Principal's Notes

Here at the IB campus students have more opportunities for sports, art, clubs and activities than ever before. Thank you to our staff who dedicate their time and energy to after school activities. You are all helping us build a vibrant, positive community on Tillman Drive. We are launching a new E-Sports club and team. New clubs this year include Robotics, Dungeons and Dragons, Community Building Club, Mock Trial and Page Turner's Club. Our commitment to Kiwanis continues through Key Club and Builders Club.

Our Performing Arts program continues to bloom. After an amazing few months at the end of last year, Choir will meet after school. The IB Campus will be putting on its first musical, Mean Girls.

Student Voice Brings Robotics to the IB Campus

Three students, Janvi Rao, Sarup Tumpati and Brandon Ngo brought a proposal to Principal Weber to bring a Robotics program to the IB Campus. All three students have a wide range of experience in Robotics. This is a leadership and mentoring opportunity for them. The club is open to all students grades 7-12. Our new Math teacher, Nilam Patel, will be the faculty sponsor of this group. Ms Patel studied Electrical Engineering at the Government Engineering College in India. Here she focused on wireless communication. Some projects she worked on involved developing flashing LEDs on timers and home automation projects such as controlling utilities from phones when away from home.

Robotics is open to all grades 7-12.

Clubs and Activities Trimester 1

New this year, the IB Campus will have an Esports team. We will use the competitive platform PlayVS.

New this year, Future Business Leaders of American FBLA, a nationally recognized organization for middle and high school students.

Breakfast/Lunch Reminders

Every School Lane student in grades K-12 is eligible for one FREE BREAKFAST and one FREE LUNCH each school day of the 2024-25 school year. Your child can enjoy a delicious, nutritionally balanced breakfast and lunch without having to pay a fee or submit an application.

Students still need to use their ID card to access cafeteria benefits!

To see the daily Lunch and Breakfast menus, look on the School Lane website, under “Lunch Program” then “Lunch Menu”.

Click on your child’s campus to see the daily breakfast and lunch menu details! https://www.schoollane.org/page/lunch-program

(A la carte items, as always, are available at full price. The à la carte menu with pricing can be found alongside the other menus on the school website.)

PARENTS CAN CONVENIENTLY MANAGE STUDENT LUNCH ACCOUNTS

You can view your child’s lunch account 24/7 to add money for extra meal items, drinks, or snacks, see register activity, and receive low balance account notices. Visit our school lunch payment portal online at: https://schoolpaymentportal.com/Default.aspx. You can also locate the online portal from the School Lane website, https://schoollane.org/, by going into Lunch Program - School Lunch Payment Portal.

If you have questions, please contact the Front Desk at your child’s school or contact Mary Kelly Finegan at (215) 245-6055 x400 or mkfinegan@schoollane.org.

Counselors' Corner

Our new College Counselor, Veronica Bohlin, has been hard at work inviting colleges to visit our School Lane students. Please see the list of colleges scheduled for September. Visits are open to all students in grades 10-12. Some colleges like to see students showing interest during these visits. It is also an opportunity for students to broaden their understanding of the range of college experiences out there.

Here are the steps on how they can sign up for these visits:

1. Log in to Naviance through Clever.

2. On the home page, under the Colleges tab – click College Visits.

3. Click the “Register Now” button in blue for any visit they wish to attend.

Visiting Colleges in September

9/10 – Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology

9/18 – Bucks County Community College & Johns Hopkins University

9/19 – Montclair State University & Kutztown University

9/20 – The College of New Jersey

9/23 – Drexel University

9/24 – Chestnut Hill College

9/25 – Neumann University & Susquehanna University

9/30 – Boston University

IB Campus Citizen Program

The IB learner profile represents 10 attributes valued by IB world schools. We believe these attributes, and others like them, can help individuals and groups become responsible members of local, national and global communities.

Research shows that academic success for all students is greatly influenced by the quality of the school environment, the level of engagement of all students in building school community and the students’ belief their actions influence their success and happiness. Having a sense of belonging in a community increases the likelihood of students reaching their potential, finding a purpose and feeling happy. The goal of the program is to give students the experience of being a citizen day-to-day at the IB Campus. Being a good citizen requires all students to take on leadership roles.

The IB Campus Citizens Program engages students in the day-to-day running of the school. This may be done in physical spaces such as the lunch room, the hallways, and the classrooms. It may be done through mentoring or tutoring other students. Students may create new ways to deepen and broaden the program. The roles and tasks taken on by the students are different in each grade level.

How does the IB Diploma help in the college application process?

Selective colleges want to see that a student is taking the most challenging academic program a school offers which for some schools means Honors classes or AP classes. At School Lane in means IB classes whether you are taking the full diploma or individual courses. We are proud to offer DP for all through IB Language and Literature and IB History of the Americas. While the IB program is highly regarded by state and private universities, there are certain schools who particularly favor IB students. Certain schools will offer generous financial aid packets to IB students. Research shows IB students are more likely to successfully complete the first year of college as opposed to non-IB students.

Dickinson College located Carlisle, Pa is just over 2 hours away from Bensalem offers a full year for a score of 30 and above for the IB Diploma. Nearly 80% of Dickinson students receive grant or scholarship aid.

https://www.dickinson.edu/