Birch Elementary School

At Birch First, we do more before 8 o'clock than any other schools around! Check out our Pirates leading the morning announcements, readers in the cafeteria waiting for their teachers, and our students in action practicing those math facts during our math drill📣💙📚💛➕️➖️☝️ #morethanaschool #bff #birchrises

We know that the students of Birch Elementary School LOVE reading. Now is the time to show us the many places outside of school that our students can be found reading a good book! Students are invited to grab an interesting book and find a cool location while their parents snap a picture of their reading in action. The photograph must show students actually reading the book and the book cover must be visible. All entries will be on display at the Birch Elementary Fall Book Fair (Nov. 13th-16th). WHO: Any Birch Elementary School student (One entry per student) WHEN: From NOW until Friday, October 13th WHERE: Anywhere you choose (outside of school), but please be SAFE! RULES: Participating students must email a photo to vreneau@ptisd.org by October 13th. (Photos will not be accepted via Facebook.) Do not Photoshop your photograph and please include the student’s full name, teacher’s name, and location of the reading spot in the email submission. The photograph must be taken outside of Birch Elementary and not during school hours.

💙🧩💛Mrs. Bullard's class working on figurative language puzzles during Pirate Pride today! #morethanaschool #bff #birchrises

Check out the latest news and events in this week's Pine Tree ISD Pirate Treasure! https://www.smore.com/26jpm #pirateproud #it'sallaboutthePirates

💙☝️💛The following 1st and 2nd grade students were nominated by their teachers for showing respect, our character trait for the month of September! Jameson Macon- Cowan Josiah Rebollar- Berryhill Arianna Cameron -Walker Whitney Lonsberry- M Smith Amir Hunter - Dentley Adeline Neinast- Danapas Dylan Huerta- Erb Doc Davis- Justiss Piper Samples- Knight

💙☝️💛1st grade CEER learned about Johnny Appleseed (born September 26th) and the life cycle of apples today. They did a great job on their apple trees!

📱🎉Congratulations, Destiny Leverett💙☝️💛

The 4th graders at Birch with at least 25 Accelerated Reading points were celebrated this morning. These students received a book of their choice from the Birch First book vending machine💙📚💛

In the darkness of Mrs. Scadden’s room, with flashlights & suspenseful music alone, we are reading a suspenseful mystery, Trapped in Death Cave. Each day, the students look forward to read-aloud time to discover the next clue that lies ahead.

🗓Check out our October calendar snapshot💙☝️💛 A busy month, full of celebrations, growth, and family fun events hosted by your PT Pirate family!

Pine Tree ISD is the host school for the annual Global Maker Day on Tuesday, October 17th! Connect virtually and watch makers around the world share different projects, learning spaces, creations, coding, 3D designs, art lessons, etc. There will be a session every half hour, and they each will have a connected challenge. On this site, you can view the schedule and challenges. Registration is required to access the live event on Zoom Webinar. Visit www.globalmakerday.com to register or for more information.

First graders having fun practicing our sight words using shaving cream💙☝️💛 #BirchRises #MoreThanASchool #BFF

🎉☝️Congratulations to the following students for earning the most AR points in their grade level this week💙📚💛 1st- Christian Romero 2nd- Mckinley Bearden 3rd- Thuy Le 4th- Jordyn Jett

📱🎉Congratulations, Josiah Davis💙☝️💛

First grade students in Ms. Kirkindoll's CEER class used recycled bottles to make a rain gauge. They'll use their graphing skills to graph the daily rainfall for the next several days.

🎟📣Pep rally ticket winners had a blast this morning cheering on our Pirates at PTHS💙☝️💛

THIS is what hard work looks like at Birch First! 1% better, each and every day💙☝️💛

Congratulations to the following students for being nominated by their teachers for showing respect💙☝️💛 Martha Valadez - Kuhn Baylen Carruthers- Boyd Leo Rangel- Mayhall Peighton Lonsberry-Burns JaDayin Pickens-Griffin Yulianna Gomez - Harrison Emma Amaya- Mabe Marilu Dominguez- Hewitt Allisyn Nolan- Fisher Christian Garcia -Darden Ada-Belle Morrison- Rickman Jace Whitten - Almanza Jordyn Jett- B Smith Alexander Montealvo- Bullard Joseph Valencia- Scadden Breanna Cameron - Rocha

PTISD has called a bond election for November 7, 2023. To learn more, we encourage you to attend one of the informational Public Town Hall Meetings or visit the website at www.pinetreeisdbond2023.com. Public Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 6:00 pm at Pine Tree Junior High Public Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 6:00 pm at Parkway Elementary

🎉📱Congratulations, Christian Wood💙☝️💛