As part of the district’s No Place for Hate initiative, students in Kara Sprague’s Youth Empowerment and Sustainability Skills (YESS) class provided a workshop for all ninth-grade students this week on healthy relationships. The student facilitators presented scenarios that are commonly faced by young couples: jealousy, possessiveness, violence and peer pressure. The underclassmen had to …

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Music theory is a tough subject. To make it a little more fun and less scary, the department uses a familiar story – The Grinch – to learn about its musical rhythm and timing. Plus, it’s fun and nostalgic! Tyler Odell’s class got a special bonus when Robin Evans made an appearance in full character …

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YESS (Youth Empowerment and Sustainability Skills) students from Pine Bush High School volunteered their time to help support New York State parks by visiting Sam’s Point at Minnewaska State Park. The students were given three volunteer project options: build a bog bridge on the High Point Trail, pull invasive species around the Loop Trail, or …

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Kara Sprague’s forensic science class recently had a very informative visit from Detective John Peters of the Westchester County Police Department and Acorn, an arson detection dog. Acorn is a black Labrador Retriever. Labs are known for their great dispositions and outgoing personalities. But they also have the superior ability to discriminate scents at a …

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