New York State Department of Education recently released guidelines on the modifications to requirements for students who had planned to take Regents in June. Click here for a chart of common scenarios as they apply to currently enrolled Pine Bush Central School District students in grades 8 through 12 who were planning to participate in …
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The Pine Bush Virtual Learning Guidance Document includes information for both students and parents regarding schedules, instructional guidelines and resources, and information on how to communicate with staff.
Dear Pine Bush parents and staff, As we approach the end of our first week of virtual instruction, I’ve heard a number of teachers express their dismay that some of their students are not logging into their Google Classroom accounts. Or they are logging in, but only completing a portion of the work. I hope …
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Many people have lost their employment and therefore their health insurance because of the coronavirus pandemic. The New York State of Health has opened a special enrollment period to give New Yorkers the opportunity to purchase affordable healthcare. Click here for more information.
Dear Pine Bush parents and staff, The Board of Regents today issued an extensive set of guidance documents about how they are trying to accommodate the unprecedented extended school closure brought by the coronavirus. They provided more explanations about what the cancellation of the June Regents exams will mean for fulfilling a variety of graduation …
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Dear Pine Bush parents and staff, Today was a newsworthy day! The governor extended our current school closure at least through April 29, which puts us more in line with guidance provided by the president. So we’ll keep our digital learning on track at least through the month of April, and, of course, this could …
Good morning Pine Bush!! Please join us in celebrating Virtual Senior Week in honor of the Seniors at Pine Bush High School. We are very proud of their accomplishments and want to send them best wishes as they graduate high school in June. You can show your support by taking pictures of you and your …
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Dear Pine Bush parents and staff, As we face our battle against the Coronavirus, many of us are simultaneously wrestling with a companion disease – Cabin Fever. While we work towards building better responses to this novel virus on a national and international level, we’ll have to battle a range of related threats on a …
Dear Pine Bush parents and staff, Our food distribution set a new record yesterday – we handed out over 10,000 meals from our three sites! The demand was so great that the kitchen at our high school location had a hard time keeping up with the demand. We appreciate the patience when traffic got a …
Good evening Pine Bush parents and staff, Tonight I want to provide more clarifications about the virtual learning that will begin on Monday and make you aware of several new resources. First of all, I have come to understand that some parents believe that they must have a Chromebook in order for a child to …
