New Grade-Level Requirements for Health Exams and Screenings on the Horizon Families will soon need to comply with new grade-level requirements for health exams and screenings. Beginning July 1, all new students enrolling in the district for the first time — along with children entering pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and …
Continue reading “New grade-level requirements for health screenings begin July 1”
Edward J. Russell Elementary School second grade students had a special visitor last month when Sarah Archbald stopped by. Archbald is also known as “the water lady” since she teaches students all about water. Archbald is a conservation educator with the Orange County Water Authority. She provides a hands-on, interactive lesson about the importance of …
“Has anyone ever been not nice to you?” So many hands went up when Edward J. Russell Assistant Principal Richard Girgenti asked the question to the first graders assembled in the school’s cafeteria. They were there for an interactive assembly entitled “Stop Walk Talk.” Those are the directives when confronted by someone not being nice, …
There is power in words. They are how we communicate. The Wallkill East Rotary knows the impact of words and that is why each year the club participates in the dictionary project where they buy and distribute dictionaries to third graders throughout the Pine Bush Central School District. “One of our service areas is ‘youth’,” …
Leading by example. That’s what comes to Lauren Nemeth’s mind as she watched her fourth grade students at Edward J. Russell Elementary School sign the No Place For Hate pledge last Friday. “It’s important that teachers are the first to sign, to lead by example,” said Nemeth after signing her own name first on the …
