A team representing Catskill CSD attended the STEAMing Towards Success conference hosted by our regional BOCES. The focus of the conference was on creating partnerships between businesses and schools in order to prepare students for success in 21st Century STEAM careers. Catskill technology teacher Brian McDonnell presented a workshop at the conference.
Special thanks to Lacy Subaru of Catskill, who on November 6 generously donated five boxes of award-winning science books to Catskill Middle School. Members of the dealership’s Lacy family personally delivered the books to the front steps of our school, where a representative group of students, science and STEAM faculty, and administrators were waiting to […]
Our school community made Catskill CSD’s Staff vs Staff Basketball Game a big success! The event raised $2,475 to support positive behavior interventions and supports (PBIS) incentives in each school. While the combined CMS/CHS team won the game, it is our entire school district, and most importantly, our students, who are the winners. “Catskill is […]
Congratulations to Robert Stinson, who is Catskill Central School District’s Employee of the Month for October! Mr. Stinson teaches English at our Middle School, and also serves as the Catskill Teachers Association president. As part of this honor, Mr. Stinson will receive a certificate of recognition at the November 13, 2019 Board meeting as well […]
Congratulations to the Catskill/Cairo-Durham modified football team for their undefeated season! They closed out 2019 with a 7-0 record. Cats (and Mustangs) can and will!
It may be ghosts and ghouls season, but there is nothing more monstrous than bullying. On October 23, Catskill Middle School welcomed illusionist Ryan Dutcher from the Don’t Be A Monster organization, who talked about the very real issue of bullying and sent a strong message of tolerance and inclusion […]
Catskill Middle School students got a greater sense of the abundant cultural and natural resources our area has to offer during our school’s annual A Greater Sense of Place event. This grade-six-through-eight event gets students out into our community to experience something they haven’t done before. Students could choose an adventure that interested them from […]
Sixth grade STEAM students have been learning about the life cycle of butterflies, and this week they got to meet their new butterfly friends. In September, CMS STEAM teacher Shannon LaChance brought in caterpillars she collected for her classes to observe. Over several weeks, the students watched as the caterpillars formed crystalists and entered their […]
Some photos from Catskill’s Homecoming on September 21, 2019. Go Cats!
This week, our 6th grade STEAM classes had fun making and experimenting with oobleck! Oobleck is a non-Newtonian fluid; it acts like a solid when you apply force to it, but acts more like a liquid when you don’t, thus defying Newton’s law of viscosity. It’s also sticky and gross, a fun yet fascinating blob! […]
