Category: Quakertown Community School District

Since the clos­ing of school build­ings on March 13th, Quakertown Community High School senior Kaitlyn Zajkowski has missed her time in the band room where she could “find my peace” play­ing her favorite musi­cal instru­ment, the marim­ba.

During the quar­an­tine from the COVID-19 Pandemic, she dis­cussed options with her par­ents, … Read more...

Though only 12 years of age, Derek Calvello has shown both an entre­pre­neur­ial spir­it and a will­ing­ness to help oth­ers.

The Strayer Middle School 7th grad­er is known for sell­ing snow­cones in his neigh­bor­hood and has gum­ball machines in sev­er­al Quakertown busi­ness­es. Last year he cre­at­ed items to sell to … Read more...

After each new grad­u­ate walks the stage to receive their diplo­ma, Superintendent Dr. Bill Harner meets them at the bot­tom of the steps to shake their hand.

On Friday night he shook the hand of near­ly 385 grad­u­ates at Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena. As he held the hand of Alexandra Brandis, … Read more...

Superintendent Dr. Bill Harner and sev­er­al munic­i­pal offi­cials recent­ly held a sum­mit for about 50 Realtors, explain­ing the rea­sons their clients should be mov­ing into homes and start­ing busi­ness­es in the towns con­tained with­in the Quakertown Community School District.

“We are very proud of what we are accom­plish­ing here,” … Read more...

Speaking to hun­dreds of mid­dle school stu­dents, Navy Rear Admiral Linda Wackerman made it clear that a career in the mil­i­tary is some­thing wor­thy of con­sid­er­a­tion. “There’s some­thing in it for each and every one of you,” she said. “We would love to have you. You are the best and … Read more...

No mat­ter the art assign­ment, there’s a good chance that if Kenzie Sawadski is involved, her cre­ation will stand out.

Just ask her art teach­ers. “She’s incred­i­bly moti­vat­ed and tal­ent­ed,” said Laura Christine of Quakertown Community High School. “Kenzie is extreme­ly con­sci­en­tious and is a very hard work­er.”

Kate Fetterolf … 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...

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...

A touch of Broadway came to Quakertown Community High School Oct. 25 as pro­fes­sion­al actors led work­shops for more than 100 stu­dents and then per­formed Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

The Quakertown Community School District will be hon­ored by The Peace Center for imple­ment­ing its diver­si­ty and inclu­sion pro­gram for ele­men­tary school stu­dents, “Celebrating Me, Celebrating You,” at a district-wide level.

“It’s the only dis­trict in Bucks County to do so,” said Kate Whitman, assis­tant direc­tor for The Peace … Read more...

Amy Migliore, Digital Design teacher at Quakertown Community High School, has been named Pennsylvania Art Education Association 2019 Secondary Art Educator of the Year.

Ms. Migliore, well known as an inno­v­a­tive edu­ca­tor and in demand as a speak­er at uni­ver­si­ty con­fer­ences, has been an art teacher in QCSD for 19 … Read more...

When Audrey Nolte, the daugh­ter of Holocaust sur­vivors, speaks to stu­dents, one of the many high­lights of her pre­sen­ta­tion involves the sto­ry of her father’s pock­et watch, a gift from his father.

When Mrs. Nolte explains how a Nazi guard pur­pose­ful­ly stepped on it, break­ing the glass, stu­dents hear­ing the … 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...

When Ashton Herd woke up Saturday morn­ing, he wasn’t feel­ing too great. The Quakertown Community High School line­man and his Panthers had lost their first game, a phys­i­cal con­test, 17–14, to Cheltenham, drop­ping their record to 4–1.

But then Ashton turned on his lap­top and clicked on Facebook. He soon … Read more...

Gabe DaCosta, one of the most pop­u­lar stu­dents at Quakertown Community High School, is high­light­ed in the November 1st Eagles Gameday Magazine.

The pro­file, on Page 16, explains how Gabe devel­oped cere­bral pal­sy from his pre­ma­ture birth and now spends most of his time in a wheel­chair. It also … 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...