Teachers and kids across the country celebrated the annual National Read Across America Day on March 2. Pine Bush Elementary kindergarten students have a wonderful tradition to celebrate – they walk over to Pine Bush High School and spend some time reading with the high school kids and doing Seuss-related activities. Students in Leeann …
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March is Developmental Disability Month and the Pine Bush Special Education Parent Teacher Student Association (SEPTSA) is spreading awareness and acceptance. Last year, Pine Bush SEPTSA partnered with our incredible local businesses and the talented National Art Honor Society (NAHS) students from Pine Bush High School, to bring autism awareness to our community by painting …
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Let’s celebrate Pi Day! They do it in a very special way at CES! Math takes center stage, of course, as students learn about the mathematical constant, Pi (3.14159), but there is excitement for another reason. Watch our short video here. The student at each grade level who raised the most money for the …
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There is so much to look forward to in fifth grade. At Circleville Elementary School, the Esperanza Rising experience is certainly a highlight!. All fifth-grade students at CES read the Scholastic classic, Esperanza Rising. But they don’t just read it; they experience it! Esperanza is a young girl living a life of privilege …
Pine Bush High School teachers Renae Bray and Jessica Grasso accompanied a group of 30 young women from PBHS to the Women in the Law Day on Friday March 20. Our students and others from throughout the area had the opportunity to hear from a panel of women in a variety of careers in …
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Fourth-grader Chase Monaco loves math and science. Those are his jam! His class at PBE right now is learning geometry and that suits him just fine. “I like working with angles,” he said. Chase will have the opportunity to do a week-long deep dive into a STEM program offered by the National Youth Leadership Forum: …
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Senior citizens from throughout our community, 172 in all, came to Pine Bush High School Wednesday for the traditional dinner and show. They enjoyed a full turkey dinner with all the trimmings and dessert and then headed to the auditorium for the show, Disney’s Frozen. Volunteers from the district did the work – they …
On Thursday, March 19, the Orange County Department of Health performed a water inspection at CVMS and PAK which showed a low residual reading for chlorine. Therefore, there is a boil water notice at each school. The district will provide bottled water for drinking for all students and staff members until the boil water notice …
Seventh grade students in Melissa Prendys’ English classes recently completed a nonfiction unit exploring the causes and effects of wildfires. Throughout the unit, students learned how authors use nonfiction text structure, features, and evidence to help readers understand the authors’ claims. After researching how wildfires start and how they impact ecosystems, wildlife, and communities, …
Members of the League of Women Voters (LWV) were at Pine Bush High School today, Wednesday, March 18, to register our high school students to vote. They will be returning Friday, March 20. We partner with the LWV each year because we share a common goal – we want to promote voting so all …
