Fourth-grade students at Circleville Elementary School took part in the annual “Trick or Treat for STEAM”on Halloween, with activities that involved science, technology, engineering, art and math. They rotated through the four classrooms and completed a different activity in each: Creepy Crawler Catchers where they designed and built a trap for a “bat” using a …

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It’s Fire Safety Week! Our elementary students have been receiving visits and instruction from our wonderful Pine Bush Fire Department and Circleville Fire Department volunteers all week long. It’s been incredibly informative, and the students are inquisitive and engaged. At CES, Captain Jay Knosp and Firefighter David Wathe explained to the students that their company …

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Dr. Bill Bassett and the Wallkill East Rotary Club made lots of Pine Bush third-graders happy today. Dr. Bassett handed out dictionaries to each third-grade student at Circleville Elementary School and Pakanasink Elementary School, part of the Dictionary Project, a nearly-30-year-old project to help improve literacy in students. He will do the same at EJ …

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The book fair is something to look forward to for elementary students. Last week, Circleville Elementary School PTA hosted the Scholastic Book Fair, to the delight of the students. The gym was transformed into a library, with book shelves on every wall and down the center of the floor. There were so many wonderful books …

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Fourth-grade teachers at Circleville Elementary School – Kaylin Bourke, Lisa Quick, Andrea Urmston and Maria Gabrell – challenged their students to an early STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) exploration to “Help Harry.”   The students had to create a safe perch where Harry could look out over the classroom. They were limited to …

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