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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Army Field Band will per­form the “The Army Story.” Since 1775, the Army has been an inte­gral part of our nation’s jour­ney, through times of strug­gle and inno­va­tion. The Army Story brings audi­ence mem­bers the music that has had a large impact on American cul­ture and the per­cep­tion of … 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 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...

The Valley Elementary sec­ond grade stu­dents recent­ly went on their first vir­tu­al field trip.  In their most recent sci­ence unit, they had been learn­ing about the life cycle of a plant, from the seed to a flow­er­ing plant. 

As a cul­mi­nat­ing activ­i­ty, they had the oppor­tu­ni­ty to vir­tu­al­ly vis­it Longwood Gardens … 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...