Odyssey of the Mind teams from Pakanasink, Crispell and Pine Bush High School are on their way to Syracuse today, ready to take on competitors from throughout the state. There was a pretty remarkable send-off for the Pakanasink team (who doesn’t love a parade!), and a police escort for the Crispell Middle School and …
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Pakanasink second graders recently published a book about the things they love. To celebrate this wonderful accomplishment, family members came to school to hear these budding authors read their passage about what they love. Families are the number one love in Suzanne Parker’s glass, followed by friends, cooking, soccer, skateboarding and being at the …
Our music students have been doing tremendous things! Have a listen at one of the songs they performed at the FAME (Families Assisting Music Education) Coffeehouse a couple weeks ago! Such talent!
Our district-wide art show was absolutely amazing! To have all that great artwork in one place was incredible. Here are a few photos from our wonderful Pakanasink artists! Great job to all!
Let’s get Virtually Speaking! Superintendent Brian Dunn starts his next round of online presentations with parents and guardians on Monday, March 27, kicking off with Circleville Elementary School families. Families signed up with School Messenger will receive the link to the presentation the day before their scheduled date (see below). Please look for it in …
Our district-wide art show was one for the books! Our students displayed incredible works, from painting to sculpture to pottery and more. Set up in the high school, all elementary schools displayed their work in the cafeteria. So many of the students searched the walls for their artwork, smiles coming over their faces as …
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Odyssey of the Mind teams from Pine Bush High School, Crispell Middle School and Pakanasink Elementary School finished first in their respective regional divisions and are now moving on to the state competition in Syracuse! The PAK team is coached by Terri Hatfield and worked on Problem 5 – The Most Dramatic Problem Ever. The …
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What better way to encourage reading in our younger students than to have some of the people they admire read to them! That happened on Thursday here in Pine Bush, which was Read Across America Day, a day schools across the nation celebrate reading and the adventures it brings to students. …
It’s all about inspiration! Jessica Torres provides inspiration to her art students at Pakanasink through exposing them to many different artists, art mediums, types of art and art styles. In her binders, she has a vast array of artists and their works. She encourages her students to look through them, as well as the examples …
It’s wonderful to see our younger students respond so amazingly to music! Mary Sousa, music teacher at Pakanasink, brings an infectious enthusiasm to her students. Throughout the school year she introduces them to different types of music and artists, instruments and styles. In February, she focused on music by influential Black musicians. in some cases, …
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