Mrs. Manzi’s second/third grade class at PBE designed and built bird feeders as part of a Mystery Science activity. The students in Mrs. Manzi’s class creatively used common materials, like cups, plates, sticks and clothespins to make the birdfeeders. Then they went outside and placed the feeders to help feed their feathered friends this fall. …
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Nov. 16 is SRP Recognition Day! The district honored all our school-related professionals, which includes behavioral aides, school monitors, teacher aides and teaching assistants, with a small token of appreciation – some sweets! Executive Director of Human Resources Angela Wise-Landman visited each school in the district handing out the bags of sweets that included the …
Pine Bush Elementary fifth-grade students learned a timely lesson about the history of Veterans Day. Students read about its history, how it started and why. Originally known as Armistice Day, Nov. 11 was a celebration of the end of World War I, which occurred on that day in 1918. In 1954, veterans’ groups requested that …
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This is the season for pumpkins and Tara Tuttle’s kindergarten class at Pine Bush Elementary learned so much about this functional crop. The students opened a pumpkin up and got to feel the inside of it. They learned that a pumpkin has seeds and flesh on the inside. They then made their own pumpkins out …
Learning about fire safety is so important. We are beyond grateful to the Pine Bush Fire Department for stopping by Pine Bush Elementary School this week to show our students some of the equipment they use to fight fires and save people in motor vehicle accidents. Our wonderful volunteer firefighters talked to the students about …
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A huge thank you to our custodial staff members who maintain our buildings and grounds and keep our students and faculty safe, especially over these past 19 months. Everyone is accustomed to our buildings being clean, sanitized, safe for everyone, day after day. That takes a tremendous amount of time and work. Our custodial staff …
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Lisa Ruyack, the library media specialist at Pine Bush Elementary, gives all the PBE students the challenge of reading for at least 40 days over the months of July and August. Students in grades kindergarten through 2 must read 20 minutes each day and those in grades 3 through 5 read at least 30 minutes. …
Mariann Bott, a math coach in the Pine Bush district, came to Tara Tuttle’s kindergarten class at Pine Bush Elementary to do a fun STEAM activity with the students. The class learned how to be engineers! After reading the story, “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,” a rhyming …
Pine Bush Elementary is welcome back students and staff, including some new teachers. Give them a warm Pine Bush welcome! Michele Galvin joins PBE as a third grade teacher. “I am so excited to join the Pine Bush family! One of the main things that drew me to Pine Bush was the amount …
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