Author Gabrielle Balkan shares her love of maps and dinosaurs at PBE

Pine Bush Elementary students got to meet the author of such amazing and fun books as “What a Map Can Do,” “Who’s That Dinosaur,” “Book of Dinosaurs,” “50 Cities” and “50 States.” Gabrielle Balkan brought her books, artifacts, maps and just mesmerized her PBE audience! Ms. Balkan, who has published 17 books, explained to her …

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 …

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 …

Pine Bush Elementary School embraces diversity with a week of celebration!

Pine Bush Elementary School was bursting with color, creativity, and culture last week as students and staff came together for an unforgettable Diversity Week! The theme of the week centered around celebrating our differences by recognizing and respecting others. Throughout the week, students expressed their individuality and unity by designing unique puzzle pieces, wearing vibrant …

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 …

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 …

A delicious February is in store at our Pine Bush cafeterias

February is the month celebrating love and your students will absolutely love what’s being served at our school cafeterias. So many delicious, homemade meals! Click here to check your school’s menu. And remember – meals are free to all students in the district. Let them give it a try! 

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Pine Bush Central School District
State Route 302, Pine Bush, NY 12566
Phone: (845) 744-2031
Fax: (845) 744-6189
Joseph Lenz
Superintendent of Schools
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