Corrugated cardboard and duct tape. Those were the only materials allowed to the students who were building watercraft for the high school’s second annual boat races. The bleachers at the pool were packed on this last day of classes before the winter break. Each student paid $1 to watch the races, with proceeds totaling $450 …
The day before winter break is often filled with anticipation for students. Their minds aren’t always on their school work. That is not the case in Jessica Herb’s fifth grade class at Pine Bush Elementary School. That’s because Herb’s class is very excited about this last day of school. It is their day to provide …
It was a festive mood at the central office of the Pine Bush Central School District last week but it wasn’t just the holidays that made it that way. Representatives of the United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region were on hand to accept a ceremonial check from Superintendent Tim Mains in the amount of $7,734, …
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“Has anyone ever been not nice to you?” So many hands went up when Edward J. Russell Assistant Principal Richard Girgenti asked the question to the first graders assembled in the school’s cafeteria. They were there for an interactive assembly entitled “Stop Walk Talk.” Those are the directives when confronted by someone not being nice, …
The Life Skills Class at Crispell Middle School recently took field trips to Walmart in Napanoch and to the Times Herald-Record printing facility in Middletown as part of its community careers unit. While at Walmart, the students learned all about working in retail and what it entails, from the hiring process to inventory and stocking …
Members of Pakanasink’s Student Council/No Place For Hate team put their “Kindness in Action” with their 2018 edition of Stop-Walk-Talk. This is Pakanasink’s anti-bullying program, which was adopted by the school last year. This year’s presentation was just as thought-provoking as the one that kicked off the program last year. The theme for this presentation …
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The atmosphere at Pine Bush High School cafeteria was festive as upwards of 150 students and family members in the English as a New Language (ENL) program gathered for the annual potluck dinner. Each family contributed a favorite homemade dish or dessert native to their country of origin. Those countries included China, Haiti, Mexico, the …
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Gene Weinstein captivated his audience. The 92-year-old Navy veteran of World War II showed neatly folded newspaper and magazine clippings he had saved from the 1940s to a small group of sixth grade Circleville Middle School students sitting at a lunchroom table. He answered their questions – Where did you live when you in the …
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There is power in words. They are how we communicate. The Wallkill East Rotary knows the impact of words and that is why each year the club participates in the dictionary project where they buy and distribute dictionaries to third graders throughout the Pine Bush Central School District. “One of our service areas is ‘youth’,” …
Leading by example. That’s what comes to Lauren Nemeth’s mind as she watched her fourth grade students at Edward J. Russell Elementary School sign the No Place For Hate pledge last Friday. “It’s important that teachers are the first to sign, to lead by example,” said Nemeth after signing her own name first on the …
