Congratulations to Lindon A. for being named the Thompson-Lopez "Star of the Week" at Cairo-Durham Elementary School last week!
Several Cairo-Durham Elementary School students participated in a presentation to the Cairo-Durham Central School District Board of Education on Feb. 15, 2024 about how the Positivity Project has improved their lives.
Pictured here is Hudson Goff and one of his teachers, Mrs. Lopez!
The Cairo-Durham Class of 2024 is hosting a "Nothing Bundt" cake fundraiser! Each Bundt cake costs $7, with orders and payments due to the Cairo-Durham High School Main Office by March 3, 2024. Orders will be delivered on March 14, 2024, or March 15, 2024 (Superintendent's Conference Day) at Cairo-Durham High School.
Available flavors are the following:
Lemon, White Chocolate Raspberry, Red Velvet, Chocolate Chip, Classic Vanilla, Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip and Oreo Cookies and Cream.
For more information, please contact Class of 2024 advisors Mary Savoia (msavoia@cairodurham.org) and/or Alyssa Wickham (awickham@cairodurham.org).
Mark your calendars! Pre-K and Kindergarten Orientation for the 2024-25 school year at Cairo-Durham Elementary School will take place on the following dates:
- Kindergarten: March 19, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Student must be turning 5-years old on or before Dec. 1, 2024.)
- Pre-K: March 26, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Student must be turning 4-years-old on or before Dec. 1, 2024.)
Registration packets available at Orientation, in the Cairo-Durham Elementary School Main Office and on the District website!
NEWS RELEASE from Cairo-Durham Central School District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 21, 2024
2023-24 Cairo-Durham Middle School Second 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 second 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 and Reagan VanDenburgh.
7th Grade
Zoey Choinsky, John Kiley, Lucy Palmer and Abigail Pritchard.
8th Grade
Brooke DeFrancesco, Khodyn Laga, Lucas Lounsbury, Sebastian Miller, Lauren Musong, Patrick Panyan, Alexandra Richers, Alesiana Roeber, Sadye Schneider, Abigail Wright and Michaela Wright.
High Honor Roll
6th Grade
Marco Alvarado, Francis Baxter, Jaxon Geiger, Jano Guiragossian, Brendan Hasenkopf-Massaro, Dayyan Lalgee, Felicity Lendin, Brielle Lewis, Daniel Lopez, Hailee Myers, Aryssa Ortiz, Joseph Parks, Gianna Race, Kaylee Relyea, April Rooney, Nadav Saad, Kassidy Schrull, Jocelyn Shook, Silas Smith, Sophia Sternbach, Thomas Sylvester Jr., Anthony Tritto, Brayden Vedder, Aubree Walz, Aislinn Wilber, Kailynn Wynia, Ryan Young, Lily Zeun and Logan Zeun.
7th Grade
Kasandra Backenroth, Xaviyer James, Baylee Kastner, Rebecca Mahler, John Mirandona, Michael Parks Jr., Grace Plank, Francesca Porter and Alana Torres.
8th Grade
Vincenzo Alvarado, Allie Byrne, Evangeline Finnegan, Isabel Haigh, James Kuhn, Tyler Little, Payton Neubauer, Olivia Soto and Austin Sperano.
Honor Roll
6th Grade
Anastasa Amlong, Kaleb Avelar, Jasmine Bucao, Owen Chapman, Chloie Collins, Maribel Colon, Madelyn Dedrick, Nicolas Dyer, Emma Echevarria-Curet, Hannah Faulkner, Sofia Hernandez, Annabelle Holbrook, Luke Hulbert, Calvin Lewis, Brandon Mackle, Giavanna Massaro, Aiden McGovern, Autumn Nielsen, PhilipMichael Raia Jr., Robin Ransom, Anthony Rende, Jennifer Ruiz Yatz, Harper Sanford, James Sasso, Thomas Slater Jr., Aiden Smith and Logan Thorne.
7th Grade
Isabella Acker, Tavis Barbosa, Tyler Cherrington, Naylor Cooper, Sophia Cuti, Mya DeRose, Hannah DuHart, Amelia Hammond, Natalie Hennig, Michael Houston Jr., Rojer James Jr., Lexi Maderic, Carter Maland, Wynter Plank, Maya Powers, Karlie Sickler, Bella Snedeker, Nevaeh Stevenson, Bentley Thomsen, Joseph Tritto III and Teagan Watkins.
8th Grade
Giana Alverson, Hanna Baxter, Korin Beatty-Brust, Parker Carlaw, Luis Cruz, Brianna Dennis, Jacob Hall, Meaghan Hammond, William Hernandez-Merino, Zuri Hewson, Lukas Higgins Jr., Ziva Homeyer, Jakob Magsitza, Kourtney Matice, Zoey Mickle, Vivienne Myers, Michael Pernice, Ethan Searing-Burke and Leo Vittoz.
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For their "Quote of the Week", Ms. O'Brien's Cairo-Durham High School class recently studied and admired the pictured quote from Ruby Bridges, noting her courage at a young age.
On March 14, 2024, the Cairo-Durham High School Classes are hosting an 'Elementary Teacher vs. Middle/High School Teacher' basketball game as a fundraiser! 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. The Booster Club will be selling school merchandise.
Each high school class has been assigned a list of concession items to avoid duplicates. The money raised from the concession stand will offset the cost of class activities such as pep rallies, prom, the senior trip and more. Please see the attachment for what each class is responsible for.
The game ticket prices are:
Adults $5
Kids/Students $3
If you want to purchase game tickets, please contact a Cairo-Durham High School Class Advisor:
Senior Class Advisors
Mary Savoia (msavoia@cairodurham.org) and Alyssa Wickham (awickham@cairodurham.org)
Junior Class Advisor
Jennifer Searing-Burke (jsearing@cairodurham.org)
Sophomore Class Advisors
Joshua Yaple (jyaple@cairodurham.org) and Matthew Hitchen (mhitchen@cairodurham.org)
Freshman Class Advisors
Shelly Gouza (sgouza@cairodurham.org) and Jennifer Hill (jhill@cairodurham.org)
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, Feb. 23, 2024. Past nominations will also be considered in the selection process.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6E7pmIEC7Bw3VWEDLAISw-0dw82HuLxScSNRJhIjSChbwtQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Pre-Sale Tickets for the Cairo-Durham High School musical "Newsies" are on sale until Feb. 25, 2024! Get your pre-sale tickets for the March 1-3, 2024 performances here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc19aeHP7sbobVxKl4FYNL7UO_obwM_pPH04TNR1cVr_g_Ysg/viewform
The Cairo-Durham Class of 2024 is hosting a "Nothing Bundt" cake fundraiser! Each Bundt cake costs $7, with orders and payments due to the Cairo-Durham High School Main Office by March 3, 2024. Orders will be delivered on March 14, 2024, or March 15, 2024 (Superintendent's Conference Day) at Cairo-Durham High School.
Available flavors are the following:
Lemon, White Chocolate Raspberry, Red Velvet, Chocolate Chip, Classic Vanilla, Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip and Oreo Cookies and Cream.
For more information, please contact Class of 2024 advisors Mary Savoia (msavoia@cairodurham.org) and/or Alyssa Wickham (awickham@cairodurham.org).
Cairo-Durham High School students are working on improving their landscape painting skills in Studio Art class!
Mark your calendars! Pre-K and Kindergarten Orientation for the 2024-25 school year at Cairo-Durham Elementary School will take place on the following dates:
- Kindergarten: March 19, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Student must be turning 5-years old on or before Dec. 1, 2024.)
- Pre-K: March 26, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Student must be turning 4-years-old on or before Dec. 1, 2024.)
Registration packets available at Orientation, in the Cairo-Durham Elementary School Main Office and on the District website!
The Cairo Rotary delivered brand new dictionaries to third graders at Cairo-Durham Elementary School this week! In addition to handing out each book, members of the Rotary took time to help each student find their favorite word.
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, Feb. 23, 2024. Past nominations will also be considered in the selection process.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6E7pmIEC7Bw3VWEDLAISw-0dw82HuLxScSNRJhIjSChbwtQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
Pre-Sale Tickets for the Cairo-Durham High School musical "Newsies" are on sale until Feb. 25, 2024! Get your pre-sale tickets for the March 1-3, 2024 performances here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc19aeHP7sbobVxKl4FYNL7UO_obwM_pPH04TNR1cVr_g_Ysg/viewform
The Cairo-Durham Central School District is proud to announce Bridget "Bunny" Agostinoni, Emily Brunner, Patricia Gibson, and Caroline Benton Pfleger as the inductees of the Mustang Pride Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
“The four inductees all exemplify passion for the Cairo-Durham Central School District in their own ways and contributions,” said Superintendent Michael Wetherbee. “Their extensive service to the District in the field of academics, athletics, coaching, teaching, administration, employment, volunteerism and/or community service have left an incredible impact on our students, staff and school community.”
The Mustang Pride Hall of Fame Class of 2024 induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at the Shamrock House in East Durham at 5 p.m. To purchase tickets to the event, please contact Tom Karnes, committee member, by email at tkarnes17@aol.com or phone, 518-821-0616. The cost for each ticket is $40. No tickets will be sold at the door and must be ordered by April 12, 2024.
Full Press Release: https://www.cairodurham.org/article/1463641
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, Feb. 23, 2024. Past nominations will also be considered in the selection process.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6E7pmIEC7Bw3VWEDLAISw-0dw82HuLxScSNRJhIjSChbwtQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
The Cairo-Durham Central School District is excited to announce its Cairo-Durham High School High Honor Roll and Honor Roll members for the second quarter of the 2023-24 school year.
To qualify for High Honor Roll, students must record a grade point average of 90 or higher throughout the quarter. To qualify for Honor Roll, students must record a grade point average between 85 and 89. Congratulations, students!
Full list: https://www.cairodurham.org/article/1462986
Cairo-Durham Elementary School recently celebrated the 100th Day of School! Check out some pictures of celebrations from the Thompson/Lopez and Beare classes!
Mark your calendars! Pre-K and Kindergarten Orientation for the 2024-25 school year at Cairo-Durham Elementary School will take place on the following dates:
- Kindergarten: March 19, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Student must be turning 5-years old on or before Dec. 1, 2024.)
- Pre-K: March 26, 2024 from 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (Student must be turning 4-years-old on or before Dec. 1, 2024.)
Registration packets available at Orientation, in the Cairo-Durham Elementary School Main Office and on the District website!
