Breakfast & lunch information
With the school year scheduled to begin Monday, September 14th for all Quakertown Community School District students, we wanted to share information about breakfast and lunch, how to apply for free and reduced meals, and how to add money to your child’s food services account.
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New Neidig almost here
Here's a video teachers created for students. Don't miss it!
School Day Screening Questionnaire
Each morning before school QCSD parents and guardians will be receiving this screening questionnaire in an email. It aligns with the goals of the district’s Health And Safety Plan to safely monitor student and staff health.
The purpose of these school-day emails is to provide support for families to develop this important habit by having this questionnaire easily accessible. You do not need to submit the questionnaire to anyone, but our safety plan does require that you screen your child(ren) each morning before they get on the bus or you bring them to school. Thank you in advance for your help in keeping students, staff, and our schools safe for live instruction.
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Aspiring teacher qualifies as National Merit Semifinalist
Michael is one of 16,000 semifinalists out of 1.5 million students who entered the program. His 1480 score on the 2019 Preliminary SAT, which served as an initial screen of program entrants, is achieved by fewer than one percent of today’s U.S. high school seniors.
“I don’t believe it’s really hit me yet,” Michael said of qualifying as a semifinalist. “I’m really surprised that I’m the only one in our high school to qualify because there are a lot of really smart people in the senior class. I know I’ve always done well at tests, and don’t feel pressure from standardized tests.”
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Student's poem wins DelVal contest, gets published
Devin Sparwasser, a rising sophomore at Quakertown Community High School, will have a poem published in the 2019-20 edition of The Gleaner, "Right the Wrong/Write the Wrong," Delaware Valley University’s High School Writing Competition.
“I was so surprised,” Devin said when she received the email notifying her that she would be receiving prize money and a copy of The Gleaner, DelVal’s literary journal that is staffed by undergraduate students with a professor as the advisor. They publish poetry, prose, and photos. “I never imagined this would happen to me. I feel really lucky.”
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The Pennsylvania School Boards Association Success Starts Here website published the story. Please click here for their version.
Cross Country Captains
Dr. Harner honored with Torch of Global Enlightenment Award
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 in the region that have contributed to a better understanding of world events and appreciation of diverse languages, cultures and lands. Honorees represent the highest ideals of global engagement and enlightenment, Ms. Davis said.
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QCO helps QCSD with donation of masks
QCSD and Title IX
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VFW Announces Middle School & HS contests
One, for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders, is an essay competition titled “What is Patriotism to Me?” It comes with a grand prize of $5,000.
Another contest, for students in grades 9-12, is an audio essay competition. The title for that one is “Is This the Country the Founders Envisioned?” It comes with a grand prize of $30,000.
The deadline for both contests is October 31.
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For more information about the high school contest, please click here.
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