It takes practice, but students in Julie Facciolla’s STEAM class at Circleville Middle School were able to move their elements, change color of objects, rotate them and ultimately create their own customized bookmarks using Tinkercad, an app for 3D design, electronics and coding. Ms. Facciolla demonstrated for her students how to manipulate their …
Derrick Frost is in his sixth season as the modified basketball coach at Circleville Middle School, where he teaches social studies. There have been ‘up’ years and ‘down’ years as one should expect as a coach, he admits, but this year is one of those years that’s really up there! Coach Frost and his team …
There was a lot happening and much to be accomplished at the joint meeting of the CVMS Interact Club and STEAM Club recently as the two groups are banding together for a fundraiser. On Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, the clubs will sell carnations during all lunch periods for $2 each. Students and staff may buy …
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 …
Let’s talk cells! That was the topic in Antonia Ciccarelli and Kate Shadrin’s seventh-grade class at CVMS recently where they did a cell membrane bubble experiment. The class is learning about cell membranes and how flexible and fluid they are. So they broke out the bubbles to see just how it all works. Bubbles …
The CVMS Media Club, led by advisor Anna Stroynick, produced a video as a result of this year’s Start With Hello and Unity Day activities. The group did some research and found that there are 13 different languages spoken by student in CVMS! The school’s Unity Day project delved into how to create unity here …
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 …