Central Bucks School District

CBSD

Central Bucks School District is located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and is the third largest school district in Pennsylvania. It consists of fifteen Elementary Schools, five Middle Schools, and three High Schools. Its superintendent is N. Robert Laws, Ph.D; the Assistant Superintendent for Elementary Education is David P. Weitzel, Ed.D., and the Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education is Nancy B. Silvious. Central Bucks students ranked in the top three percent in state testing data in 2004. The district was named a Top Performing District by Sandard & Poors, and was given the "Ambassador" award by the Chamber of Commerce.

Elementary schools

There are fifteen functioning elementary schools in CBSD:

• Doyle
• Pine Run
• Barclay
• Bridge Valley
• Buckingham
• Butler
• Cold Spring
• Gayman
• Groveland
• Jamison
• Kutz
• Linden
• Mill Creek
• Titus
• Warwick

A sixteenth elementary school may or may not be built in the near future to accomodate a large development that is being planned for in Plumstead.

Middle schools

There are five middle schools:

• Holicong
• Lenape
• Tamanend
• Tohickon
• Unami

High schools

• Central Bucks West (formerly CB High School)
• Central Bucks East
• Central Bucks South

Curriculum

Central Bucks has an integrated curriculum grade by grade.

• Consumer and Family Sciences, introduced in Jr. High
• Health and Physical Education, introduced in Kdg
• Industrial Technology, introduced in Jr. High
• Language Arts, introduced in Kdg
• Library, introduced in Kdg and integrated in 1st grade
• Mathematics, introduced in Kdg and integrated in 1st grade
• Music, introduced in 1st grade
• Reading, introduced in Kdg
• Science, introduced in Kdg and integrated in 1st grade
• Social Studies, introduced in 1st grade
• Visual Arts, introduced in Kdg
• World Languages, introduced in Jr. High
• Computer Sciences, introduced in Elementary, integrated in Jr. High

E-Notes

E-Notes is a message board client used by CBSD teachers to post homework and messages to students and parents. It is accessible through the CBSD homepage and is now on version 2.0. Teachers have a choice in using E-Notes and some prefer to use the website Quia or simply rely on the students to remember their homework. http://www.cbsd.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi

Community School

Although Central Bucks School District did at one time control Bucks County Community College, they no longer control that college. They do, however, control the Central Bucks Community School - a school for children in the summer. It offers camps for children and second learning opportunities.

External links

• Central Bucks School District