Families of the students in Stacey Venzel’s fourth-grade class at PBE were in for a treat recently. They visited the classroom as their kids finished their nonfiction reading and writing unit. It was a special unit for the students as they spent a month analyzing Ms. Venzel’s memoir, My Life in the Amazon, a collection …
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Art students at EJR are focusing on the artist of the year – Vincent Van Gogh. Visual arts teacher Heidi Meier said the students learn about a different artist each year. Recently, fourth-graders worked on a fiber arts project – specifically weaving – complete with recycled CDs, all influenced by Van Gogh’s Starry …
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Katie Cavallucci’s English as a New Language (ENL) class at CVMS made a word wall with some common vocabulary to reference. The students have been working on parts of speech, and Ms. Cavallucci broke them into groups and assigned a specific part of speech to each group – nouns, adjectives and prepositions. …
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Beginning Feb. 3, Pine Bush High School will launch an extended day program geared toward helping students recover credits from the first half of the school year. PBHS Principal Aaron Hopmayer and Assistant Principal Denise Tzouganatos presented the idea to the board of education, explaining that it may replace summer school, which is …
This eggs-periment surely got the attention of the pre-K students in Kathleen Murray’s class at Circleville Elementary School. Ms. Murray’s lesson Friday morning was about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday we celebrate on Monday, Jan. 20. Ms. Murray read the book “Martin Luther King Jr. Day” by Margaret McNamara. The students in …
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Pine Bush Elementary School celebrated the 80th day of school very creatively Thursday. The theme, of course, was the 80s! It was colorful and so retro! Students and staff embraced the throwback vibe with slouchy socks and headbands, neon colors and leg warmers. Coming up in no time, the 100th day of …
The board of education recognized the scholar athletes from the fall season on Jan. 14. A total of 104 athletes achieved the criteria, which requires a varsity athlete to maintain a grade point average of 90 or above during the fall athletic season. In addition, there were eight scholar athlete teams this fall. To be …
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EJR kindergarten students got to experience holidays from around the world without even leaving their building! The students made their own passports and had them stamped as they explored from one classroom to the next. Ellie Cassidy welcomed each class into her classroom where they learned about the holiday traditions of Mexico. A …
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Taking tests can be anxiety-inducing events to many students and adults. Pine Bush High School Spanish teacher Kristin Raucci has been helping alleviate that anxiety for several years now with her presentation “Taking Tests Peacefully.” Ms. Raucci has been giving this presentation since 2018. She’s gotten much feedback from students that the techniques she prescribes …
On cold Saturday morning in December, members of the Pine Bush High School Youth in Government attended and participated in a Wreaths Across America ceremony at the cemetery in Modena. This is an annual event that happens across the country and other parts of the world on the second Saturday of December. This …
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