Together We Build Strong Minds
Students at Tawanka Elementary School in Feasterville have been sampling a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables thanks to a partnership between physical education teacher Bob Wright and the Giant Food Store in Feasterville. Each month the students will receive a sample of a different fruit or vegetable — starting … Read more...
Even in the new age of social distancing, Neshaminy staff and students have found multiple ways to stay connected to learn, enjoy each others company and share creativity online. Online webinars and meetings, once the mainstay of start-up business and corporate teams, have become the “go-to” way for teams of … Read more...
On October 15, 2019, Maple Point MS science teachers Chuck Lumio and Dan Winter held a lunchtime conference call with the Senior Project Manager of the Amplify Science program through the University of California at Berkley. Neshaminy has been leading the way for the past several years integrating Next Generation … Read more...
On October 20, 2018, the Neshaminy High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club hosted the second annual 5K Run/Walk for Charity, this year to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This charity is the current Pennsylvania FBLA State Project. Other FBLA chapters across the state are … Read more...
On April 10, 2019, students at Walter Miller Elementary School in Levittown enjoyed a visit from a very special green guest as a reward for being one of the top schools in the Philadelphia region in the 2018–2019 Phanatic About Reading contest. The students won the visit by accumulating hundreds … Read more...
Herbert Hoover ES art teacher Justin Bursk and Neshaminy High School art teacher Terry O’Neill were both accepted into the Artists as Educators exhibition at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. This exhibit pairs an art educator’s artwork with the artwork of their students. The goal is to pair students … Read more...
Forty seven eighth-grade students from Maple Point Middle School accompanied a large group of veterans to Washington D.C. on October 1 for the Bucks County Tour of Honor. The Tour offers veterans the opportunity to visit the war memorials in our nations’s capital during a day trip, followed by a … Read more...
On October 25, a group of Neshaminy School District teachers and administrators visited several classrooms at Maple Point Middle School, then gathered in a nearby conference room to discuss their observations as part of Instructional Rounds.
This program, started last year at Neshaminy, offers an opportunity for constructive dialogue on … Read more...
The Covid-19 pandemic may have put the brakes on spring concerts, but the music teachers and student performers didn’t let that stop them from joining in song even though they were apart.
Several schools hosted virtual recitals that included dozens or even hundreds of participants in Zoom meetings listening to their … Read more...
By now, almost everybody has heard about or even been personally affected by the fast-growing nationwide opioid abuse crisis. This drug epidemic is unlike any other that preceded it, claiming victims across demographic, social and racial lines. Bucks County has been especially hard-hit, with 185 opioid-related deaths recorded last year, … Read more...
Shortly after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a group of teachers at Maple Point Middle School in the Neshaminy School District got together to discuss an idea. With Veterans Day approaching, they thought that holding a ceremony to honor America’s military would be a good way to teach … Read more...
The COVID-19 pandemic may have put the brakes on a traditional school year at Neshaminy, but the learning continued almost immediately as the District quickly moved the curriculum online.
With little warning, all Bucks County schools closed on Friday, March 13. Shortly after, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf ordered all schools … Read more...
Neshaminy District art teachers Terry O’Neill (Neshaminy HS) and Justin Bursk (Herbert Hoover ES) have been chosen to participate in the Exhibition Cross Pollination at Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University. They will each exhibit one of their artworks alongside one of their student’s artworks. … Read more...
Snack time and science class have become one and the same for third grade classes at Pearl S. Buck Elementary School in Levittown. Last year, each classroom obtained an AeroGarden Farm — a coffee-table sized unit that allows the user to grow vegetables and plants indoors without soil. This year, … Read more...
Over 200 students gave up part of their Martin Luther King holiday Monday, January 21 to honor his legacy by participating in a unique Day of Service project. Students from Maple Point Middle School in Langhorne and some from Neshaminy High School spent the morning compiling 1,600 ‘blessing bags’ from … Read more...
Nearly 500 runners participated in the first annual #StandUp Neshaminy Sunset Challenge 2K / 5K race held at Maple Point Middle School in Langhorne on May 10. The race drew students from every District school, their families, and runners from the community who competed on a 2K course stayed on … Read more...