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Middle Bucks Institute of Technology wins regional awards, secures grants and plans welding lab ribbon-cutting
Summary
MBIT reported multiple recognitions, including regional awards and new grants that will fund equipment for a state-of-the-art welding lab; the district announced a ribbon-cutting for the welding lab on Feb. 12 and other CTE-related updates and college-credit opportunities for students.
Representatives at the Jan. 14 Centennial School District meeting reported that the Middle Bucks Institute of Technology (MBIT) earned multiple regional honors and has secured grants to expand career and technical education resources.
MBIT was recognized in the Bucks County Herald’s Best of the Region Awards in four categories, the transcript states, including Best Trade School and Best Adult Learning Center. The district announced a ribbon-cutting ceremony for MBIT’s newly completed welding lab on Wednesday, Feb. 12, and said guests—state representatives, local officials and industry partners—would be invited to observe live demonstrations by welding students.
District remarks at the meeting credited assistant director Lauren Doherty for writing competitive grant applications. The transcript records that MBIT received an $85,000 competitive grant earmarked for robotic equipment to outfit the welding lab and a $25,000 youth agriculture grant to support the horticulture program. The district also noted that an MBIT instructor, identified as Mr. Hamovitz, earned certification as a certified welding instructor and can now certify students and adult learners for industry credentials.
MBIT updates also included academic and student-opportunity announcements: two MBIT students have been selected as Pennsylvania nominees for the CTE Presidential Scholars competition (the state typically has five nominees), MBIT students may take a college-level intro to entrepreneurship course for three credits through Bucks County Community College beginning Feb. 10, 2025, and MBIT teacher Sherry Appleton was named one of 12 finalists for the 2025 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year award.
The transcript records the MBIT items as informational remarks during the student- and program-update portions of the meeting; there is no recorded board vote tied directly to the grants or ribbon-cutting in the Jan. 14 transcript.
