STEM coaches Alyson Callahan and Leilani Howard worked with students at all four of our elementary schools on the cloud in a bottle experiment, ultimately giving them a better understanding of air pressure, temperature, clouds and their effects on each other. The students worked in pairs, all with their safety goggles intact. They each …
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STEM coaches Alyson Callahan and Leilani Howard worked with fifth-graders at all four of our elementary schools on the cloud in a bottle experiment, ultimately giving them a better understanding of air pressure, temperature, clouds and their effects on each other. The students worked in pairs, all with their safety goggles intact. They each …
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In Ashley Michelitch’s English 12 class at STARS Academy, students study Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein over the course of 10 weeks. Their culminating project is a mock trial, in which students utilize several skills including reading, writing, speaking, listening and language to meet their learning targets and answer the essential questions for the unit which is: …
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Not only are breakfast and lunch free to all students at all schools here in Pine Bush, there are some new offerings available as well as grab and go breakfast carts coming to all elementary and middle schools! That’s right, students in our elementary and middle schools won’t have to go to the cafeteria for …
Fifth-grade students at Circleville Elementary School engineered bone bridges on Halloween! Here’s how it went: They broke into groups and had 45 minutes to create their bridges using Q-Tips, four popsicle sticks, one foot of string, four clothes pins, one pipe cleaner and marshmallows. Of course the marshmallows were used as an adhesive to help …
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American Legion Post 1181 members Barry Schnipper, Tom Nosworthy, Jim Scali and Paul Eurich paid a visit to Circleville Elementary School earlier this week to talk with fourth-graders about freedom and patriotism, and the responsibilities that come with them. Each of the men talked about their time in the service as the students …
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Dr. Bill Bassett and members of the Wallkill East Rotary Club brought smiles to the faces of many Pine Bush third-graders recently as they distributed dictionaries to each one of them. Dr. Bassett handed out dictionaries to all third-grade student at all four of our elementary schools: EJ Russell, Pakanasink, Circleville and Pine …
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Students and teachers celebrated Halloween at Circleville Elementary School this week, with some pretty creative costumes! The main office and nurse’s office went with the Grease theme, with Principal Kristin Slover and Assistant Principal Joe Prestianni as the team of Sandy and Danny, with the pink ladies – Kerrie Guitierrez, Cathy Spotomo, Kathleen …
Fourth-grade students at Circleville Elementary School took part in the 10th annual “Trick or Treat for STEM” on Halloween, with activities that involved science, technology, engineering and math. Students in Andrea Urmston, Kaylin Bourke, and Lisa Quick and Jaclyn Krauss’s classes rotated through the three classrooms and completed a different activity in each: …
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All students in the Pine Bush Central School District will be eligible for both breakfast and lunch meals at no cost to families starting Wednesday, Nov. 1. Assistant Superintendent for Business Joseph Lenz announced the news at the board meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24. “All students in the district will be eligible for no-cost meals …
