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.
Last week, students in the high school PE class were cheering on Vivienne Myers, who was competing in the inaugural New York State Girls Wrestling Championships. The championship was live-streamed and shown in the PE class all afternoon!
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
At Cairo-Durham, a talented musician also has the time to compete in the varsity cross-country team.
Aria McCabe is a multi-talented musician who plays bass in the jazz band and also performs in the regular band and chorus. As a talented student-athlete, Aria balances competing in varsity cross country, soccer, basketball, and indoor and outdoor track.
With so many unique opportunities at the Cairo-Durham Central School District, you can do it all!
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!
CDMS students, don't miss out on the Glow Dance this Friday!
The Middle School Student Council presents the Glow Dance on Friday, March 7. Read the flyer for more info.
Congratulations to the six Winter Varsity Sports Teams that will be recognized as Scholar-Athlete Teams this season. To earn this recognition 75% of your team has to maintain a 90 average or higher during their sports season.
Boys Varsity Volleyball - Head Coach - Chris Hagan - 90.5 average
Girls Varsity Basketball - Head Coach - Michael Esslie - 95.5 average
Varsity Bowling - Head Coach Matt Brooks - 90.75 average
Boys Varsity Basketball - Head Coach - Keith Phillips - 90 average
Boys Indoor Track and Field - Head Coach - Lucy Baeckmann - 94 average
Girls Indoor Track and Field - Head Coach - Lucy Baeckmann - 96.7 average
CDES recently had its 100th day this school year! Students and teachers recently dressed up like they were 100 years old.
On the 101st day of school, teachers and students celebrated by dressing like the 101 Dalmatians!
CDHS journalism students produce a school newspaper, the CD Insider, and the latest edition is available now!
Read it here: https://5il.co/39aoa
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 upcoming Board of Education Meeting, originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 5, 2025, has been canceled.
Here are the menus for March!
The Middle and High School Honors Nights scheduled for this week have been postponed. The events will be combined into one, taking place on Wednesday, March 26th at 6:00 PM in the MS/HS Auditorium. All students grades 6-11 who are interested in enrolling in Honors, AP, or College courses for next school year should plan to attend with an adult. We look forward to seeing you there!
If you missed the show yesterday and today, there is one more chance to catch HADESTOWN Teen Edition, tomorrow at 2pm! Be sure to come and check out the amazing cast, music and set!
Wrestling update: Myers finished in 3rd place in states!
Myers lost to No. 1 seed Isabella Satalino in the semifinals, 11-1. In Wrestlebacks, she defeated Talulah Williams-Johnson by injury default and beat No. 2 seed Brooke-Lynn Murray, 8-6, to finish in third place overall in the tournament.
Cairo-Durham's Vivienne Myers competed in the inaugural New York State Girls Wrestling Championships today. She won her first two matches - one by pin in 40 seconds and the other by a 12-6 decision. Making Cairo-Durham history, she is the second wrestler, and the first female wrestler, that has made it to states! Congrats Vivienne!
Yesterday, her fellow students cheered her on and gave her a fantastic sendoff! Watch a video of it here: https://youtube.com/shorts/W8P87sDra3Y?feature=share
The Cairo-Durham Central School District Board of Education will have three seats up for election this spring.
If you’re interested in joining the Cairo-Durham Board of Education, contact the Board Clerk to get a nominating petition (518-622-8534, ext. 25010). Prospective candidates must have a primary residence in the Cairo-Durham CSD, be at least 18 years old and be a registered voter. All three seats are three-year, non-paid terms ending in June 2028.
Learn more about what school board members do at www.cairodurham.org (under the “Board of Education” menu).
Completed nominating petitions are due back to the Board Clerk in the District Office by Monday, April 21, 2025, by 5 p.m. (424 Main St, Cairo, NY).
Regretfully, due to an error within the system, our report failed to accurately pull all of the students who achieved Honor Roll status for CDHS's 2nd Marking Period. The error has since been corrected. We apologize to the following students and their families and would like to take this opportunity to recognize their achievements!
High Honor Roll:
11th Grade:
Avery Amoroso
Wyatt Cammarata
Kingston Czajkowski
Addison Hall
Aaylla Heines
Daniel Mutinsky
Nicholas Olivett
Nathaniel Porter
Jonathan Saad
Aishwarya Thakur
Issabella Zelinsky
12th Grade:
Mackenzie Meacher
Dezaray Riley
Ryan Shelhamer
Honor Roll:
11th Grade:
Anthony Roeber