UPDATE: Miss the Odyssey awards live stream? Watch the video here! Tuesday, May 4, we are recognizing our Pine Bush students who participated in Odyssey of the Mind. The awards and recognition ceremony will be held at Pine Bush High School at 5 p.m. with health restrictions in place. However, if you would like …
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Have a look at what’s happening in May at EJR.
Swimming for Fitness at the Pine Bush High School pool runs Monday, May 3, through Thursday, June 10. This program is for swimmers who want to improve their skills. All students must be able to swim the length of the pool. The program is open Monday through Thursday each week. Ages 7-10 swim from 5 …
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Pine Bush Central School District Continuing Education is offering its Learn to Swim program for children ages 2 through 12 at the Pakanasink Elementary School pool. There are four levels of instruction: beginner, novice, intermediate and advanced. Session 1 runs from April 26 through May 19 on Mondays and Wednesdays or April 27 through May …
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Principal Elizabeth Halsey Sproul came through on her promise! Back in February, the EJR team launched its Reading Together program where teachers and families share reading aloud with their students/children. All students in every grade would read a book together with their teachers and families. Principal Halsey Sproul threw in some incentive: Everyone read the …
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Dear Pine Bush Families of Students in Grades 3-8: Earlier this year, the New York State Board of Regents petitioned the federal Department of Education for a waiver to cancel the Grades 3-8 Math and English Language Arts exams, as well as the Grades 4 and 8 Science exams. While the Department of Education has …
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The Pine Bush Central School District is working with Concerts in Motion to share their PEAK program with students in grades 3 through 7. The program – Performance Education Access Knowledge – takes place each Tuesday in April at 4 p.m. via zoom. The schedule for the remaining sessions is: April 13 – Turning Obstacles …
Odyssey of the Mind teams from Pine Bush High School and EJ Russell Elementary School finished first in their respective regional divisions and are now moving on to the state competitions. All levels of this year’s Odyssey competition are virtual. Teams recorded their work and sent it off to the OOTM headquarters in New Jersey, …
UPDATE: The EJR team came in first place at the state competition on April 3 and is moving on to the world competition in May! Way to go EJR! The EJR Odyssey of the Mind team is going to states! The regional competition was done all virtually, as will the states and worlds, and the …
We celebrate reading throughout the year but we put a special emphasis during March when we celebrate Read Across America. Librarian Lisa Ruyack at Pine Bush Elementary shared some videos by authors with connections to Pine Bush as they read their books for all to enjoy. Jordan D. Brown The first author is Jordan D. …
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