Students at CES kicked off the American Heart Association’s Kid’s Heart Challenge with an awesome and interactive assembly put on by Cara Donohoe, director of School Engagement for the American Heart Association. With the help of Jake Izzo and Janell Budd, CES’s physical education teachers, this assembly was put together to help kids understand the …
The pre-K students in Kathleen Murray’s class at Circleville Elementary school watched and listened intently to a video book,Martin Luther King Jr. Day by Margaret McNamara. The students in the book were young, just like them. They learned that Dr. King had a dream that all people would be treated equally and fairly. That was …
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Author and psychotherapist Tom Kersting will be speaking here in Pine Bush to students, parents and staff about technology and how it is impacting teaching, learning and our kids’ mental health. It is an important message all should consider. Kersting, who is based in New Jersey and lectures throughout the country on raising …
Our Circleville Elementary School fifth-graders were pretty excited to receive their certificates and a special gift for completing the Too Good for Violence program. The program, delivered by the incomparable Kevin Allen, is done through ADAC (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council). Mr. Allen is a certified prevention educator with a lifetime of experience in …
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STEM coaches Alyson Callahan and Leilani Howard worked with students at all four of our elementary schools on the cloud in a bottle experiment, ultimately giving them a better understanding of air pressure, temperature, clouds and their effects on each other. The students worked in pairs, all with their safety goggles intact. They each …
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STEM coaches Alyson Callahan and Leilani Howard worked with fifth-graders at all four of our elementary schools on the cloud in a bottle experiment, ultimately giving them a better understanding of air pressure, temperature, clouds and their effects on each other. The students worked in pairs, all with their safety goggles intact. They each …
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In Ashley Michelitch’s English 12 class at STARS Academy, students study Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein over the course of 10 weeks. Their culminating project is a mock trial, in which students utilize several skills including reading, writing, speaking, listening and language to meet their learning targets and answer the essential questions for the unit which is: …
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Not only are breakfast and lunch free to all students at all schools here in Pine Bush, there are some new offerings available as well as grab and go breakfast carts coming to all elementary and middle schools! That’s right, students in our elementary and middle schools won’t have to go to the cafeteria for …
Fifth-grade students at Circleville Elementary School engineered bone bridges on Halloween! Here’s how it went: They broke into groups and had 45 minutes to create their bridges using Q-Tips, four popsicle sticks, one foot of string, four clothes pins, one pipe cleaner and marshmallows. Of course the marshmallows were used as an adhesive to help …
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American Legion Post 1181 members Barry Schnipper, Tom Nosworthy, Jim Scali and Paul Eurich paid a visit to Circleville Elementary School earlier this week to talk with fourth-graders about freedom and patriotism, and the responsibilities that come with them. Each of the men talked about their time in the service as the students …
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