Together We Build Strong Minds
In early June, Maple Point Middle School (Langhorne) Coaches vs. Cancer fundraiser volunteers held a recognition ceremony. This year the school raised an astounding $23,530 for the American Cancer Society, making Maple Point the #1 fundraising team out of 43 in the entire Philadelphia region for CvC donations. Coach Fred … Read more...
With the start of the new school year, Neshaminy students are starting their classes online. The current plan calls for a hybrid combination of online and in-person learning to begin in October, and possibly additional in-person time after that if health & safety conditions allow.
Preparing for these possibilities, Neshaminy teachers … Read more...
In 2004, a student in Stacey Flaville-Boop’s 8th-grade English class at Maple Point Middle School in Langhorne started working on an independent writing project. The aspiring author, Hank Curry, shared his novella one chapter at a time with his teacher, who offered constructive feedback and encouragement. Ms. Flaville-Boop, who is … Read more...
On Monday, January 20, over 150 Maple Point Middle School students and a small group of Neshaminy High School students gathered in the cafeteria at Maple Point in Langhorne for the third annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service project to benefit Angels in Motion.
Students throughout the … 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...
A Neshaminy School District teacher was honored with an appearance in a national journal for music educators over the summer. Poquessing Middle School (Feasterville) music teacher Jason Leigh was among 11 teachers from across the country profiled in the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Choral Journal recently. He … 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...
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...
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...
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 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded Neshaminy School District an Environmental Stewardship and Watershed Protection Grant (also known as the Growing Greener Grant) in the amount of $100,339.00.
This grant was established under the Commonwealth’s Environmental Stewardship and Watershed Protection Act (1999) with the goal … 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...
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...
Poquessing Middle School fifth-grader Sara Harvey is a cancer survivor celebrating seven years cancer-free. She has seen first-hand the toll that cancer takes on a family. Her own story led her to approach Principal Timothy Hunt in late August to ask if he would help spread the message behind Septembers … Read more...
Early one September in the new school year, the ninth-grade AVID classes at Neshaminy HS visited Harry E. Franks Stadium to think ahead to the end of their senior year — and about what they might accomplish to reach their dreams and goals at Neshaminy HS when they walk across … 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...