PBE Moisture Mitigation Project – Update #1 from Superintendent Tim Mains

Superintendent Update #1 Monday, February 26, 2018 Our construction project at PBE is making good progress.  Since I last wrote to you about two weeks ago, our construction personnel have successfully erected a containment area, moved all classrooms to their new locations, cleared the main entrance and stairwell A for use, and removed most of …

A message for PBE parents

PINE BUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL  DISTRICT February 8, 2018 Dear PBE Parent: I am writing to inform you of some pending construction at your child’s elementary school that will require us to take actions quite noticeable to our students, staff and visitors at PBE. I have authorized this construction to help guarantee the health and safety …

Reflections from our talented students

Circleville Elementary School students who participated in the Reflections program had the opportunity to be creative and set goals for the future. Reflections participants create and submit original works in the areas of dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography and visual arts. This year the theme was “Within Reach,” so the projects created were centered on what the …

Pine Bush honors fall scholar athletes

The Pine Bush School District honored 114 scholar athletes – varsity athletes with 90 and above GPA for the first marking period. Also recognized were eight varsity teams being named scholar athlete teams: Boys cross country, girls cross country, boys soccer, girls soccer, girls swimming and diving, girls field hockey, girls tennis and girls volleyball …

Cardboard, duct tape, a great cause

Corrugated cardboard and duct tape. Those were the only materials allowed to the students who were building watercraft for the high school’s second annual boat races. The bleachers at the pool were packed on this last day of classes before the winter break. Each student paid $1 to watch the races, with proceeds totaling $450 …

History comes to life at PBE

The day before winter break is often filled with anticipation for students. Their minds aren’t always on their school work. That is not the case in Jessica Herb’s fifth grade class at Pine Bush Elementary School. That’s because Herb’s class is very excited about this last day of school. It is their day to provide …

Generous and caring: Pine Bush schools employees donate to the United Way

It was a festive mood at the central office of the Pine Bush Central School District last week but it wasn’t just the holidays that made it that way. Representatives of the United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region were on hand to accept a ceremonial check from Superintendent Tim Mains in the amount of $7,734, …

Learning the skills for real life

The Life Skills Class at Crispell Middle School recently took field trips to Walmart in Napanoch and to the Times Herald-Record printing facility in Middletown as part of its community careers unit. While at Walmart, the students learned all about working in retail and what it entails, from the hiring process to inventory and stocking …

A celebration of culture and dreams at annual ENL potluck dinner

The atmosphere at Pine Bush High School cafeteria was festive as upwards of 150 students and family members in the English as a New Language (ENL) program gathered for the annual potluck dinner. Each family contributed a favorite homemade dish or dessert native to their country of origin. Those countries included China, Haiti, Mexico, the …

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Pine Bush Central School District
State Route 302, Pine Bush, NY 12566
Phone: (845) 744-2031
Fax: (845) 744-6189
Joseph Lenz
Superintendent of Schools
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