The board of education recognized scholar athletes from the winter season at its March 25 meeting. Individually, students must maintain a 90 or above grade point average to qualify as a scholar athlete. Teams qualify as scholar athlete teams when the average GPA of the top 75% of the roster is greater than or equal …
It’s Autism Awareness Month! You may notice that many of our local businesses have colorful puzzle pieces, hearts and infinity symbols painted on their windows to help with the effort of spreading awareness of the disorder that approximately 1 in 36 children and millions of adults live with every day. Pine Bush SEPTSA …
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The Pine Bush community came together last Wednesday for the annual senior citizen dinner and show. Senior citizens from throughout our community, 126 in all, came to Pine Bush High School for a full turkey dinner with all the trimmings and dessert. Seventy-five volunteers from the district did the work, from prep and …
For the past thirty-five years, in honor of Sojourner Truth, Orange County Community College has celebrated its youth by awarding them for their achievements. The college continues to recognize the accomplishments of these deserving students in grades 6-12 and encourage college attendance as an option for students from groups traditionally under-represented in the college population. …
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Our community food pantry at Pine Bush High School has been a busy place. Coordinated by Katie Carson-Decker, a social worker at the high school, it has served our entire district community since November, 2022. Ms. Carson-Decker was busy packing bags of food recently as part of something new at the pantry – the backpack …
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Our district promotes voting because we know our nation is stronger when more voices are heard! With that in mind, representatives from the League of Women Voters visited Pine Bush High School to promote voter registration to our students. Pine Bush welcomed Ann Toner and Anne Sandro from the LWV to give students …
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Members of the Pine Bush High School football team traveled to the district’s elementary schools to celebrate Read Across America Week. They read children’s classics to the younger students and had the opportunity to visit with some of their former teachers and administrators. The younger students truly enjoyed their guest readers. They had …
Pine Bush High School was the backdrop Thursday morning for the swearing in of Assemblyman Brian Maher, who began his second term of office in the New York State Assembly representing District 101. Assemblyman Maher recounted that when he was on former state Senator Bill Larkin’s staff years ago, the senator had his …
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District voters approved the two-part capital improvement project proposition Tuesday, March 4, which will address much aging infrastructure, upgrade safety and network equipment, provide air conditioning in cafeterias and gyms, provide a new athletic complex in Circleville and much more. “We are so grateful for the support from our community,” said Interim Superintendent of Schools …
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Our unified bowling team completed its season last week in Kingston at the unified bowling championships. Pine Bush finished right in the middle of the pack in fifth place out of nine teams. “Unified bowling is a unique varsity sport that allows for the true spirit of athletics to shine through,” said Coach …
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