Category: Bensalem Township School District

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...

In cel­e­bra­tion of Teacher Appreciation Week in May, PSEA/MER and CAPS – Council for the Advancement of Public Schools, are spot­light­ing the amaz­ing things hap­pen­ing in our schools thanks to the pro­fes­sion­als who work there. The theme of their spring media cam­paign is “Unsung Heroes.”

We are delight­ed … 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...

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...

For the sec­ond year straight, the Bensalem High School Marine Corps JROTC was named by Headquarters Marine Corps as a Naval Honor School for its over­all efforts dur­ing the 2021–2022 school year.  This dis­tinc­tion is giv­en only to Marine Corps JROTCs, con­sid­ered the top 20 per­cent of pro­grams nationwide. 

Announced … Read more...

Bristol Township SD, Harry S. Truman High School, host­ed a College & Career Night on March 21, 2019. Representatives from 16 colleges/universities and 13 career/trade pro­grams, unions, and employ­ers spoke to over 100 stu­dents and fam­i­lies. The infor­ma­tion helps guide stu­dents regard­ing future plans includ­ing employ­ment, career paths, and … 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...

The 76th annu­al Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS) region­al com­pe­ti­tion was held at Cecelia Snyder Middle School on Saturday, February 23, 2019. Over 350 stu­dents from Philadelphia and Bucks County pre­sent­ed their inde­pen­dent sci­en­tif­ic research to pro­fes­sion­al sci­en­tists and edu­ca­tors in this region­al fair. Students had their … 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...

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...

On Tuesday, October 2nd, we host­ed an Education Expo at Bensalem High School.  Guests learned about Bensalem Township School District’s edu­ca­tion­al oppor­tu­ni­ties and our part­ner­ship with the Franklin Institute and brain-based learn­ing in our schools.

Tours of the high school allowed our com­mu­ni­ty to see our:

• World Class STEM lab
• Nationally rec­og­nized FIRST

On April 25, 2019 over 100 fam­i­lies par­tic­i­pat­ed in Family Science Night at FDR Middle School in Bristol Twp SD. Over 25 lab and activ­i­ty sta­tions were set up in the cafe­te­ria. A sta­tion by Dow Chemical Company was staffed and anoth­er sta­tion by Eyes of the Wild. 

The labs, … Read more...

Bristol Township School District, Armstrong Middle School stu­dents cap­tured First Place in the “What’s So Cool About Manufacturing?” video con­test. Their video fea­tur­ing Macron Dynamics was select­ed Number One out of 239 video’s that were sub­mit­ted from across the state. 

Congratulations to Mr, Joe Marlow and stu­dents Jayleen Chaves, Mayah Alford, … Read more...