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All summer long, the Quakertown Community School District will be serving breakfast and lunch to anyone up to the age of 18 in the community, while continuing all of the strict COVID safety protocols we have followed throughout the year.

We want to make sure that everyone knows that Quakertown Community’s summer meal program does not require registration or identification – all students need to do is come by to receive a happy and healthy meal.

From June 29 through August 19 youngsters 18 and younger may visit the Quakertown Senior High School bus loop to pick up meals. Breakfasts and lunches will be distributed on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.

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QCSD's Office for Teaching and Learning hopes that students have an opportunity to access the summer reading and learning resources found at this link.

Reading over the summer is one way for students to engage in self-care as well as continue to grow as learners. If you have any questions about the summer reading list, please reach out to your child's teacher(s).

The Bucks County Intermediate Unit’s Mobile Fab Lab will be bringing STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) fun and learning right into your community at local public libraries. Don’t miss out on locations, times, and dates - register here to be notified of all the details!

From Orchestra Director Megan K. Edinger

How do I sign up for next year?

Current students are automatically enrolled in orchestra for the following year. If your orchestra student also wishes to join the band, you can register online. Please be sure to list both band and orchestra instruments when registering for band so the band director and I are aware of the dual instruments.

What do I do with my instrument over the summer?

Practice! Here is a list of private orchestra teachers in the area that can be reached for lessons over the summer.

Go to orchestra camp. Here is information for the one-week summer camp Got Strings? Feel free to contact me with any questions for registering.

It is recommended to keep the instrument over the summer not only for practice purposes, but also to keep the rent-to-buy payment credits that you've accrued this year. If you do not wish to keep the instrument over the summer, you can reach out to Zeswitz to cancel your rental agreement and arrange for the instrument to be returned. Instruments will need to be reordered in August for lessons starting the 2nd week of school.

Can I change my orchestra instrument for next year?

Yes, please let me know what orchestra instrument you would like to switch to for next year. I can help coordinate the instrument switch with Zeswitz.

For more information, visit www.qcsd.org/music

Congrats Justin, Zach, Cody, Dom and Freddie on being selected to the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association ALL-Academic High School Wrestling Team!

Coach Kurt Handel said "Your work on the mat and in the classrooms does not go unnoticed."

Upper Bucks County Technical School and the Bucks County Workforce and Economic Development of Bucks County collaborate and coordinate services to help prepare students for high skill, wage, and demand occupations in current and emerging professions.

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For the second consecutive year, the Quakertown Community School District is an official "ALICE Certified Organization."

ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. Each area is a means of survival if there is an active shooter. The program encourages everyone to choose the safest option during a life-threatening situation. To become an ALICE certified organization, school staff had to complete an online training session, participate in active shooter drills and implement ALICE procedures into emergency protocols.

The ALICE philosophy, which the district adopted and began implementing in the summer of 2015, is to use technology and information in a way that staff and students can make informed decisions in a crisis, remove as many people as possible from the danger zone, and provide realistic training so those involved in a crisis have a better chance of surviving. Students in each grade receive some form of training.

"This certificate shows that we are fully on top of our game," School Resource Officer Bob Lee said. He added that while the district does not ever want to face an armed shooter, "we are prepared, both mentally and physically, in every building."

QCSD families, please follow the links to register students for fall sports at the High School and Strayer:

QCHS Athlete registration https://www.familyid.com/quakertown-community-school-district/quakertown-community-high-school-2021-2022-fall-athlete-registration

Strayer Athlete registration https://www.familyid.com/quakertown-community-school-district/strayer-ms-2021-2022-fall-athlete-registration

If you missed the School Board's spring newsletter, please click here.

The Richlandtown Borough Council seeks to educate and involve the Youth of the Borough in their local government, and to reach out to involve possible future members of Council, to benefit both the youth and all residents of Richlandtown Borough.

The Junior Council Person (JCP) Program was established and fostered by the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs (PSAB), which seeks to encourage high school or college-aged borough residents to participate in the workings of their local government by becoming a Junior Council Person for Richlandtown Borough. Although the JCP program prefers to have residents of the borough participate in the program interested candidates are also welcome to apply from the surrounding boroughs, including students from Quakertown Community High School.

The Junior Council Person would attend and participate (although not being able to vote) in all Borough Council and Committee Meetings and procedures which are held on the second and the fourth Tuesday of each month.

Interested participates should submit a written application via an email or letter to the Mayor of Richlandtown at James.dunn@richlandtownborough.org highlighting the applicant's interest in the position. After considering all submissions, the Richlandtown Borough council shall appoint the student at a regularly scheduled Council Meeting.

The elementary Redistricting Committee made its recommendations to the School Board in February. To learn your school of attendance for the 2021-22 school year based on the map, please click here and enter your address.

For more information about the committee, please click here.

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Comcast is offering "Free 60 Days of Internet Essentials and School Programs," according to a recent press release.

Internet Essentials provides high-speed Internet service to low-income families and has connected more than four million low-income students since its inception. New customers who sign up before June 30, 2021, will receive 60 days of complimentary service. Comcast will also continue to waive the requirement that customers not have back debt due so more families can apply.

For more information, visit www.internetessentials.com.

Please click here for videos of past School Board meetings.

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