Students in Kara Sprague’s forensics classes at Pine Bush High School got an insider’s view of just what it takes to do clean-up at a crime scene. Nicole Morales, owner of Bio One, talked to the students about her job as a crime scene cleaner and the meticulous detail she must use to do her …
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As everyone knows by now, school meals are no longer free to all students. We strongly encourage everyone to apply for free/reduced meals. It benefits the district as well as individual families.
The students in Kim White’s and Suzanne Parker’s second grades at Pakanasink learned so much about Thanksgiving leading up to the holiday. They learned vocabulary relating to the times and sang an amazingly joyful song! Have a look and listen to their Thanksgiving celebration!
In October, the Crispell Middle School Interact Club held its “Basketball for Breast Cancer” fundraiser and donated a portion of the proceeds to the American Cancer Society. Recently, Kristi Greco and Patti Mack from the ACS visited the Interact Club and thanked the students for all their hard work. Principal John Boyle, Interact Club advisor …
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Just before the Thanksgiving break, Tiffanie Reilly and Dina Kania’s first grade classes at EJR made butter! It was part of a lesson about how life was different in the past, including ways to get and make food. Friendsgiving seemed like the perfect time to make their own butter by shaking cream in a jar! …
Teresa Salvato’s first graders at Pine Bush Elementary went old school as they played some games that children played at the first Thanksgiving many years ago. They learned that you need good eye/hand coordination and patience to play ring pin. Hiding the shell while playing the shell game with a partner was exciting and hard …
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EJR had a couple of visitors recently who prompted lots of love and attention. Jack and Mocha, two certified therapy dogs, stopped by with their humans, Samantha and Wendy, to hang out in the library and enjoy some stories from a few very special readers. Reading books to therapy dogs is a wonderful practice for …
Fourth-grade students in Stacey Venzel’s class at PBE experimented with two types of “lava” to understand different types of volcanoes. To kick off the experiment, the students got dirty collecting dirt and mud in small groups. For the lava experiment, they collected mud in one cup and had water in the other cup to represent …
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Pine Bush was represented by several talented high school musicians who participated in the Zone 9 Area All-State Music Festival at Tri-Valley High School in Grahamsville this past weekend. Emily Roman, Madison Conklin and Breanna Omosebi all participated in the choirs while Ashleigh Berentsen, Kiera Masci, Saige Valentino and Tommy Brendel participated in band. These …
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