Crispell’s March Madness did not disappoint! Team Clemson, with captain Ella Cancelliere, won the tournament. A big thank you to Robert Lawrence and Jovani Ali, Crispell alumni who returned to referee the games. Congratulations to Fin Gandolfini who won the half court challenge and a gift card.
Pine Bush High School presented Matilda The Musical to a very special audience just days before the public performances. About 100 senior citizens attended the annual dinner and show, offered free of charge by the district. The turkey dinner included all the fixings and was donated by our vendors. Bus transportation was also donated …
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Maram Saleh, a fifth-grader at Circleville Elementary School, is observing Ramadan, the holiest month of the year for those of the Muslim faith. During Ramadan, which runs from March 10 through April 9 this year, Muslims pray, commemorate the revelation of the Qur’an and fast from eating and drinking from sunrise to sundown. Fasting is …
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This is Diversity Week at Pine Bush Elementary School! On Monday special guest readers were welcomed into classrooms to read some wonderful books to our students. District personnel, local officials and police officers took their turns reading books about being different. Superintendent Brian Dunn stopped by Lori Malara’s kindergarten class to read “Isabel and …
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Edited to correct the number of years. After 23 years working for the Pine Bush Central School District, I have made the decision to retire after the 2024-2025 school year. After sharing my plan with the Central Office leadership team, the superintendent, his team, and I had a discussion about creating a meaningful succession …
This is a reminder that tomorrow, Friday, March 22, is a superintendent’s conference day. There is no school for students. Next week is spring recess. Schools are closed Monday, March 25, through Monday, April 1. Students return to school on Tuesday, April 2. Finally, all students in the district will have a half day on …
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This morning, Wednesday, March 20, a parent from Circleville Middle School reported a potential threat to an individual student that was made on social media. Administrators investigated the threat immediately and determined it was credible. They notified law enforcement and are continuing their investigation. The district will impose appropriate consequences as allowed in our district’s …
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Green was the color of choice last week at Pine Bush High School. The Youth Empowerment and Sustainability Skills class organized a spirit week, shining a light on the Say Something campaign, a program through Sandy Hook Promise. The program teaches students in elementary, middle and high school to recognize the warning signs of someone …
Classrooms around the district celebrated Pi Day on March 14. Pi, one of the most well-known mathematical constants, is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Pi will yield the result 3.141592654. It’s not exact. Pi is actually an irrational number – a decimal with no end and no repeating pattern. At …
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Crispell’s Students Making A Difference (SMAD) club went to the Walden Humane Society recently to bring a donation and interact with the beautiful cats and dogs. The students have been collecting deposit bottles and cans all school year in their program “Plastic for Puppies,” where they cash in the recyclables that will benefit the …
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