Quakertown board highlights student recognitions and winter‑season athletic achievements
Summary
The meeting included in‑person recognitions for elementary students named as 'relationship builders', acknowledgement of students who scored perfectly on the state civics assessment, and a summary of winter sports accomplishments including state qualifiers and champions.
The Quakertown board meeting opened its public portion with multiple student recognitions and a recap of winter athletics and academic achievements.
Elementary recognitions: The district recognized one student from each primary homeroom at all five elementary schools for exemplifying the district’s Portrait of a Graduate trait “relationship builder.” Doctor Alexa Carter, Director of Elementary Education, described relationship builders as students who “treat others with empathy and respect, communicate effectively, and work well with others.” Principals and staff presented certificates and posed for photographs.
Civics assessment perfect scores: Doctor Bobser (building awards) presented certificates to students who earned perfect scores on the district’s eighth‑grade civics assessment, noting Pennsylvania Act 35 requires a civics assessment for grades 7–12 and the district chooses to recognize perfect scorers publicly.
Winter athletics recap: The athletic director presented a summary of winter sports accomplishments. Highlights included boys and girls basketball receiving the Suburban 1 League Liberty Conference Sportsmanship Award, boys and girls bowling conference championships and multiple regional qualifiers, cheerleading successes including a national bid and top‑10 finish at a national tournament in Orlando, and boys and girls wrestling state qualifiers and champions (including individual wrestlers who placed and advanced to regional/state competitions). Coaches, student athletes and assistant coaches were acknowledged by the board.
Why it matters: The recognitions and the athletics summary occupied a substantial portion of the evening and served to publicly record student accomplishments and program growth ahead of spring sports and other year‑end events.
Ending: The board thanked students, coaches, teachers and supporting staff and moved on to the business agenda.
