Dear Pine Bush parents and staff, The Board of Regents today issued an extensive set of guidance documents about how they are trying to accommodate the unprecedented extended school closure brought by the coronavirus. They provided more explanations about what the cancellation of the June Regents exams will mean for fulfilling a variety of graduation …

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Dear Pine Bush parents and staff, Today was a newsworthy day! The governor extended our current school closure at least  through April 29, which puts us more in line with guidance provided by the president. So we’ll keep our digital learning on track at least through the month of April, and, of course, this could …

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Good morning Pine Bush!!  Please join us in celebrating Virtual Senior Week in honor of the Seniors at Pine Bush High School.  We are very proud of their accomplishments and want to send them best wishes as they graduate high school in June. You can show your support by taking pictures of you and your …

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Dear Pine Bush parents and staff,   As we face our battle against the Coronavirus, many of us are simultaneously wrestling with a companion disease – Cabin Fever. While we work towards building better responses to this novel virus on a national and international level, we’ll have to battle a range of related threats on …

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Dear Pine Bush parents and staff,   Our food distribution set a new record yesterday – we handed out over 10,000 meals from our three sites!  The demand was so great that the kitchen at our high school location had a hard time keeping up with the demand.  We appreciate the patience when traffic got …

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Good evening Pine Bush parents and staff, Tonight I want to provide more clarifications about the virtual learning that will begin on Monday and make you aware of several new resources. First of all, I have come to understand that some parents believe that they must have a Chromebook in order for a child to …

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Dear Pine Bush parents and staff,   As we rapidly approach the launch of full-blown virtual learning next Monday, our teachers have been busy organizing the instruction that they otherwise would have presented in person, to now deliver completely via Google Classroom. Teachers who have not been using this platform regularly are busy watching videos …

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Good evening Pine Bush parents and staff, Today we loaned out nearly 300 more Chromebooks, and we anticipate being able to complete that distribution on Thursday. Tomorrow will be the last day that you can request one by sending an email to Chromebook@pinebushschools.org or phone your request in to our main switchboard, 744-2031. Just a …

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Dear Pine Bush Parents and Staff, Here are the latest changes in the ongoing saga we all know as the Coronavirus Emergency. A new Executive Order by the governor called for postponing school elections and budget votes until June 1 or later. That means we will most likely be conducting that election without voting machines, …

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