Fourth graders in Stacey Venzel’s class at PBE had a special visitor recently: Joseph, aka Dumpy, an Australian white tree frog, who happens to live with math and science coach Aly Callahan. Students spent the past three weeks earning individual “Dumpy points” from Ms. Venzel based on their good choices.   They practiced the honesty …

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PBE hosted diversity week before the spring break. Part of the program was to show students the great diversity that has created the music we love. Principal Eric Winter and some of his fellow musician friends performed for the students, telling them the origins of different types of music. It was a fun and informative …

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STEAM coach Alyson Callahan joined Leilah Austin-Draitser’s fifth-grade class at PBE to talk about the solar eclipse. Students learned a lot of interesting facts about just what happens when a solar eclipse occurs  – the moon’s orbit brings it between the earth and the sun. The darkness we will experience is the moon’s shadow. Even …

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Katie Sternemann’s first graders read a book called “Robot Parts” as part of Diversity Week at PBE. It was written by a local author, Laura Aiello, who has type 1 diabetes.   The book is about a boy with type 1 diabetes going about his normal life – going to school, going on vacation, etc. …

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