There is so much we all have in common. When we look at our holiday traditions, we can see many similarities. Pre-K students in Kathleen Murray’s class at Circleville Elementary School did just that over the past few weeks. They learned how light is an integral part of many holiday traditions. Ms. Murray read the …
Third grade students in Emily Byrne’s class at Pakanasink recently did a project emphasizing the positivity project theme of teamwork. Each team was tasked with stacking their cups in a pyramid form. There was a catch – they could only use string and a rubber band. Their hands were not allowed to touch the cups. …
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Students are using STEAM to help spread the word about our environment and endangered animals! The sixth-grade students in Michael Sabini’s science class have come to the library to work with Lisa Metz and Education Technology Specialist Hope Schaumburg to research biomes and identify endangered animals in these biomes. Research indicates animal habitats are increasingly …
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Our wonderful Students Making A Difference club and choir members from Crispell Middle School make it an annual tradition. They visit Over the Moon preschool, where the read and do crafts with the students. Then they sing some holiday song! Everyone loves it – our students, the preschool students and the Over the Moon teachers! …
This month’s Number Corner has fourth-grade students at Circleville Elementary School talking about pentominoes. What is a pentomino? It is a shape made with five squares joined together side by side. Students learned that they have parallel and perpendicular sides, and an area of five square units; some may have lines of symmetry. Here, students …
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Each month, PBE holds its Shining Stars parade, where students and staff line the hallways and cheer on the shining stars for that month. The students chosen to participate are recommended by their teachers for being kind and respectful, hardworking, helpful and have a positive attitude. They also portray the Positivity Project character trait for …
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Students in Stacey Venzel and Jessica Fobert’s class at Pine Bush Elementary learned all about Hanukkah and its traditions recently. It was part of their nonfiction unit as they learn about their classmates’ cultures. The students learned the meaning of the menorah. Thanks to classmates Delilah and Hayden, the students learned how to play dreidel. …
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Kindness. It can make a big difference in someone’s day. Suzanne Parker’s second-grade students at PAK are spreading words of kindness to all who pass by their classroom. Recently in their positivity project lesson, the students learned that no act of kindness is ever wasted. They created a wall of kindness with messages for all …
Bobbi Walter’s sixth-grade students were busy making gingerbread houses recently. The class had finished a math unit in geometry and enjoyed finding the area and perimeter of their gingerbread houses. The students also used their engineering and creativity skills to design their own houses! A shout out to Alyza Countryman and Diane McClure who assisted, …
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It is flu season. Flu, or influenza, spreads easily and can make people very sick, especially children. This year, there is a triple threat of respiratory illnesses – flu, COVID-19 and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) – that are making people very sick. And, of course, there is always the common cold. This week, the New …
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