School Board to vote on transportation contract in special March 25 meeting
The two finalists for the contract following a Request For Proposal (RFP) are Levy School Bus Company and First Student Inc.
Here is information on the RFP process and costs of the program:
Transportation Proposals Presentation
Interview Results
Rubric Analysis
Financial Analysis
Levy initial submissions, one and two, February 3
Levy RFP final, one and two, March 10
First Student initial submissions, one and two, January 24
First Student final, one and two, March 10
Third Maceri makes the grade for West Point
A good friend sitting next to her noticed and asked what was up. A buzz quickly circulated the class with the exciting news. Emily’s fellow students offered congratulations on the offer to attend West Point. “I was so over the moon,” she said. I was just in shock.”
She called her mom, dad and older sister. “Word spread very fast,” she said.
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Abby Jacobes, UBCTS student of the month
A student at Quakertown Community High School, she is the daughter of Melanie and Anthony Jacobes of Quakertown.
Abby has continued to go above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to taking care of the Welding shop. Currently, she is the designated shop foreman and truly takes pride in completing her tasks and making sure others hold up their end-of-cleaning tasks. She has displayed outstanding leadership traits and is always prepared when she enters the classroom. Abby is an honors student and currently has the highest overall grade for the PM Welding class, excelling in work ethics and knowledge categories.
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QE's incredible effort raises $12,000 for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
During the six-week fundraiser for the LLS Hero Squad Program, which raises money for childhood blood cancer patients, QE shattered its goal of $2,021.
“This has certainly been a silver lining in a difficult school year caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Principal Dr. Michael Zackon said. “For the past six weeks, helping others less fortunate than ourselves has been something that our kids have been looking forward to and asking about. It has kept smiles on the kids’ faces, behind the masks.”
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Strayer students participate in research study on school climate
The study, from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, uses resources from its inspirED Leadership Program to support middle and high school students to create positive change in their schools and communities.
YCEI, according to its website, is developing the School Climate Walkthrough tool, an innovative, web-based measure of school climate that provides an instant reading of students’ perceptions of their school’s safety, teaching quality, environment, and relationships alongside actionable next steps.
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Strayer holds its largest ever spelling bee
“This was a great competition for the students and I’m very proud of all of them,” said Kadishe Stoudt, Strayer’s Spelling Bee coordinator. “Congratulations to Landen! I was quite surprised he could spell that. It’s not an easy word to spell.”
Dylan Atlee-Wood was 7th-grade winner and second-place finisher. Goda Minasamudram was the 8th-grade winner.
The competition lasted more than two hours, Mrs. Stoudt beamed as she stressed, “we went through the 150-word list and then needed bonus words to complete the Spelling Bee.”
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New club makes positive difference at Strayer
A new club at Strayer Middle School put its own spin on Read Across America Week.
The recently formed Social Justice Alliance created videos for each school day, sharing books that highlight diversity. Each day before dismissal, Strayer teachers showed the video in each classroom. They spoke of the importance of seeing ourselves in the book characters but also to learn about the lives of people who are different from us.
“They did an amazing job,” SJA advisor Kate Fetterolf said of her students. “It’s their mission to embrace and celebrate diversity and they wanted to share that with their classmates.”
Student videos were made by Jillian Wehrheim, Melanie-Rose Wentum, Hailey Disabella, Isabella DeJesus and Noah Wassmer. Teacher Shawn Storm and Mrs. Fetterolf also each recommended a book in their videos.
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Regional champ Mason Ziegler, a freshman, finishes seventh in state
It's been a heck of a freshman wrestling season for Quakertown Community High School's Mason Ziegler.
Mason captured the 113-pound Class 3A Southeast Regional wrestling championship and ended his Panther campaign with a seventh-place finish in the state.
For more information on the Regionals, click here for Drew Markol’s story.
Steven Romeo 33rd in Eastern Regional
Nice season Steve!
QCHS inducts 58 into NHS
The following 58 Quakertown Community High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society on February 1st in a virtual ceremony based on their commitment to academics, service, character, and leadership.
Superintendent Dr. Bill Harner and Principal Matthias van't Hoenderdaal gave words of wisdom to the new initiates.
The students are Justin Adamson, Dylan Aponte, Madeline Baxter, Angelina Becker, Sophia Bezila, Cameron Byelich, Allison Caputo, Eryn Cianciola, Emma Donnelly, Ty Everitt, Dominic Ficarra, Nicholas Fletcher, Zachary Fondl, Kyla Frederick, Aiden Gallagher, Kurt Glaeser, Mark Gromadzki, Elijah Gruver, Ryan Hagan, Emma Harris, Hannah Hensel, Yelizaveta Hernandez, Olivia Hopkins, McKenzie Huff, Austin Hunsberger, Sophia Inglis, Madison Jeffrey, John Juszynski, Zoie Kartsounas, Madison Kent, Emma Kowalski, Thomas Kozlusky, Madelyn LaBonge, Jordana Law, William Lee, Olivia Lesinski, Eliza Menser, Leah Mestayer, Laney Mitchell, Antonio Morano, Alexis Mowrer, Sara Nouri, Katie Pakula, Siya Patel, Avinash Paul, Delaney Peckham, Melanie Pezzano, Samantha Poulter, Ryleigh Quinn, Sammi Radzai, William Robinson, Lucas Schwartz, Elizabeth Susavage, Kaitlyn Vargo, Emma Wentzel, Madalyn Whedon, Alexandra Wittmann, Anna Zheng.
Pfaff celebrates its bus drivers and aides
Upper Bucks Free Press' QCHS alumni spotlight
Please click here for the February edition story on 1967 grad Fred Richter. It's on page 3.
Please click here for the March edition story on 2008 grad Jamie Stover. It's on page 8.
Drug trends for parents and community members
On Tuesday, March 23 at 7 p.m., David Fialko from the Council of Southeast Pennsylvania is hosting a free program called “Drug Trends For Parents & Community Members.”
From Nicotine to Opioids, Mr. Fialko will be discussing what drugs are trending among young people, how they perceive the harm associated with the trending drugs, how the drugs are used and what public health concerns exist regarding adolescent drug use. Participants will be able to implement learned knowledge into their daily lives as parents and community members to encourage the healthy development of our community youth.
Mr. Fialko is an Internationally Certified Prevention Specialist and a Nationally Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist with more than 19 years of experience working in the field of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs treatment and prevention. Please click here to register for the webinar.
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