It was a proud day for Pine Bush Elementary School as 121 fifth grade students moved up to Crispell Middle School on Friday, June 15, at Pine Bush High School. Families, friends, teachers and administrators cheered the students on as the ceremony marked the end of their elementary education and the move up to Crispell. …
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Superintendent Update #4 Friday, June 1, 2018 A lot has happened since my last update. We have taken several additional steps to ensure that once this project is complete that the chance of future problems will be significantly reduced. First, we have sealed the cement slab beneath the floor of all the classrooms and hallways …
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New Grade-Level Requirements for Health Exams and Screenings on the Horizon Families will soon need to comply with new grade-level requirements for health exams and screenings. Beginning July 1, all new students enrolling in the district for the first time — along with children entering pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and …
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Superintendent Update #3 Monday, April 16, 2018 As you will be able to tell from the work summary posted within this update, we continue to make excellent progress in our remediation of more than half of the first floor. All zones have been deconstructed and received environmental clearance, and reconstruction is underway in nearly all …
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Superintendent Update #2 Monday, March 19, 2018 Our construction project at PBE continues to make good progress. Since I last wrote to you, work crews have deconstructed, applied anti-microbial and obtained environmental clearance, in most of Zone 1 (west hallway). They have also completed demolition and applied anti-microbial in all of zone 2 (north hallway), …
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Pine Bush Elementary Students enjoy their trip to the high school for reading, snacks and fun Celebrating Read Across America has become a tradition for most elementary schools. It honors Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, on his birthday, March 2, and promotes literacy. This year, the event was postponed to Friday, March …
Superintendent Update #1 Monday, February 26, 2018 Our construction project at PBE is making good progress. Since I last wrote to you about two weeks ago, our construction personnel have successfully erected a containment area, moved all classrooms to their new locations, cleared the main entrance and stairwell A for use, and removed most of …
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PINE BUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT February 8, 2018 Dear PBE Parent: I am writing to inform you of some pending construction at your child’s elementary school that will require us to take actions quite noticeable to our students, staff and visitors at PBE. I have authorized this construction to help guarantee the health and safety …
The day before winter break is often filled with anticipation for students. Their minds aren’t always on their school work. That is not the case in Jessica Herb’s fifth grade class at Pine Bush Elementary School. That’s because Herb’s class is very excited about this last day of school. It is their day to provide …
There is power in words. They are how we communicate. The Wallkill East Rotary knows the impact of words and that is why each year the club participates in the dictionary project where they buy and distribute dictionaries to third graders throughout the Pine Bush Central School District. “One of our service areas is ‘youth’,” …
