Cairo-Durham Middle School

The Cairo-Durham Middle School Whole Group Mentoring event that took place last week consisted of creating winter ornaments, enjoying hot chocolate and snacks, and making a mug gift with hot chocolate and dipped spoons in melted chocolate to take home for someone in their families!

Looking to catch a game/match this week? Here is the Mustang athletics schedule for the week of Dec. 18, 2023: Monday, Dec. 18. - Girls Varsity Basketball at Windham-Ashland-Jewett at 5:30 p.m. - Boys and Girls Modified Basketball vs Catskill in the CDHS Gym at 4:30 p.m. - Boys Modified and Varsity Volleyball vs Cobleskill in the CDMS Gym at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19. - Varsity Bowling vs Maple Hill at the Hoe Bowl at 4:15 p.m. - Varsity Wrestling at Mechanicville at 6 p.m. - Modified Wrestling at New Lebanon at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20. - Boys and Girls Modified Basketball at Chatham at 4:30 p.m. - Girls Varsity and JV Basketball at Catskill at 5 p.m. - Boys Modified and Varsity Volleyball vs Greenville in the CDMS Gym at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21. - Varsity Bowling vs Catskill at the Hoe Bowl at 4:15 p.m. - Boys Modified and Varsity Volleyball vs Coxsackie-Athens in the CDMS Gym at 5 p.m. - Wrestling vs Greenville and Catskill in the CDHS Gym at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22. - Boys Varsity and JV Basketball at Maple Hill at 5 p.m. - Girls Varsity and JV Basketball vs Maple Hill in the CDHS Gym at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23. - Indoor Track and Field at Hudson Valley Community College at 8 a.m.

School days at Cairo-Durham Middle School are even more fun during the "12 Days of Spirit". Check out the theme days from Dec. 7 to Dec. 22!

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, Jan. 12, 2024. Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA4JzX_j0Z_9MP3YVi5cNIcWXy42FUFT3gg63WYoShEJlgxQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Even when working the snack shack during basketball games or finding time outside of the classroom, our students find ways to put the "i" in "Kind"! Thank you, Mustangs!

The Earth Club & Earth Club advisor, Mrs. Pine, met on Dec. 13 to create holiday decorations, which are on display throughout the media center at Cairo-Durham Middle School/High School!

The Boys and Girls Modified Basketball Teams started their seasons yesterday afternoon at Coxsackie-Athens. The boys lost by a score of 44-20 and the girls lost by a score of 21-19. Their next game is on Monday, 12/18, versus Catskill.

School days at Cairo-Durham Middle School are even more fun during the "12 Days of Spirit". Check out the theme days from Dec. 7 to Dec. 22!

Thank you to our amazing students and staff at Cairo-Durham Middle School for continuing to put the "i" in "Kind" this holiday season!

NEWS RELEASE from Cairo-Durham Central School District FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 12, 2023 Cairo-Durham Central School District Launches “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” CAIRO, NY – The Cairo-Durham Central School District is proud to announce the launch of the “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight”. In an effort to bridge the community and the Cairo-Durham Central School District, this provides 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. “Every day, Cairo-Durham alumni are making a difference in a variety of ways. This platform will allow the District to highlight the efforts, drive and Mustang pride possessed by those who go above and beyond,” said Cairo-Durham Central School District Superintendent Michael Wetherbee. Nominations for the January 2024 “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” are officially open and can be submitted at this link by Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 at 3 p.m.: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeA4JzX_j0Z_9MP3YVi5cNIcWXy42FUFT3gg63WYoShEJlgxQ/viewform?usp=sf_link ###

School days at Cairo-Durham Middle School are even more fun during the "12 Days of Spirit". Check out the theme days from Dec. 7 to Dec. 22!

Looking to catch a game/match this week? Here is the schedule for Mustang Athletics for the week of Dec. 11! Monday, Dec. 11 - Bowling at Watervliet at 4:15 p.m. - Girls JV Basketball at Pine Plains at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12 - Boys Varsity and JV Basketball at Hudson at 5 p.m. - Boys and Girls Modified Basketball at Coxsackie-Athens at 4:15 p.m. - Girls Varsity and JV Basketball vs Hudson in the CDHS Gym at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14 - Bowling vs Coxsackie-Athens at the Hoe Bowl at 4:15 p.m. - Wrestling at Rensselaer at 6 p.m. - Varsity Volleyball at Voorheesville at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15 - Girls Varsity and JV Basketball at Catskill at 5 p.m. - Boys Varsity and JV Basketball vs Catskill in the CDHS Gym at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16 - Indoor Track and Field at Union College at 3 p.m.

The Modified Wrestling Team won 7 of their 9 matches last night at Catskill with 8th grader Payton Neubauer winning her two matches with pins. The next modified wrestling match is on 12/14 at Rensselaer.

School days at Cairo-Durham Middle School are even more fun during the "12 Days of Spirit". Check out the theme days from Dec. 7 to Dec. 22!

Our students and staff at Cairo-Durham Middle School are putting the "i" in "Kind" this holiday season!

NEWS RELEASE from Cairo-Durham Central School District FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 7, 2023 2023-24 Cairo-Durham Middle School Quarter 1 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 Quarter 1 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, Dylan Mulligan, Natalie Olivett, Ruby Palmer, April Rooney, Nadav Saad, Kassidy Schrull and Ryan Young. 7th Grade Zoey Choinsky, John Kiley, Lucy Palmer, Grace Plank, Francesca Porter and Abigail Pritchard. 8th Grade Brooke DeFrancesco, Khodyn Laga, Tyler LIttle, Lucas Lounsbury, Jakob Magsitza, Sebastian Miller, Lauren Musong, Payten Neubauer, Patrick Panyan, Alexander Richers, Alesiana Roeber, Sadye Schneider, Austin Sperano, Abigail Wright and Michaela Wright. High Honor Roll 6th Grade Marco Alvarado, Francis Baxter, Alicia Dier, Hannah Faulkner, Jano Guiragossian, Brendan Hasenkopf-Massaro, Luke Hulbert, Dayyan Lalgee, Hunter Lee, Felicity Lendin, Brielle Lewis, Daniel Lopez, Aiden McGovern, Aryssa Ortiz, Joseph Parks, Gianna Race, PhilipMichael Raia Jr., Kaylee Relyea, James Sasso, Jocelyn Shook, Silas Smith, Sophia Sternbach, Logan Thorne, Anthony Tritto, Reagan VanDenburg, Brayden Vedder, Aubree Walz, Aislinn Wilber, Kailynn Wynia, Lily Zeun and Logan Zeun. 7th Grade Aleaha Brousseau, Mya DeRose, Payten Faulkner, Amelia Hammand, Rojer James Jr., Xavier James, Baylee Kastner, Lexi Maderic, Sofia Magsitza, Rebecca Mahler, John Mirandona, Michael Parks Jr., Maya Powers, Skylar Racano, Karlie Sickler, Alana Torres, Joseph Tritto III and Teagan Watkins. 8th Grade Vincenzo Alvarado, Hanna Baxter, Parker Carlaw, Aidan Cody, Evangelina Finnegan, Isabel Haigh, James Kuhn, Kourtney Matice, Vivienne Myers and Michael Pernice. Honor Roll 6th Grade Anastasa Amlong, Savannah Bellemare, Chloie Collins, Maribel Colon, Madelyn Dedrick, Nicolas Dyer, Emma Echevarria-Curet, Hailey Faulkner, Brookelyn Garcia, Jaxon Geiger, Harry Hackett, Sofia Hernandez-Merino, Annabelle Holbrook, Calvin Lewis, Gianna Lewis, Brandon Mackle, Jayden Maldonado, Giavanna Massaro, Johnathon Moore, Jayden Morey, Hailee Myers, Robin Ransom, Anthony Rende, Jennifer Ruiz Yatz, Harper Sanford, John Silvia, Thomas Slater Jr. and Thomas Sylvester Jr. 7th Grade Isabelle Acker, Chloe Alberson, Kassandra Backenroth, Travis Barbosa, Naylor Cooper Jr., Sophia Cuti, Bruce Deschamps, Hannah DuHart, Helen Eyton-Jones, Adriona Georgey, Seamus Haugh, Natalie Hennig, Michael Houston Jr., Grace LaRosa, Carter Maland, Keith Mather, Giovanna Orso, Wynter Plank, William Pugsley, Molly Shauger, Daniel Sitterly, Trinity Smith, Bella Snedeker, Logan Stalter, Nevaeh Stevenson and Collin Thorne. 8th Grade Gina Alberson, Korin Beatty-Brust, Daniel Cascio, Luis Cruz, Brianna Dennis, Cameron Haack, Jacob Hall, Jessy Hallock, Meaghan Hammond, William Hernandez Merino, Lukas Higgins Jr., Zoey Mickle, Alyssa Powers, Ethan Searing-Burke, Olivia Soto, Julie Speenburgh, Claudia Valk and Leo Vittoz.

The 7th Grade students participated in a grade-level gallery walk in Mrs.Trotti's Social Studies Class. The students were tasked with pretending to be colonists to get the word out about the harmful taxes in the colonies after the French and Indian War. The students developed creative ways to an assigned Act including the phrase ,"No Taxation without Representation." The students were then able to leave comment cards to their fellow peers about all the positive efforts and one piece of information they learned from the poster.

School days at Cairo-Durham Middle School are about to become even more fun! Check out the theme days for the "12 Days of Spirit" from Dec. 7 to Dec. 22!

This is a friendly reminder that there will be an early dismissal time of 11:45 a.m. for all Cairo-Durham Middle and High School students with the senior citizen concert and turkey dinner taking place at Cairo-Durham High School at 1 p.m. Thank you very much for your time and consideration! Sincerely, Michael Wetherbee Superintendent of Schools

Looking to catch the Mustangs in action? Check out the schedule of athletic contests featuring Cairo-Durham Middle and High School teams for the week of Dec. 4: Tuesday, Dec. 5: - Girls JV Basketball at Germantown at 5 p.m. - Boys JV and Varsity Basketball vs Germantown in the CDHS Gym at 5 p.m. - Bowling at Rensselaer at 4:15 p.m. Thursday. Dec. 7: - Bowling at Chatham at 4:15 p.m. - Wrestling at Catskill (vs Catskill and Maple Hill) at 6 p.m. - Boys and Girls Modified Basketball at Greenville at 4:30 p.m. (Scrimmage - boys play first.) Friday, Dec. 8 - Girls Varsity Basketball vs Greenville in the CDHS Gym at 5 p.m. - Boys JV Basketball vs Greenville in the CDMS Gym at 5 p.m. - Boys Varsity Basketball vs Greenville in the CDHS Gym at 6:30 p.m. - Girls JV Basketball vs Greenville in the CDMS Gym at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9: - Indoor Track and Field at Hudson Valley Community College at 8 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 10: - Wrestling at Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk at 8 a.m.