April is National Poetry Month! April 27, in particular, was Poem in Your Pocket Day. Many of our students had a great time writing and sharing their own personal poems. EJR first-graders were extra excited to share their poems with each other. They made their very own “pocket,” which hung from a string around …
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This past weekend all four elementary schools and our two middle schools had students perform in the OCMEA Elementary All-County Music Festival at Twin Towers Middle School. Pine Bush had 29 students participate in the festival in band and chorus. An extra special honor was having three students from our district selected to do solos …
The EJR PTA Annual Car Show is being postponed from this Saturday, April 29, to Saturday, May 6. The rain date is Sunday, May 7.
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EJR students had an awesome showing in the ADAC annual Substance Abuse Prevention Essay Contest. Fifth-grade student Allis Friel placed third overall in the Grade 1-6 category and eight EJR students received honorable mention: fifth-graders Gavin Garcia, Jace Glielmi, Caitlyn Kessler, Michaela Mataraza, Aaron Pabon, Ariella Patras, Donald Regan and fourth-grade student Max Taylor. Way …
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Let’s get Virtually Speaking! Superintendent Brian Dunn starts his next round of online presentations with parents and guardians on Monday, March 27, kicking off with Circleville Elementary School families. Families signed up with School Messenger will receive the link to the presentation the day before their scheduled date (see below). Please look for it in …
Our district-wide art show was one for the books! Our students displayed incredible works, from painting to sculpture to pottery and more. Set up in the high school, all elementary schools displayed their work in the cafeteria. So many of the students searched the walls for their artwork, smiles coming over their faces as …
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Enjoy the living museum created by our third-grade students at EJR. Students selected a famous person they admire, did the research on their life and then wrote a short biography. Family and staff members came by to visit the museum and learn about these important figures. It was a great learning experience for the students, …
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Students in Megan Collins and Laura Bronson’s second grade class at EJR are authors! And they celebrated that fact by sharing their informational writings with each other and their families. Each of these curious kids chose an occupation, did deep research about it and then wrote their book about it. They invited their parents/guardians …
What better way to encourage reading in our younger students than to have some of the people they admire read to them! That happened on Thursday here in Pine Bush, which was Read Across America Day, a day schools across the nation celebrate reading and the adventures it brings to students. …
