2022-2023 APPROVED Academic Calendar

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CBK Track Shines at Middle School County Championships

(May 31, 2023) The Cedarbrook boys and girls track and field teams recently competed in the Montgomery County Athletic Association Middle School Championships at Plymouth-Whitemarsh and came away with some great performances.

CHS and CBK Stage Spring Orchestra Festival

(May 23, 2023) With 13 numbers by five groups, CHS and CBK staged their Spring orchestra concert on May 18 in the Cedarbrook Auditorium.

CBK Takes Home First in Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science State Competition

(May 22, 2023) Students from Cedarbrook competed in the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science (PJAS) State Competition earlier this month. Of the students that competed, ten took home first place, one received a perfect score, and four placed in second.

Myers Hosts Robotics Scrimmage and Showcase

The Myers Machines and Glenside Bearbotics robotics teams squared off Thursday evening in the district’s inaugural FIRST Lego League scrimmage. Both sides squared off in four rounds by programming a robot to run through a course.

CHS Students Teach CBK STEM

(May 17, 2023) CHS senior Maris Raisch and their classmates visited CBK’s Omar Rose and Sean Quenzer’s STEM students Wednesday morning to present a lesson they learned with CHS Computer Science teacher Sarah Putterman earlier in the year.

SEANstrong Growing Stronger

(May 2, 2023) More than 100 CBK and CHS students come out in the rain to volunteer at the mile nine water station of the Broad Street Run on Sunday as part of the SEANstrong Foundation. Student volunteers, who receive service hours for their work, have increased every year since the foundation’s first Broad Street Run water station appearance in 2015.

CBK Students Develop Apps for Wyncote Third Graders

(April 27, 2023) Sean Quenzer’s Cedarbrook STEM class has been using code.org to develop academic web-based apps usable on multiple platforms for Deb DiBattista’s third graders at Wyncote Elementary.

Cedarbrook Day of Silence

(April 17, 2023) Cedarbrook Middle School students sounded off this past Friday by being silent for the day in support of the LGBTQIA+ community. More than 100 students - members of the LGBTQIA+ community and allies - participated in the school’s student-led Day of Silence to bring awareness to bullying and discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community.

Cedarbrook Students Recognized for Accomplishments at Delaware Valley Science Fair

(April 13, 2023) Five Cedarbrook students attended, and a select few won awards for their projects at the recent Delaware Valley Science Fair. Congratulations to Shae Branch-Huston, Grace Byard, Josh Owens, Cole Powers and Noelle Ryan for qualifying for the fair.

CBK Claims Two Firsts at MontCo Science Research Competition

(March 29, 2023) Cedarbrook students Tessa Homa and Johnny Raisch each won first place at the recent Montgomery County Science Research competition at Germantown Academy on Thursday, March 23. Cedarbrook students accounted for 14 awards and $1,500 in monetary awards.

CBK’s Women’s Student Union Hosts Women in STEM Panel

(March 29, 2023) Select Cedarbrook Middle School students attended a panel discussion featuring women in STEM, hosted by the CBK Women’s Student Union on Monday morning. Faculty and staff selected students based on their interest in pursuing STEM-related fields. The panel consisted of former fish and wildlife biologist Deb DiBattista; CEO and president of Animal Biotech Industries Inc. (ABI) Deb Shepherd; senior scientist at Transcend Therapeutics Dr. Sarah Olmstead; two-time Emmy Award winning video producer Rebecca Elias Abboud; and aerospace engineer Ashley Kowalski.

Two CBK Students Earn ‘Perfect’ Scores at PJAS Regional Science Fair

(March 7, 2023) With perfect scores on their projects, seventh grader Nori Huynh (Picky Plants: What Color of Light are Plants Drawn To?) and eighth grader Cole Powers (“Vowel” Language: Letter Ratios and Wordle Success Rates) led Cedarbrook’s success at the recent PA Junior Academy of Science regional science fair at Souderton. Some other CBK projects focused on minerals, babies looking like their parents, clean water, E. coli, paper airplanes, and UV-C exposure.

Guest Speaker Fran Curtis Brings her Expertise to CBK 7th Graders

(March 3, 2023) Seventh graders in Isaac Stanford’s World Cultures and Geography class had the opportunity to work with guest speaker Frances Curtis, an expert in the field of Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.).

CBK Hip Hop Club Performs "Showtime at the Apollo"

(February 24, 2023) Celebrating 50 years of hip hop, the 20-member Cedarbrook Hip Hop Club staged “Showtime at the Apollo” in the CBK Auditorium on Thursday evening. The two-act show included dance, poetry and spoken word performances.

CBK Student Co-Authors Middle Grade Fantasy Novel During Pandemic

(February 1, 2023) Cedarbrook seventh grader Sylvie Merryman-Lotze co-authored Nightshade: The Ember Stone, the first book in a middle-grade fantasy series that celebrates the strength of friendship and the power of self-acceptance.

CBK’s Wildclefs Perform at “Voices Together” Choral Festival

(January 27, 2023) Congratulations and a big shout to the Cedarbrook Middle School Select Choir, the Wildclefs! Last weekend, the choir was one of five middle schools invited to participate in the Commonwealth Youth Choir’s "Voices Together" choral festival.

Curriculum Night at CHS

(January 19, 2023) Cheltenham High School hosted more than 200 individuals at its annual Curriculum Night on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at which information was shared about the wealth of academic opportunities available to students.

CSD Celebrates MLK Jr. Day of Service

(January 17, 2023) Students, parents/guardians and staff from across the district participated in service projects on Monday, Jan. 16 as part of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

MLK Day of Service Across CSD

Students from across the district will be participating in service projects on Monday, Jan. 16 as part of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

“Hack the Ham” Hackathon Winners

(January 12, 2023) This past weekend, dozens of students from CHS and CBK competed in the fifth annual “Hack the Ham'' hackathon for grades seven through 12. Hosted by the CHS Computer Science Honor Society, the hackathon saw participants programming apps, games, and websites over a 48-hour period.

CHS Computer Science Honor Society Hosts Fifth Annual Hackathon

(January 9, 2023) With more than 80 participants programming apps, games, and websites over a 48-hour period, the CHS Computer Science Honor Society hosted its fifth annual Hackathon for grades seven through 12 during the second weekend in January.

Seventh Graders Explore the Globe Through Cultural Iceberg Project

(December 15, 2022) Utilizing a project based learning framework, seventh graders in Isaac Stanford’s World Cultures and Geography classes analyzed their own cultures with “cultural icebergs.”

Cedarbrook Student’s Work to Be Performed at Philly Young Playwrights “Plays in Process”

(December 6, 2022) Eighth grader Natalie Harmon-Ward's monologue, “A Witch in the Woods,” is being performed at the Louis Bluver Theater in Philadelphia next weekend as part of the Philadelphia Young Playwrights’ (PYP) “Plays in Process” program.

Kevin Smith Appointed Vice Principal at Cedarbrook Middle School

(October 18, 2022) Kevin Smith has been named vice principal at Cedarbrook Middle School. For Smith, taking this position is a return to the Cheltenham School District, as he served as the CHS Climate and Culture Administrator for the 2018-19 school year. The board of school directors approved his appointment at its October 11 legislative board meeting, and he begins in the tenure effective October 24, 2022.

Cedarbrook Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Los Bomberos De La Calle

October 13, 2022) Cedarbrook students, faculty, and staff celebrated the end of Hispanic Heritage Month with performances by the Afro-Puerto Rican group Los Bomberos De La Calle on Thursday. The group performed traditional Puerto Rican music and dances with the help of Cedarbrook students and staff. 

Cedarbrook Students Place in Philadelphia Young Playwrights Annual Monologue Festival

(October 12, 2022) A plethora of student-written monologues from Cedarbrook Middle School placed in the Philadelphia Young Playwrights Festival. Natalie Harmon-Ward took first place; Giselle Bonner, Ona Grandey, and Autumn Robinson won second place; and Maliah Opuni and Josephine Semien-Graef earned a third-place finish.

Eighth Grader Maliah Opuni Earns Third for Monologue in Young Playwrights Festival

(September 16, 2022) Cedarbrook eighth grader Maliah Opuni earned third place in the Philadelphia Young Playwrights 2022 annual playwriting festival in the middle school category for her monologue “From the Ashes, We Will Rise.” Opuni’s monologue finished third in a field of 630 submissions from more than 800 students in third through 12th grade.

Cheltenham School District Foundation Awards Innovation Grants

(September 9, 2022) The Cheltenham School District Foundation awarded 23 grants totaling almost $25,000 to 28 Cheltenham educators at this year’s school-opening festivities.

Cedarbrook Roars Into the New School Year With a PBIS Kickoff Event

(September 2, 2022) The Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) team at Cedarbrook Middle School kicked off the new school year with a school-wide assembly on September 1. The assembly consisted of teacher skits, a rap performance from Mr. Rose, Ms. Atwood, and Mr. Herring, as well as games and activities to set the tone for Cedarbrook’s PBIS Initiatives for the 2022-23 school year.

CBK Students Kary and Hayes Named Finalists in New York Times Student Editorial Contest

Eighth graders Mirabelle Hayes and Ingrid Kary have been named finalists in the New York Times Learning Network Editorial Contest.