Maram Saleh, a fifth-grader at Circleville Elementary School, is observing Ramadan, the holiest month of the year for those of the Muslim faith. During Ramadan, which runs from March 10 through April 9 this year, Muslims pray, commemorate the revelation of the Qur’an and fast from eating and drinking from sunrise to sundown. Fasting is …
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Classrooms around the district celebrated Pi Day on March 14. Pi, one of the most well-known mathematical constants, is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Pi will yield the result 3.141592654. It’s not exact. Pi is actually an irrational number – a decimal with no end and no repeating pattern. At …
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What a magical St. Patrick’s Day for the students in Amy Roepe’s pre-K class at Circleville Elementary School! The eager kids made their very own leprechaun traps – some at home and others in school. On Thursday, they set their traps in the hope of catching one of the cagey pixies. On Friday …
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Pine Bush High School gridiron stars made their way back to elementary school to help celebrate National Reading Month with our younger students, giving the message that reading is important throughout your life. The high school students broke into teams and headed to the four elementary schools. Many of the players were returning …
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Third, fourth and fifth-graders at Circleville Elementary School collaborated for an amazing project for Black History Month in February, that also carries through for Women’s History Month in March. Katie Galt, the librarian at Circleville Elementary School, gave each student a piece of the puzzle that would be put together to create a mural showcasing …
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Each month, Circleville Elementary School students in four classrooms have some special visitors: Mocha and Jack, certified therapy dogs, along with their humans, Samantha and Wendy. In February, Mocha and Jack visited Jamie Bennett and Beverlyann Feuerstack’s first grade classrooms as well as Lisa Quick and Kaylin Bourke’s in fourth grade. The students in …
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Students at CES kicked off the American Heart Association’s Kid’s Heart Challenge with an awesome and interactive assembly put on by Cara Donohoe, director of School Engagement for the American Heart Association. With the help of Jake Izzo and Janell Budd, CES’s physical education teachers, this assembly was put together to help kids understand the …
The pre-K students in Kathleen Murray’s class at Circleville Elementary school watched and listened intently to a video book,Martin Luther King Jr. Day by Margaret McNamara. The students in the book were young, just like them. They learned that Dr. King had a dream that all people would be treated equally and fairly. That was …
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Author and psychotherapist Tom Kersting will be speaking here in Pine Bush to students, parents and staff about technology and how it is impacting teaching, learning and our kids’ mental health. It is an important message all should consider. Kersting, who is based in New Jersey and lectures throughout the country on raising …
Our Circleville Elementary School fifth-graders were pretty excited to receive their certificates and a special gift for completing the Too Good for Violence program. The program, delivered by the incomparable Kevin Allen, is done through ADAC (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council). Mr. Allen is a certified prevention educator with a lifetime of experience in …
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