Crispell Students Making A Difference club lends a hand to honor veterans

Crispell’s Students Making A Difference Club (SMAD) spent a morning recently assisting the local American Legion and Sons of the Legion put flags on veterans’ graves in the area. SMAD has done this for many years, according to Allison White, the club’s advisor. Ms. White and the group of students met the veterans at New …

ADAC, Stop DWI NY presenting ‘Hidden Mischief’ June 7 in Goshen

The Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council of Orange County (ADAC), along with Stop DWI New York, are presenting Hidden Mischief, on Tuesday, June 7, at 6 p.m. in Goshen. You must register for the presentation here.  The Hidden Mischief presentation includes a mock bedroom that parents can tour virtually to help identify what to look …

Seven years later, CES students live their promise

Back in 2015, Circleville Elementary School’s principal, Amy Brockner, teamed up with her fifth-grade teachers – Sean Healy, Robin Conklin, Heather Walmers, Susan Corcoran, and Andrea Urmston – to encourage the students who were moving up to middle school to sign a promise to graduate high school. Fast forward seven years. Those fifth-grade students are …

Interim Superintendent Donna Geidel addresses the school shooting in Ulvade, Texas

Please join me in sending our thoughts and prayers to the families who suffered tremendous losses in the school shooting yesterday in Ulvade, Texas.  Words cannot describe this horrible incident or the pain that that community must be suffering.  As a school community, we will mourn their loss and also have different reactions to this …

Crispell students take a deep dive into the Declaration of Human Rights

Crispell eighth-grade English classes with Mrs. Green and Ms. Mossman got to chat with Jeffery Urbin, the education specialist from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, about the history of the Declaration of Human Rights. Mr. Urbin discussed the history of the document, which was born out of the “four freedoms” FDR wanted …

PAK chorus rocks NYSSMA festival and earns the highest rating possible

The Pakanasink Elementary fifth-grade chorus, under the direction of Mary Sousa, earned an evaluation rating of Gold with Distinction for their performance at the NYSSMA Major Organization Festival at Wallkill High School on Tuesday, May 17. This is the highest rating possible and requires that students meet the qualifications of a gold rating “while having …

Important news and calendar updates for the remainder of the school year

Here are some important news items and calendar updates: The Transportation Department is requesting that parents whose child(ren) WILL NOT require transportation for the 2022-23 school year go to the district website on the top banner and fill out and return the survey by May 31, 2022. The elementary schools menu mistakenly lists Monday, May …

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Pine Bush Central School District
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Phone: (845) 744-2031
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Joseph Lenz
Superintendent of Schools
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