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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...
Snack time and science class have become one and the same for third grade classes at Pearl S. Buck Elementary School in Levittown. Last year, each classroom obtained an AeroGarden Farm — a coffee-table sized unit that allows the user to grow vegetables and plants indoors without soil. This year, … Read more...
Four Neshaminy High School students traveled to Harrisburg January 8 with Environmental Science teacher Brian Suter to present their concept for a spotted lanternfly educational mobile app. The group won a Bucks County hackathon competition held at the Bucks County Intermediate Unit in Doylestown recently which earned them the trip … 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...
Over 200 students gave up part of their Martin Luther King holiday Monday, January 21 to honor his legacy by participating in a unique Day of Service project. Students from Maple Point Middle School in Langhorne and some from Neshaminy High School spent the morning compiling 1,600 ‘blessing bags’ from … Read more...
The Neshaminy Education Foundation (NEF) has donated $18,000 to Neshaminy School District to fund the purchase of 435 bluetooth microphone headsets. The rechargeable units clip on to the users ear, and will make it easier for teachers to communicate with their students who are in virtual learning classes … Read more...
On April 10, 2019, students at Walter Miller Elementary School in Levittown enjoyed a visit from a very special green guest as a reward for being one of the top schools in the Philadelphia region in the 2018–2019 Phanatic About Reading contest. The students won the visit by accumulating hundreds … Read more...
The Covid-19 pandemic may have put the brakes on spring concerts, but the music teachers and student performers didn’t let that stop them from joining in song even though they were apart.
Several schools hosted virtual recitals that included dozens or even hundreds of participants in Zoom meetings listening to their … Read more...
Herbert Hoover ES art teacher Justin Bursk and Neshaminy High School art teacher Terry O’Neill were both accepted into the Artists as Educators exhibition at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. This exhibit pairs an art educator’s artwork with the artwork of their students. The goal is to pair students … 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...
A group of Neshaminy High School Drama students wrapped up their Counterparts in Hope Facebook Live performance series on May 26 with a unique show. Each week since the Covid-19 closure began in March, the students have been staging a series of individual performances online every Tuesday evening. Those performances … 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...
Maple Point Middle School in Langhorne once again celebrated the US Constitution by inviting guest speakers to talk with students in each grade about their involvement with our guiding document in September and October. This speaker series has become a school tradition, during which students are able to connect concept … Read more...
Neshaminy’s elementary schools held an online art show during the final weeks of school. Students were encouraged to create art and display it on Flipgrid, an online presentation tool that allowed them to share with their art with fellow students across the District. The show received over 300 submissions, which … Read more...
