Board adopts 2024-2025 student calendar
The board of education adopted the 2024-2025 student calendar at its Feb. 27, 2024 board meeting. Click here for details of the calendar and a printable copy.
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CVMS student receives commendation from Town of Wallkill for saving a life
The Town of Wallkill’s monthly board meeting on Feb. 22, 2024, was one with special meaning for our Circleville Middle School family. Our very own eighth grade student, Destiny Howell-Bueti, was honored with the Lifesaving Merit Award for using her skills in CPR to save a life. George Serrano, Town of Wallkill Supervisor, flanked by …
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EJR raises $11,990 for American Heart Association Kids Heart Challenge
Our EJR students spent the month of February learning all about keeping their hearts healthy by exercising and eating right. It was all part of the Kids Heart Challenge, an event sponsored each February by the American Heart Association. Students learn about their heart health and raise money for the organization. In addition …
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‘Us-We-Together-Family’ is the motto of this close-knit, successful girls varsity basketball team
The Pine Bush girls varsity basketball team has had quite the season so far. With one game left today, Thursday, Feb. 22, Michelle Bouffard’s team is 15-1 and eyeing sections just around the corner. Their motto this year is “Us-We-Together-Family.” And that is exactly how they’ve played. “We have really built a culture …
Students enjoy and celebrate World Read Aloud Day at PBE
Stacey Venzel’s fourth graders at PBE enjoyed some cozy fireplace reading for World Read Aloud Day! World Read Aloud Day is celebrated on the first Wednesday in February. This year it was Feb. 7. LitWorld founded World Read Aloud Day in 2010 to celebrate the power of reading aloud to create community and amplify …
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Scones with a side of science
There is so much science in baking. Leeann Noonan’s students recently made chocolate chip scones and while the finished product was absolutely delicious, they learned so much in the process. Scones should be flaky! Ms. Noonan explained that the secret to flakiness in baked goods is that the butter must be very cold from …
Mindful Art program culminates in beautiful exhibit by students
Pine Bush Elementary School partnered with Bethel Woods Center for the Arts for an eight-week program bringing mindful art to three of its classes – Kindergarten ICT, CASTLE grades 3-5 and CASTLE grades K-2. The Mindful Art program introduced students in these classes to the world of expressive art making while teaching mindfulness skills …
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CVMS students use Tinkercad to create their own unique bookmarks
It takes practice, but students in Julie Facciolla’s STEAM class at Circleville Middle School were able to move their elements, change color of objects, rotate them and ultimately create their own customized bookmarks using Tinkercad, an app for 3D design, electronics and coding. Ms. Facciolla demonstrated for her students how to manipulate their …
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We are celebrating the third-grade authors at EJR
Moira Roberts and Laura Bronson’s third-graders celebrated their writing and drawing with an author’s day! The students’ writing was about small moments in their lives – they wrote about cookies, a crazy afternoon, a trip to the hospital, getting stitches, a fun Thursday, and much more! The students shared their stories with their classmates …
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PBHS students learn of the dangers of vaping, especially in parks and playgrounds
Tri-County Prevention Coalition, one of our most trusted partners here in the Pine Bush Central School District, was on-hand at Pine Bush High School last week garnering the support of students for their current project. Along with POW’R (Putnam, Orange, Westchester, Rockland) Against Tobacco, Tri-County Prevention Coalition is working to get local municipalities …
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