Beginning in spring 2024, language students at Pine Bush High School will have the opportunity to travel to Spain. Enis Egdemir and Dan Edwards, Spanish teachers at PBHS, made a presentation to the board of education, laying out the plan they have created to provide this experience to students. Traveling abroad will offer students an …
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Kindergarten students at Circleville Elementary School carried on a January tradition recently with their concert, Songs of Peace and Winter. The students were well-prepared with their families in attendance as they sang songs of unity and peace as well as some fun songs about winter. The students filed into the cafeteria carrying the candles they …
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Students in Molly Terpening’s first grade class at PBE are making lanterns to celebrate Chinese New Year, which began on Sunday, Jan. 22. It’s the Year of the Rabbit! Those born under this sign are said to have quiet personalities; they are strong and confident, with good reasoning skills and attention to detail. They make …
A big thank you to Dr. Shazim Farooq, Kelsey Mooly and Jordan Lewis of the Pine Bush Dental Group who spent the entire day Wednesday, Jan. 18, with our pre-K, kindergarten, first and second-grade students at Pakanasink, teaching them good dental health habits. The students learned the importance of brushing for two minutes each time …
Here’s the challenge: take 20 index cards and 18 inches of tape and create a tower as tall as you can that will be sturdy enough to hold a stuffed animal. Seth VanGaasbeek’s third grade students at Circleville Elementary School took that challenge and created some pretty interesting towers that were able to hold that …
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Have a look at all the great things happening at PBE for the months of January and February!
This was probably the best turnout ever for Lisa Ruyack’s winter break reading challenge. The Pine Bush Elementary School library media specialist has been encouraging kids to read and helping them to love reading for many years. So this year’s reading challenge over the winter break was similar to previous years’ challenges except for one …
The eighth-grade Living Environment students at Crispell on the gold team completed a debate recently in class. The topic to debate: which cellular process is more important – mitosis or meiosis. Students were split into debate teams and assigned their debate topic. They then had to introduce their topic, research a minimum of four supporting …
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Let the games begin! Crispell’s annual multi-week Olympic event kicked off Friday, Jan. 13, with the opening ceremonies and the parade of nations. The parade of nations was a highlight for the spectators, as those representing the many nations carried the country’s flag and even dressed the part, in some cases. Interesting fact: Greece led …
Tara Baccello’s kindergarten class at PAK certainly has something to celebrate – they know all of their letters and sounds! To celebrate, the students made vests with letters on them and drew pictures of things that begin with that letter sound. Then, they shared this great accomplishment with the first and second grade classes by …
