Together We Build Strong Minds
Congratulations to all ten Pennsbury elementary schools! As a group, they earned a 2018 Promising Practices Award from Character.org for conducting the inaugural Pennsbury Day of Service activity on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This was one of just 258 Promising Practices awards granted by Character.org nationwide to schools, … Read more...
Thanks to the dedication of numerous staff members and the enthusiasm of Pennsbury’s middle school “Best Buddies,” a total of 15 students in the District’s Autistic Support Program had the opportunity to see a Broadway production of Aladdin. The show was a special Autism‐friendly performance produced by the Theatre Development … Read more...
The Pennsbury Partners Program celebrated its 20th annual partnership recognition event on April 30, 2019 at William Penn Middle School. As in previous years, awards were presented to one outstanding business partner and one outstanding non‐profit partner of the year. The 2019 celebration also featured musical entertainment by … Read more...
Pennsbury Technology Department staff member, Amanda D’Amico, hosted a virtual reality tour of aquatic life around the globe for first grade students at Penn Valley Elementary School. The students first read a nonfiction piece about animals and their traits for survival. The virtual reality tour brought to life the … Read more...
The Artists of Yardley (AOY) Art Center, a Pennsbury Partner, hosted the third annual gallery show of adjudicated Pennsbury student work on two weekends in January, 2019. As in past years, this showcase of up‐and‐coming talent was juried by members of AOY after the students curated their own … Read more...
Instrumental music teacher, Michael McGarry, reports that string students from all three Pennsbury middle schools attended a performance by a quartet of musicians from the Philadelphia Orchestra. “Students listened to pieces from the classical repertoire by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven in the newly‐refurbished Pennwood auditorium,” said Mr. McGarry. Performers … Read more...
Pennsbury School District is honored to be included among numerous local partners to Waste Management, Inc. (WM) in the development and care of local learning gardens. Other local entities partnering with WM in this effort include the Falls Township Senior Center, Pennsbury Manor, The Pen Ryn School, and … Read more...
A grant‐funded, pre‐school program for three‐ and four‐year‐old children is continuing this year in the Pennsbury School District thanks to a joint effort between Pennsbury and the Morrisville YMCA. Known as the Pre‐K Counts Program, these classroom sessions are being offered on a full‐day basis, five days each week, … Read more...
With the passage of the 2019–2020 School District final budget on June 20th, the Pennsbury Board of School Directors approved the re‐instatement of a fifth “special” to the elementary schedule. Supplementing the current specials that include physical education, music, art, and library will be the introduction of a new weekly … Read more...
In October, Pennsbury High School assistant principals, Patti Steckroat and Cherrissa Gibson, presented at the 25th annual National Character.org Conference in Washington, D.C. The pair led a breakout session titled, Getting Comfortable with the Uncomfortable: Building Character and Leadership to Promote Positive School Culture.
Ms. Gibson and Ms. Steckroat led a team … Read more...
The “Best Prom in America” just got even better, thanks to special recognition by the Guinness World Records team!
After carefully documenting the process that led to the creation of the largest mural of kisses, or lip prints, Pennsbury High School administrators were notified by the Guinness World Records team … Read more...
Kudos to the entire Charles Boehm Middle School community for recent re‐certification as a National School of Character by Character.org. Boehm was the first of all of the Pennsbury schools to achieve this distinction five years ago, and it continues to lead the way with this re‐certified status.
“It … Read more...
The College Board has announced that Pennsbury School District has earned a position on the 9th annual AP District Honor Roll! Pennsbury is among only 373 school districts in North America to receive this honor.
“I am proud of our students, teachers, and administrators in building our AP… Read more...
Third grade students held their annual “Biography Bash” at Pennsbury’s Walt Disney Elementary School in the spring of 2019. “This is a two‐part project that involves in‐classroom research and a project to work on at home,” explained teacher, Jess Holzerman. “Students arrived dressed as famous people, ready to embody … Read more...
PHS teacher, Jessica Perfetto, was accepted as one of 32 Ambassadors in the Pennsylvania STEM Ambassador Program, which aims to shape the future of STEM education in the Commonwealth by targeting vital policy conversations with legislative leadership in the areas of STEM Learning ecosystems, computer science, state and federal … Read more...
