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2022-23 Proposed Final Budget

The Quakertown Community School Board passed the District's 2022-23 Proposed Final Budget on April 28th. Please click here to view the document. Here’s a video of the Board’s budget discussion, which begins at the 2:04:35 mark.

The Final Budget will be up for adoption at the June 9th School Board meeting, which begins at 7 p.m.

For a copy of the Proposed Final Budget, contact Stacy Reiss at 215-529-2012 or [email protected].

Flyer with information about registration for the 2022-23 school year.

The Quakertown Community School District is registering students in kindergarten through 12th grade for the 2022-23 school year. Open office hours for registration are Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to noon and Thursdays from 1 to 3 p.m.

For kindergarten students, please register early to ensure that your child attends the same school as their siblings and neighborhood friends. If you currently have a child enrolled in a Quakertown school, but have NOT registered their sibling for kindergarten by May 31st, 2022, your student will not be guaranteed a spot in their neighborhood school for the 2022-23 kindergarten year. To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must be 5 years of age on or before August 31, 2022.

More information on registration may be found here. For a helpful video about kindergarten registration, click here. QCSD’s registrar may be contacted at 215-529-2023 or [email protected]

Celebrate the arts in QCSD

Flyer with information about the high school play The Music Man.
Come and celebrate the end of the school year with a memorable arts weekend in May. For months, students and staff have been working on preparing the Music Man musical which will be performed the weekend of May 20, 21 & 22! Tickets are now on sale and seats can be selected at the main office for $12 in advance or $15 at the door. Cash only is accepted. The district-wide arts show will also be displayed on Saturday of that weekend, May 21st from noon to 9 p.m.

QCHS has FBLA state champion

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 the FBLA club. “This is her first year with FBLA and she’s a dedicated student and great team member.”

Earlier in the school year Avadar was named a Commended Student in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. She scored 1500 on the SAT and has a GPA of 4.3.

The top four finishers at states advance to the national competition. While Avadar, a senior, is the lone QCHS student to do so, several others placed in the highly competitive tournament, which is judged by professionals in their various fields. Juniors Katie Muller and Kiersten Williams finished seventh in Graphic Design. Senior Khushi Vandra was ninth in Supply Chain Management, and senior Eliza Menser was 10th in Agribusiness. Eliza has qualified for states three years in a row.

“I am so proud of our team,” Mrs. Frisch said. “Everyone really did excellent work and represented Quakertown and themselves very well.”

Collin Gaj wins national title

Quakertown Community High School wrestler Collin Gaj became a national champion for the second consecutive year, winning the National High School Coaches Association freshman 132-pound title. A year ago, as a student at Strayer Middle School, Collin captured the coaches' Junior High School championship. He is the first Panther to win a national title.

“That’s a prestigious event,” Coach Kurt Handel said. “It takes a special athlete to win. That’s quite impressive.”

Collin, who finished fourth in the Pennsylvania state championship in Hershey earlier this month, said he “goes out to win every time I’m out there. It’s pretty cool to finish first. They’ve been getting me ready for this since I was 10. Quakertown coaches teach us how to win.”

Quakertown had several wrestlers compete in the national event at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. Calvin Lachman finished third at 182 pounds, and Mason Ziegler, who was injured during the tournament, finished eighth at 120 pounds. Assistant coach Dan Ziegler made the trip with the wrestlers, who included Issac Williams, Tyler Scheibenhofer, Evan Hilton, Gavin Carroll, Max Hibsman, and Zach Borzio.

To have three wrestlers place is amazing for any program,” Coach Handel said. “This has been a heck of a year. I’m still in awe of how well these guys did. Man, what an amazing run.” The Panthers won the District One Southeast Regional championship, took their sixth consecutive Suburban One League Liberty Division championship, and Coach Handel earned District One Coach of the Year honors and his 300th dual meet victory.

Message from the Board President

QCSD, Qespa agree on recruitment, retention plan

The Quakertown Community School District and Quakertown Educational Support Personnel Association (QESPA) have reached a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on a recruitment and retention plan that includes pay increases in affected categories, changes to longevity pay, recruitment bonuses and restructuring the number of hours for some positions.

The Quakertown Community School Board unanimously approved the agreement at its November 11th meeting. QESPA’s membership, which includes approximately 225 full- and part-time employees, including secretaries, food service workers, custodians, maintenance staff and aides, voted in favor of the plan on November 22nd.

Click here for the Memorandum of Understanding.

Click here for the press release.

Special Section: Commencement 2021

Please click here for a special section of the Quakertown Community High School's 2021 Commencement Ceremony.

Panther in Q with Title IX writing above Q

On May 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education amended the regulations implementing the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. To ensure that no student, employee or third party participating in or attempting to participate in an education activity or program is discriminated against based on sex, the Quakertown Community School District has updated its Title IX procedures. Click here for information.

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