PBHS,CVMS will start four days in-person learning Tuesday, April 20; awaiting approval for Crispell

Good evening Pine Bush families and staff, I’m calling with two important messages.  The first is an update to our plans for Return to More Learning – that’s what we’ve been calling the increase from two to four days a week of in-person or synchronous instruction. As you know, we had to pause our plans …

Regents exams scheduled; exemptions must be requested by Friday, April 16

Dear Pine Bush Families of Regents Students: Earlier this year, the New York State Board of Regents petitioned the federal Department of Education for a waiver to cancel this year’s Regents exams. While the Department of Education has not denied the waiver, it has not granted it either. For this reason, the New York State …

PBHS Odyssey Theatrical Team wins Renatra Fusca Award for creativity – and moves on to world competition

Pine Bush High School’s Odyssey of the Mind Theatrical Team is heading to worlds! Yes, the team that consists of Georgia Camacho, Victoria Knight, Korrina Poindexter, Madelyn Carpenter, Meryl Palinkas and James Sheeley and is coached by Bobbi Walter and Dan Aktas, finished second in their division at the state competition, which gives them a …

Pine Bush High School is offering four summer academies in 2021

Pine Bush High School is offering its summer enrichment academies in 2021. The academies offered in 2021 will include Aviation, Leadership and Law, Fine Art and STEM. The academies will run from Monday, June 28 through Wednesday, July 14, except for Leadership and Law which runs through Thursday, July 15.  The cost of each academy …

EJR, PBHS Odyssey of the Mind teams advance to states; all PB teams place in regional competition

Odyssey of the Mind teams from Pine Bush High School and EJ Russell Elementary School finished first in their respective regional divisions and are now moving on to the state competitions. All levels of this year’s Odyssey competition are virtual. Teams recorded their work and sent it off to the OOTM headquarters in New Jersey, …

A message from Principal Aaron Hopmayer regarding changes to instruction this spring

This is important information regarding the next phase of our Return to Learn planning for our students this spring. As we finalize our plans about when and how we can bring our students back to school for more in-person instruction, we may need to hear from you. In the coming weeks we will roll out …

Pine Bush student a member of OU BOCES team that wins third-place award in CyberPatriot competition

Pine Bush’s Oluseye Ilori was one of a team of four first-year students from the Cisco/CCNA Computer Networking Class at Orange-Ulster BOCES Career and Technical Education Center that placed third in the third round of the New York State Gold Tier CyberPatriot Competition . The competition is part of a cyber-education program conceived by the …

PBHS’s Maya Sullivan submits winning theme for ADAC’s 2021 Prevention Poster Design and Essay Contest

Congratulations to Maya Sullivan, a Pine Bush High School senior and CTEC student whose theme was chosen for the 2021 Prevention Poster Design and Essay Contest, a program of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) of Orange County. Maya received a certificate for submitting the theme that was ultimately chosen for the campaign. And it’s …

Athletic trainer Antonia Ciccarelli brings something special to home basketball games

The district’s athletic trainer, Antonia Ciccarelli, is usually found caring for our athletes, providing education on how to prevent injury and keeping them at their physical best. However,  lately Ciccarelli has been showing another of her talents.  At all home basketball games this season, Ciccarelli sang the national anthem.  And she is incredible! Here she …

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Phone: (845) 744-2031
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Joseph Lenz
Superintendent of Schools
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