Brenda Stack’s first grade class at Pine Bush Elementary had a great learning experience recently, programming Cubetto, a wooden robot that helps children learn the basics of computer programming. The students were right on target, programming Cubetto to turn left, go straight, make a right, bringing it to the place they had intended! …
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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There is always excitement at the beginning of March here in Pine Bush. Why? It’s Read Across America Day and Week! March 2 is a day to celebrate – it is Theodor Seuss Geisel’s birthday (aka Dr. Seuss), who wrote more than 60 children’s books, including many classics. The tradition at Pine Bush …
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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. …
Now this is how to learn about fractions! Third-graders in Dina DiNoto, Melissa Leonardo, Michele Galvin, Meghan Cronin, and Pamela Gruner’s classes at Pine Bush Elementary had a very memorable lesson on fractions using pizza! They used paper pizzas with toppings to visualize the concepts – and they had fun doing it. …
What an incredible art show at PBE last week! Lisa Poquette, the Pine Bush Elementary art teacher, hosted the school-wide art show, showcasing about 650 pieces of art. Art from every student from pre-K through fifth grade was on display! It was a wonderful evening for our budding artists and their proud families.
Students from the Crispell Middle School Students Making A Difference Club teamed up with chorus members to spread some cheer on Valentine’s Day with a surprise visit to the district office to share some songs. Then the group headed over to Pine Bush Elementary to work with pre-K students on the positivity project. …
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Pine Bush Elementary Student Council members went to all classrooms in the building to make presentations about respect. It was a No Place for Hate exercise that included all grade levels. The student council reps talked briefly to each class, getting feedback from the students about ways to show respect to themselves, their peers …
There was a special celebration Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Stacey Venzel and Jessica Fobert’s class at Pine Bush Elementary. It was Clemmy’s birthday! Clemmy is the now six-year-old guinea pig that is beloved by the class! As part of the celebration, the students had creative choice on their project – they could do a research …
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