The day before the first day of the 2022-2023 school year, Superintendent Brian Dunn challenged staff at all Pine Bush schools to meet new goals for the district. Dunn then outlined those goals for the board of education at its first meeting of the school year. The board responded by unanimously adopting them. Here are …
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Terese Chaikin’s art classes at Crispell have been working on self-portraits. They uploaded three selfies from different angles – front, side and three-quarter view – to create their portrait. Ms. Chaikin teaches about the proportions of the face and encourages her students to color them boldly. And that’s not the end of the project. They …
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The book fair is something to look forward to for elementary students. Last week, Circleville Elementary School PTA hosted the Scholastic Book Fair, to the delight of the students. The gym was transformed into a library, with book shelves on every wall and down the center of the floor. There were so many wonderful books …
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It is a fundamental goal of the Pine Bush Central School District to provide accurately-vetted information regarding health and safety issues that impact our students, staff, district families and the extended community. Our hope is that providing this information promotes transparency as we work toward providing a safe, nurturing environment for our students. One of …
Stacie Blaut’s sixth-grade students at CVMS participated in the tower lab challenge recently. Their goal was to construct a free-standing tower using the least amount of index cards in order to hold a stuffed animal for 20 seconds. The students used this lab to explore the Scientific Method. The groups used a variety of methods …
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Good afternoon. Today, September 22, 2022, the high school administrative team became aware of a YouTube post that contained a video threat made over the summer by one of our own students. The student was immediately removed from class to begin an investigation. Local law enforcement officials were promptly notified and have been directly involved …
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Bobbi Walter’s sixth graders at CVMS are working on the scientific process unit. Recently they conducted two science labs – the penny drop lab and the Skittles lab. The students are learning how to write a hypothesis and then conduct the experiment. For these labs, the students were thrilled to have a special guest – …
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Students in Ellie Cassidy’s third-grade class at EJR are rewarded with “class cash” for following the classroom and school expectations. Fridays are shopping days where they can trade in their cash for prizes. One prize is the opportunity to read to another class. The kids love reading to their former teacher’s class or to their …
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Each summer, students from Pine Bush Elementary School are challenged to read for 40 days. This year, an amazing 85 students completed the challenge over the summer! It’s PBE Library Media Specialist Lisa Ruyack’s way to keep students engaged through the summer months. “My professional goal has always been to increase reading outside the school …
Flu, or influenza, spreads easily and can make people very sick, especially children. Flu symptoms include: fever or chills body aches cough sore throat headache runny or stuffy nose feeling very tired stomach problems and diarrhea (especially in children)) Unlike a cold, the flu comes on very suddenly. Prevent flu Flu vaccine is the best …
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