Category: Quakertown Community School District

The ener­gy in the Pennsylvania Capitol wasn’t radi­at­ing from the 18-foot Douglas Fir that Gov. Tom Wolf and First Lady Frances Wolf lit dur­ing the December annu­al tree light­ing ceremony.

No, the ener­gy flow­ing in the rotun­da came from the melo­di­ous tones on the mar­ble steps. The mar­velous voic­es belong … Read more...

Two sopho­more stu­dents at Quakertown Community High School have been nom­i­nat­ed for the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) schol­ar­ship. The award comes with an invi­ta­tion to attend a two-day lead­er­ship sem­i­nar with the orga­ni­za­tion, designed to give stu­dents the tools they need to turn their ideas into action … Read more...

On Wednesday after­noon and evening, High School Band teacher Frank Parker’s eyes were glued to his tele­vi­sion at the shock­ing visions of a mob vio­lent­ly tak­ing over the Capitol. The next morn­ing, as his Wind Symphony class began, he asked stu­dents if there was any­thing they’d like to talk about.… Read more...

Two Quakertown Community High School stu­dents have been select­ed as can­di­dates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program. The out­stand­ing seniors are Matt Catalano and Raymond Slifer, who also attends Upper Bucks County Technical School.

The two QCHS stu­dents are among more than 4,500 stu­dents invit­ed to apply for the … Read more...

Quakertown Community High School’s stu­dent sec­tion, band, and cheer squad cre­ate a com­mu­ni­ty spir­it at Friday night foot­ball games that is the envy of vis­it­ing schools.

The Quakertown Community School District has devel­oped a for­mu­la that doesn’t need a score­board to prove it’s a win­ner. On Friday nights at Alumni … Read more...

It was toward the end of her Advanced Placement biol­o­gy class and Emily Maceri was check­ing her can­di­date por­tal with the United States Military Academy. When she saw the large green box that con­firmed her appoint­ment, a huge smile broke out on her face. 

A good friend sit­ting next to her … Read more...

Quakertown Community School District Superintendent Dr. Bill Harner is a recip­i­ent of the Torch of Global Enlightenment Award for 2020, award­ed by the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg.

The announce­ment was made by Joyce M. Davis, pres­i­dent and chief exec­u­tive offi­cer of the orga­ni­za­tion which hon­ors indi­vid­u­als and orga­ni­za­tions … Read more...

Raymond Slifer, a senior at Quakertown Community High School and Upper Bucks County Technical School, has been named a 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholar, one of the high­est awards the nation can bestow upon a grad­u­at­ing senior.

“This is insane,” said Raymond, who found out Thursday when he checked his email dur­ing … Read more...

What if … you’re a teacher in the hall­way and you hear some­thing that sounds like glass break­ing.? What do you do? 

What if … you’re a school nurse and you hear stu­dents run­ning down a hall­way shout­ing? What do you do?

What if … you’re a cafe­te­ria work­er and you hear … Read more...

Quakertown Elementary School raised a record $12,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

During the six-week fundrais­er for the LLS Hero Squad Program, which rais­es mon­ey for child­hood blood can­cer patients, QE, with few­er than 300 stu­dents, shat­tered its goal of $2,021.

“This has cer­tain­ly been a sil­ver … Read more...

Inspired by ELD teacher Alaina Wert, par­ents were helped with fill­ing out required school forms and oth­er impor­tant applications.

The Quakertown Community School District held an English Language Development (ELD) Resource Night for fam­i­lies of English learn­ers Wednesday night, and by all accounts it was a huge success.… Read more...

The Quakertown Community School District is quick­ly becom­ing the epi­cen­ter for dis­cus­sion on school safety.

Just hours after the dis­trict held the ini­tial meet­ing of its Community School Safety Committee, the state’s Senate Majority Policy Committee vis­it­ed Quakertown Friday morn­ing to review school safe­ty efforts with stu­dents and school, law … Read more...