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.
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Congratulations to our February Tardy Table Troopers! This group definitely brought the fun in the mornings! They earned their hoodies today and are now attendance ambassadors. Look for a new group of friendly faces on Monday and check back to hear about our next attendance challenge (hint: March +🏀🏀🏀)

Congratulations to this lucky Panther family who won the Erie Otters tickets from the raffle at last night's Winterfest! Thank you to Erie Otters Hockey Club and United Way of Erie County Community Schools for donating the family prize package. Check back this weekend for pictures of all of the Winterfest fun!

We had a howling good time today with C Wolf and Ms. Laina! Thank you to the Erie SeaWolves for visiting Pfeiffer Burleigh. They shared the book "A Mascot's Tale: The Untold Story of C.Wolf". Their message included the 3 big ideas: Lift Others Up! Be You! and Find Your Talent! We accepted their challenge to read 6 or 7 books to earn a ticket to a Seawolves game this summer. Details will be coming home as part of Read Across America next week.⚾️📚📖🐾

We hope to see you all at Winterfest on Thursday!

PB has been celebrating through learning during Black History Month. We have been taking time to explore the Trailblazers and Changemakers in our related arts and social studies classes. For more pictures and information, visit the district website at eriesd./page/celebrating-black-history

Our new science curriculum is really stirring up some excitement at PB! Our Panthers love the hands on learning and chance to work with their friends. Here are some photos from Mrs. Boam's class working on their Windbreaker kit.

What a creative collaboration! During their latest science unit, Mrs. Ollmann's second grade interviewed students in Mrs. Grapes's Kindergarten class to find out what kind of toys they like. Then, using their new science skills, the second graders designed toys based on their partner's interests. They met back up with their partners and presented them with a toy they created just for them!

Fourth grade had a hoot playing Kahoot today! Families used math strategies to solve multiplication problems and battle for first place! Thank you to our schoolwides, Mrs. Carlson and Mrs. Testrake, for planning the event, teachers for helping out, and of course to all of the family members who attended.

Check out Ms. Norman's class 's new Zen Garden! Students will have a chance to keep it at their desk to help promote mindfulness, focus, and creativity.

On Friday the Queens of Kindergarden held a royal ball to celebrate the end of their unit on kings and queens. They invited all of their friends for an afternoon full of feasting and dancing! A wonderful time was had throughout the land.

We had SNOW much fun celebrating attendance at our Winter Games! Students who were on time and present in January had a chance each day to be entered into a raffle to be chosen to participate in the games as everyone cheered them on! Thank you to our teachers for being such good sports and playing along, and to our game day crew volunteers from Erie Insurance for making sure everything ran smoothly. See the comments for which classrooms won the best attendance and most improved attendance awards for January and details of February's Pawsome Attendance Challenge!