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. …
This is Diversity Week at Pine Bush Elementary School! On Monday special guest readers were welcomed into classrooms to read some wonderful books to our students. District personnel, local officials and police officers took their turns reading books about being different. Superintendent Brian Dunn stopped by Lori Malara’s kindergarten class to read “Isabel and …
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Pine Bush High School gridiron stars made their way back to elementary school to help celebrate National Reading Month with our younger students, giving the message that reading is important throughout your life. The high school students broke into teams and headed to the four elementary schools. Many of the players were returning …
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Do you like green eggs and ham? Students in Christina DeGrote’s pre-K class at PBE recently celebrated Read Across America. More specifically, they honed in on Dr. Seuss, one of the most prolific children’s authors of all time. They read Green Eggs and Ham and then tasted them! That’s right, Ms. DeGrote and teaching …
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Pine Bush represented themselves well this weekend at the Region 5 Odyssey of the Mind Tournament held at Orange-Ulster BOCES. Three Pine Bush teams will be heading to the state tournament in April. The Pine Bush Elementary Vehicle Team, the Circleville Middle School Theatrical Team and the Pine Bush High School Technical Team took first …
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Stacey Venzel’s fourth graders at PBE enjoyed some cozy fireplace reading for World Read Aloud Day! World Read Aloud Day is celebrated on the first Wednesday in February. This year it was Feb. 7. LitWorld founded World Read Aloud Day in 2010 to celebrate the power of reading aloud to create community and amplify …
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Pine Bush Elementary School partnered with Bethel Woods Center for the Arts for an eight-week program bringing mindful art to three of its classes – Kindergarten ICT, CASTLE grades 3-5 and CASTLE grades K-2. The Mindful Art program introduced students in these classes to the world of expressive art making while teaching mindfulness skills …
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PBE celebrates the 100th day of school in style! Students in grades kindergarten through 2 participate in so many activities all centered around the number 100. One of the activities for students in kindergarten was bowling, knocking down 10 pins at a time and counting them each time a student bowled, with the goal of …
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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!
