Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
PTA Meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month at 5:30pm in the school. Please come to the meetings to help PTA enhance your children’s education!
The first PTA meeting will be September 8th, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the beginning of this year’s Open House.
PTA Officers – 2011/2012 School Year
- President – Jill Johnson
- Vice President – Karen McCurdy and Carla Seeker
- Treasurer – Annette Faircloth
- Secretary – Deborah Buchalter
Easy Ways to Raise Money for Your School
- Make a donation to the school and get your name listed on our donors plaque. When you donate to our school 100% of your donation goes to the school!
- Participate and join us for the Fall Festival October 28th!
- Bring in your box tops.
- Use your Target Red Card for all your credit card purchases. Target will donate 1% of all Target purchases and 1/2% of all other purchases to our school. Be sure to list PBES as the school for your donations. Click here for more information.
- Shop at Office Depot in Gulf Breeze. Tell them to give PBES credit for your purchases.
From the PBES Parent–Teacher Association…
PBES has an extremely active PTA. We work closely not only with the parents and teachers, but with the administration and the school advisory council. We have a common goal…making PBES the best school it could possibly be!
Some of the 2011-2012 projects include our Reflection’s program, Fall Festival, Parents Night Out, Pizza Friday’s and much more. PTA funds are used to pay for school field trips, AR/STAR reading programs, and teacher supplies throughout the school year.

Sand Piper T-shirts
The PTA is currently selling Sandpiper school T–shirts for $10. Students are encouraged to wear their shirts on Fridays and during field trips. The class with the highest percentage of T–shirts wins the spirit stick for a week.
Reflections
Each year since 1965 the National PTA has sponsored an opportunity for students to receive recognition for their creative and artistic abilities. Reflections is the annual program where original student work can be submitted in four categories: visual arts, photography, literature and music.
Teacher Appreciation Week
Teacher Appreciation Week is celebrated during the first week in May of each year. The PTA sponsored several activities to show teachers how important they are to our families.