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CHS Art Club Visits Olana

The CHS Art Club took their annual field trip to Frederic Church’s home, Olana, this year with a tour of the mansion and its grounds. Enjoying the vistas outside, students took advantage of sketching the view as the Hudson River School artists did. The tour of the grand castle began in the front parlor and […]

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Economics & Ice Cream

Mrs. Warden and Mrs. Casalino’s economics students enjoyed their semiannual Ben & Jerry’s ice cream party this June. The students requested the flavors and then conducted a blind taste test between Ben & Jerry’s, Stewart’s, and Häagen Dazs’ vanilla flavors. Ben & Jerry’s proved to be the most popular!

top ten seniors holding respective numbers on CHS stage

Catskill High School’s Top 10 Seniors – Class of 2024

The Catskill High School Class of 2024’s highest-ranking students based on weighted grade point averages are: Valedictorian Ian Fitzmaurice, son of Lisa and William Fitzmaurice of Catskill, plans to attend the University of Miami next year to major in Biology on the pre-med track. He attended the New Visions Medical Program at Questar III during […]

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Catskill Ensembles Rate at Adjudicated Festivals

It’s been a very busy time for students in the CMS and CHS performing ensembles, and they brought home a lot of hardware to show for it! On May 31, both the CHS Band and Chorus traveled to Queensbury HS to be adjudicated at the Trills & Thrills Festival under the direction of Seth Dowling […]

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Blast Off!

Students taking Drawing & Design for Production at CHS enjoyed Cape Canaveral-like weather today during their test flights of the water rockets they designed and built in class. Powered only by pressurized air and water, these rockets were able to reach surprising heights! Technology teacher Brain McDonnell organized the rocket launches as a special end-of-the-year […]

students pose for photo in Trinity Church graveyard.

NYC Trip

Catskill High School seniors spent a beautiful day in New York C. First, they visited Trinity Church and saw where Alexander Hamilton is buried. Then they went to see the Charging Bull and Fearless Girl statues in The Financial District. They also visited the 911 Memorial Museum and finished up the day by the water […]

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Six Faculty Members Granted Tenure

Catskill Central School District congratulates our six faculty members who were granted tenure at the May 22, 2024 Board of Education meeting. Jaclyn Sirianni – CHS business Thomas McAllister -secondary library media specialist Alexandria Klepeis – school social worker Kristina Hunter – CES speech Shannon LaChance – 6th grade STEAM Dawn D’Elia – CMS math

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Cats’ Spring Sports Scholar-Athlete Teams

Three of Catskill’s varsity teams made the grade as scholar-athlete teams for the spring 2024 season. Our boys track & field, girls track & field, and softball teams each received a certificate from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) recognizing their academic achievements made while playing a sport at the varsity […]

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Field Trip Sheds Light on Local History

Catskill High School students from Mrs. Doney’s Studio Art classes and Mrs. Segar’s English classes toured the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse at the invitation of the Hudson-Athens Lighthouse Preservation Society. Earlier, volunteers from the society had visited the classes to give a presentation about this 150-year-old piece of maritime history that sits in the Hudson River, right […]