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  • Tickets for Shakespeare in Love are now available to purchase!
  • Homecoming 10/5
  • QCHS Open House 9/25
  • Picture Day 9/3 and 9/4
  • Club and Sports Fair 9/6
  • April 27 - Senior Prom!
  • April 23 - Schools Closed/QCHS Spring Band Concert
  • April 20 - District Art Show
  • April 17-20 - PMEA All-State Conference
  • April 16 - QCHS Spring Choir Concert
  • April 11 - QCHS Job Fair
  • April 4 - MP4 Begins
  • April 1 - April Fools and Schools Closed!
The Student News Site of Quakertown High School

Paw Prints

The Student News Site of Quakertown High School

Paw Prints

Quakertown goes Bananas! (2024 Pep Rally)
Quakertown goes Bananas! (2024 Pep Rally)
Abby Black, Editor • December 2, 2024

Quakertown Senior High School knows how to build up school spirit. With a pep rally to gather attention for the annual Quakertown vs. Pennridge Thanksgiving football game, the excitement began the week...

October Getaway
October Getaway
October 28, 2024
The United States of America Decides
The United States of America Decides
Audrey Heimark, Staff Writer • November 25, 2024

The United States of America Decides The Executive Branch President: Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th President Elect of the United States. Donald Trump has become the second U.S. president to win two...

Time to Save the Daylight!
Time to Save the Daylight!
November 25, 2024
The Thrive
The Thrive
September 27, 2024
The Psychology of New Year’s Resolutions
The Psychology of New Year’s Resolutions
Carly Dachenhausen, Staff Writer • December 20, 2024

As the clock strikes midnight on December 31st and we enter 2025, millions of people worldwide will pledge to better themselves in the coming year. These goals, known as New Year’s resolutions, range...

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All of Santa’s Faces
December 20, 2024
Seasonal Depression
November 25, 2024
Unwrap the Best Christmas Movies of All Time!
Unwrap the Best Christmas Movies of All Time!
Nozanine Hafizova, Staff Writer • December 20, 2024

“This is extremely important. Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year I want my family back.” –Kevin McCallister, Home Alone. Christmas is the season of giving, harmony, and...

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Remembering Maggie Smith
October 28, 2024
New Year, New Opportunities, New Sports!
New Year, New Opportunities, New Sports!
Angie Rodriguez Samayoa, Staff Writer • September 27, 2024

Quakertown Senior High School has a great sports program. The school year has just begun and there is already girls and boys soccer, football, girls volleyball, and so much more! Are these teams good?...

The Thrive
The Thrive
September 27, 2024
Tuning in to the Macy’s Day Parade

Giovanni Mercadante, Staff Writer | November 25, 2024

November has a lot of events, from Thanksgiving, Voting, and National Calzone Day! One of the most important events is the Macy’s Day Parade. This nearly 100-year-old parade gets over 3 million viewers (5 Macy’s Day tips), and 13 million dollars are spent (How much does Macy's Day cost?)! With that much money, you could own several private islands! The Macy’s Day Parades route is all along 77th...

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Poetry, Adventure, and Love Above All: Shakespeare in Love

Layli Graham, Staff Writer | November 25, 2024

November means many things to different people, including cooler temperatures, Thanksgiving, snow (if you live up north far enough), and for all the theater kids out there, fall theater productions. The Quakertown Community High School theater program, directed by Tyler Kitchenman, puts on its annual fall play every November, and this year did not disappoint. The theater department put on an outstanding...

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The True Horror of Halloween

Giovanni Mercadante, Staff Writer | October 28, 2024

Parents have feared trick-or-treating since it began, and they have reasons to be scared. The list seems endless: tripping, costumes catching fire, poisoned candy, getting abducted, and getting run over. According to the “Children Safety Network”, child pedestrian death rates are twice as likely on Halloween. Many people are considering canceling trick-or-treating, such as Bobtown PA. According...

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Impacts of a Warm Fall
Impacts of a Warm Fall
Carly Dachenhausen, Staff Writer • November 25, 2024

It’s November. The leaves have mostly fallen off of the trees, now piled in a mix of red and brown across your lawn. You open your front door...