The Greene Monsters Wrestling Club had a great first year! The Greene County youth wrestling program was started by community member Brent Jones to help support the local schools’ modified and high school wrestling programs. There were over 40 kids ages 5 - 12 in the Greene County area that joined. On Sunday, March 2nd, over 10 Greene Monster wrestlers registered for the 3rd Annual NYS Novice State Tournament at the Armory in Albany, NY. There were 107 teams with over 400 wrestlers participating from all over New York. The Greene Monsters finished 22nd. Congrats to the following C-D wrestlers who ranked in the tournament for their weight class: Elayna Jones, Sophia Morse, and Timothy VanNess!
Last week's Grade 2 Thompson / Lopez Star of the Week was Abe! The Grade 3 Whitbeck / Lopez Star of the Week was Abby!
Abe participated in all activities, completed his work, waited his turn patiently, and was kind to everyone all week! Abe worked extremely hard in math and writing! He is doing a great job adding and subtracting with regrouping and subtracting on a numberline! Way to go, Abe!
Abby demonstrated respect, responsibility, and kindness all week. She also participated in all activities, completed her work, waited her turn patiently, and made safe choices. Abby has worked extremely hard on memorizing her multiplication facts and is doing great restating, answering, and citing during ELA.
Congratulations, Abe and Abby! Your teachers are so proud of you!!!!
Reminder: Today, 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 tomorrow, Friday, March 14, for the Superintendent's Conference Day.
Here are more photos taken during Read Across America Week from Tracy MacGiffert's Universal Pre-K classes!
Last week, the Student Council celebrated Read Across America Week in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday! 🎉
Last Monday, CDES kicked things off with Mystery Readers! Faculty and staff signed up to surprise classrooms with a special read-aloud. Teachers selected a time for a guest reader to visit, and students loved the excitement of a mystery visitor sharing a story!
First graders were learning about moose. Tami Wood, the special education teacher assistant, offered to provide each class with a real-life model of how big a moose antler is compared to the local deer that many of our students know.
Congratulations to the January 2024-25 Cairo-Durham Middle School Students of the Month!
From left, Baylee Kastner (8th grade), Marco Alvarado (7th grade), and Thomas Rushkoski (6th grade).
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.