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Three Pine Bush Odyssey teams move on to state tournament – PBHS, Crispell, PAK

Odyssey of the Mind teams from Pine Bush High School, Crispell Middle School and Pakanasink Elementary School finished first in their respective regional divisions and are now moving on to the state competition in Syracuse! The PAK team is coached by Terri Hatfield and worked on Problem 5 – The Most Dramatic Problem Ever. The …

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Engineers in training!

CES had an incredible session for its Engineering Club! Students in the club brought in all types of recycled materials – plastic bottles, soda cans, old CDs, fruit baskets, cardboard boxes – to make race cars! Susan Corcoran, the club advisor, encouraged the students to think differently and try new things. The students worked collaboratively …

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Three Pine Bush High School students take medals at SkillsUSA regional competition

Three Pine Bush High School students who attend Orange Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) program earned medals at the SkillsUSA regional competition recently: Craig Vanderkooy –  first place, auto collision Travis Coleman –  second place, plumbing Camryn Szabo – third place, animal careers These students will advance to the state competition. Nearly 200 …

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Role models on the gridiron and in the classroom – PB football players celebrate reading

What better way to encourage reading in our younger students than to have some of the people they admire read to them! That happened on Thursday here in Pine Bush, which was Read Across America Day, a day schools across the nation celebrate reading and the adventures it brings to students. This year in Pine …

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Crispell’s March newsletter is posted

Happy March! The Crispell March Newsletter is now available. Check it out for all that’s happening during the month of March!

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Young artists at PAK are inspired

It’s all about inspiration! Jessica Torres provides inspiration to her art students at Pakanasink through exposing them to many different artists, art mediums, types of art and art styles. In her binders, she has a vast array of artists and their works. She encourages her students to look through them, as well as the examples …

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Music brings joy as PAK students discover influential Black musicians

It’s wonderful to see our younger students respond so amazingly to music! Mary Sousa, music teacher at Pakanasink, brings an infectious enthusiasm to her students.  Throughout the school year she introduces them to different types of music and artists, instruments and  styles. In February, she focused on music by influential Black musicians. in some cases, …

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Crispell Life Skills class learns about and celebrates Chinese New Year

The Life Skills class at Crispell recently finished up a unit on Ancient Chinese Culture and it culminated with a Chinese New Year celebration! The students invited staff, parents and Crispell Principal John Boyle out for an educational luncheon at Larry’s Chinese Restaurant in Pine Bush. The class was welcomed by owner, Larry, who shared …

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