Three cheers for our unified bowling team! These awesome bowlers, coached by Mike Terwilliger and Jeff Paggi, had an amazing season, finishing sixth out of 15 teams in the league. Along the way, their skills blossomed as did their friendships. To mark the end of such a successful season, the team celebrated …
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The annual March Madness at Crispell Middle School was an amazing time for participants and spectators! It’s hosted each year by the Crispell National Junior Honor Society. Students sign up to play, get drafted and captains pick a college team name. The teams are bracketed and compete in eight-minute games. It’s competitive but so much …
Third graders in the district are learning about the United States of America. They are learning about our government structure and about the 50 individual states. Students in Dina DiNoto’s third-grade class at PBE chose the state they wanted to delve into and went to work. They researched facts about the state, its attractions …
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Teens and mental health. It’s important, crucial really, to have conversations about mental health with young adults. The Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) club, advised by Christine Guarino, hosted an amazing interactive program that provided education and resources to students regarding mental health. Maria Idoni, the Hudson Valley/Westchester area director of the American Foundation for …
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During last week’s tease of spring weather, kindergarten students and their teachers from EJR took a walk over to the Pine Bush High School food pantry. They had been talking about the pantry and how it serves the community, so they decided to visit and see it firsthand. Each student had a cereal box …
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PBE student council members presented a No Place for Hate activity to all classes this week. The lesson: be an upstander, not a bystander. An upstander is someone who witnesses bullying, injustice, or harassment and takes action to intervene, support the student, or stop the behavior. A bystander observes these incidents and recognizes them …
Congratulations to our CVMS students who achieved placement on the honor roll for the second quarter. Click here for the full list of honor roll, high honor roll and principal’s list students.
The Pine Bush Board of Education adopted the 2026-2027 student calendar at the March 10, 2026 meeting. The board also amended the current 2025-2026 calendar. May 22 was a school holiday for both students and most school staff. It is now a superintendent’s conference day. There is no school for students.
March 2 was Read Across America Day, part of Read Across America Week, an initiative of the National Education Association to encourage reading and literacy in our children. Pakanasink and EJR elementary schools invited guest readers to read to students in their classrooms. Board of Education President Gretchen Meier, Vice President Kristi Kheiralla, Superintendent …
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Do you want to build a snowman? You will be singing along to some favorite Disney music as Pine Bush High School presents Disney’s Frozen The Musical on Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21. Performances are at 7 p.m. both Friday and Saturday evening, and at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $10 at …
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