Pine Bush has five Odyssey of the Mind teams moving on to the state competition in Binghamton on March 23 after first-place finishes at the Region 5 championships held Saturday, March 9, at Orange/Ulster BOCES in Goshen. Both Pine Bush High School teams took first place for their respective problems, OMER to the Rescue Again …
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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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Fourth-grade students focus on the history of New York in their social studies class so what better way to introduce the concept of informational and persuasive writing than by using the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a landmark event in New York. Students were given a note catcher and access to two digital stories: “Balloons Over …
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Imagine Harriet Tubman sitting next to Malala Yousofza discussing their lives and their struggles. Picture Henry Ford having a conversation with Mickey Mantle and JFK, or Steve Irwin getting some swim advice from Missy Franklin. Welcome to Jessica Herb’s fifth grade classroom. While many students were focused on the upcoming winter break, Herb’s students were transforming …
No Place for Hate is woven throughout our district All students in the Pine Bush School District take the “No Place for Hate” pledge each school year. “I promise to do my best to treat everyone fairly. I promise to do my best to be kind to everyone – even if they are not like …
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It’s become a tradition. Each year, the Wallkill East Rotary pays a visit to each of the four elementary schools in the Pine Bush Central School District: Circleville, Pakanasink, Edward J. Russell and Pine Bush Elementary. The group presents every third-grade student with a dictionary of their very own to keep. Dr. William Bassett, a …
All Pine Bush Central School District parents are invited to the Pine Bush High School auditorium on PBHS Open House night, Wednesday, Oct. 3, between 6:30 and 8 p.m. to visit the Hidden Mischief Room. Would you know what to look for if you suspected your teen of using drugs or alcohol? Take a walk through …
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Friday, August 24, 2018 This will be my last update on this very significant project. Once school had ended, we began to address the remaining rooms in the back hallway (where the main office had been relocated), following the same protocol we used for the rooms affected by the original January flood. The experts we …
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Get the general supply lists for all grade levels at Pine Bush Elementary School here.
