PBE student council members presented a No Place for Hate activity to all classes this week. The lesson: be an upstander, not a bystander. An upstander is someone who witnesses bullying, injustice, or harassment and takes action to intervene, support the student, or stop the behavior. A bystander observes these incidents and recognizes them …
Three Pine Bush teams are heading to the state competition in Syracuse for the Odyssey of the Mind state competition on March 21, after the Region 5 competition at OU BOCES on Feb. 28. CVMS took on problem 5, Taller Tales of John Jivery, and took first place in their Division 2. Circleville Elementary …
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Monday was an exciting day here in our Pine Bush elementary schools. Members of the Pine Bush High School football team traveled to the district’s elementary schools to celebrate Read Across America Week. They read books to the younger students – classics, funny ones, newer books and books the kids already know and love. A …
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Friday, Feb. 13 was our 100th day of school here in the Pine Bush Central School District! Woo hoo! Our younger students in the elementary schools celebrated by dressing like 100-year-old people, which is always a highlight of the day. It also included lots of 100-centric educational activities. Like sorting and stringing …
Jennifer Laubach and Jess Fobert’s second graders at PBE had a very special Valentines celebration, all about them! A couple of weeks ago, Ms. Laubach sent a request home to each family to please write a favorite memory about their child and send it in with a baby picture. Ms. Laubach had a …
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Let’s eat well! February provides some great choices for breakfast and lunch for all our students at no charge! Have a look at your child’s school menu here and plan on some delicious and nutritious school meals all month long!
Crispell Middle School students will bark, caw, roar, meow and sing about kindness to animals with their production of Doctor Dolittle JR this February. Antelopes will lope, ostriches will fan, and kangaroos will do what kangaroos can, when students from Crispell Middle School present Doctor Dolittle JR. This whimsical musical follows the adventures of …
Fourth-graders at PBE gathered in the cafeteria to welcome members of the local American Legion. Seven Legion members introduced themselves to the students, telling them about their backgrounds and their history in service to our county. The veterans showed a video and then talked to the students about why it’s important to be …
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One of the learning goals for fourth-graders at PBE this year is to improve their keyboarding skills. That includes setting goals for accuracy and speed – 90 percent accuracy and 20 words per minute – and maintaining proper form on their keyboards: having their hands on the correct sides of the keyboard, keeping their fingers …
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Our fifth-grade students at Pine Bush Elementary and Pakanasink Elementary recently took part in the John Lennon Real Love Project! It was a wonderful experience for them. The project, which is offered through the Theatre Within, gives the students a way to express themselves creatively by rewriting the lyrics to Lennon’s song, Real Love. They …
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