March 2 is a very special day – it’s a day to celebrate reading and the birth of Dr. Seuss! National Read Across America Day focuses on reading, especially for our youngest students. The tradition here in Pine Bush includes many reading activities for students. However, one of the most anticipated events is when the …
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 construct their project, deeply researched their subjects and …
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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, reading …
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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 …
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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The third, fourth and fifth grade classes at PBE worked on a great project before the winter break! They turned the upstairs hallway of their school into a winter wonderland! Using the book “Snowmen at Night” as their inspiration, the students recreated the pages of the book, which detail what snowmen do when the sun …
Enjoy this recorded version of the Pine Bush Elementary School’s Winter Concert 2021. Happy holidays to all!
Mrs. Manzi’s second/third grade class at PBE designed and built bird feeders as part of a Mystery Science activity. The students in Mrs. Manzi’s class creatively used common materials, like cups, plates, sticks and clothespins to make the birdfeeders. Then they went outside and placed the feeders to help feed their feathered friends this fall. …
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Nov. 16 is SRP Recognition Day! The district honored all our school-related professionals, which includes behavioral aides, school monitors, teacher aides and teaching assistants, with a small token of appreciation – some sweets! Executive Director of Human Resources Angela Wise-Landman visited each school in the district handing out the bags of sweets that included the …
Pine Bush Elementary fifth-grade students learned a timely lesson about the history of Veterans Day. Students read about its history, how it started and why. Originally known as Armistice Day, Nov. 11 was a celebration of the end of World War I, which occurred on that day in 1918. In 1954, veterans’ groups requested that …
