Good evening, There have been several shifts in our current state of emergency that you should know about. The Governor has issued his own Executive Order that calls for all schools in New York State to be closed beginning tomorrow, March 18, and continuing until April 1. The executive order from Orange County ended on …
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Dear PB Colleagues, For everyone Donna Geidel sent an email this morning at 7:57 a.m . Anyone who plans to come to school tomorrow MUST read that email. It links to a document with specific times that staff can access the buildings on Tuesday to pick up their personal belongings, teacher Chromebooks and other lesson …
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Good evening, There have been more changes since my last message to you on Friday concerning the Pine Bush response to the state of emergency driven by the novel coronavirus. A clarification from the governor’s office this morning makes it clear that in order to have forgiveness for emergency days off related to the current …
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All Pine Bush Central Schools are CLOSED on Thursday, March 12, 2020.
Here is a comic from npr.org for children to better understand the coronavirus and its effects on different people.
The Pine Bush Central School District has chosen to use computer-based testing to administer the New York State assessments for grades 3 through 8 this month. Click here to learn more about the assessments from Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Donna Geidel and a guide from New York State on what parents need to know before …
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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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Click here for the March edition of the Crispell Middle School newsletter.
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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Crispell’s production of Frozen Jr. melted hearts at four different performances last weekend, one on Friday morning for all of the first grade students in the district. What a hit that was with this audience. The Disney favorite attracted people of all ages to a show whose lessons include the value of true friendship, letting …
