Author: Susan Phy

On Wednesday, November 7th, the School Districts of Bucks County host­ed an Arts Expo fea­tur­ing and high­light­ing the depth, breadth, and vari­ety of the arts pro­grams being offered through our Bucks County pub­lic schools.

The evening began with a gallery of fine arts, includ­ing draw­ing, paint­ing, mosa­ic, water­col­or, sculp­ture, pho­tog­ra­phy, … Read more...

The Bensalem High School Fightin’ Robotic Owls, Team 5401, are excit­ed to be host­ing the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Mid-Atlantic Robotics Competition on March 30 and 31, 2019.

Visit http://team5401.org/fmaben/ for more information.… Read more...

Forty-two Bensalem High School (BHS) stu­dents par­tic­i­pat­ed in DECA’s dis­trict event on December 9th. Approximately 500 stu­dents from 10 dif­fer­ent schools com­pet­ed. DECA is a busi­ness club that pre­pares emerg­ing lead­ers and entre­pre­neurs in mar­ket­ing, finance, hos­pi­tal­i­ty, and man­age­ment in high schools and col­leges around the globe.

Congratulations … Read more...

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Month is cel­e­brat­ed March 15th — April 15th.  A kick-off event will take place on March 15th, and the fol­low­ing Wednesdays: March 24th, March 31st, April 7th, and April 14th.

The Bensalem High School Signing OWLs are a group of stu­dents who advo­cate for the deaf!… Read more...

Bensalem High School’s Robotics Team, The Fightin’ Robotic Owls, com­pet­ed at the FIRST Robotics Mid-Atlantic District Championship at Lehigh University where they fin­ished 5th out of 128 teams and qual­i­fied for the FIRST Robotics World Championships in Detroit, Michigan.

Says sopho­more and Drive Team Member Daniel Pasquella, “Being picked by … Read more...

Bensalem High School’s Robotics Team, The Fightin’ Robotic Owls, com­pet­ed at the FIRST Robotics District Competition at Hatboro-Horsham High School where they were event win­ners for the first time in team his­to­ry and took home two awards. Senior and Chief Engineer Justin Hawk says, “This has been an incred­i­ble expe­ri­ence … Read more...

Col John C. Church, Jr., USMCR (Ret.) Head Leadership Studies, Senior Marine Instructor is pleased to announce the fol­low­ing pro­mo­tions for May 2020.

Congratulations to the new­ly pro­mot­ed cadets. These pro­mo­tions reflect that, at its essence, this Bensalem High School MCJROTC Leadership Education Program devel­ops char­ac­ter and enhances cit­i­zen­ship in our … Read more...

Congratulations to the 10 indi­vid­u­als who received the 2018 Bensalem Distinguished Alumni Award.  These amaz­ing Bensalem grad­u­ates have made an impact on the world around them through busi­ness, med­i­cine, human­i­tar­i­an pur­suits and the arts. They were recent­ly hon­ored at an induc­tion cer­e­mo­ny and luncheon.

John Brown ’69 – 35 years Total Traffic/Weather … Read more...

This has been a year like no oth­er for so many of us, includ­ing our pre­sen­ters at this year’s Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science Regional Competition.  While usu­al­ly held in per­son at Snyder Middle School on the last Saturday in February, the for­mat this year switched to an asyn­chro­nous vir­tu­al … Read more...

On Friday, April 12th, the Bensalem High School Jazz Band trav­eled to per­form in the Cavalcade of Bands Jazz Championships. 

Each band com­pet­ing earned a spot in the show dur­ing the sea­son, by com­pet­ing in a min­i­mum of three Cavalcade spon­sored jazz fes­ti­vals dur­ing the 2018–19 season.The com­pe­ti­tion was keen … Read more...

Bensalem Township School District par­tic­i­pat­ed in the National Red Ribbon Week Campaign, October 23 — 31! All nine schools ran activ­i­ties all week that focus on healthy deci­sion mak­ing, pre­ven­tion, and being drug and alco­hol free.

For the past 33 years, our schools have rec­og­nized Red Ribbon Week to encour­age per­son­al … Read more...

January is “School Director Recognition Month” in Pennsylvania. Public edu­ca­tion is more than just learn­ing the basic math, sci­ence, English and his­to­ry; it’s a plat­form for stu­dents to reach their poten­tial. It inspires hope for a new gen­er­a­tion and a suc­cess­ful future. This insti­tu­tion exists in part because indi­vid­u­als vol­un­teer their … Read more...

The open­ing of the Valley Sensory Path took place on Tuesday, January 15th at Valley Elementary School. This Sensory Path is one of a few cur­rent­ly in schools.

The Valley Sensory Path was cre­at­ed and installed by Special Education teacher, Lori Hill to meet the diverse needs of the Valley … Read more...