Virtually Speaking with Superintendent Brian Dunn, scheduled for Monday, Jan. 29, has been postponed. Special guest Tom Kersting will join Superintendent Dunn when we have a new date. Tom Kersting will be be presenting “Disconnected: The Impact of Cell Phone Use on Teaching and Learning” on Tuesday, Jan. 30, in person at Pine Bush High …
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Congratulations to the Pine Bush High School students who were selected to perform at the Orange County Music Educators’ Association All-County Festival this past weekend at Monroe-Woodbury High School. Pine Bush students were represented in chorus, orchestra and band. Senior Saige Valentino received the Orange County Music Educators Association (OCMEA) Vocal Performance Scholarship. Saige auditioned …
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Aaron Judge, Abraham Lincoln, Sally Ride and Dolly Parton shared the same stage at Pine Bush Elementary School as fourth-grade students participated in their annual Living Museum just before the December break. Students chose an array of historical figures, from our nation’s history, to sports and entertainment, science and space, as well as those …
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Equality – what does it mean to fifth graders? Caroline Prydal, a fifth-grade teacher at Pakanasink, got her students talking about it after they watched the video of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech. The students listened intently to the speech. Their ideas of equality included …
The Alcohol and Drug Awareness Council of Orange County (ADAC is partnering with the Pine Bush Central School District on an innovative new approach to substance use and mental health. Read the letter from MaryAlice Kovatch, prevention director at ADAC: The Alcohol and Drug Awareness Council of Orange County (ADAC) is proud to be …
The pre-K students in Kathleen Murray’s class at Circleville Elementary school watched and listened intently to a video book,Martin Luther King Jr. Day by Margaret McNamara. The students in the book were young, just like them. They learned that Dr. King had a dream that all people would be treated equally and fairly. That was …
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Author and psychotherapist Tom Kersting will be speaking here in Pine Bush to students, parents and staff about technology and how it is impacting teaching, learning and our kids’ mental health. It is an important message all should consider. Kersting, who is based in New Jersey and lectures throughout the country on raising …
Second-graders in Demitra Bowen’s class at PBE spent some time this week learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Students know they have a day off from school on Monday to honor Dr. King. Ms. Bowen helped them discover why. Ms. Bowen discussed with the students just who Dr. King was and what …
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Elementary students throughout our district have some new wood puzzles thanks to the students in Dave Gibaldi’s wood processing class. Senior Nina Comacho, who has an independent study in wood processing this year, pretty much ran the process. She and Gibaldi came up with the idea of making toys for the younger kids in the …
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Pine Bush High School midterms and Regents exams commence on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, running through Friday, Jan. 26. Below is the schedule for all exams. Also, there will be modified busing during the midterm/Regents week. Students will be dismissed after their scheduled exam. 7:33 a.m. – normal arrival 9:35 a.m. – dismissal 11:40 a.m. …
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