The students in Pine Bush High School’s Business Retail Management class with Nora Callahan collaborated with Valley Central students to create a t-shirt for a recent fundraiser that Valley Central hosted. The event, the Tinsel Trot, was to “ring” in their new track. We know our business students do a tremendous job on Pine …
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Pine Bush High School library and media specialist Robin Renahan worked with Briana Caruso’s class recently after they read the book, “Wonder.” It’s an amazing book with a powerful message about kindness and empathy. The teacher in “Wonder” has a precept every month. What’s a precept? It’s a rule! Rules about friendship, kindness …
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Our CVMS staff recently teamed up with a colleague or worked independently to create theme-based gingerbread houses, and let’s just say… the competitive holiday spirit was alive and thriving! After school, teams gathered in our Family and Consumer Science classroom for an afternoon of creativity, collaboration, competition, and good old-fashioned fun. Armed with …
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Fourth-graders in Stacey Venzel’s class at PBE worked on their book, “The Adventures of Tofu the Guinea Pig,” earlier in the school year. Their stories and illustrations about Tofu were to be published in a book! Well that day finally happened and how exciting it was! Have a look at the big reveal video: https://youtu.be/BD1imiwv54A …
Three Pine Bush High School graduates were inducted into the Section IX Track and Field Hall of Fame this fall – Al Schmidt, Adam Mires and Amber Passalaqua Sherlock. Adam Mires is a 1998 graduate of Pine Bush. Adam was a driving force in Pine Bush winning the 1998 OCIAA championship. He won the 800 …
Sixth-grade social studies students at Crispell just learned about the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, and how those early societies developed and still influence our world. For one of their projects, the students were asked to take the perspective of a Mesopotamian historian and use the artifact analysis technique to take a closer look at …
Viola Thibodeau had the experience of a lifetime this fall as she served as a youth guardian on a Hudson Valley Honor Flight. The Hudson Valley Honor Flight flies veterans to Washington D.C. to visit memorials at no cost to the veterans. It is a way to honor American veterans for their sacrifices. Each …
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Kindergarten students in Elyssa Mock’s class at EJR had a very special visitor recently and got an inside look at just what it takes to write and publish a book. Della Ross Ferreri is the author of The Mouse Buffet, a story about a bunch of mischievous mice, a sleepy orange cat and …
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Each month, Circleville Elementary School celebrates all they’ve accomplished and look ahead to all that’s happening in the upcoming month. For the November gathering, they sang the National Anthem and recited their No Place For Hate promise. Looking back, they mentioned the celebration of our veterans on Veterans Day and how they marked National …
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The Crispell Making A Difference Club ran the annual Thanksgiving food drive. This year, they collected more than 600 food items! The club put together food packages with a full Thanksgiving dinner for 19 Pine Bush families. From appetizers to dessert and everything in between, these packages covered it! A big thank you to Butcher …
