Fourth graders in Stacey Venzel’s class at PBE had a special visitor recently: Joseph, aka Dumpy, an Australian white tree frog, who happens to live with math and science coach Aly Callahan. Students spent the past three weeks earning individual “Dumpy points” from Ms. Venzel based on their good choices. They practiced the honesty …
Pine Bush High School’s Kyle Schneider has been named the New York Jets Girls Flag High School Coach of the Week Game Changer. Coach Schneider will receive a $2,000 donation to benefit the flag football program here at Pine Bush. He will also be invited to attend the Jets Play Football preseason game in August …
Chicks, chicks and more chicks! One of the most delightful signs of spring is the chicks! Fourth-grade students in Patricia Van Leuven and Lauren Nemeth’s classes at EJR recently learned just about everything about chicks. Ms. Nemeth got the newly laid eggs from Carol Shields Laskos at Amelia Acres Farm in Goshen. The …
A big shout out to the First Aid Club at Pine Bush High School. This group of dedicated students organized the blood drive last week and worked out all the details. Volunteers checked in the students who had appointments as well as the students and staff who were ‘walk-ins.’ They manned the snack table, making …
Seventh-grade students at Crispell Middle School had an amazing lesson about the Revolutionary War recently, with replica artifacts on display in their library. Librarian Lisa Ruyack procured the traveling trunk from American Battlefield Trust. The Traveling Trunk program is free of charge to educators and provides reproduction artifacts, clothing, documents, and other various materials …
The Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) club is bringing awareness to students about staying safe during this prom season and when driving anytime. Advisor Kathleen O’Malley and several of her club members manned a table outside of the cafeteria, educating students about the dangers of distracted driving, and using alcohol or other drugs …
Congratulations to Robin Conklin, Circleville Elementary School fifth-grade teacher extraordinaire! Ms. Conklin was honored with a teacher of excellence award by the Mid-Hudson School Study Council (MHSSC) at a reception at North Rockland. Ms. Conklin is known by her administrators, colleagues, students and their parents as a selfless, kind and dedicated teacher. She was joined …
The girls varsity lacrosse team had a special message to share at its game Tuesday: You are not alone. This was a dedication game, where the players and coaches highlighted awareness for student-athlete mental health. The message is part of “Morgan’s Message,” a non-profit named for Morgan Rodgers, a high-level athlete who quietly struggled …
There was a special visitor in Alexis Darro’s Life Skills class at Crispell Middle School recently. Dr. Charles Spero, a retired pediatric orthopedic surgeon, came in to talk to the class about what a pediatric orthopedic surgeon does for children. He used a slideshow and explained just what his job entailed. He explained that …
It was a device-free zone at the Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) club recently! The Pine Bush High School club has had a very productive and busy year. But on this particular day, they kicked back for an hour, disconnected from their devices and connected with each other! Advisor Kathleen O’Malley had snacks …
