Mustang Pride was on full display in the Cairo-Durham Central School District, as we wish the best of luck to our Varsity Boys Volleyball team competing in the Section 2 Class C championship match tonight at 7 p.m. at Rensselaer High School against Catskill! Check out a video here: https://fb.watch/qwKltU1IV3/
If you are attending the game, be sure to have your tickets purchased in advance as cash sales and purchasing tickets at the door are prohibited! You can purchase your tickets here: https://gofan.co/app/school/NYSPHSAAII
Can't attend? We have you covered! Check out the livestream of the match here: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ny/rensselaer/organization/126868/rensselaerscho-high-school/watch?s=U2NoZWR1bGVFbnRyeTI1MzU2NzA4
There will also be a watch party at Old Factory in Cairo for those interested in catching the match!
Go Mustangs!
"Penny Wars" are coming to Cairo-Durham Middle School from March 4 to March 14! The three grade levels will compete to see which class can collect the most points through accumulating pennies. Beware, as there will be opportunities to sabotage the other classes!
Collection buckets for each grade will be found outside of classrooms and point scales will be posted. See the Cairo-Durham Middle School bulletin board for more information on where to find your bucket and points totals.
The class that collects the most points wins a Stewart’s Ice Cream party! Best of luck!
Planning on attending the Cairo-Durham Varsity Boys Volleyball Section 2 Class C Championship match against Catskill at Rensselaer High School tonight at 7 p.m.? Be sure to get your tickets for the contest in advance using this link: https://gofan.co/app/school/NYSPHSAAII
Spectators must purchase a ticket in advance in order to attend. Go Mustangs!
CALLING ALL MUSTANGS! Help us send off our Cairo-Durham High School Boys Volleyball Team to their Section 2 Class C Championship game with a Mustang Pride Day! Students, staff, families and community members are encouraged to rock their blue and white! All are invited to meet in front of Cairo-Durham High School, today, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 at 4:10 p.m. to give our boys a celebratory send-off. The game will take place at 7 p.m. at Rensselaer High School against Catskill. Go Mustangs!
The Cairo-Durham Middle School Student Council is sponsoring a "Glow Dance" on Friday, March 22 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Cairo-Durham Middle School! Pre-sale tickets are available during announcements the week of March 18-21 for $8, and tickets will be available for $10 at the door. Concessions will be available for purchase at the dance.
Students are encouraged to wear neon, glow sticks, or anything that shows up under the black lights! Can't wait to see you there!
The pre-reservation form for "Newsies" tickets is now closed. Pre-sale tickets will be available for purchase on Tuesday, Feb. 27 and Wednesday, Feb. 28 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Cairo-Durham High School lobby and about one-and-a-half hours before each performance (March 1-3). Looking forward to seeing you there!
Planning on attending the Cairo-Durham Varsity Boys Volleyball Section 2 Class C Championship match against Catskill at Rensselaer High School on Feb. 29, 2024 at 7 p.m.? Be sure to get your tickets for the contest in advance using this link: https://gofan.co/app/school/NYSPHSAAII
Spectators must purchase a ticket in advance in order to attend. Go Mustangs!
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)
CALLING ALL MUSTANGS! Help us send off our Cairo-Durham High School Boys Volleyball Team to their Section 2 Class C Championship game with a Mustang Pride Day! Students, staff, families and community members are encouraged to rock their blue and white! All are invited to meet in front of Cairo-Durham High School at 4:10 p.m. to give our boys a celebratory send-off. The game will take place at 7 p.m. at Rensselaer High School against Catskill. Go Mustangs!
The Cairo-Durham Central School District is accepting applications for the following positions:
- Cairo-Durham High School Teaching Assistant
- Cairo-Durham Central School District Speech/Language Therapist
Please view the attachments for more information!
"Penny Wars" are coming to Cairo-Durham Middle School from March 4 to March 14! The three grade levels will compete to see which class can collect the most points through accumulating pennies. Beware, as there will be opportunities to sabotage the other classes!
Collection buckets for each grade will be found outside of classrooms and point scales will be posted. See the Cairo-Durham Middle School bulletin board for more information on where to find your bucket and points totals.
The class that collects the most points wins a Stewart’s Ice Cream party! Best of luck!
The pre-reservation form for "Newsies" tickets is now closed. Pre-sale tickets will be available for purchase on Tuesday, Feb. 27 and Wednesday, Feb. 28 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Cairo-Durham High School lobby and about one-and-a-half hours before each performance (March 1-3). Looking forward to seeing you there!
It's that time of year for Cairo-Durham Middle School families to purchase yearbooks, submit candids of all middle school students and baby photos of 8th graders! You can create custom pages until May 17, 2024.
Yearbook Purchase: www.treering.com/validate (Enter school passcode in attachment).
8th Grade Baby Photos: Submit to Danielle Lacitignola (dlacitignola@cairodurham.org) with subject line "Baby Pictures".
Candid Photos: Submit to Jennifer Searing-Burke (jsearing@cairodurham.org) with grade of student(s) and "Candid" in subject line.
Current 8th grade families at Cairo-Durham Middle School: If your student is interested in learning more about Tech Valley High School and its offerings for the 2024-25 school year, please visit the link below! Applications are due March 8, 2024!
https://www.cairodurham.org/o/cdms/article/1447479
The Cairo-Durham Middle School Student Council is sponsoring a "Glow Dance" on Friday, March 22 from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Cairo-Durham Middle School! Pre-sale tickets are available during announcements the week of March 18-21 for $8, and tickets will be available for $10 at the door. Concessions will be available for purchase at the dance.
Students are encouraged to wear neon, glow sticks, or anything that shows up under the black lights! Can't wait to see you there!
The pre-reservation form for "Newsies" tickets is now closed. Pre-sale tickets will be available for purchase on Tuesday, Feb. 27 and Wednesday, Feb. 28 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Cairo-Durham High School lobby and about one-and-a-half hours before each performance (March 1-3). Looking forward to seeing you there!
LAST CALL! 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
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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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