Pine Bush Central School District voters approved the $149,849,943 budget, with 65 percent of voters supporting this 2025-2026 spending plan. The three incumbent candidates faced no opposition for their seats on the board. Gretchen Meier, Erik Buckley and Dori Johnson will begin their new three-year terms on July 1, 2025. “We are incredibly thankful to …
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The Pine Bush High School/Crispell and the Circleville Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind teams are on their way to the world competition in East Lansing, Michigan! CES did its traditional clap-out for the team on Monday. Early Tuesday morning, several Odyssey team members and coaches gathered at CES to board a school bus to …
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A reminder to all parents and guardians – Pine Bush schools are closed Thursday, May 22, 2025 for all students and 10-month staff. This is a result of having one additional emergency closing day left over. As planned, schools will also be closed on Friday, May 23 and the entire district will be closed on …
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CES was buzzing on Friday, May 9, as family members arrived to the fourth-grade classrooms for the second annual poetry slam. Each of the three classes created programs for their guests, outlining the events for the afternoon. The difference between this slam and a traditional one is that there is no competition – the students …
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Members of our unified sports teams – basketball and bowling – were recognized by the board of education at its May 6 meeting. “Unified sports show us what we have in common,” said Jen Evans, the district’s athletic director. “It teaches us that everyone deserves a place on the team. We challenge each other, we …
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A festive afternoon and the color red was abundant as Ketura Rutty and Leticia Watson signed their letters of intent to play basketball and attend Dominican University in the fall. Both Ketura and Leticia are stand-out players on the court as well as for the Pine Bush flag football team. More importantly, they are excellent …
3D printing is a process that uses a digital file to create a physical 3D object. How exactly does that happen? That’s something students at Pine Bush Elementary are learning all about! Recently, Instructional Tech Darcy Kocsis teamed up with PBE Library and Media Specialist Vanessa Storey to do a 3D printing project with students …
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Jennifer Laubach and Jessica Fobert’s second-grade class at PBE had a special guest recently. The class has been researching ocean animals. According to their teachers, they have been working SO hard and are so proud of the work they’ve been doing. They used PebbleGo for their research and are currently working on making their own …
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It was a festive night at North Rockland Wednesday, May 7, as the Mid-Hudson School Study Council presented its awards of excellence. Pine Bush Interim Superintendent of Schools Amy Brockner received an Excellence in Educational Leadership award; district volunteer Raven Atria received an Excellence Award for Community Service; and Lisa Quick, a fourth-grade teacher at …
Second graders at Pakanasink Elementary School were researching landforms recently, but in a slightly different and exciting way. They were using the Jigsaw learning strategy, a cooperative learning technique where students are divided into home groups. Each member of the group takes a specific part of the lesson to master. Then all of the students …
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