Students and staff at EJR participated in the Kids Heart Challenge, an event sponsored by the American Heart Association where students learn about their heart with physical activity while helping others and raising money for the organization. Organized by EJR physical education teachers Chris Curnan and Barbara Hostetter, the students ask family members for donations …
History came to life at the Pine Bush Elementary Library Media Center on March 21 as acclaimed storyteller Jonathan Kruk visited fourth and fifth grade students and brought his unique approach to history. Fourth graders were treated to New York Lore, with stories of the Empire State’s unique history, including Native American wisdom, Dutch, British …
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The Pine Bush Board of Education honored its winter season varsity scholar athletes at the March 26 board of education meeting. These students maintained a grade point average of 90 or higher during the season. In addition the board acknowledged Section IX champions and state qualifiers. There were also four scholar athlete teams, where at …
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Crispell Middle School named one of 10 finalists in national Middle School Kindness Challenge Kindness fosters happiness, inclusion and more kindness. Crispell Middle School has put kindness front and center to its students and was recently named one of 10 finalists in the Middle School Kindness Challenge (MSKC) which kicked off in the fall of …
Two Odyssey of the Mind teams from Pine Bush are advancing to the world finals. The teams from Crispell Middle School, coached by Stacey Mark, and EJ Russell Elementary School, coached by Naomi Bush and Doreen Sandor, took first place in their respective divisions to advance to the world finals in Michigan in May. “It …
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Read all about it! More than 200 senior citizens from throughout the district enjoyed a turkey dinner along with the Pine Bush High School musical, “Newsies,” on March 20, compliments of district volunteers and various vendors. It’s a Pine Bush tradition. Our seniors enjoyed a full turkey dinner with all of the trimmings, dessert and …
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Spring is officially here and, with some luck, there will be no more wintry weather to delay or cancel school. The district has four unused days that were built into the school calendar and reserved for inclement weather. If there are no further emergency closings, those days will be given back to students, teachers and …
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The Pakanasink Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) team introduced a special award to help improve bus behavior. It is the Boss Bus Award and was presented to Mianda “Mia” Morillo and her students on Trip #28. “It is all about the kids,” said Morillo, who is affectionately referred to by the students as Miss …
Pine Bush has five Odyssey of the Mind teams moving on to the state competition in Binghamton on March 23 after first-place finishes at the Region 5 championships held Saturday, March 9, at Orange/Ulster BOCES in Goshen. Both Pine Bush High School teams took first place for their respective problems, OMER to the Rescue Again …
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