Tag: Quakertown

Quakertown students, all dressed in pink, include a Wawa employee in their group photo.

Students’ Wawa behavior draws rave reviews

Posted onAuthorGary Weckselblatt

Quakertown par­ents, ya done good!

A busi­ness thought so much of your children’s polite and respect­ful behav­ior they’re throw­ing them a par­ty. The hon­or is being giv­en to approx­i­mate­ly two dozen stu­dents who attend Quakertown Community High School and were part of the Student Section for Friday night foot­ball games. Following … Read more...

Richland students work on projects to show visitors during community Leadership Day.

Community invited to celebrate student achievement 

Posted onAuthorGary Weckselblatt

Richland Elementary School is cel­e­brat­ing five years of incor­po­rat­ing the Leader in Me process into its cur­ricu­lum with a com­mu­ni­ty Leadership Day on Thursday and a Family Leadership Breakfast on Friday.

“This gives us an oppor­tu­ni­ty to show­case all of the great work done by our stu­dents and staff,” … Read more...

Head shot of Quakertown Community High School student Avadar Brownlee

QCHS has FBLA state champion

Posted onAuthorGary Weckselblatt

Avadar Brownlee of Quakertown Community High School won the state’s Future Business Leaders America state com­pe­ti­tion and qual­i­fied for nation­als. Her tri­umph came in the Human Resources Management com­pe­ti­tion.

“Avadar did a phe­nom­e­nal job and I couldn’t be more proud of her accom­plish­ment,” said Sandi Frisch, the fac­ul­ty advi­sor to … Read more...

As students exit a school bus, which has its red "Stop Sign" extended, blurred vehicles illegally speed past the bus instead of stopping, putting the students in danger.

Safety at heart of QCSD agreement with BusPatrol

Posted onAuthorGary Weckselblatt

The Quakertown Community School District has entered into an agree­ment ded­i­cat­ed to stu­dent trans­porta­tion safe­ty with BusPatrol, which is equip­ping Levy School Buses with stop-arm enforce­ment cam­eras to deter dri­vers from ille­gal­ly pass­ing stopped school buses.

BusPatrol’s cam­era sys­tem is posi­tioned to cap­ture vehi­cles that pass a school bus while … Read more...

A wooden nameplate that says Ms. Ziemba sits on a desk.

Field Study program makes powerful impact

Posted onAuthorGary Weckselblatt

Nicole Pasciuti’s intern­ship with the Upper Bucks Free Press pro­vid­ed the Quakertown Community High School junior with the per­fect oppor­tu­ni­ty to dis­cov­er whether her pas­sion for English and for writ­ing would fit into a career as a journalist.

Thanks to the high school’s Field Study pro­gram, her expe­ri­ence at … Read more...