QHS Presidents Bulletin - 1.24
Quincy High School Students and Families,
We hope you had a wonderful winter break and holiday season and look forward to 2024 being an amazing year at Quincy High School.
Congratulations to all of our seniors who are doing great things and making commitments to college, career, and military after graduation. Please follow 2024.qhscommits on Instagram to share in the celebration!
A reminder that quarter two grades close on January 26th so it is time for students to be checking grades, completing make-up work, and preparing for end of term assessments. There were 886 students on the quarter one honor roll (celebrated below in this newsletter) and we look forward to celebrating the academic success of even more students this term.
Thanks for your continued support,
Keith Ford, Principal @qhsprincipalford
Ed Smith, Assistant Principal @qhsapsmith
On Wednesday, December 13, QHS students Lauren Affleck, Jomana Kmail, and Robert Mbrice, showcased their skills in the Lions Club Youth Speech Contest, impressing the audience with their insightful speeches on historical figures.
Under the theme "With which historical figure would you most like to speak," each student delivered a historically accurate imaginary conversation. Lauren Affleck shared an engaging conversation with Nellie Bly, Jomana asked some pointed questions of Theodore Herzl, and Robert had a lively discussion with Robert Kennedy.
The students' participation in the Lions Club Youth Speech Contest demonstrated their eloquence, knowledge, and creativity in bringing historical figures to life through imaginative discussions.
"We were truly impressed by Lauren, Jomana, and Robert's presentations. They showed a remarkable understanding of history and its relevance to today," said Jennifer Mennelly of the Lions Club.
As a result of the free lunch offered at all of the Quincy Public Schools, some students may have funds remaining on their My School Bucks account. For those parents who have money remaining in their child's My School Bucks account and would like those funds reimbursed please submit this linked form: QPS Refund Request Memo to the food service office at saradufour@quincypublicschools.com.
Funds remaining on My School Bucks remain in the child's account may be used to purchase snacks or drinks that are in addition to the free lunch that is offered by Quincy Public Schools.
Attendance in school for the entire day is extremely important for student success and while parents and guardians always have the right to dismiss students, we strongly encourage all students to remain in school and attend classes until the end of each and every school day.
In order to minimize disruptions and provide a welcoming, safe, and respectful learning environment for all Quincy High School students, call-out dismissals will not be allowed on certain dates listed below. On these dates, students who need to be dismissed for any reason must turn in a valid note prior to that day and or a Parent/Guardian must be present at the school to sign them out.
More information on dismissals can be found here: QHS Student Dismissal Information
Listed below are the dates for the remainder of the year that call out dismissals will not be allowed at Quincy High School. Thank you for your attention to this important, updated, policy.
February 16 - Friday before vacation
March 26 and 27 - ELA MCAS
April 12 - Friday before vacation
April 26 - Junior Prom
May 21 and 22 - Math MCAS
May 24 - Friday before Memorial Day
Jun 4 and 5 - Biology MCAS
QHS Local Scholarship Application 2024
This application must be completed by February 16th.
Eligible applicants MUST be a Quincy resident and have attended QHS or NQHS for 2 or more years.
Students DO NOT have to be attending college in order to complete this application. ALL SENIORS are highly encouraged to submit.
The QPS HYPER Robotics team had their annual Kickoff Breakfast on Saturday, January 6. Students, mentors and alumni gathered to catch up and hear about the details from this year's game, Crescendo. The team now have 6 weeks in which they have to design, build, wire, program and refine a robot. At this event, the team also formally dedicated their space, renaming it the Long Robotics Center in honor of retired mentor and friend, Don Long.
On Friday, January 5, the QHS Math Department was proud to host Victoria Zhang as a guest speaker. Victoria is a 2019 graduate of Quincy High School who attended NYU. At NYU, Victoria majored in mathematics and minored in computer science. She graduated in May and is now back at NYU in their Applied Statistics for Social Science Research graduate program. In attendance in Adams Lecture Hall were students from Introduction to Programming and Statistics, AP Statistics and AP Computer Science. Victoria discussed life as a college student in New York, balancing the academics, work and social time, her experiences as a woman in a STEM field, life as a math major and delved into many aspects of undergraduate and graduate student life. She gave many tidbits of wisdom.
- Boys Basketball Record: 2-6 (as of 1/9/24)
- Girls Basketball Record: 8-1 (as of 1/10/24)
- Boys Hockey Record: 1-9 (as of 1/10/24)
- QNQ Girls Hockey Record: 2-6 (as of 1/10/24)
- QNQ Swimming Team Records:
- Boys: 3-1 (as of 1/9/24)
- Girls: 2-1-1 (as of 1/9/24)
- QNQ Winter Track Team Records:
- Boys: 1-1 (as of 1/9/24)
- Girls: 1-1 (as of 1/9/24)
- QNQ Wrestling Team Record: 6-5 (as of 1/10/24)
QHS was busy this holiday season helping the community! Students laid wreaths at the cemetery for Wreaths Across America, learned how to identify relationship violence in a training from DOVE and helped out at Father Bills distributing food.
Reminder: all current students are required to complete community service for graduation. There are still 143 seniors who have not yet fulfilled the graduation requirement of 10 hours!
See Ms. Matthews in D219 with any questions.
Our Interdisciplinary Teacher Teams continued our unit of study on special education and how to best support our students who have an IEP or 504 plan. We recently analyzed several sample IEPs in the context of a few specific lessons and brainstormed ways that a teacher could make the lesson more accessible. Samples of lessons with a robust list of accommodations were shared as exemplars. This resource was prepared by a group of our colleagues which included members of our special education staff. Teachers then spent some time working to generate ideas for how they might integrate these types of strategies into their own classes.
Hello Seniors & Parents,
The Christmas Sale is over but you can still buy your QHS 2024 yearbook for $85! Purchase via check to Quincy High School or on our Venmo (@Quincy-HighSchool). Just put yearbook and your name in the memo line.
AND REMEMBER - if you have a photo you’d like in the Yearbook, join our Google Classroom (Class Code mwdydww) and submit it there! You have till March 8th to submit your portrait for the Yearbook.
