PB and Jam, the incredibly talented band of teachers at Circleville Elementary School, is participating in the United Way of Orange Dutchess Talent Competition. Please vote for free daily using this link. If you would like to donate to the United Way, PB and Jam receives double the votes on Fridays (April 21 and 28)!
Circleville Elementary School did an wonderfully creative project to show its diversity – it was the Puzzle Project and was a collaboration between art and library. Each CES student completed their own unique puzzle piece. The puzzles represent how our school fits together and embraces everyone. Each grade had its own topic in creating their …
This week’s Positivity Project (P2) character strength is humor! We certainly all need more laughter in our lives so the fourth graders and teachers at Circleville Elementary School presented their second annual comedy show this week. The jokes and skits were hilarious and it was great to see the students get up in front of …
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The future’s so bright, these fifth-graders from Circleville Elementary School have to wear shades! And now they’ve got them, thanks to Kevin Allen, a certified prevention educator from ADAC (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council). Mr. Allen gifted cool sunglasses to each fifth-graders for completing the 10-week program, Too Good For Violence. Mr. Allen worked with …
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Let’s get Virtually Speaking! Superintendent Brian Dunn starts his next round of online presentations with parents and guardians on Monday, March 27, kicking off with Circleville Elementary School families. Families signed up with School Messenger will receive the link to the presentation the day before their scheduled date (see below). Please look for it in …
Our district-wide art show was one for the books! Our students displayed incredible works, from painting to sculpture to pottery and more. Set up in the high school, all elementary schools displayed their work in the cafeteria. So many of the students searched the walls for their artwork, smiles coming over their faces as they …
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March is Music in Our Schools Month! Students in Danielle Hommel’s fourth grade general music class at Circleville Elementary School are learning how to code with a STEAM coding and composing project Coding mice were obtained through a grant from Orange and Rockland Utilities STEM Grant. Projects like this combine the world of computer programming …
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 …
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 …
Let’s welcome our newest authors! Students in Lisa Quick and Jaclyn Nespoli’s fourth-grade class at Circleville Elementary School wrote and published informational books recently. They had an amazing afternoon celebrating their books, circling the classroom reading each other’s books and leaving star comments. Then they headed to Denise Hansen’s kindergarten class to read their books …
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