Pine Bush High School’s Ella Galloway is the 2023 New York State champion pole vaulter! The very best in the entire state! This past weekend Ella vaulted her personal best – 12 feet 6 inches – becoming the state champion! She is ranked 42nd in the entire nation. Madison Williams took second place at the …
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Pine Bush High School celebrated Black History Month in many ways, from bulletin boards throughout the building to lessons taught. Jillian Goodwin and Grace Mansfield collaborated in their English class to get their students thinking about the meaning of quotes from several high-profile Black Americans. They were to read and think about the quotes then …
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Congratulations to Kiera Masci and Thea Valdez who represented Pine Bush in the New York State Band Directors Association Honor Bands in Syracuse this past weekend. Kiera is a senior at Pine Bush High School and student of Ralph Wagner. She played flute in the High School Honor Band. Thea is a seventh grade student …
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Students in Megan Collins and Laura Bronson’s second grade class at EJR are authors! And they celebrated that fact by sharing their informational writings with each other and their families. Each of these curious kids chose an occupation, did deep research about it and then wrote their book about it. They invited their parents/guardians and …
Odyssey of the Mind teams from Pine Bush High School, Crispell Middle School and Pakanasink Elementary School finished first in their respective regional divisions and are now moving on to the state competition in Syracuse! The PAK team is coached by Terri Hatfield and worked on Problem 5 – The Most Dramatic Problem Ever. The …
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CES had an incredible session for its Engineering Club! Students in the club brought in all types of recycled materials – plastic bottles, soda cans, old CDs, fruit baskets, cardboard boxes – to make race cars! Susan Corcoran, the club advisor, encouraged the students to think differently and try new things. The students worked collaboratively …
Three Pine Bush High School students who attend Orange Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education (CTE) program earned medals at the SkillsUSA regional competition recently: Craig Vanderkooy – first place, auto collision Travis Coleman – second place, plumbing Camryn Szabo – third place, animal careers These students will advance to the state competition. Nearly 200 …
What better way to encourage reading in our younger students than to have some of the people they admire read to them! That happened on Thursday here in Pine Bush, which was Read Across America Day, a day schools across the nation celebrate reading and the adventures it brings to students. This year in Pine …
Imagine walking into the room and having a conversation with Susan B. Anthony about voting rights. Next to her is Ruby Bridges, discussing the courage it took for her and her family to help desegregate our schools. Over in another corner is Babe Ruth talking about the game of baseball from 100 years ago while …
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Happy March! The Crispell March Newsletter is now available. Check it out for all that’s happening during the month of March!
