A strong focus at CVMS is respect. Respect for all students, respect for teachers and staff, respect for ourselves and respect for the classroom. It is essential and valued in everyday matters for all at Circleville Middle School. Recently, to kick off No Place for Hate and Start With Hello, students throughout CVMS brainstormed in …
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Crispell students in Pam Montemarano’s seventh-grade science class took a few pieces of paper, designed and created their own airplanes and let them take flight – all for an exercise in measurement. The class just finished studying the scientific method. For this project, they made their own paper airplanes, whatever size they wanted, using four …
PAK second-graders in Kimberly White’s class had a very special guest reader Wednesday, Sept. 28. Loretta Gould, author of the book “Meet Barnaby Benjamin Bear,” stopped in to read her book during the class’s library period. Mrs. Gould was a familiar face to many staff members at PAK. She was Loretta Richner at the time …
The day before the first day of the 2022-2023 school year, Superintendent Brian Dunn challenged staff at all Pine Bush schools to meet new goals for the district. Dunn then outlined those goals for the board of education at its first meeting of the school year. The board responded by unanimously adopting them. Here are …
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Terese Chaikin’s art classes at Crispell have been working on self-portraits. They uploaded three selfies from different angles – front, side and three-quarter view – to create their portrait. Ms. Chaikin teaches about the proportions of the face and encourages her students to color them boldly. And that’s not the end of the project. They …
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The book fair is something to look forward to for elementary students. Last week, Circleville Elementary School PTA hosted the Scholastic Book Fair, to the delight of the students. The gym was transformed into a library, with book shelves on every wall and down the center of the floor. There were so many wonderful books …
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It is a fundamental goal of the Pine Bush Central School District to provide accurately-vetted information regarding health and safety issues that impact our students, staff, district families and the extended community. Our hope is that providing this information promotes transparency as we work toward providing a safe, nurturing environment for our students. One of …
Stacie Blaut’s sixth-grade students at CVMS participated in the tower lab challenge recently. Their goal was to construct a free-standing tower using the least amount of index cards in order to hold a stuffed animal for 20 seconds. The students used this lab to explore the Scientific Method. The groups used a variety of methods …
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Good afternoon. Today, September 22, 2022, the high school administrative team became aware of a YouTube post that contained a video threat made over the summer by one of our own students. The student was immediately removed from class to begin an investigation. Local law enforcement officials were promptly notified and have been directly involved …
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Bobbi Walter’s sixth graders at CVMS are working on the scientific process unit. Recently they conducted two science labs – the penny drop lab and the Skittles lab. The students are learning how to write a hypothesis and then conduct the experiment. For these labs, the students were thrilled to have a special guest – …
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