Five Pine Bush High School students, all current or former English Language Learners (ELL), are participating in the Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute, an innovative collaboration with the New York State Assembly/Senate Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force. The students – Valentina Adarve Quiroga, Isabella Gallego Herrera, Santiago Herrera Cacres, George Lozano and Ricardo …
Pine Bush Central Schools welcomed New York State Senator James Skoufis on Thursday, Dec. 21, to celebrate a $50,000 grant which was used to upgrade science classrooms in the district. The grant was spearheaded by Science Department Chairperson, Dr. Michael Raucci, who worked with Skoufis to bring the funds into the science classrooms. …
Pine Bush High School Youth in Government was invited again this year to lay wreaths on veterans’ graves for the annual Wreaths Across America that took place on Saturday, Dec. 16. The group went to a cemetery in Modena, NY, where there are 200 veterans laid to rest. Two of our Youth in Government members …
In Ashley Michelitch’s English 12 class at STARS Academy, students study Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein over the course of 10 weeks. Their culminating project is a mock trial, in which students utilize several skills including reading, writing, speaking, listening and language to meet their learning targets and answer the essential questions for the unit which is: …
Kristin Raucci had a special guest at the most recent Wellness Club gathering. Retired Crispell math teacher and craft aficionado Betsy Byrnes joined her and a large group of students for some holiday crafts and self-care. The students made hand warmers, relaxing reindeer bath, hot chocolate packets and stamped gift tags. The room smelled …
Thanks to the generosity of the Pine Bush community, along with coordinated efforts among the social workers in all of our Pine Bush schools, the Pine Bush High School Food Pantry is providing 116 food baskets for families in our community this holiday season. That is much-needed help to 116 local families. The Positivity …
UPDATE: WHMT is having signal issues and recommends we watch on the live linear stream – https://www.wmht.org/live/ Back in November, PBS producer Catherine Rafferty and videographer Kyle Miller of WMHT in Troy, N.Y., worked out of Dan Edwards’ classroom at Pine Bush High School. The media professionals were producing a story about artificial intelligence – …
Julia smiles as she moves through the hallways of Pine Bush High School, among the crush of her fellow students rushing to their next class. New to the school, she is definitely getting to know her way around PBHS much better than when she started in September. Still, it is a new experience for her, …
Pine Bush High School inducted 110 students into its National Honor Society Thursday evening, Oct. 5. Ninety-one juniors and 19 seniors were honored for their academics as well as their character, leadership and service. The criteria for students to be invited for membership in National Honor Society are: achieve a cumulative average of at least …
