Central Bucks School District

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 2004Fact|date=April 2008. The district was named a Top Performing District by Standard & PoorsFact|date=April 2008, and was given the "Ambassador" award by the Chamber of CommerceFact|date=April 2008. In 2007 the district was ranked fifth in the state, out of 501 districts.Fact|date=April 2008

Elementary schools

There are fifteen functioning elementary schools in CBSD:
* [http://www.cbsd.org/doyle Doyle] (1966, Soaring Eagles)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/pinerun Pine Run] (1971, Pine Trees)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/barclay John Barclay] (1965, Patriots)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/bridgevalley Bridge Valley] (2004, Trailblazers)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/buckingham Buckingham] (1955, Knights)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/butler Simon Butler] (1964, Bears)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/coldspring Cold Spring] (1995, Jaguars)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/gayman Gayman] (1961, Mustangs)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/groveland Groveland] (2000, Great Grizzlies)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/jamison Jamison] (1997 Jets)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/kutz Paul W. Kutz] (Cougars)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/linden Linden] (1966, Leopards)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/millcreek Mill Creek] (2000, Magic)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/titus Titus] (1957, Tigers)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/warwick Warwick] (1919)

There are five middle schools:
* [http://www.cbsd.org/lenape Lenape] (Indians)
* [http://www1.cbsd.org/schools/tamanend/Pages/Default.aspx Tamanend Middle School] (Tigers)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/unami/main/main.htm Unami Middle School] (Warriors)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/holicong Holicong] (Colonials)
* [http://www.cbsd.org/tohickon Tohickon] (Golden Eagles)

High schools

*Central Bucks West High School (formerly CB High School)(Bucks)
*Central Bucks East High School(Patriots)
*Central Bucks South High School(Titans)

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

The district controls the Central Bucks Community School - a school for children in the summer. It offers camps for children and second learning opportunities as well as before and afterschool child care programs at the elementary schools.

CBTV

Central Bucks Television, CBTV, was launched in the spring of 2006. CBTV is managed by Central Bucks School District in cooperation with the James A. Michener Art Museum and the Mercer Museum of the Bucks County Historical Society. The mission of CBTV is to provide the Central Bucks community with educational television programming featuring an emphasis on the area's heritage, arts, cultural life and accomplishments of the students and teachers in our public schools. Some shows include Parent Connections, High School Highlights, World of Guitar, and the Local Scene. Most of the shows are produced and filmed by students at the district's three high schools. It can be seen on Comcast Channel 28 and Verizon FIOS Channel 40. Direct TV does not currently carry CBTV.

External links

* [http://www.cbsd.org Central Bucks School District]
* [http://www.cbsd.org/CBTV/index.html CBTV]