May menus are filled with delicious, healthy choices
May is upon us! Have a look to see what’s for breakfast and lunch throughout the month at your child’s school.
Category: Pakanasink Elementary
Community art show puts our artists on display
Our district-wide art show was, in a word, amazing! Our students displayed incredible works, from painting to sculpture to pottery and more. And they had lots of fun. All elementary schools displayed their works in the cafeteria. with. many students eagerly searching the walls for their works of art to show their families. The Pine …
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Music in Our Schools Month celebrated with All-District Music Day
Pine Bush High School was alive with music as the district hosted its second annual All-District Music Day. Music and chorus students from Crispell Middle School and Circleville Middle School, along with fifth-graders from all elementary schools met in the high school auditorium on Thursday, March 27, to share ideas, learn from other teachers and …
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Autism Awareness is on display throughout our community
It’s Autism Awareness Month! You may notice that many of our local businesses have colorful puzzle pieces, hearts and infinity symbols painted on their windows to help with the effort of spreading awareness of the disorder that approximately 1 in 36 children and millions of adults live with every day. Pine Bush SEPTSA (Special Education …
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District senior citizens enjoy dinner and a (spectacular) show at Pine Bush High School
The Pine Bush community came together last Wednesday for the annual senior citizen dinner and show. Senior citizens from throughout our community, 126 in all, came to Pine Bush High School for a full turkey dinner with all the trimmings and dessert. Seventy-five volunteers from the district did the work, from prep and set-up, to …
Backpack program provides food weekly to students in need
Our community food pantry at Pine Bush High School has been a busy place. Coordinated by Katie Carson-Decker, a social worker at the high school, it has served our entire district community since November, 2022. Ms. Carson-Decker was busy packing bags of food recently as part of something new at the pantry – the backpack …
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PBHS football players venture back to their elementary schools to encourage reading
Members of the Pine Bush High School football team traveled to the district’s elementary schools to celebrate Read Across America Week. They read children’s classics to the younger students and had the opportunity to visit with some of their former teachers and administrators. The younger students truly enjoyed their guest readers. They had the opportunity …
Let’s have lunch! And breakfast!
The March breakfast and lunch menus are now available! Our School Nutrition Department has introduced many new and improved items. And of course all meals are at no cost to all students. Give them a try!
CES, PBHS/Crispell Odyssey teams advance to state finals
Two Pine Bush Odyssey of the Mind teams are heading to the state finals. The theatrical team from Circleville Elementary School and the Pine Bush High School/Crispell Middle School structure team took first place in their respective divisions Saturday at the Region 5 tournament at Orange-Ulster BOCES. Both teams will head to the New York …
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PAK celebrates 100 days of learning
It’s been 100 days of learning and reading and math and friendships! The school year just flies by. Kindergarten students at Pakanasink dressed the part of older people, with gray hair and pajamas, curlers and canes. There were some suspenders and caps around too! The day centered around the number 100 – students hunted for …