The Pine Bush Central School District Board of Education announced Tuesday night that Joseph Lenz will be the district’s superintendent, beginning July 1, 2025. The name and face are probably familiar since Lenz has been assistant superintendent for business in the district for the past three years. Most staff and many parents/guardians and …
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They are on their way! The Odyssey of the Mind theatrical team from Circleville Elementary School and the Pine Bush High School/Crispell Middle School structure team are on their way to Syracuse for the state competition! The teams left around 10:30 this morning, with competition to commence first thing in the morning at the …
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Pine Bush High School was alive with music as the district hosted its second annual All-District Music Day. Music and chorus students from Crispell Middle School and Circleville Middle School, along with fifth-graders from all elementary schools met in the high school auditorium on Thursday, March 27, to share ideas, learn from other …
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The board of education recognized scholar athletes from the winter season at its March 25 meeting. Individually, students must maintain a 90 or above grade point average to qualify as a scholar athlete. Teams qualify as scholar athlete teams when the average GPA of the top 75% of the roster is greater than or equal …
It’s Autism Awareness Month! You may notice that many of our local businesses have colorful puzzle pieces, hearts and infinity symbols painted on their windows to help with the effort of spreading awareness of the disorder that approximately 1 in 36 children and millions of adults live with every day. Pine Bush SEPTSA …
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The Pine Bush community came together last Wednesday for the annual senior citizen dinner and show. Senior citizens from throughout our community, 126 in all, came to Pine Bush High School for a full turkey dinner with all the trimmings and dessert. Seventy-five volunteers from the district did the work, from prep and …
For the past thirty-five years, in honor of Sojourner Truth, Orange County Community College has celebrated its youth by awarding them for their achievements. The college continues to recognize the accomplishments of these deserving students in grades 6-12 and encourage college attendance as an option for students from groups traditionally under-represented in the college population. …
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Our community food pantry at Pine Bush High School has been a busy place. Coordinated by Katie Carson-Decker, a social worker at the high school, it has served our entire district community since November, 2022. Ms. Carson-Decker was busy packing bags of food recently as part of something new at the pantry – the backpack …
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Our district promotes voting because we know our nation is stronger when more voices are heard! With that in mind, representatives from the League of Women Voters visited Pine Bush High School to promote voter registration to our students. Pine Bush welcomed Ann Toner and Anne Sandro from the LWV to give students …
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Members of the Pine Bush High School football team traveled to the district’s elementary schools to celebrate Read Across America Week. They read children’s classics to the younger students and had the opportunity to visit with some of their former teachers and administrators. The younger students truly enjoyed their guest readers. They had …
