Team work and a STARS-giving

Pine Bush High School STARS students celebrated Thanksgiving in style. During a project-based-learning class, students had a team-building activity –making tie-dye shirts. Many of the students wore these awesome creations the next day when they celebrated a STARS-giving breakfast! Great teamwork STARS!

CVMS book tasting gives students a sample of new authors, subjects

CVMS ELA teacher Nicole Bobby and library media specialist Robin Renahan recently hosted a book tasting for students. What, you might ask, is a book tasting? Well, just like with food, some students have a more finicky palate for reading materials. They like what they like and are apprehensive to try new authors or subjects. …

Maker Space at Crispell brings out the creativity in students

Students are tinkering in the Crispell Library! Our maker space has just added a new station. One week they have a “Breaker Space” in which students take apart a piece of donated electronics. They use tools and work together to disassemble the item and explore what is inside making this gadget work. The following week, …

Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel – CES students learn one of Hanukkah’s favorite traditions

Andrea Urmston’s fourth grade class recently learned about the dreidel game, one of Hanukkah’s favorite traditions for children. The class read the book “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel” by Caryn Yacowitz to go along with the game. On each of the dreidel’s four sides is inscribed a Hebrew letter—nun, gimel, he, …

Fourth-grade CES students have fun with STEAM activities

Students at Circleville Elementary School took part in the annual “Trick or Treat for STEAM” with activities that involved science, technology, engineering, art and math. Fourth-grade classes participated in three experiments throughout the afternoon on Friday, Oct. 29. They built structures with toothpicks and marshmallows, hypothesized about the results of putting a jelly candy in …

Students use science to help our feathered friends

Mrs. Manzi’s second/third grade class at PBE designed and built bird feeders as part of a Mystery Science activity. The students in Mrs. Manzi’s class creatively used common materials, like cups, plates, sticks and clothespins to make the birdfeeders. Then they went outside and placed the feeders to help feed their feathered friends this fall. …

PBHS guitarist Tommy Brendel selected for All-State Jazz Ensemble

The Pine Bush Music Department is proud to announce that Tommy Brendel has been selected as the guitarist for the 2021 New York All-State Jazz Ensemble.  This is the highest honor a student can attain, and it was based on his past performances, his flawless NYSSMA solo festival scores and judges comments.  Tommy was determined …

Updates from Superintendent Tim Mains; secondary schools return to normal schedule Monday, Nov. 29, gift card drive underway

Hello Pine Bush families and staff, I’m writing today with some important updates on a number of issues. As I’m sure you know, bus transportation has been very challenging this fall. Birnie suffered from a driver shortage that has plagued school bus operations across the country. As a result, we slowly peeled runs away from …

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Joseph Lenz
Superintendent of Schools
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