Dear Bristol Township School Community,

I hope today finds you well as we make our way into the homestretch of the school year; a time of many fun and memorable events throughout our school community.

There was certainly a lot to commemorate and celebrate regarding our students' April achievements. Truman High School's girls flag football team made its debut and secured its first win earlier this month. Talented BTSD artists have been honored across Bucks County, and our students have been altruistically giving back to various groups, charities and organizations.

We also had a lot of "Tigers In the News" this month. 6ABC produced a wonderful highlight on Keystone's "Bubbles for Autism" event and the site Great PA Schools, run by the Pennsylvania School Board Association, has shared many of our students' accomplishments. The district is also proud to be one of 54 school districts in the state to receive a grant to pilot a cybersecurity program.

Check out all those stories and more in our April newsletter, and best wishes for a wonderful month of May!

Sincerely,

Michael Nitti

Superintendent of Schools

Truman High School participated in Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library's yearly “Celebrate Youth Art Month” in March. The following students, pictured left to right, won the "People's Choice” awards for our district:

• First Place: Kaylee Pflanzer (11)
• Second Place: Laila Cruze (12)
• Third Place: Gage Currie (12)
• Honorable Mention: Amara Gordon (11 )

Congratulations to all of our winners!

Harry S. Truman's art students submitted artwork into the 30th Annual High School Art Exhibition, hosted by the School of Arts and Communication of Bucks County Community College at the Hicks Art Center.

Congratulations to Truman’s two winners! Senior Liberty Shaw won the Fine Crafts Award for her project “Mushroom Lamp” in Mrs. Bussmann’s class, and senior Gage Currie won the Drawing Award for “Looking Forward” in Mrs. Bryceland’s class.

Congratulations to Teri-Rose Browne, the student artist representing BTSD in the Bucks IU Student Art Gallery! Browne, an eleventh-grade student at Truman High School, has her photograph, “Looking In,” on display. Read the full story here.

Bravo to Truman Drama! Cast members had an amazing day at the Bucks County Playhouse for their HS Theatre Competition, winning six awards!

The cast of ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME and BULLY reigned in the day! Our stepsisters, Rylie Cerulli and Alayna Butcher, received SCENE STEALER AWARDS, Christopher Grotz received OOPS YOU DID IT AGAIN for amazing performances in both shows! And as predicted prior to a public performance, Audrey McGeachy, for CAPTIVATING PERFORMANCE in BULLY. Our cast won ALL THAT ‘TUDE for ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME and BULLY won THE POWER OF STORYTELLING: ACTIVISM!

Through GIANT's Feeding School Kids initiative, BTSD received $8,071.21 for our food service department. Thank you to all our community members who rounded up at the register!

Made possible through a grant from NASSP, 28 Truman students from NHS volunteered at Cradles to Crayons Philadelphia for a service project! They sorted clothing donations in preparation for distribution to children facing clothing insecurity in the greater Philadelphia area.

Keystone Elementary 4th and 5th grade student council members organized a fundraiser for Women's Animal Center!

Under the guidance of 4th-grade teacher Kati Bryson, Keystone Elementary students raised $800 and presented them with a homemade giant check to support the animals.

Truman High School is seeking donations for the Aggie Sassani Memorial Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships to special education students. To learn more, click here.

Bristol Township School District is one of 54 districts in Pennsylvania to receive a grant for the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program. The $248,472 three-year grant is made possible through the E-rate program, administered under the direction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Director of Technology Bob Pfau applied for this grant to provide BTSD with access to cybersecurity resources. Among over 2,000 applicants, the Universal Service Fund (USF) is providing up to $200 million to 707 eligible schools and libraries.

“School districts are prime targets for cybersecurity attacks due to limited budgets, a high number of users on the network, and their critical dependence on network availability for learning, security systems, communication, and other essential functions,” said Pfau.

To safeguard BTSD from cyber threats, the funds will be used to support firewall maintenance and updates, enhance endpoint protection, implement active monitoring tools, and conduct annual network penetration tests.

“This grant will give us access to enterprise class monitoring and remediation tools, offset district funds we would have otherwise spent on support services, and strengthen our network security posture,” said Pfau.

Six Bristol Township teams competed in the Bucks IU STEM Design Challenge County Finals and did a fantastic job demonstrating hard work, teamwork, and creativity.

Congratulations to Team Better Bridge Builders from Keystone for winning the Teamwork Award! The team members are Greyson Franks, Tucker Leonard, Deandre Moore, and Aiden Phillips-Zawierucha.

Gifted & Honors ELA students at Ben Franklin Middle School showcased their self-selected Genius Hour projects

Congratulations to the Foundation of the Arts students of the month, who were recognized at this month’s Board meeting! Each honoree received a certificate and a Barnes & Noble gift card.

Bucks County Music Educators Association Certificates were presented to students by Chris Gerhart, Anne Haydu, and Kristen Winebrenner.

The school funding in Lower Bucks roundtable features guest speakers Representatives Tina Davis and Jim Prokopiak, Assistant Superintendent Dr. Chris Polzer, Priyanka Reyes-Kaura of Children First, and Rev. Bill Bloom of United Christian Church of Levittown.

Register at https://forms.gle/U5wpiDdYJ6TKQgXu6

Family Service Community Festival

Dual enrollment information session

Spring Carnival

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