Together We Build Strong Minds
You may have heard the expression “art for the masses,” but Tawanka Elementary School in Langhorne created a work of art that included them in a single “living painting” in June. Daniel Dancer, a conceptual artist and educator from Oregon, visited the school for three days on June 3–5. Dancer … Read more...
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...
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...
Neshaminy schools celebrated Constitution Day on Monday, September 17 with several activities. That date is the 231st anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, and any school receiving federal funding is mandated to teach the history and content of the Constitution around that date.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In the spring of 2018, Farmers Insurance announced that Neshaminy High School was a finalist in their $100,000 Dream Big Grant competition — one of only 15 in the nation and the only one in Pennsylvania.
The Neshaminy community is rallying to help to finish the job and secure one of five … 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...
On January 26, 2019, 17 of 21 students from retired Neshaminy School District teacher Harry Myrga’s 1972–1973 sixth‐grade class at Everitt Elementary School returned to the area for a reunion held at the Attleboro Community in Langhorne. They came from as far away as Washington state, Arizona, Texas and Israel. … 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...
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...
Four Neshaminy High School students traveled to Harrisburg January 8 with Environmental Science teacher Brian Suter to present their concept for a spotted lanternfly educational mobile app. The group won a Bucks County hackathon competition held at the Bucks County Intermediate Unit in Doylestown recently which earned them the trip … Read more...
The first week of summer for the students at Neshaminy was not vacation time for educators throughout the district. Besides finishing up paperwork and preparing classrooms for the summer, staff members spent several days in professional development classes learning from each other and outside presenters on a wide variety of … Read more...