Stacey Venzel and Jessica Fobert’s fourth-grade students at PBE spent a week before the winter break building wigwams and longhouses in villages that represented the environments of the Algonquins and Iroquois, two Native American tribes that battled for territory in New York. For this social studies STEM project, students included rivers and farmland in their …

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Students in Leilah Austin-Draitser’s fifth-grade class at PBE delved into biographies of many historical and popular figures recently. They learned of the discipline and nonviolence of Mahatma Gandhi, the trailblazing of Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks and Amelia Earhart, the bravery of Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Malala Yousafzai, the brilliance of Albert Einstein, …

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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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