A special message from Principal Breheny for the 2022-2023 school year
As the 2022-2023 school year begins on Sept. 1, Principal Brian Breheny has a special message for PAK families! Here’s to a great school year!
Category: Pakanasink Elementary
PAK fifth-grade students are heading to middle school
We are celebrating our Pakanasink Elementary School fifth-grade students who are now on to middle school! These students have accomplished so much academically and socially, and have honed their skills in music, band, and athletics. All while getting through a pandemic! Interim Superintendent of Schools Donna Geidel reminded the students of how much they have …
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Here are your Pakanasink supply lists for the 2022-2023 school year
We hope you are having an excellent summer! It’s never too early to plan for the upcoming school year. Here are the supply lists for Pakanasink students for the 2022-2023 school year!
Watch the PAK Moving-Up Ceremony
Our PAK fifth-grade moving-up ceremony was a great celebration! Have a look at the video.
Pakanastars rock!
Each month at Pakanasink, students are chosen from their individual classrooms as Pakanastars! Based on certain criteria, the students who best exhibit the specific ideal are named Pakanastars! The Pakanastars for April were chosen based on their leadership skills. Pakanastars get to parade through the school as their classmates, teachers and staff come out into the …
PAK chorus rocks NYSSMA festival and earns the highest rating possible
The Pakanasink Elementary fifth-grade chorus, under the direction of Mary Sousa, earned an evaluation rating of Gold with Distinction for their performance at the NYSSMA Major Organization Festival at Wallkill High School on Tuesday, May 17. This is the highest rating possible and requires that students meet the qualifications of a gold rating “while having …
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Leadership is the lesson for fifth-graders at PAK
Lori Stapleton’s fifth-grade students at Pakanasink recently completed a social-emotional learning (SEL) activity about leadership. They watched videos about leadership and discussed the characteristics of a good leader. The students then worked collaboratively in groups to make posters demonstrating what they learned. The bonus: they got to work together responsibly, and each showed some of …
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Giving – and getting – some love from Mocha and Jack at PAK
Students at Pakanasink had the opportunity to meet some pretty special visitors recently as Miss Wendy and Miss Sam brought their friends Mocha and Jack, certified therapy dogs, to visit with the students. The students got to learn all about the pups, how they travel to different schools helping kids communicate and improve their reading. …
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PAK celebrates National Poetry Month with Poem in Your Pocket Day
April 29 was Poem in Your Pocket Day, a day to celebrate and share poetry. It is part of the April celebration of National Poetry Month. At Pakanasink, students created paper pockets for their original poems, giving them handy access when they wanted to share with a classmate or staff member. Students in all grades …
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STEAM activities encourage collaboration, communication and fun
Fun and learning are a great combination! Suzanne Parker’s second-grade students at Pakanasink recently had a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, math) day! The students went from one activity to another, in teams, creating, building, collaborating and communicating. The activities included: Create a maze with Legos that has a start and finish point for a …
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