PAK PTA can use your help!
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.
Category: Pakanasink Elementary
Celebrating No Place for Hate
Pine Bush is a No Place For Hate district , working with the Anti-Defamation League to combat bias and bullying as a means to stop hate. Our seven schools are part of the 1,600 nationwide that are part of the program working to make our school environments equitable and inclusive. Click here for the year-end …
Continuing Education is offering summer programs
The Continuing Education Department is offering summer programs for children. Click on each for more information. Swimming for Fitness – July 6 – Aug. 12 – Ages 10-18 Field Hockey – July 8-29 – for girls entering grades 3-8 Pre-Licensing Course – July 10 Volleyball Camp – Aug. 16-19 – for girls entering grades 3-12 …
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Important information regarding moving-up ceremonies, high school graduation, masks
Hello all Pine Bush families and staff, As promised, I wanted to outline our plans for moving-up ceremonies and high school graduation for the end of this year. Our moving-up ceremonies for fifth and eighth graders will occur for each school on the dates listed in our printed calendar and on our website, but the …
A tribute to our nurses
Talk about heroes. Wednesday, May 12, is National School Nurses Day. What can we say about our nurses. They have always been valuable to our district, providing professional medical care to our students and staff every single day of the school year. Our nurses provide wellness screenings and set up district blood drives. They coordinate …
Our teachers are super heroes!
Monday kicked off Teacher Appreciation Week and boy is this week one to celebrate! For more than a year now, our teachers have devised innovative ways to teach our students who are sitting in front of them in the classroom as well as those who are learning remotely through a computer screen. They have been …
Swimming for Fitness is being offered for kids ages 7-18 through Continuing Ed
Swimming for Fitness at the Pine Bush High School pool runs Monday, May 3, through Thursday, June 10. This program is for swimmers who want to improve their skills. All students must be able to swim the length of the pool. The program is open Monday through Thursday each week. Ages 7-10 swim from 5 …
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Continuing Education offering Learn to Swim classes starting in April
Pine Bush Central School District Continuing Education is offering its Learn to Swim program for children ages 2 through 12 at the Pakanasink Elementary School pool. There are four levels of instruction: beginner, novice, intermediate and advanced. Session 1 runs from April 26 through May 19 on Mondays and Wednesdays or April 27 through May …
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State assessments schedule for grades 3-8 announced
Dear Pine Bush Families of Students in Grades 3-8: Earlier this year, the New York State Board of Regents petitioned the federal Department of Education for a waiver to cancel the Grades 3-8 Math and English Language Arts exams, as well as the Grades 4 and 8 Science exams. While the Department of Education has …
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PAK second graders learn to be persistent and let their dreams fly
Suzanne Parker’s second grade class had some fun while participating in the Positivity Project (P2), part of the social emotional learning program. The character strength they were studying was the love of learning. As a class, they listened to the book, Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty. This is an excellent example of the love …
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