Together We Build Strong Minds
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 annual Military Commitment Ceremony at Neshaminy High School was moved online this year with a video containing pre-recorded speeches and a reading of names to honor ten students who will be serving our country following graduation. Speakers included Neshaminy High School Principal Ryan Staub, Assistant Principal Tom Magdelinskas, … Read more...
Each year, the students of Maple Point Middle School in Middletown Township are treated to a lesson about the United Constitution from those who actually work and use it every day. The school invites a series of speakers to share knowledge of specific aspects of the Constitution, so by the … 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...
Neshaminy District art teachers Terry O’Neill (Neshaminy HS) and Justin Bursk (Herbert Hoover ES) have been chosen to participate in the Exhibition Cross Pollination at Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University. They will each exhibit one of their artworks alongside one of their student’s artworks. … Read more...
On January 26, 2019, 17 of 21 students from retired Neshaminy School District teacher Harry Myrga’s 1972–1973 sixth-grade class at Everitt Elementary School returned to the area for a reunion held at the Attleboro Community in Langhorne. They came from as far away as Washington state, Arizona, Texas and Israel. … Read more...
In the spring of 2018, Farmers Insurance announced that Neshaminy High School was a finalist in their $100,000 Dream Big Grant competition — one of only 15 in the nation and the only one in Pennsylvania.
The Neshaminy community is rallying to help to finish the job and secure one of five … 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...
Nearly 500 runners participated in the first annual #StandUp Neshaminy Sunset Challenge 2K / 5K race held at Maple Point Middle School in Langhorne on May 10. The race drew students from every District school, their families, and runners from the community who competed on a 2K course stayed on … Read more...
On October 15, 2019, Maple Point MS science teachers Chuck Lumio and Dan Winter held a lunchtime conference call with the Senior Project Manager of the Amplify Science program through the University of California at Berkley. Neshaminy has been leading the way for the past several years integrating Next Generation … Read more...
Even in the new age of social distancing, Neshaminy staff and students have found multiple ways to stay connected to learn, enjoy each others company and share creativity online. Online webinars and meetings, once the mainstay of start-up business and corporate teams, have become the “go-to” way for teams of … Read more...