Mystery Science experiment gives students hands-on experience with composting

Here are some future ecologists, for sure! Amy Sherwood’s fifth-grade class at PBE had a Mystery Science lesson about decomposers. They used earthworms in a two-day, hands-on experiment to see what earthworms prefer as their living environment and what they like to eat. They first set up compost bags in the class – they are …

Crispell’s Leah Meberg receives National Junior Honor Society Outstanding Achievement Award

Crispell eighth-grade student Leah Meberg was named one of 500 recipients nationwide of the National Junior Honor Society Outstanding Achievement Award. Leah will receive a $500 scholarship. Crispell National Junior Honor Society advisors Shannon Meland and Stephen Charchan nominated Leah and 11 other students from Crispell for this honor. It’s the first time they’ve participated …

Pakanastars rock!

Each month at Pakanasink, students are chosen from their individual classrooms as Pakanastars! Based on certain criteria, the students who best exhibit the specific ideal are named Pakanastars! The Pakanastars for April were chosen based on their leadership skills. Pakanastars get to parade through the school as their classmates, teachers and staff come out into the …

The Class of 2022 top 30 are honored – and honor educators who made an impact on their lives

The Pine Bush High School class of 2022 top 30 graduates were honored recently by their teachers, administrators, board members and families. Each of the students, in turn, honored that special teacher who has had the most impact on them through their high school years. “Her door was always open to me.” “He is a …

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 …

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