Pine River Elementary fifth grade students had perfect weather for their two day trip at Mystic Lake. Thanks to all of the chaperones and fifth grade teachers who made this trip a remarkable experience for the students.
All 3rd and 5th grade students from Pine River Elementary attended Kids' Day at the Great Lakes Loons baseball game on Tuesday, May 21. It was a wonderful day at the ballpark. We would like to thank the Dow Student Heroes Program for providing tickets. The BC/PR PTO provided the food vouchers to the 3rd grade students. Also, Great Lakes Bay Orthodontics provided all of the tickets and food vouchers for the 5th grade students.
Congratulations to our 2024 graduates who made a final walk through their elementary schools this morning as BC students.
This month our Board of Education recognized 4 outstanding Lancer Leaders. Bailey Wiggins, Marc Woods and Coach Sam Owens were nominated by Mrs Brandt. Middles School Counselor, Jackie Fermoyle was nominated by Emily Eickoff. Congrats to these great Lancer Leaders!
Last week the 5th grade visited Chippewa Nature Center to learn more about invasive species and help remove buckthorn from the woods. We are very thankful to be able to work closely with the Chippewa Nature Center. They always offer such a fun, hands-on experience for the students.
BCEL would like to give a big thank you to Remax for sharing your balloon with us today!!! What an awesome experience!!! We sure do love our community and the support they give to our students!!
Are you interested/available to watch two class pet guinea pigs this summer (for all or part of the summer)? Feeding and cleaning supplies will be provided. Please contact Mrs. Holzhauer @ holzhauera@bcreek.org if you are interested!
Pine River Elementary readers were so excited to see the new Moxy Maxwell books they have been waiting to check out from the library!
Ms. Heider's very smart Young Five students enjoyed their math lesson outside today! The kids did an amazing job learning new material, practicing this new skill, and being respectful! I love that our teachers utilize our space throughout their day!
Join us Friday from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at BCEL for the BCEL/Pine River Nature Art Walk.
Ms. Collison and Mrs. Stevens extended their time at Chippewa Nature Center last week after their program about plant classification. They ate lunch outside, visited The Woods Nature Play Area, and explored in the meadow. It was such an enjoyable day!
Our students are working hard to get ready for the Nature Art Walk Friday at BCEL!
Our 5th grade students and their families had the opportunity to participate in a Vernal Pool Patrol on Friday evening. This fun activity was led by Lindsey Harrell from Chippewa Nature Center and Autumn Baker from Chippewa Watershed Conservancy.
Pine River Elementary's Girls on the Run program had a super fun themed practice where the group was able to embrace their inner Taylor Swift. The girls dressed up as their favorite Taylor Swift album and even exchanged friendship bracelets. While they ran, they listened to Taylor Swift music.
Photo 1: "WOW Energy Award"
Photo 2: Friendship Bracelets
Photo 3: Girls dressed up as their Taylor Swift "Era"
Photo 4: Girls on the Run Group Photo
Mrs. Hedlund's BCEL Kindergarteners enjoyed a beautiful day at the Saginaw Children's Zoo yesterday!!! Lots of fun was had exploring all that the zoo has to offer!!!!
BCEL students worked really hard today helping Mrs. Pretzer spruce up our pollinator garden. Students also recorded all the living things they found as they were racking and pulling weeds. The kids did such a great job asking questions about the plants they were taking care of, the living things they found, why we needed to pull weeds, how the mulch was helping, and lots and lots of other questions and rich conversations! I am so proud of the ownership these kids have for our school and our nature spaces! Thank you to Mrs. Pretzer for organizing this day! It is looking beautiful!
Congratulations to the BCMS Equestrian Team - MIHA District 6 Division A Champions!
Congratulations to Morgan Dukarski for reaching the Top Three in this year's middle school Battle of the Books! Morgan took second place in this year's final and earned $150 for our school library. Great job, Morgan! We are proud of you!
Mrs. Williamson, our amazing ASD teacher, and Mrs. Pretzer, our equally fantastic district nature coordinator, worked really hard on a grant to support a peer-to-peer group here at BCEL! They were awarded this grant which allowed them to purchase things to create raised gardens out in our courtyard. During recess yesterday our first peer group got together to enjoy some planting time in the sun! Peers had a great time planting, talking, giggling, and interacting with each other! Thanks for all of your hard work kids! We love these special times together!
Ms. Heider's young five students at BCEL have spend the last several week trying to hatch chicks. Well....yesterday their patience paid off when they began hatch!!! The excitement in that room is off the charts!! Welcome to the world little chicks!
This has been such an amazing experience for these students to study how chickens hatch!
