CES third graders in Seth VanGaasbeek’s class took on the tower challenge! Each student had 14 index cards and two feet of tape to create a tower that would ultimately hold a small stuffed bear. The added challenge: build the tallest tower in the class. This STEM activity really got the creative juices flowing for …
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Spanish | Chinese This is Kristin Slover, principal of Circleville Elementary School, with some important information regarding the next phase of our Return to Learn planning for our students this spring. As we finalize our plans about when and how we can bring our students back to school for more in-person instruction, we may …
Lauren Casamento’s class at Circleville Elementary School did a cool experiment, combining reading and science! With March 2 being Read Across America Day, a celebration of reading on the birthday of Dr. Seuss, the class made oobleck, also known as cornstarch mud. That was after reading “Bartholomew and the Oobleck,” one of Dr. Seuss’s books, …
Our elementary schools celebrated 100 days of the 2020-2021 school year on Wednesday, Feb. 24 – and Thursday, Feb. 25 for the students who attend school on Tuesday/Thursday – with lots of counting and reading and, well, just focusing on the number 100. At CES, there was lots of counting going on, both for in-person …
Circleville Elementary School music teacher Danielle Hommel is featured in a Spectrum News story! She talks about her initial concerns with teaching music virtually and how a little thinking outside of the box and adding some new activities to class – did someone say dancing! – has made teaching in this pandemic a success!
Many of our Pine Bush administrators and staff members have volunteered to read holiday and winter stories for our children. Click here for the list of stories – and check back often because we keep adding to them. We wish everyone happy holidays! Stay safe and warm.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many in our community to become food insecure. While meals for school-aged children are distributed free through the district’s Food Services department each week at Circleville Middle School and Pine Bush High School, families may still have need. Here is a list of agencies that provide food to those in …
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Students in Susan Corcoran’s fifth grade class at Circleville Elementary School had a hands-on project for Thanksgiving. They all read “The Thanksgiving Bowl” book and then made their own bowls. The story is about Grandma Grace’s Thanksgiving bowl that makes its way to many, bringing goodwill and inspiring gratitude for all. That is its original …
Parents – want to know what’s happening at CES this month? Have a look at the calendar!
The Wallkill East Rotary makes an annual trip to all four Pine Bush elementary schools to present dictionaries to every third-grade student in the district. While they couldn’t deliver them in person to the students this year because of COVID-19 restrictions, the group still made the donation. Dr. William Bassett, a member of the Rotary …
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