Save the Date: 6th grade orientation is set for August 28, 2024 at 6pm. Any "New to District" Middle School students are also welcome to attend.
7th and 8th grade students are welcome to pick up their schedules beginning at 7pm on August 28th.
If you cannot make it, schedules can be picked up at the Middle School any day from August 29th to the start of school. Schedules will also be viewable on SchoolTool starting on August 29th.
To access the 6 - 8 grade supply lists, please click here: https://www.cairodurham.org/o/cdms/documents/supply-lists-(gr.-6-8)/237602
The Cairo-Durham Central School District is accepting applications for several coaching positions for the 2024-25 fall sports season! Please view the attachment for more information.
Save the Date!
6th grade orientation is set for August 28, 2024 at 6pm! More information to come.
NEWS RELEASE from Cairo-Durham Central School District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cairo-Durham Central School District Announces Brandon LaFever as May 2024 “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” Recipient
CAIRO, NY, May 24, 2024 – The Cairo-Durham Central School District is proud to announce the May 2024 recipient of the “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” is Brandon LaFever (‘14).
LaFever, who has obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology, his Doctorate in Neuroscience from Penn State University and is currently completing Physician’s Assistant’s school at Albany Medical College, has found his way back to Greene County after diving into his passion of assisting others with the function of the brain.
“It’s really cool to come back to the community I grew up in and that nurtured me,” LaFever said. “It felt natural to come back to my home of Greene County. I’ve always had a tie to things in the community.
While securing his college degrees, LaFever was often seen riding the ambulance for Greenport Rescue Squad, transporting and treating local residents. Now, LaFever is looking to establish his future in the Cairo-Durham Central School District by moving into a family member’s home with his fiance and Cairo-Durham High School alumni, Victoria.
LaFever credits his participation in sports like football, school musicals and seven Advanced Placement classes in high school for shaping him to be the person he is today.
“They taught me to be determined and to push the boundaries of my comfort zone,” LaFever said.
In her nomination of LaFever, Mary Ann Stortecky said LaFever was “very active in Cairo-Durhams’s music department”, as he “played percussion in band, sang in the chorus and was the lead in the school musical for several years.”
LaFever’s passion for music continued in college, as he traveled across the country in the acapella group named “8 Beat Measure”, then as the music director for Penn State’s acapella group.
“Embrace the uncertainty of life, it will be more enjoyable,” LaFever said. “Let the chips fall as they do. Do what you’re good at, but go towards a passion. You want to be good at what you do, but you want to enjoy it. I just take things one thing at a time.”
Sharing wisdom with future generations of Mustangs, LaFever said his trials and tribulations have helped grant him perspective in reality as he looks to open up his own practice specializing in overcoming brain tumors, seizures and brain surgery.
“There’s success, and then there’s learning. You learn from your failures,” he said. “School definitely helps you figure out who you are and you meet a lot of good people.”
In an effort to bridge the community and the Cairo-Durham Central School District, the “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” was created to provide 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.
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Photo: Cairo-Durham Central School District May 2024 “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” recipient Brandon LaFever (‘14).
The Cairo-Durham Central School District is accepting applications for the following positions:
- Cairo-Durham Central School District Special Education Teaching Assistant
- Cairo-Durham Central School District School Psychologist
Please view the attachments for more information on the job openings!
NEWS RELEASE from Cairo-Durham Central School District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
2023-24 Cairo-Durham Middle School Fourth Quarter Honor Rolls Announced
CAIRO, NY, July 3, 2024 – 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 fourth 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: Marco Alvarado, Leslie Cruz, Hunter Lee, Dylan Mulligan, Natalie Olivett, Ruby Palmer, Kassidy Schrull, Reagan VanDenburgh and Aislinn Wilber.
7th Grade: Zoey Choinsky, John Kiley, Lucy Palmer and Abigail Pritchard.
8th Grade: Brooke DeFranceso, Khodyn Laga, Lucas Lounsbury, Lauren Musong, Patrick Panyan, Alexandra Richers, Sadye Schneider, Abigail Wright, Michaela Wright.
High Honor Roll
6th Grade: Francis Baxter, Brayden Herdman, Luke Hulbert, Dayyan Lalgee, Brielle Lewis, Daniel Lopez, Hailee Myers, Aryssa Ortiz, Gianna Race, Kaylee Relyea, April Rooney, Nadav Saad, Sophia Sternbach, Thomas Sylvester Jr., Anthony Tritto, Brayden Vedder, Aubree Walz, Ryan Young, Lily Zeun and Logan Zeun.
7th Grade: Kasandra Backenroth, Mya DeRose, Rojer James Jr., Xaviyer James, Baylee Kastner, Rebecca Mahler, John Mirandona, Michael Parks Jr., Grace Plank, Wynter Plank, Francesca Porter, William Pugsley and Joseph Tritto III.
8th Grade: Vincenzo Alvarado, Hanna Baxter, Luis Cruz, Evangeline Finnegan, Isabel Haigh, Jacob Hall, Ziva Homeyer, Jozlyn Jones, Tyler Little, Jakob Magsitza, Kourtney Matice, Sebastian Miller, Payton Neubauer, Michael Pernice, Jaeda Redcross-Sousie, Alesiana Roeber, Olivia Soto and Austin Sperano.
Honor Roll
6th Grade: Rigoberto Agar, Owen Chapman, Madelyn Dedrick, Nicolas Dyer, Jaxon Geiger, Jano Guiragossian, Jonathan Higgins, Annabelle Holbrook, Kashlyn LaRose, Felicity Lendin, Calvin Lewis, Aiden McGovern, Autumn Nielsen, Joseph Parks, Anthony Rende, James Sasso, Jocelyn Shook, Thomas Slater Jr., Aiden Smith and Silas Smith.
7th Grade: Chloe Alberson, Travis Barbosa, Darien Barris, Tyler Coon, Naylor Cooper Jr., Sophia Cuti, Seamus Gavin, Amelia Hammond, Michael Houston Jr., Grace LaRosa, Sofia Magsitza, Carter Maland, Martin Mora Restrepo, Maya Powers, Skylar Racano, Charles Rushkoski, Trinity Smith, Bella Snedeker, Alana Torres and Teagan Watkins.
8th Grade: Hailey Beatty, Allie Byrne, Kenneth Calabrese Jr., Aidan Cody, Brianna Dennis, Grace Flaherty, Meaghan Hammond, William Hernandez Merino, Zuri Hewson, Cooper Hulbert, James Kuhn, Nataylia LaRose, Makenzie McCullough, Spencer McNevin, Zoey Mickle, Alyssa Powers, Ethan Searing-Burke, Julia Shook, Austin Smith, Julie Speenburgh and Claudia Valk.
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Talk about leaving in style! Recent Cairo-Durham Central School District retiree Nancy Pine's vehicle is decked out to celebrate her retirement!
The Cairo-Durham Central School District is accepting applications for the following position:
- Cairo-Durham CSD School Tax Collector
Please view the attachments for more information!
The Cairo-Durham Central School District is accepting applications for the following positions:
- Cairo-Durham Middle/High School Assistant Principal
- Cairo-Durham Middle School Teaching Assistant
For more information, please view the attachments!
The Cairo-Durham Central School District is accepting applications for the following position:
- Cairo-Durham Middle and High School Library Media Specialist
For more information on the opening, please view the attachment!
The Sources of Strength Club at Cairo-Durham Middle and High School's busy month emphasizing the importance of mental health in May carried over into June!
Students had the opportunity to talk about their strengths, get some freebies (988 crisis hotline number printed on inspirational quote stickers, stress balls, wristbands, pop socket/fidget key chains and hand sanitizers) and candy, for participating.
Mustangs spun the Sources of Strength wheel and talked about that area of life, they rated their mental health on a scale of 1 - 10 and discussed why it was that number and what they could do to make it stronger if not satisfied with their status.
Peer Leaders also put inspirational quotes in restrooms on mirrors and on the back of stalls to spread positive and encouraging messages to students and staff.
June 18, 2024
Dear Cairo-Durham Families, Faculty and Staff,
This is a friendly notice that there will be no school tomorrow, June 19, 2024, in the Cairo-Durham Central School District in observance of Juneteenth. All district buildings will be closed on June 19, 2024.
Thank you very much and we will see you back in school on Thursday, June 20, 2024!
Sincerely,
Michael Wetherbee
Superintendent of Schools
Cairo-Durham Central School District
Congratulations to the May 2023-24 Cairo-Durham Middle School Students of the Month!
From left, Cairo-Durham Middle School Principal Danielle Czech, Austin Sperano (8th grade), Trinity Smith (7th grade) and Dylan Mulligan (6th grade).
LAST CALL!
Nominations for the May 2024 “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” are open and can be submitted at the link below by Friday, June 14, 2024 at 3 p.m. Past nominations will also be considered in the selection process.
Click here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNROynv2jQCrXC91HYXd9UwGLKU-lC2dXo5GnUfEIIyPY9zw/viewform?usp=sf_link) to submit a nomination for May 2024!
Last Friday was our last P2 assembly of the year. In addition to celebrating our positive referral winners, we also gave out tickets to Zoom Flume. Congrats to all!
Nominations for the May 2024 “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” are officially open and can be submitted at the link below by Friday, June 14, 2024 at 3 p.m. Past nominations will also be considered in the selection process.
Click here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNROynv2jQCrXC91HYXd9UwGLKU-lC2dXo5GnUfEIIyPY9zw/viewform?usp=sf_link) to submit a nomination for May 2024!
Nominations for the May 2024 “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” are officially open and can be submitted at the link below by Friday, June 14, 2024 at 3 p.m. Past nominations will also be considered in the selection process.
Click here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNROynv2jQCrXC91HYXd9UwGLKU-lC2dXo5GnUfEIIyPY9zw/viewform?usp=sf_link) to submit a nomination for May 2024!
Our 2024 retirees were honored and congratulated for their dedication and service to our district at the June 6, 2024 Cairo-Durham Central School District Board of Education meeting!
From left: Lucy Baeckman, Karen Zindell, Cynthia Dougherty, Nancy Pine, Jacqueline Pinnella, and Louis DiDominico.
Retirees not pictured: Michelle Golden, Dominick Maynard, Debra Maynard, and Laura Skelly.
Nominations for the May 2024 “Mustang Monthly Alumni Spotlight” are officially open and can be submitted at the link below by Friday, June 14, 2024 at 3 p.m. Past nominations will also be considered in the selection process.
Click here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNROynv2jQCrXC91HYXd9UwGLKU-lC2dXo5GnUfEIIyPY9zw/viewform?usp=sf_link) to submit a nomination for May 2024!
