Sixth grade students who are taking Computer Lab classes with Robin Renahan at CVMS are learning about different coding shortcuts. They recently learned about functions. In this lesson, students practiced building functions using their method of choice. They were able to build functions in their computer program using Cue Robots, LittleBits circuit pieces, or in …
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The Pine Bush Central School District Board of Education welcomed the district’s next superintendent, Brian P. Dunn, at its April 5 meeting. The board was unanimous in selecting Mr. Dunn to lead the district, beginning July 1. Mr. Dunn addressed the board, as well as a large number of parents and students gathered to honor …
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Second grade students in Carol Weller’s class at PAK were quite busy the week before break. They read Easter Bunny Assistant and their activities were based on the book! The students wrote five jobs for the assistant, applied for them, designed and colored a unique Easter house for the bunny and wrote to him to …
Fourth-grade students in Ms. Bourke’s, Mrs. Callahan’s, and Mrs. Urmston’s classes at CES finished a social studies unit on the exploration and colonization of New York State, from the early explorers to the Dutch to the English. They learned about what life was like over 300 years ago and celebrated by creating their own toys, …
Seventh grade life science students in Draco and Phoenix Academies at CVMS conducted their comparative anatomy lab, where they compared similar structures from different organisms, observing similarities and differences. Mr. Canor and students observed different skulls, including those of a cow, horse, human, raccoon, and others. Ms. Shader explained the anatomy of the human skeleton …
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Six Pine Bush High School art students exhibited their artwork in the Lower Hudson Region Media Arts Show recently. Rachael Lauterborn Jennyce Succi Justin Quick Jordan Ward Rose Grant Natalie Rodas Natalie Rodas was recognized with a Presidents’ Award, which, according to the group’s website, “is presented to 12th grade students whose entire body of …
This year, like every other, spring and summer will be a time to celebrate for many children and their families. Proms, formals, graduations, and graduation parties all signify important rites of passage for students, events that are important bridges between students’ activities in high school, college, and beyond. Unfortunately, what should be happy events too often end in …
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Aryn Simmons set goals early in his life. He’s wanted to be a police officer since he was a little kid. In sixth grade, the dream of being an officer changed to FBI. In his freshman year of high school, his mom, Alicia McDonald, mentioned West Point Military Academy to him as a possible option …
Second grade students in Christine Erickson’s class at PBE are studying matter in science. Their task: build a tower out of index cards and tape. The bigger challenge – build it as tall as you can but so that it can support a stuffed Olaf. Not an easy task at all. The students had a …
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Third-grade students in Corrine Vertescher’s class at EJR are building bridges! In science class they are studying invisible forces and the topic covered building strong bridges. The students were tasked with making a strong bridge using just two pieces of paper and a stack of books six inches apart. The students went to work to …
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