students packing long line of grocery bags on gym floor

Santa’s Helpers – A Tradition of Giving

With Santa’s Helpers busy packing hundreds of bags of groceries for local families in need this holiday season, the High School gym looked akin to Santa’s workshop at the North Pole. Catskill High School’s Santa’s Helpers program is sponsored by the Student Government and has been a tradition at our school for well over six […]

students and staff serving themselves from buffet on table

Life Skills Holiday Feast

The CMS Life Skills class hosted their annual Holiday Feast on December 11. They began the year learning how to read recipes, and put new vocabulary words like mince, chop, tradition, bake, barbecue, baste, boil, and broil to use as they followed different recipes. They learned math and measuring skills as they progressed to making […]

trees in lobby with banner that says winter is here

Literacy Fair

The CES Literacy Fair was a fun filled family night promoting the love of reading and writing. On December 6, students walked through the familiar CES doors and found themselves strolling through the North Pole in a Winter Wonderland. Over 75 students in grades pre-K to second attended this great event! The children enjoyed read-alouds […]

girl watching her ball roll down alley

A Day at the Alley

On December 9, the Catskill Central School District’s Physical Education department hosted an off-campus bowling event. Students from both the elementary and secondary campuses, along with their classroom teachers and support staff, took a bus to Hoebowl Bowling Centers in Catskill. The experience provided students with an opportunity to learn the fundamental skills of the […]

girl holding up paper chain

Second Graders Link Up for Literacy Fair

Our second graders made paper chains to decorate the CES Literacy Fair. Not wanting to miss out on an important learning opportunity, their teachers made the project a place value lesson; the children worked in teams to first link their strips in groups of ten and then put their tens together to make hundreds. There […]

Rebecca Van Alstyne

Van Alstyne is CCSD Employee of the Month

Congratulations to Ms. Rebecca Van Alstyne, who is Catskill Central School District’s Employee of the Month for November, 2019! Ms. Van Alstyne serves as an Account Clerk in our Business Office. The Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools bestow this honor on one employee each month to recognize the hard-working, dedicated, results-driven staff members […]

Gingerbread Houses

Gingerbread Houses

Take a walk down Tasty Street – a miniature village has sprung up in the CES Lobby that looks oh-so sweet. These gingerbread houses were made by CES students who wanted to help us spread some holiday cheer. They will be in the school’s display case now through December 19.

Front entrance to Catskill High School

1st Quarter Honor Roll 2019-20

Congratulations to the following Catskill High School Students who made the Honor Rolls for the 1st Quarter of the 2019-2020 School Year: Merit Roll 9th Grade Merit– Cassidy Bridgett, Zachary Dugan, Daniel Forbes, Cristian Guerra, Charlotte LaRocque, Katelynne Reilly, Isabella Shanley, Grace Sullivan, Jack VanGorden 10th Grade Merit – Tristan Arp, Adam Carlson, Andrew Daisernia, Marco […]

Ava Higgins

CHS Junior Selected for Area All-State

Catskill High School choral student Ava Higgins was selected to attend and perform at the Zone 9 Area All-State Festival held at Suffern Central School District on November 22 and 23, 2019. There, the junior joined other top student performers from around the region in singing with the Mixed Choir ensemble.