Pennsbury Students Travel Back In Time To 1700s

Students at Makefield Elementary School travel back in time to the 1700s during Colonial Day on Friday. 

The full-day interactive event is a learning experience that includes an extensive cast of militiamen, tradesmen, craftsmen, and more. School faculty, parent volunteers, students, Colonial Navy re-enactors, George Washington and William Penn re-enactors are expected in attendance.

Colonial Day at Makefield Elementary School has been staged every two years for the last 28 years. Former teachers Dave Yantz and Susan Plaisted created the event, along with current fourth and fifth grade teachers, and members of the Makefield Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization (MESPTO).  

United States and Pennsylvania history has been taught all year as part of the fourth and fifth grades Social Studies curriculum. 

Students will participate in activities including quill writing, tin punching, stenciling, butter churning, candle making and more. All of the school staff dress in Colonial attire and a traditional Colonial lunch is prepared and served by parent volunteers.

Event organizers say no other school in the region comes close to producing a one-of-a-kind learning experience like this.