Did you know that Black History Month is celebrated in Canada and the United Kingdom, in addition to the United States? February was chosen as Black History Month in part because it is the birth month of both Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln, two people who were instrumental in Black history in our country. Fifth-grade …
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The Youth Empowerment and Sustainability Skills class is working to make Pine Bush High School more loving and kind this week. They are celebrating Love and Kindness Week! Each day there will be special activities for students during their lunch break, like face painting, positive affirmations, candy giveaways, a “love scavenger hunt,” and a candy …
Third-grade students at EJR just completed a project that enhanced their research skills, sharpened their writing abilities, refined their tech capabilities and bolstered their confidence to give presentations, all while learning about someone they admire. It was the biography project! Students used PebbleGo to explore biographies of people they might be interested in. After they …
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As we await the appellate state court decision regarding the state’s universal mask mandate, please be advised that the Pine Bush Central School District plans to make face masks optional for students and employees when permitted by law. The only exception will be on school buses which are currently covered by a federal mandate. In the interim, …
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The YESS class at Pine Bush High School (Youth Empowerment and Sustainability Skills) took a field trip to Minnewaska State Park. YESS students spent the day with Laura Conner, the environmental educator for the park. They spent the morning snowshoeing on Mossy Glen trail learning to identify animal tracks in the snow and talking and …
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Hey PBE parents and guardians! Stay informed with what’s happening at Pine Bush Elementary by taking a look at the PBE February newsletter! You can always find the most recent monthly newsletter by going to the district website, clicking on Pine Bush Elementary School, then About Pine Bush Elementary in the PBE Links toward the …
John Tobin’s sixth-grade class at Crispell recently read Bud, Not Buddy, the story of a 10-year-old orphaned boy in Depression-era Michigan and his search to find his family. To better understand the time period before reading the book, the students had some work to do. They investigated the causes of the Great Depression, life during …
Sixth-grade students at Circleville Middle School worked with Robin Renahan, the CVMS library media specialist, to bring their Haiku poems to life! Students drew three illustrations that represented their winter Haiku poem. They then coded a winter scene on Scratch, a program they use to create digital stories and animation, and recorded themselves saying each …
Pine Bush Central School District Board of Education President Gretchen Meier made the following statement at the Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 board meeting regarding the recent court decision on mask wearing in schools: “The Appellate Division, Second Department, granted the Commissioner of Health’s motion for a permanent stay of the enforcement of the January 24th …
Students in Kristin Raucci’s Spanish II class at Pine Bush High School didn’t just get a lesson in the Spanish language recently. They also acquired some art appreciation and had some fun drawing in completing their Postcard Project. Ms. Raucci has been doing the Postcard Project for several years and the students enjoy it. The …
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