March 10, 2020 Good evening, I’m calling with a Pine Bush update on the coronavirus. So far, we still have no known cases in our district, but that hasn’t stopped false rumors from spreading on social media. We did establish space in the high school today (and in the remaining schools tomorrow) where we can …
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CVMS Principal Lee Hankinson had 651 Valentine’s Day cards to delivery to Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney’s office this week which will be distributed to area veterans. Mrs. Hankinson’s goal was to get one Valentine’s Day card from each student and staff member in the building. She reached her goal! With 562 students and 89 staff …
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The New York State Department of Health and New York State Education Department commissioners have issued a joint statement regarding the coronavirus. They have requested we share it with our school district community. A new coronavirus called 2019 Novel (new) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was first found in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. This virus had not been …
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The student calendar for the 2020-2021 school year was adopted by the Pine Bush Central School District on Jan. 14, 2020. Click here for the calendar. It can be found on the district website under Parent/Community; there is a link to it on the right of the page.
Circleville Middle School placed second in the spoken word category of the Sandy Hook Promise Student Voices and Start With Hello Week school awards with a student-directed video depicting kindness and inclusion. The video was produced by the CVMS Media Club. School counselor Anna Stroynick is the advisor. The students expressed the three steps of …
Presentations to students Jan. 7-9; parent presentation Jan. 8 The Pine Bush School District is hosting a social media event with Josh Ochs, a marketing specialist who will share tips to create a positive online presence for students as well as protect their safety. Ochs travels the nation speaking to more than 30,000 students each …
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What a joyful gathering it was at Pine Bush High School when students and family members in the English as a New Language program shared their culture and celebrated the diversity of the district at the annual pot luck dinner. Cathy Aller, ENL leader for the district, welcomed everyone to the celebration and introduced her …
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Students at Circleville Middle School signed the Resolution of Respect to mark the No Place for Hate kickoff for the school year. Students in each classroom read the resolution before signing it. Then, it was displayed in each classroom. The Resolution of Respect reads: “We pledge from this day forward to do our best to …
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It is flu season. While the flu virus is here year round, it is most prevalent from October through February, lasting sometimes into May. The New York State Department of Health has issued “The Flu: A Guide for Parents.” Click here to go to the state website for tips on keeping your children safe and …
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After conferring with the Orange County Department of Health, we have been informed that our district must exclude students that have not met immunization requirements immediately. Parents with children who have not obtained all of the necessary shots have been notified. Their children cannot report to school tomorrow and parents will be called to pick …
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