We will experience a near total solar eclipse in our location on Monday, April 8. This phenomenon will be created when the moon passes directly between the earth and the sun. The sun will become nearly fully blocked by the moon at approximately 3:25 p.m. on this day and it will become dark. …
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Pine Bush High School juniors Tiara Bernard and Leah O’Donnell were among 34 students honored at the Orange-Ulster BOCES’ 2024 Humanities Honoree Awards Ceremony held at the Otterkill Country Club recently. Tiara and Leah were nominated by staff at Pine Bush High School for the honor. The event celebrated students from throughout the …
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What a surprise for EJR fifth-grader Scarlett Voight! Scarlett was chosen as the winner of the Alcohol and Drug Awareness Council of Orange County (ADAC) essay contest and received her awards right in her classroom. Alayna Eisloeffel and Briana Todor from Tri-County Prevention Coalition, Lauren Savino from Orange County Stop DWI, Maryalice …
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Welcome April and welcome back from spring recess! See all that’s happening this month at EJR in the April newsletter!
Attention sophomores and juniors: The SAT exam will take place here at Pine Bush High School on Saturday, May 4. If you are interested in taking the exam, the registration deadline is April 19. A late fee will be applied after this date. You may register online at collegeboard.org . Please be aware that the …
On Monday, April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North America. Parts of New York State will witness this total eclipse. Here in the Hudson Valley, we will be able to see 93 percent of the sun hidden by the moon at around 3:25 p.m. It will look like night time in the …
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Circleville Middle School is participating in the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge. Our goal is to have 100 percent of our families signed up. Get more information here.
The Pine Bush High School lip dub is finally here! Just before winter break in December, 2023, the whole high school came together to produce a lip dub video and the entire school participated. Director Robin Evans and Principal Aaron Hopmayer, along with a terrific team, put this all together. The mood was …
Pine Bush High School senior Jessica Wells received a full Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Marine Option Scholarship to Penn State University. Jessica competed with more than 200 applicants and was one of six selected to receive this scholarship. This highly selective process only accepts 30 percent of applicants. In four years, upon graduation from …
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Congratulations to Ketura Rutty, Jahesa Stokes and Leticia Watson on being named as top 50 players by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York (BCANY). Our girls varsity head coach, Michelle Bouffard, was named Coach of the Year for Class AAA by BCANY. “Congratulations to Jahesa, Ketura and Leticia on achieving this distinction, …
