Halloween was fun and educational at Pakanasink! Teachers created an obstacle course where students had to do math problems, solve Halloween-themed riddles, choose correct punctuation and create a story all before taking part in the individual parts of the course. Students got to play hopscotch, cornhole, heel/toe stepping and put together a puzzle when they …

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The Wallkill East Rotary Club continued its tradition of helping our students on their road to greater literacy by presenting all third-grade students with dictionaries of their very own. It’s a tradition that goes back to the spring of 2008. Dr. William Bassett, a member of the Rotary and a former superintendent of Pine Bush …

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Pakanasink held its Start With Hello week Sept. 27-Oct. 1 with many different activities to help get kids to look out for each other and welcome others. There were posters throughout the building where students wrote their suggestions to scenarios such as “What would you do if you saw someone playing alone?” or “How can …

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There are new procedures for parents who drop off their students at Pakanasink. Please review them below. They are also posted on the Pakanasink Elementary Schedule page under PAK School Links. Kiss and Go Procedures 2021-2022 Parents enter Kiss and Go from Renton Road only. Parents must pull all the way up to the cone …

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There are some new faces on our teaching staff this year. Meet some of them here and give them a big Pine Bush welcome! Alyssa DiMaio will be teaching physical education at Pakanasink starting this school year. She did her undergraduate studies at SUNY Cortland and her graduate work at East Stroudsburg University. In her …

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The supply lists for grades pre-k through 5 are listed for Pakanasink Elementary School. Enjoy the remainder of the summer and we look forward to seeing your students on Wednesday, Sept. 1, the first day of school!

On this beautiful Friday morning,  PAK fifth-grade students celebrated their moving-up ceremony with family members, teachers and administrators. To watch the PAK ceremony, click here. Congratulations to all!

Calling all parents –  the PAK PTA is looking for officers!  Many hands make light work.  Please email pakptapresident@gmail.com if you are interested in becoming a board member.