuesday, May 28, 2024. With a mild winter leading to a limited use of snow days, the District is able to lengthen the Memorial Day weekend. We hope the extended weekend, with Memorial Day on Monday, May 27, 2024, will find students and staff refreshed for the final stretch of the 2023-24 school year when they return on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Thank you very much for your cooperation and understanding! Sincerely, Michael Wetherbee Superintendent of Schools Cairo-Durham Central School District

Know a Cairo-Durham Central School District Alumni that is a role model, has flourished beyond high school and deserves to be recognized? Here's your chance to nominate them for the Monthly Mustang Alumni Spotlight! All nominees must be graduates of the Class of 2018 or prior. Please fill out the Google Form below by Friday, May 3, 2024. Nominations in past months will also be considered. Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXzxoCteRZyM8fQyj2ZFA3Q4qz_8_oPq_PbI8G1JDkqgLauw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Looking to catch the Mustangs in action this week? We have you covered! Here is the Cairo-Durham CSD athletics schedule for the week of April 29-May 4, 2024: Monday, April 29, 2024 - Modified Track and Field at Maple Hill at 4:30 p.m. - Varsity Baseball vs Greenville at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. - Boys Varsity Tennis vs Chatham at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. (Double-header and Senior Match) Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - Varsity Track and Field at Coxsackie Athens at 4:30 p.m. - Modified Baseball and Softball at Greenville at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - Boys Varsity Tennis vs Waterford/Halfmoon at Watervliet High School at 4:30 p.m. - Varsity Baseball vs Taconic Hills at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. (Senior Game) Thursday, May 2, 2024 - Varsity Baseball at Tamarac at 4:45 p.m. - JV Softball at Greenville at 4:30 p.m. - Modified Baseball and Softball vs Germantown at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. Friday, May 3, 2024 - Modified Track and Field at Greenville at 4:30 p.m. - Varsity Baseball at Rensselaer at 4:30 p.m. - Modified Baseball and Softball vs Catskill at CDHS at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2024 - Varsity Track and Field at Colonie at 12 p.m.

Save the dates! The New York State ELA and Math exams are around the corner. Students in grades 3-8 will take the ELA exam on April 30-May 1, 2024 and the Math exam on May 14-15, 2024. Please contact your student's main office with any questions in regard to the state exams. Good luck to all of our students taking the exams!

The Modified Softball Team defeated Watervliet yesterday afternoon by a score of 18-4 behind some outstanding defense by the Mustangs. The Modified Baseball Team lost to Watervliet by a score of 12-6 and their next game is at Greenville on Tuesday, 4/30.

Save the dates! The New York State ELA and Math exams are around the corner. Students in grades 3-8 will take the ELA exam on April 30-May 1, 2024 and the Math exam on May 14-15, 2024. Please contact your student's main office with any questions in regard to the state exams. Good luck to all of our students taking the exams!

Know a Cairo-Durham Central School District Alumni that is a role model, has flourished beyond high school and deserves to be recognized? Here's your chance to nominate them for the Monthly Mustang Alumni Spotlight! All nominees must be graduates of the Class of 2018 or prior. Please fill out the Google Form below by Friday, May 3, 2024. Nominations in past months will also be considered. Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXzxoCteRZyM8fQyj2ZFA3Q4qz_8_oPq_PbI8G1JDkqgLauw/viewform?usp=sf_link

The Modified Baseball Team and the Modified Softball Team both opened their seasons at Taconic Hills yesterday with tough losses against a tough opponent. The next games for both teams is on Thursday (4/25) at Watervliet at 4:30.