The career fair at Pine Bush High School Thursday was a big success! Students in grades 10, 11 and 12 had the opportunity to meet with representatives from 18 businesses and organizations, including Howmet Aerospace, the New York State Police, Adams Fairacre Farms, Hudson Valley Bookkeeping and Universal Technical Institute, to name just a …
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The Pine Bush Fire Department has responded to an alarm at PBHS that went off because of a faulty smoke head. Firefighters are on the scene to clear the building and students will resume their regular schedules.
It was a really big day for Jahesa Stokes and her family Tuesday, April 23. The Pine Bush High School senior and stand-out point guard signed her letter of intent to play college basketball for Dominican University on a nearly full scholarship. A large group of family and friends gathered in the PBHS library …
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Six candidates will be on the ballot May 21, 2024, for two board of education seats. Here are short biographies of each candidate in the order in which they will appear on the ballot. Shauna Best Commercial Planner, Town of Wallkill; former owner and director Very Best Preschool Lives in Wallkill; district resident for …
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New York State Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado paid a visit to Pine Bush Friday, meeting with Superintendent Brian Dunn at the district office and visiting Pine Bush High School afterwards. Board President Gretchen Meier and board members Erik Buckley, Kristi Kheiralla and Matt Watkins, as well as district and high school administrators greeted …
Author Susan Swiat paid a visit to Circleville Elementary School recently, sharing her book, Grandpa’s Garden, with several of the younger classes. Swiat, a retired physical therapist who once worked for the Pine Bush School District, wrote the book about her grandson, BJ, who just didn’t like vegetables. His grandpa asks BJ to help …
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An amazing trip for our Pine Bush High School Youth Empowerment and Sustainability Skills (YESS) and National Honor Society students on Friday as they went to the Bashakill Wetlands and Mamakating Environmental Education Center (MEEC). Just days before Earth Day, the trip had special significance as the students learned so much about their environment. …
Robin Conklin and Cara Robertson will receive Mid-Hudson School Study Council (MHSSC) Awards for Excellence this May. Robin Conklin will receive the Teaching Excellence Award. Cara Robertson will receive the Excellence in School Board Service Award. Superintendent Brian Dunn paid a surprise visit to Ms. Conklin in her fifth-grade class at Circleville Elementary School Wednesday …
The Pine Bush Central School District Board of Education adopted the 2024-2025 budget Thursday night, April 18, a $141,504,647 spending plan that maintains all existing academic, co-curricular and athletic opportunities for our students. The budget details The proposed tax levy will increase by 2.96 percent or $1.825 million, for a total of $63,387,542. This budget …
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Seth VanGaasbeek’s third-grade students at CES, as well as passersby in their hallway, had an interesting and fun lesson about dinosaurs that culminated in a dinosaur race! During the lesson, students learned about fossil dinosaur tracks and that they reveal how quickly a dinosaur was running. Students figured out if they could have won …
