Students are tinkering in the Crispell Library! Our maker space has just added a new station. One week they have a “Breaker Space” in which students take apart a piece of donated electronics. They use tools and work together to disassemble the item and explore what is inside making this gadget work. The following week, …
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Andrea Urmston’s fourth grade class recently learned about the dreidel game, one of Hanukkah’s favorite traditions for children. The class read the book “I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel” by Caryn Yacowitz to go along with the game. On each of the dreidel’s four sides is inscribed a Hebrew letter—nun, gimel, he, …
Students at Circleville Elementary School took part in the annual “Trick or Treat for STEAM” with activities that involved science, technology, engineering, art and math. Fourth-grade classes participated in three experiments throughout the afternoon on Friday, Oct. 29. They built structures with toothpicks and marshmallows, hypothesized about the results of putting a jelly candy in …
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Mrs. Manzi’s second/third grade class at PBE designed and built bird feeders as part of a Mystery Science activity. The students in Mrs. Manzi’s class creatively used common materials, like cups, plates, sticks and clothespins to make the birdfeeders. Then they went outside and placed the feeders to help feed their feathered friends this fall. …
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Time to celebrate our Crispell scholars! The first quarter honor roll/high honor roll is posted.
A beautiful garden has popped up at EJR! It was a collaboration with every student in every grade and is now a colorful reminder to all of our growth mindset. Heidi Meier DiPonio is the visual arts educator at EJR. Since she teaches the entire student population – more than 500 students – she facilitated …
The Pine Bush Music Department is proud to announce that Tommy Brendel has been selected as the guitarist for the 2021 New York All-State Jazz Ensemble. This is the highest honor a student can attain, and it was based on his past performances, his flawless NYSSMA solo festival scores and judges comments. Tommy was determined …
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Hello Pine Bush families and staff, I’m writing today with some important updates on a number of issues. As I’m sure you know, bus transportation has been very challenging this fall. Birnie suffered from a driver shortage that has plagued school bus operations across the country. As a result, we slowly peeled runs away from …
The Crispell Students Making A Difference Club does just what the name says. These altruistic students, along with their advisor, science teacher Allie White, have great plans to help their greater community. For the past two weeks, the students held a food drive that doubled as a homeroom competition. Each can/item earned the homeroom one …
The CVMS Interact Club turned October into Socktober! This philanthropic group conducted a sock drive at school with the proceeds to be donated to the Middletown Warming Station. (Did you know that socks are the most requested clothing item by homeless shelters?) A grand total of 278 pairs of socks were collected and donated! That …
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