Spanish version June 12th, 2020 To Our Beloved Orange County, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin All across our country, people of all colors and ages are exercising their constitutional right to speak out against injustice, including racial injustice. As a …
Good Evening, Tonight’s message is about a very important survey that we need every student to complete and about plans each school has developed to return personal belongings to students and collect any school property you might have at home. The Digital Equity Survey is our attempt to figure out who does and who does …
Each year, the Art Department holds an annual “Empty Bowls” fundraiser coinciding with our district-wide art show. It also hosts a senior art show. Since they were unable to physically do this, instead they have put together a virtual gallery in order to showcase the students’ efforts both in school and during this time of …
The Pine Bush Central School District has launched an online registration system for pre-K and kindergarten applications for the 2020-2021 school year. Parents or guardians wishing to register their children for either the pre-K program or for kindergarten for the upcoming school year, must click on Student Registration in the quick links at the bottom …
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Dear Pine Bush staff and parents, I have two messages for you tonight: the first is about the extension to our school elections and the second is about the process established for students to pick up their personal belongings and return school property. Today, the governor issued a new executive order modifying the due date …
Each school has announced its plan with dates for students to return school property and pick up their personal belongings that were left when school closed in March. Here is a master list for all schools, with dates and times for the pick-up and drop-off of materials. For more detailed information, go to your school’s …
Dear Pine Bush staff and parents, It’s a beautiful Sunday and I wanted to reach out to all of you because tomorrow begins the last week of instruction for our students in Pine Bush for this academic year. All teachers will be posting their final assignments up through Thursday, June 11. Our elementary students should …
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Dear Pine Bush staff and parents, Tonight’s message is about our school elections. Though the election is scheduled for next Tuesday, June 9, it is really already underway, since this year, it is being done completely by absentee ballot. By now, everyone entitled to an absentee ballot should have already received one, and if you …
Dear Pine Bush staff and parents, I write to you tonight with an update on our plans for graduation to honor the Pine Bush Class of 2020. Last week we conducted a poll of seniors and their parents, because we had heard so many requests for varied approaches to graduation. The results of that poll, …
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Dear Pine Bush staff and parents, I write to you tonight with a heavy heart. I have watched the news over the past week with a mounting sense of frustration and horror, and over the past few days I’ve seen some sickening social media posts from some of our very own students. Forget the coronavirus …
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