Rotary gives the gift of words

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 …

PBE Moisture Mitigation Project – Final Update from Superintendent Tim Mains

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 …

PBE Moisture Mitigation Project – Update #4 from Superintendent Tim Mains

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 …

New grade-level requirements for health screenings begin July 1

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 …

PBE Moisture Mitigation Project – Update #3 from Superintendent Tim Mains

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 …

PBE Moisture Mitigation Project – Update #2 from Superintendent Tim Mains

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), …

Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss

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 …

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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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