Proud parents and friends filed into Circleville Middle School on Monday, June 18, with excitement and pride as their fifth graders from Pakanasink Elementary School prepared to walk across the stage, ending one chapter of their education to begin another at this very middle school. Principal Brian Breheny and Assistant Principal Colleen Delles commended this …
New Grade-Level Requirements for Health Exams and Screenings on the Horizon Families will soon need to comply with new grade-level requirements for health exams and screenings. Beginning July 1, all new students enrolling in the district for the first time — along with children entering pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and …
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Pakanasink Elementary School held its Science and Innovation Fair on Thursday, March 15, to highlight the science experiments created by their students in grades kindergarten through five. Students were encouraged to use the scientific method to form a hypothesis, list their materials and methods, then present data and results. Students exhibited their display boards and demonstrated hands-on …
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On Thursday evening, March 15, 2018, Pakanasink Elementary School held its Science & Innovation Fair to highlight the science experiments created by their students in grades kindergarten through five. Students were encouraged to use the scientific method to form a hypothesis, list their materials and methods, then present data and results. Students exhibited their display boards …
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Members of Pakanasink’s Student Council/No Place For Hate team put their “Kindness in Action” with their 2018 edition of Stop-Walk-Talk. This is Pakanasink’s anti-bullying program, which was adopted by the school last year. This year’s presentation was just as thought-provoking as the one that kicked off the program last year. The theme for this presentation …
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There is power in words. They are how we communicate. The Wallkill East Rotary knows the impact of words and that is why each year the club participates in the dictionary project where they buy and distribute dictionaries to third graders throughout the Pine Bush Central School District. “One of our service areas is ‘youth’,” …
