The Pine Bush Fire Department brought high-energy action and life-saving lessons to EJR Elementary! Firefighters kicked off the exciting visit with an interactive demonstration on testing smoke detector batteries and reacting fast in an emergency. Students mastered crucial safety moves: staying low, testing doorknobs with the back of their hands, and practicing the all-important “stop, …
It was a pleasure to have Dr. William Bassett and members of the Wallkill East Rotary Club visit all four of our elementary schools to distribute dictionaries to our third-grade students! The effort is part of the Rotary Club’s Dictionary Project, an initiative to help improve literacy in students nationwide. It has also been …
Our staff at EJ Russell Elementary (EJR) were covered head to toe in temporary tattoos as part of a fun-filled fundraiser sponsored by the PTA. During the past week, students purchased tattoos during their free time and assigned them to staff members of their choice. The funds raised will go towards various activities throughout the …
The summer is still young and we hope everyone is enjoying it! If you happen to see some school supply sales, here are the supply lists for the 2026-2027 school year! Soak in the summer!!
EJR fourth-graders learned all about chicks this spring and had the opportunity to share that knowledge with the younger students. Lauren Nemeth’s class and Patricia Van Leuven’s class had the fertilized eggs incubating in their classrooms for the 21 days (or so) that it takes to develop, then started seeing the chicks emerge, pecking …
Again this year, the Pine Bush Central School District is sponsoring a Summer Meals To-Go program for children 18 and under. The program is funded by the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture. This program provides five-day meal boxes with a variety of fresh seasonal produce, bread or English muffins, whole grain cereal and cereal …
EJR fifth-graders enjoyed an energetic and celebratory moving-up ceremony Tuesday morning, as their families, teachers and friends cheered them on as they head to middle school in the fall. The fifth-grade band played beautifully to start off the ceremony and students cheered as their classmate received awards in art, music, band, chorus, library, physical education, …
Back in October, EJR third-grade teacher Sarah Levato got 125 brown trout eggs through the Trout in the Classroom program. Her students have been keeping a trout journal throughout the school year. They learned about the lifecycle of the trout and looked forward to them becoming fingerlings so they could release them. …
