Together We Build Strong Minds
Close to 50 Quakertown Community High School students have been receiving training on how to react in the event an active shooter enters the high school.
The students signed up for ongoing lessons given by School Resource Officer Bob Lee and social studies teacher Sean Burke, a former sergeant in
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...
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...
All first graders in the Quakertown Community School District went home for summer vacation with a new book to read, compliments of the Quakertown Community Education Foundation.
The $3,000 project allowed the school district to give out 400 books to encourage the young students to read over the nearly three-month … 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...
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 … 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.
“Many students never get to see something like this, so it was really cool to be exposed to
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 … Read more...
Beginning July 1, Quakertown Community High School will have a new principal.
The Quakertown Community School Board voted 9–0 Thursday night in support of the administration’s recommendation to name Mattias van’t Hoenderdaal to the position previously held by Dr. David Finnerty.
Mr. van’t Hoenderdaal, 35, is currently principal of School … Read more...
A Quakertown Community School District teacher, who made life miserable for quarterbacks as a college defensive end, has been inducted into the Moravian Athletic Hall of Fame.
Dominick Cusumano, second in Moravian College history with 27 sacks, was officially inducted on Nov. 9. “I’m just so proud and excited,” said … 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...
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...
Quakertown’s Memorial Day service received a major jolt of passion, courtesy of the Quakertown Community School District — its students, teachers and administrators — who displayed a love and appreciation for America’s veterans who went to war to protect our freedoms and never returned home.
The prideful event at Memorial … 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...
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...
Close to 200 students packed into the Quakertown Community High School cafeteria this morning, listened intently to a dynamic speaker, and then braved the bitter cold in various parts of Bucks County to serve their fellow citizens.
The district’s first Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service — following a … Read more...