Category: Bensalem Township School District

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 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...

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...

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...

Ms. Christine Elberson, a his­to­ry teacher at Bensalem High School coor­di­nat­ed with Marine Corps JROTC to bring his­to­ry to life on Friday, February 14th.  Master Gunnery Sergeant Joe Geeter USMC (Ret.) brought Sergeant Wilcox and Corporal Young to speak about the Montford Point Marines.

The Montford Point Marines are the … 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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...