On Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America. Parts of New York State will witness this total eclipse. Here in the Hudson Valley, we will be able to see 93 percent of the sun hidden by the moon at around 3:25 p.m. It will look like night time in the …
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The Pine Bush High School lip dub is finally here! Just before winter break in December, 2023, the whole high school came together to produce a lip dub video and the entire school participated. Director Robin Evans and Principal Aaron Hopmayer, along with a terrific team, put this all together. The mood was electric and …
Pine Bush High School senior Jessica Wells received a full Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Marine Option Scholarship to Penn State University. Jessica competed with more than 200 applicants and was one of six selected to receive this scholarship. This highly selective process only accepts 30 percent of applicants. In four years, upon graduation from …
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Congratulations to Ketura Rutty, Jahesa Stokes and Leticia Watson on being named as top 50 players by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY). Our girls varsity head coach, Michelle Bouffard, was named Coach of the Year for Class AAA by BCANY. “Congratulations to Jahesa, Ketura and Leticia on achieving this distinction, and congratulations …
Pine Bush High School presented Matilda The Musical to a very special audience just days before the public performances. About 100 senior citizens attended the annual dinner and show, offered free of charge by the district. The turkey dinner included all the fixings and was donated by our vendors. Bus transportation was also donated by …
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This is Diversity Week at Pine Bush Elementary School! On Monday special guest readers were welcomed into classrooms to read some wonderful books to our students. District personnel, local officials and police officers took their turns reading books about being different. Superintendent Brian Dunn stopped by Lori Malara’s kindergarten class to read “Isabel and Her …
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Edited to correct the number of years. After 23 years working for the Pine Bush Central School District, I have made the decision to retire after the 2024-2025 school year. After sharing my plan with the Central Office leadership team, the superintendent, his team, and I had a discussion about creating a meaningful succession plan …
This is a reminder that tomorrow, Friday, March 22, is a superintendent’s conference day. There is no school for students. Next week is spring recess. Schools are closed Monday, March 25, through Monday, April 1. Students return to school on Tuesday, April 2. Finally, all students in the district will have a half day on …
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This morning, Wednesday, March 20, a parent from Circleville Middle School reported a potential threat to an individual student that was made on social media. Administrators investigated the threat immediately and determined it was credible. They notified law enforcement and are continuing their investigation. The district will impose appropriate consequences as allowed in our district’s …
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The unified bowling team celebrated a very successful season with a pizza party Monday, March 11. Athletic Director Jen Evans, Coach Mike Terwilliger and all who partnered to make this team such a success – Marie Tobin, Brian Heller, Diane Higgins, Julie Salisbury, Ashley Jennings and Marisol Burgos – provided the party so that the …
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