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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Gene Weinstein captivated his audience. The 92-year-old Navy veteran of World War II showed neatly folded newspaper and magazine clippings he had saved from the 1940s to a small group of sixth grade Circleville Middle School students sitting at a lunchroom table. He answered their questions – Where did you live when you in the …
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There is power in words. They are how we communicate. The Wallkill East Rotary knows the impact of words and that is why each year the club participates in the dictionary project where they buy and distribute dictionaries to third graders throughout the Pine Bush Central School District. “One of our service areas is ‘youth’,” …
Leading by example. That’s what comes to Lauren Nemeth’s mind as she watched her fourth grade students at Edward J. Russell Elementary School sign the No Place For Hate pledge last Friday. “It’s important that teachers are the first to sign, to lead by example,” said Nemeth after signing her own name first on the …
Members of Pine Bush High School’s S.T.A.R.S. Academy had some hands-on learning Friday, with the help of Staff Sgt. Rachel Thomas of the Middletown Army Recruiting Center. The students learned about the seven Army values – loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity and personal courage- as well as some tidbits about each other. Most …
