Pennsbury Schools Announce Partners Of The Year

YARDLEY, PA — The Pennsbury School District on Tuesday honored two community partners for their contributions toward helping the district's students.

The Pennsbury Partners Program celebrated its 20th annual partnership recognition event at William Penn Middle School. The recipients of the outstanding partnership awards for 2018-19 were:

• ShopRite of Yardley: Business Partner of the Year
• AOY Art Center: Non-Profit Partner of the Year

"In addition to benefiting students, partnering with Pennsbury offers brand enhancement and publicity for community agencies and businesses," said Ann Langtry, the district's communications supervisor, who organized the event. "It’s a win-win for both the students and our partners."

ShopRite of Yardley provides extensive donations of food and beverage for Pennsbury events, along with offering generous financial support for various school projects. The store also invites Pennsbury principals to serve as "celebrity baggers" each fall to help generate funds for local food pantries.

For the past three years, the AOY Art Center has exhibited a gallery-wide showcase of selected student art created by Pennsbury’s senior art majors. AOY artists work with Pennsbury faculty members to give the student artists an authentic gallery experience by having their work adjudicated and exhibited in a public space. Cash prizes are also awarded to three students for their pieces thanks to funding donated by one of the AOY artists.

This year’s premier event sponsors were ShopRite of Yardley and KidsCare of Pennsbury. Funds
provided by these sponsors, and all of the 2019 advertisers, will enable the Partnership Program
to provide mini-grants to Pennsbury teachers in the coming school year.

Over the last two decades, the Pennsbury Partners Program has grown to be a highly successful,
collaborative effort involving over 1,000 partners in the Pennsbury community.