Now introducing REN SQUAD PSE Fall 2025!! We are so excited for another awesome year of spreading positive RENergy! After going through all 153 of the student applications, we are truly honored these kiddos are leading the charge at PSE!!
Is your student coming back to BCSD? Then don't forget to complete the Returning Student Update through the PowerSchool Parent Portal! For more information, visit https://www.bcsdschools.net/registration.
🎉 CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉
We are beyond proud and thrilled to announce that Philip Simmons Elementary has been named a 2024–2025 Jostens Renaissance Platinum School of Distinction! This recognition places us in the top 2% of Renaissance schools nationwide.
This honor celebrates the dedication and commitment of our entire school community:
💙 Our Ren Team (Staffulty) – for working tirelessly to cultivate a culture where students feel valued, supported, and celebrated.
💙 Our Ren Squad (Students) – for embracing the Renaissance spirit and leading with kindness, creativity, and school pride.
This achievement is a reflection of the incredible work, creativity, and dedication that went into making this year a success. Together, we are building a school culture where every student and staff member feels known, valued, and celebrated.
Check out the announcement from Jostens Renaissance: https://vimeo.com/1086917886?share=copy
Thank you to everyone who played a role in making this possible! 💙
#PlatinumSchoolOfDistinction #JostensRenaissance #RenTeam #RenSquad #WeArePSE
These Iron Horses are waving goodbye to 3rd grade! They are ready for summer sun and salt water swims! ☀️🌊🏝️
Fourth grade students celebrated their hard work at the Round Up Testing Rodeo!
🎉📚 Shoutout Time! 📚🎉
We are SO proud to recognize Mrs. DiTola and Mrs. Breuer for their incredible work on this year’s Philip Simmons Elementary Yearbook! Thanks to their creativity, dedication, and countless hours of hard work, our school has earned the Bronze Level award in the Jostens National Yearbook Program of Excellence! 🥉🏆
Their passion for capturing the heart of our school and creating lasting memories for our students truly shines through every page. 💙🖤💛
Please join us in congratulating these amazing educators! 👏👏👏
#PSEFamily #YearbookExcellence #IronHorsePride #WeAreSoProud
The Alex Nassyrov Curious Learner Award:
In February of 2022, our school lost one of its brightest, most curious students, Alex Nassyrov. In his memory, teachers can nominate a student who has demonstrated some of the characteristics that made Alex such an outstanding learner and friend such as curiosity, kindness, and selflessness. This year's first grade nominees were Alexander Chappell, Sutton Baker, Ezra Peterson, Meadow Perrine, and Patrick Bohnstengel. Congrats to all our nominees and a special thanks to this year's winner Sutton Baker.
Spring has sprung! We hope all our students have a safe and fun spring break! Students will return to school April 21.
Did your Iron Horse give or receive any compliment clothes pins?! The REN Squad had so much fun spreading positivity around PSE last week! #shareAsmile
There is no better way to finish up a Charlotte's Web novel study than by fostering a 10 week old piglet in the classroom! This amazing opportunity allowed PSE third graders to bring their imaginations to life and make real life connections to their reading. Spider the Piggy won the hearts of all of PSE! #making-memories
As a culminating activity for their social studies unit, third graders participated in a Culture Fair. Throughout the day, students used their passports to travel to five different countries. They learned about the geography and culture of those countries through student led presentations, food tastings, and hands on crafts! What a fun and engaging way to learn!
Second grade went on a field trip to the aquarium and had a blast exploring the different exhibits and petting domes animals!
Fourth grade students were excited to solve customary measurement conversions this week! They worked together to solve the math problems to gain mystery codes helping them code a path for their ozobot!
🍀 Have you heard about all the GOLD we have been finding around the halls of PSE this week? Well, a LEPRECHAUN was spotted leaving behind even more golden treasures for our lucky Iron Horse learners!! Who will be the crowned the LUCKIEST class? The winning class will be announced Monday🍀
Third grade went fossil hunting out on Drum Island this week!! The sunshine and saltwater were an added bonus to the hands-on, real world learning these Iron Horse experienced on this field trip!
Third grade had the best time celebrating the 25th Anniversary for the novel Because of Winn Dixie! After reading and analyzing the story in class, students celebrated with a party just like the one in the book! The classroom was transformed into Gloria Dump’s backyard to set the stage, and students ate foods like the ones at the party. Students also got to meet the author herself, Kate DiCamillo, in a virtual meet and greet!
The BCSD Student, Teacher, and Parent Climate Surveys window opened on Monday March 3rd and will close Friday March 21st. All students in grades 3-12 and all teachers, librarians, guidance counselors, ROTC instructors, career specialists, and speech therapists are expected to participate in the survey. All parents are encouraged to participate. Please see the 2024-25 Student, Teacher, and Parent Climate Surveys document for additional information.
LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UigwCvef4eJ34aO4dpSct7cy_e1Yt138/view
Third grade participated in a school wide Read Across America activity this week! They loved the engaging story walk and a cozy campsite for quiet reading. Each student was gifted a free book to bring home. Thank you to all who put this together for our Iron Horses!
Our school social workers are sparking change, one student at a time. Thank a school social worker this week for being a light in their students' lives!
Ready to solve the case of the missing breakfast? National School Breakfast Week starts today! To celebrate, students will get to try new menu items for breakfast and be entered to win daily and grand prizes from BCSD Child Nutrition Services.
