Art students at EJR are focusing on the artist of the year – Vincent Van Gogh. Visual arts teacher Heidi Meier said the students learn about a different artist each year. Recently, fourth-graders worked on a fiber arts project – specifically weaving – complete with recycled CDs, all influenced by Van Gogh’s Starry …
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EJR kindergarten students got to experience holidays from around the world without even leaving their building! The students made their own passports and had them stamped as they explored from one classroom to the next. Ellie Cassidy welcomed each class into her classroom where they learned about the holiday traditions of Mexico. A …
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Here’s what’s for breakfast – and lunch – at Pine Bush schools in January! Pre-K Elementary K-5 Middle School High School Click here to learn more about our school nutrition department.
The Pine Bush Central School District is now accepting applications for the anticipated full-day universal pre-kindergarten program for the 2025-2026 school year. To participate in the pre-kindergarten program, children must be residents of the Pine Bush Central School District, and must be 4 years old by Dec. 1, 2025. Should we have more applicants than …
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The John Lennon Real Love Project is a songwriting workshop in which participants compose their own songs and open their hearts and voices. The project came to EJR for the very first time this year, as the fifth graders participated, writing their own lyrics to a Lennon classic, “Real Love.” Each fifth-grade class …
The Balloons Over Broadway project at EJR involved art, persuasive writing, reading and robotics, all culminating into this one amazing activity! Fourth-graders read about Balloons Over Broadway: The True Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade” by Melissa Sweet. The book is about Tony Sarg, the man who invented the puppets that the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade displays each …
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What’s for lunch? Find out here! The December menus are posted on our website.
EJR hosted its AIS Family Engagement Night on Nov. 14 with so many families participating! For reading, the Academic Intervention Services (AIS) team chose phonics for their kindergarten first and second-grade students, strategically adding resources that would help parents to foster and match the growth their child is making throughout the year. The goal …
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November is Diabetes Awareness Month and EJR had a Wear Blue for Diabetes Awareness Day this week to help raise awareness about diabetes. Kindergarten teacher Ellie Cassidy has had type 1 diabetes for 13 years. She and Hayley, an EJR student also with type 1 diabetes, took the opportunity to spread awareness about …
Megan Collins and Christa Konwisarz’s first-graders at EJR have been learning about veterans. They discussed the different branches of the armed service – army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard and space force – and what makes someone a veteran. They talked about what they would want to say to veterans in a …
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