In the spirit of Halloween season, our ABLE and multi-age classes at Circleville Elementary held their Harvest Festival last Friday. Students invited their family to enjoy a variety of fun hands-on learning activities, including playing with putty, decorating pumpkins, bowling with inflatable pins, and navigating a sidewalk chalk obstacle course. We have never seen so …
What do you get when you combine STEM and Halloween? A whole lot of fun, engaging learning! It was the 13th annual STEM Trick-or-Treat at CES last Friday. Our fourth graders rotated between classrooms for Halloween-themed lessons that put their math and science skills to the test. Ms. Urmston gave a statistics lesson using M&Ms. …
Circleville Elementary School was proud to participate in Red Ribbon Week! Students and staff wore red to encourage living a healthy, drug-free life. They received a red ribbon courtesy of the CES PTA and Red Ribbon Bracelet bracelet courtesy of Tri-County Prevention Coalition to wear throughout the day. Superhero capes were provided for our ambassadors …
The Wee Deliver Program is in full swing at Circleville Elementary! Each month, a group of fourth grade student volunteers work with parent volunteers to sort, stamp, and deliver handwritten letters to each classroom. The letters are written either by students or family members. The goal of the program is to encourage students to develop …
It was a pleasure to have Dr. William Bassett and members of the Wallkill East Rotary Club visit all four of our elementary schools to distribute dictionaries to our third-grade students! The effort is part of the Rotary Club’s Dictionary Project, an initiative to help improve literacy in students nationwide. It has also been …
In honor of National Fire Prevention Week, the Circleville Fire Department paid a special visit to Circleville Elementary and Pakanasink Elementary to provide a fun and hands-on learning experience for the students. The fire truck was very popular with the students, as they got a closer look at the equipment, firehoses, and protective gear. They …
Circleville Elementary School held its first celebration assembly of the school year! It’s a monthly occasion where a select group of students presents to their peers about upcoming school events, student birthdays, and the winners of the bus and staff members of the month. This assembly was extra special as students were asked to recite …
Pakanasink and Circleville Elementary School are holding their annual book fair this week, and our students could not have been more eager to visit. The vast selection on the bookshelves and all the fun goodies made the experience so much more exciting! We absolutely love seeing the joy of reading on full display!
Again this year, the Pine Bush Central School District is sponsoring a Summer Meals To-Go program for children 18 and under. The program is funded by the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture. This program provides five-day meal boxes with a variety of fresh seasonal produce, bread or English muffins, whole grain cereal and cereal …