Here are some future ecologists, for sure! Amy Sherwood’s fifth-grade class at PBE had a Mystery Science lesson about decomposers. They used earthworms in a two-day, hands-on experiment to see what earthworms prefer as their living environment and what they like to eat. They first set up compost bags in the class – they are …

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Students in Patricia LoPresti’s fifth-grade class at PBE recently saw first-hand how oil spills hurt our environment.     After learning about oil spills and their effects, they created their own oil, using vegetable oil and cocoa powder. They poured it on feathers, to represent birds.     The students brainstormed different methods for cleaning …

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                Second grade students in Christine Erickson’s class at PBE are studying matter in science. Their task: build a tower out of index cards and tape. The bigger challenge – build it as tall as you can but so that it can support a stuffed Olaf. Not an …

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Pi Day was celebrated in so many ways throughout the district on March 14. For Leilah Austin’s fifth graders at PBE, they had the opportunity to mark Pi Day by combining math, writing and art in a very creative way. Ms. Austin’s class created math story books. They each chose a math topic – fractions, …

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Students in Amy Sherwood’s fifth grade class at Pine Bush Elementary researched and wrote excellent essays on some of our country’s most important African-Americans.                 Not only did they learn about the great contributions made to our country by these individuals, they also used a graphic organizer to …

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Have a look at our PBE 100th day video. We celebrated our 100th day of school in style at PBE. First-grade students certainly went all out. They decorated posters, t-shirts, hats and some even dressed as 100-year-old people!   They did lots of math centered around the number 100, of course, but also  stacking projects, …

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Hey PBE parents and guardians! Stay informed with what’s happening at Pine Bush Elementary by taking a look at the PBE February newsletter! You can always find the most recent monthly newsletter by going to the district website, clicking on Pine Bush Elementary School, then About Pine Bush Elementary in the PBE Links toward the …

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Third-grade students at Pine Bush Elementary became junior archeologists in the Library Media Center this week when they got the chance to study authentic Native American arrowheads, knives and scrapers. They also got to study real mastodon bones, all of which were on loan from Museum Village. This is part of the larger lesson about …

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