Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 On Tuesday night, Sept. 10, the Pine Bush Central School District Board of Education, administrators and our partners at Birnie Bus Company heard from a number of parents at the school board meeting. We listened to their concerns regarding safety due to the changes made to bus routes this school year. …
Do you want to learn Zumba? Have a desire to launch your own small business? Do you love soccer as an adult but never learned to play? There are classes for all of these and more in the Pine Bush Central School District Continuing Education program. There are also many offerings for children and the new …
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This year, students at Pine Bush High School will be registering online for the 2019 PSAT/NMSQT, which will be held on Saturday, Oct. 19. This registration will take a few minutes and can be completed from any computer with internet access. This is the only method of registration available. Students will not be registering in …
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Pine Bush Superintendent Tim Mains welcomed staff members back to the district on Tuesday, Sept. 3, the day before school opened for students. Included were 30 new teachers to the district. Mains started with a celebration of the district’s successes from the 2018-2019 school year including: Odyssey of the Mind – Expanded from eight to …
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As Superintendent Tim Mains welcomed teachers and staff to the 2019-2020 school year on Tuesday, Sept. 3, he made special mention of those staff members who have served the district for 20, 25 and 30 years. Each received a pin marking the milestone and was congratulated by Mains, assistant superintendents Donna Geidel and Mike Pacella, …
This summer, Pine Bush schools engaged in a complete rerouting of our entire transportation system. Using new software, considered an industry standard, we reworked our approximately 100 bus routes that transport our 5,385 students to and from school each day. That is true whether the student attends one of our Pine Bush schools, a private …
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This chart from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides immunization catch-up schedules and minimum intervals between doses for children ages 4 months through 6 years and 7 through 18 years whose vaccinations have been delayed. A vaccine series does not need to be restarted, regardless of the time that has elapsed between doses. …
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Pine Bush welcomes 30 new teacher to its ranks this school year, ready to take on their first day in the district on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Pictured here at their orientation on Aug. 28, front row, left to right, are: Deanna Feuerbach, Nicole Halabuda, Lauren Toper, Laura VanVoorhis, Kimberly Canaperi; second row: Angela Gilleo, Taylor …
In an effort to eliminate overcrowding, shorten bus run times and align with state guidelines, the Pine Bush Central School District has overhauled its bus routes for the 2019-2020 school year. In July, the district’s Transportation Department sent a letter to all parents informing them that changes would be coming and to keep an eye …
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As indicated in a letter sent by Kurt Wickham earlier this month, many bus stops have changed for this fall as a result of an overhaul of our bus routing system to reduce travel times and potential bus overcrowding. Post cards containing specifics about your child’s bus stop(s) were mailed last week, which most families …
