Kindergarten students at PBE enjoyed learning about seeds and plants, bees and composting at the Orange County Arboretum. Students were able to view a beehive up close with a beekeeper while others viewed red composting worms at the composting bins. In addition to the bees and worms, our students also learned the difference between good …

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Fourth grade students at Pine Bush Elementary School learned about Sadako Sasaki and the Thousand Paper Cranes in Vanessa Storey’s library class. (See more below) Tisha Foddrill came into the art room to give a presentation about her first-hand experience visiting the Children’s Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan and the history of origami cranes. In …

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