Pfeiffer-Burleigh Elementary School

Families, make sure your Read Across America reading logs are turned in by Friday so that we can get prizes organized over break. 📘📕📗Earn individual prizes (including Seawolves tickets ⚾️⚾️) AND help your class win a new set of books for your classroom library! Prizes will be distributed after break on April 7.

It is the last week before break and there are lots of great things planned at PB! Check in tomorrow for our final week of the Attendance March Madness Challenge to see who will be the champions.

Wishing a wonderful holiday to our families who celebrate!

Mrs. Miller’s class said goodbye to student teacher Ms. G. They enjoyed helping her learn all about 4th grade throughout the last nine weeks. They celebrated by making binary coded bead bracelets and uno cards.
Good Luck Ms. G!

We need all of you here tomorrow Panthers! Show up in your green and help your class avoid elimination from the Attendance March Madness bracket challenge! Still in it to win the championship are (First Floor) Armeli vs Jensen and Light vs Pfister (Second Floor) Torres vs Grapes and Stellwagon vs Ollmann & Causegrove. 🏀🏀🏀 Second Chance Bracket has another elimination on Wednesday. 😯 see comments for standings. EVERY DAY COUNTS!

Bringing curriculum to life at PB! In Social Studies last week, Mrs. Boam's class sampled spices, such as peppercorns and cinnamon, that Europeans were traveling to get from the East Indies.

Kindergarten enjoyed a visit from the expERIEnce Children's Museum on Friday as part of the Educational Passport Program. Made possible by a grant from Erie Insurance and in collaboration with Erie Arts and Culture and four of the United Way of Erie County community schools, each of our classes will have an in school enrichment experience AND a field trip this year! We are grateful for opportunities like these that extend learning beyond the classroom and increase engagement in school. #CommunitySchoolsInAction

BRACKET UPDATE! We are off to an exciting start with our Attendance March Madness Challenge. It is easy to help your class win, just come to school! If your class did not win last week, don't worry, there is a second chance bracket. We are all still in! Let's go Panthers!

Be an MVP! Strive for all 5 days this week and help your class move on in our Attendance March Madness bracket. Look for the updated standings outside of the cafeteria or check back here tomorrow! Show up and shoot for success-good luck!

What a wacky week! Read Across America got us so excited for reading and learning! Our amazing teachers created a very memorable week and really ignited our love of reading! Thanks to all of the families who supported our silly spirit week and our guest readers. Let's keep it going with our 2026 Reading Challenge. See comments below for details and check your student's take home folder this week for a reading log for chance to win prizes and a ticket to a Seawolves game!

Math + music + mustaches=a very silly family math event for second grade. Today was mustache day in honor of the Lorax in case you see some funny faces in the crowd. (A full post of Read Across America pictures coming at the end of the week!) Thank you as always to our Title 1Team of schoolwides who always know how to make learning fun!

Tomorrow is the last day of our Read Across America spirit week! We are celebrating the Cat himself! Wear a hat or crazy hair.

Tomorrow is a mystery day for Read Across America spirit week! All you have to do is come to school!

Tomorrow is Wacky Wednesday for Read Across America! Wear something mismatched, backwards, inside out, or just plain silly!

We really need a win! PB has been struggling the past few months with meeting our attendance goals and we need your help! Let's team up for the March Madness Attendance Challenge! Help your class move through the brackets to earn weekly prizes by coming to school every day (unless you are sick). There are brackets for the first and second floor, second chance brackets, and top prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place; so everyone has great odds of winning! Let's show up and shoot for success! 🏀🏀🏀🐾🐾🐾🏆🏆🏆

Wear something green tomorrow for our Read Across America spirit week!

February went by in a flash at PB, so here is a flashback to some of the fun! Valentine's Day, the 100th day, Paw Parties, science labs, Black History Month, and so much more! Wait until you see what we have in store for March!

'Kick' off Read Across America week tomorrow with Silly Sock Day! Wear your most colorful, crazy, or mismatched socks. We will have guest readers tomorrow morning and many surprises throughout the week! Try your best to get to school so you don't miss anything of the fun!

Do you see your Panther among these smiling faces? Pfeiffer Burleigh's Title 1 team and United Way of Erie County Community Schools teamed up this week for one of PB's favorite family events: WINTERFEST! We could not have pulled it off without the help of our partners: Therapy Dogs United , Erie Insurance , PB's SWPBIS Team, our mental health specialist-Ms. Wells, and our many staff volunteers. Thank you to our art teacher, Mrs. Hirsch, who created the snow globe selfie station and the Sunshine Group of Erie who donated handmade knitted hats for everyone! As always a big thank you to all of the families who attended! Add your pics in the comments. Info will be coming home soon for our next family fun night. We hope to see you there.
#buildingexcellencetogether #BET #CommunitySchoolsInAction