Category Archives: Elementary School

students stamp thumbprints onto cat statue

Students Leave Their Mark On “Pawprint”

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Catskill Elementary School students painted a cat statue for this year’s Cat’n Around Catskill event put on by the Heart of Catskill, so keep your eyes peeled around town for Pawprint the CES Cat! Our “CES Paw Prints to Success” project was sponsored by the Catskill Teachers Association and developed by art teacher Jennifer Allison, […]

students hold up lava lamps they made

CES Science and Health Fair

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Catskill Elementary School’s annual Science and Health Fair, held May 11th and May 12th at the school, was a huge success. The gym was packed with members of the community, parents, and students who came out to see over 60 student projects covering a variety of interesting health and science topics. The projects, presented by […]

Dr. Cook talls with student about project

Expert Fair

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Are you an expert? Our 2nd graders certainly are! On April 27th they hosted an Expert Fair in the cafeteria to show off their knowledge on a topic of their choosing. Along with parents and faculty, Catskill’s next superintendent, Dr. Cook, dropped in to check out the fair!

Even Gottfried Family Music on stage at CES

Music & Movement!

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Evan Gottfried Family Music put on a special show for Catskill Elementary pre-k and kindergarten students on April 13th. The duo’s visit to CES was an enriching music and movement experience that the children really enjoyed. Evan and his wife, Maggie, led our youngsters through a whole bunch of fun songs and had all our students trying […]

CHef talking to students

Career Exploration

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Catskill Elementary School held a career exploration day on April 13th for our fourth and fifth grade students. Lots of community members visited our school to talk to students about their jobs. Our career guests included meteorologists Heather Morrison from Spectrum News and Christina Ernie from WTEN (who brought along WTEN’s storm-chaser vehicle), NY National […]

Catskill elemetary students compete at Odyssey og the Mind

CES Heads to NYS Odyssey of the Mind

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A team from Catskill Elementary School is heading to states after their stellar performance at the Region Four Odyssey of the Mind Tournament hosted March 25 at Coxsackie-Athens CSD. Coordinated locally by Questar III BOCES, Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational competition that encourages students to use their imaginations and work as a […]