The February newsletter is now available
Hey PBE families! The February newsletter is available here. Have a look at what is in store for your children during this very busy month!
Category: Pine Bush Elementary
Build those towers! PBE second graders take the tower challenge
We have some future architects and engineers here in Christine Erickson’s second-grade class at PBE! Ms. Erickson had her students work in teams to do a tower building activity for their science unit: material matters. The students were instructed to build towers with index cards and paper clips. They put their engineering hats on and …
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PBE hosts living museum as students delve into historical figures
Aaron Judge, Abraham Lincoln, Sally Ride and Dolly Parton shared the same stage at Pine Bush Elementary School as fourth-grade students participated in their annual Living Museum just before the December break. Students chose an array of historical figures, from our nation’s history, to sports and entertainment, science and space, as well as those who …
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Author, psychotherapist Thomas Kersting to speak to parents on the effects of cell phones and technology on students
Author and psychotherapist Tom Kersting will be speaking here in Pine Bush to students, parents and staff about technology and how it is impacting teaching, learning and our kids’ mental health. It is an important message all should consider. Kersting, who is based in New Jersey and lectures throughout the country on raising kids and …
Learning about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Second-graders in Demitra Bowen’s class at PBE spent some time this week learning about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Students know they have a day off from school on Monday to honor Dr. King. Ms. Bowen helped them discover why. Ms. Bowen discussed with the students just who Dr. King was and what he did …
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Great winter games and educational fun at PBE AIS night
Pine Bush Elementary School hosted a winter AIS (Academic Intervention Services) evening with lots of fun activities, all promoting learning! The reading activities focused on the phonics skills the students have been working on in their AIS groups. The youngest learners played matching games to focus on letter identification, while students in grades 1 through …
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Fifth-grade students talk weather with cloud in a bottle experiment
STEM coaches Alyson Callahan and Leilani Howard worked with fifth-graders at all four of our elementary schools on the cloud in a bottle experiment, ultimately giving them a better understanding of air pressure, temperature, clouds and their effects on each other. The students worked in pairs, all with their safety goggles intact. They each had …
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Mindful art encourages students to express themselves
Pine Bush Elementary School partnered with Bethel Woods Center for the Arts for an eight-week program bringing mindful art into three of its classes, including Sue Johnson and Leanna Ponsolle’s kindergarten class. Each 30-minute session had Candace Rovela, lead teaching artist and senior program manager of Museum Education and Creative Programs at Bethel Woods, talk …
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New, delicious offerings for breakfast and lunch – and grab-and-go breakfast starting this week
Not only are breakfast and lunch free to all students at all schools here in Pine Bush, there are some new offerings available as well as grab and go breakfast carts coming to all elementary and middle schools! That’s right, students in our elementary and middle schools won’t have to go to the cafeteria for …
Fourth-graders learn about New York tribes on Native American Day
Jennifer Laubach, Catherine Stevens and Jessica Fobert[‘s fourth-grade students at PBE celebrated Native American Day on Nov. 21. The students learned about the Native American tribes from New York through making crafts and playing games. They made wampum belts of their own design and learned that these belts were used as a sign of good …
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