Equality – what does it mean to fifth graders? Caroline Prydal, a fifth-grade teacher at Pakanasink, got her students talking about it after they watched the video of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech. The students listened intently to the speech. Their ideas of equality included …
The Alcohol and Drug Awareness Council of Orange County (ADAC is partnering with the Pine Bush Central School District on an innovative new approach to substance use and mental health. Read the letter from MaryAlice Kovatch, prevention director at ADAC: The Alcohol and Drug Awareness Council of Orange County (ADAC) is proud to be …
The pre-K students in Kathleen Murray’s class at Circleville Elementary school watched and listened intently to a video book,Martin Luther King Jr. Day by Margaret McNamara. The students in the book were young, just like them. They learned that Dr. King had a dream that all people would be treated equally and fairly. That was …
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Author and psychotherapist Tom Kersting will be speaking here in Pine Bush to students, parents and staff about technology and how it is impacting teaching, learning and our kids’ mental health. It is an important message all should consider. Kersting, who is based in New Jersey and lectures throughout the country on raising …
Second-graders in Demitra Bowen’s class at PBE spent some time this week learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Students know they have a day off from school on Monday to honor Dr. King. Ms. Bowen helped them discover why. Ms. Bowen discussed with the students just who Dr. King was and what …
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Elementary students throughout our district have some new wood puzzles thanks to the students in Dave Gibaldi’s wood processing class. Senior Nina Comacho, who has an independent study in wood processing this year, pretty much ran the process. She and Gibaldi came up with the idea of making toys for the younger kids in the …
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Pine Bush High School midterms and Regents exams commence on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, running through Friday, Jan. 26. Below is the schedule for all exams. Also, there will be modified busing during the midterm/Regents week. Students will be dismissed after their scheduled exam. 7:33 a.m. – normal arrival 9:35 a.m. – dismissal 11:40 a.m. …
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Crispell students had a wonderful visitor Monday morning. Everest, a two-year-old English Cream Golden Retriever, and his human Erin Wilder, stopped by for a couple of hours to bring his amazing personality and calmness to the students. Everest is a therapy dog, part of the Hudson Valley Paws for a Cause organization. The therapy …
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Pine Bush Elementary School hosted a winter AIS (Academic Intervention Services) evening with lots of fun activities, all promoting learning! The reading activities focused on the phonics skills the students have been working on in their AIS groups. The youngest learners played matching games to focus on letter identification, while students in grades 1 through …
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Let’s talk cells! That was the topic in Antonia Ciccarelli and Kate Shadrin’s seventh-grade class at CVMS recently where they did a cell membrane bubble experiment. The class is learning about cell membranes and how flexible and fluid they are. So they broke out the bubbles to see just how it all works. Bubbles …
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