Dear Pine Bush Families of Students in Grades 3-8: Earlier this year, the New York State Board of Regents petitioned the federal Department of Education for a waiver to cancel the Grades 3-8 Math and English Language Arts exams, as well as the Grades 4 and 8 Science exams. While the Department of Education has …
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The Pine Bush Central School District is working with Concerts in Motion to share their PEAK program with students in grades 3 through 7. The program – Performance Education Access Knowledge – takes place each Tuesday in April at 4 p.m. via zoom. The schedule for the remaining sessions is: April 13 – Turning Obstacles …
Odyssey of the Mind teams from Pine Bush High School and EJ Russell Elementary School finished first in their respective regional divisions and are now moving on to the state competitions. All levels of this year’s Odyssey competition are virtual. Teams recorded their work and sent it off to the OOTM headquarters in New Jersey, …
We celebrate reading throughout the year but we put a special emphasis during March when we celebrate Read Across America. Librarian Lisa Ruyack at Pine Bush Elementary shared some videos by authors with connections to Pine Bush as they read their books for all to enjoy. Jordan D. Brown The first author is Jordan D. …
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Robin Conklin’s fifth-grade students continued a tradition at Circleville Elementary School reading Esperanza Rising, a historical fiction chapter book that is read by fifth grade classes at CES and across the district. In addition to the reading, students also make their own yarn dolls, which have significant meaning in the story about a young …
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There’s been a lot of reading going on and Ms. Porter at CES decided to bring a favorite story to life! So on Friday morning, March 12, she made a special breakfast for her kindergarten students – green eggs and ham! The students loved trying this unique breakfast, one they mostly only read about!
Winter is almost over but the students at CES had a tremendously fun time creating this whimsical, virtual snowball fight. Mary Sousa, the music teacher at Circleville Elementary School, said the students used choreographed motions to practice listening for form and details in this piece of music. All of her kindergarten, first and second grade …
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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 need …
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, …
