And the verdict is … keep it! What started as a math enrichment project for five Pakanasink students turned into a school-wide campaign with students and staff weighing in on whether the smallest denomination of coin – the penny – should continue to exist. Michelle Pollack, STEAM coordinator and math coach, was working with the …
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Students at Pine Bush Central School District’s Pakanasink Elementary School got a lesson in dental health when Ronald J. Lowe III, a Pine Bush alumnus and fourth-year dental student at the University at Buffalo School of Dentistry, visited to talk dental hygiene. Lowe went to Mrs. Lowe’s pre-K, and the kindergarten classes of Mrs. Stelmaszyk, …
Pine Bush students represented their district with pride Tuesday, May 7, at the No Place For Hate Capital Region Recognition Ceremony, bringing home the Gold Status for each of the district’s seven schools, and one student – Crispell’s Hailey Korpai – being named a Gold Star student. Each of Pine Bush’s schools – Pine Bush …
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The following letter was received by the Pine Bush Central School District from the Orange County Department of Health regarding the measles outbreak in the county. A copy was sent home with all elementary students. STEVEN M. NEUHAUS COUNTY EXECUTIVE DR. IRINA GELMAN, DPM, MPH, PhDc COMMISSIONER COUNTY OF ORANGE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OFFICE …
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Spring is officially here and, with some luck, there will be no more wintry weather to delay or cancel school. The district has four unused days that were built into the school calendar and reserved for inclement weather. If there are no further emergency closings, those days will be given back to students, teachers and …
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The Pakanasink Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) team introduced a special award to help improve bus behavior. It is the Boss Bus Award and was presented to Mianda “Mia” Morillo and her students on Trip #28. “It is all …
If you think you are too small to make a difference, think again. That was the message for Pakanasink fourth and fifth graders in “Becoming an Ally.” Guest speakers Billie Grant and Alicia Ortiz from the Anti-Defamation League walked them through various scenarios showing how people can be bystanders, targets or allies in a situation …
Students in all four Pine Bush elementary schools participated in the Hour of Code, a world-wide initiative to encourage boys and girls to get involved in computer science. Circleville, EJR and PBE third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students all participated, while second- through fifth-grade students at Pakanasink had the opportunity to sit and try their hand …
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There has been much talk and we have received several inquiries about the unusual circumstances that caused us to have both a late arrival AND an early dismissal for secondary students only on Wednesday, January 30, 2019. We thought it might be helpful if we shared a bit more detail about the thinking behind these …
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