Middle School Programs
- Advanced Placement Center
- Anti-Truancy
- Behavioral Growth and Development
- Business Partnerships
- Community Service Learning
- Dare Club - 5th Grade
- Dare Club - 6th Grade
- Dare Peer Leaders
- Educational Services to the Homeless
- English as a Second Language
- Extramural sports
- GOALS
- Health Fair
- Intensive Special Needs Center
- Jazz Band
- Kids Vote
- MCAS Preparation and Remediation
- Peer Mediation
- Quincy Family Literacy Network
- Quincy Public Schools Festival of the Arts
- Recycling
- School Breakfast Program
- School Lunch Program
- Special Needs Learning Center
- Summer Food Service Program
- Summer Institute
- Summer Scene
- Summer School
- Teen Dating Violence Program
- Transitional Bilingual Education Program
Advanced Placement Center
The Advanced Placement Center (APC) is a full-time, self-contained program for academically talented students in grades 6,7, and 8. This system-wide program accepts qualified students directly from the Elementary Laboratory Center (ELC), or at any other time during the middle school years. The APC provides maximum opportunities for emerging adolescents of exceptional ability to interact with other intellectually gifted students within a supportive environment. Read more about Gifted programs.
CONTACT:Advanced Placement Center Liaison
PHONE: 617-984-8737
ANTI-TRUANCY PROGRAM
The Anti-Truancy Program is funded by a grant through the Norfolk County District Attorney's Office.This program provides an after-school program for middle school students who are exhibiting problems with truancy and excessive tardiness. Teachers/mentors are assigned to identify "at-risk" students at each of the middle schools. Students receive academic and social support and the opportunity to develop a positive and nurturing relationship with an adult mentor.
CONTACT: Director of Pupil Personnel Services
PHONE: 617-984-8898
Behavioral Growth and Development
Behavioral Growth and Development (BGD) is a substantially separate program for middle school students, grades 6 through 8, with social, emotional and/or behavioral issues that interfere with a successful full-time, general education experience. This program is highly individualized, utilizing a wide range of behavior management techniques and strategies. Read more about Special Education programs.
CONTACT:Director of Special Education
PHONE:617-984-8743
Business Partnerships
Community Partnership seeks to match businesses, community service agencies, and institutions of higher education with individual Quincy schools. The partnerships promote a relationship within which the organizations involved and the school students derive mutual benefit. Partnerships can be a dynamic, intra-community, intergenerational exchange that serves as a catalyst, becoming an important opportunity for growth within the Institutions and change within the schools. Read more about Community Partners.
CONTACT: Executive Director of School/Community Partnerships
PHONE: 617-984-1322
Community Service Learning
Community Service Learning (CSL) is an educational methodology in which service is an integral part of a regular academic classroom during regular school hours. A good CSL project addresses real needs of the community, helps students better understand academic subject matter, provides youth with leadership roles in their community, and brings about positive change. Community Service Learning is students, faculty and community agencies working together for a better tomorrow!
CONTACT: Director of Curriculum
PHONE: 617-984-8760
DARE Club - 5th Grade
This fifth grade program is a cooperative effort among the Quincy Public Schools, Quincy Police Department, and several community agencies. Students and parents participate in joint and individual sessions, focusing on the issues of substance. New! Visit the DARE web site....
CONTACT: Department Head of Physical Education and Health
PHONE: 617-984-8723
DARE Club-6th Grade
This sixth grade program is designed to provide youngsters with alternative leisure time activities. Students participate in a variety of sports, games, other activities and discussions about the issues that adolescents face today. The sessions run in the fall and in the spring. New...Visit the DARE web site....
CONTACT: Department Head of Physical Education and Health
PHONE: 617-984-8783
DARE Peer Leaders-7th Grade
The goal of this program is to equip students with additional skills to enable them to serve as role models for their classmates. The main focus of the program will be on the dangers of tobacco. In the spring, the DARE leaders visit several elementary schools, presenting programs to fourth grade students on issues relating to tobacco. New...Visit the DARE web site...
CONTACT: Department Head of Physical Education and Health
PHONE: 617-984-8783
Educational Services to the Homeless
The Coordinator of Educational Services to the Homeless provides both support and concrete services to homeless students so that they may have stable educational experiences. The coordinator offers tutorial services to children and collaborates with local schools and community agencies to address the many needs of homeless families. The grant also provides resources for special student needs. Many creative and collaborative initiatives give students and their families the support they need during a difficult transition. Approximately 250 students from throughout the city receive services each year.
CONTACT: Director of Pupil Personnel Services
PHONE: 617-984-8898
English as a Second Language Service
Each elementary school offers English as a Second Language Services (ESL) to students whose first language is not English. There is one citywide middle and one citywide high school program offered to secondary students with English fluency ranging from 0 to 5, with students speaking one of the many languages and dialects spoken in Quincy. Read more about ESL programs. Read more about Title 1 programs.
CONTACT: Director of Title I and ESL
PHONE: 617-984-8737
Extramural sports
Extramural sports are six-week, middle school sport programs. Students at the individual middle schools compete against each other in the areas of:
- swimming
- wrestling
- cross country
- spring track
- volleyball
- basketball
CONTACT: Director of Athletics
PHONE: 617-984-8782
FEE: May Apply
GOALS
GOALS is a comprehensive alternative middle and high school program for at-risk students. Strong behavior management is the foundation of the program's structure, enabling academic, social, emotional and behavioral development. The therapeutic component focuses on the development of coping strategies and solutions enabling students to have better control over their behavior, allowing them to successfully transition back to a regular school environment. Read more about Special Education programs.
CONTACT: Director of Special Education
PHONE: 617-984-8743
Health Fair
Quincy Public Schools sponsors an annual Health Fair in conjunction with local health organizations such as the American Lung Association, Quincy Health Department, New England Dairy Council, and Quincy Medical Center. Students display representations of the health curriculum, including anti-smoking, dental care, fire safety, alcohol abuse prevention, DARE, etc.
CONTACT: Department Head of Physical Education and Health
PHONE: 617-984-8783
Intensive Special Needs Center
Intensive Special Needs Centers (ISNC) are substantially separate programs for middle school students who demonstrate the need for a highly structured, self-contained program, which addresses significant social and/or learning challenges. The focus of this program is to provide a language-based experience in the areas of receptive and expressive language, cognition and social skills. Read more about Special Education programs.
CONTACT: Director of Special Education
PHONE: 617-984-8743
Jazz Band
This is a general ensemble offering, open to interested middle school students. The Jazz Band meets one morning per weekend. Participants perform at various events throughout the school year.
CONTACT: Music Department Head
PHONE: 617-984-8736
Kids Vote
Kids Vote teaches students about the voting process. Curriculum activities include mock debates, practical instruction on how to fill out voter registration forms, and activities to enhance citizenship. Students accompany their parents to the polls, simulating the actual voting experience.
CONTACT: Director of Curriculum
PHONE: 617-984-8760
MCAS Preparation and Remediation
Quincy Public Schools offers MCAS preparation and remediation courses. Courses are available during the school year and summer months. These courses are available for students in grades 3-10. Read more about MCAS.
CONTACT: Director of Adult & Continuing Education
PHONE: 617-984-8888
Peer Mediation
Peer Mediators help students solve conflicts by talking to each other about the cause of the conflict, the effects the conflict has on each student, and identifying a plan to solve the conflict.
CONTACT: Director of Pupil Personnel Services
PHONE: 617-984-8898
Quincy Family Literacy Network
Family literacy brings parents and children together to learn, and reinforces the internal motivation both must have to succeed together. Adult Education classes, Active Parenting Classes, Parent/Child Activities are program services.
CONTACT: Director of Adult & Continuing Education
PHONE: 617-984-8888
Quincy Public Schools Festival of Arts
This annual event occurs in May or June. The festival is a culminating celebration of the visual and performing arts that have been experienced by all students in grades kindergarten through grade 12.
CONTACT: Director of Curriculum
PHONE: 617-984-8760
RECYCLING
This program provides a consistent system-wide recycling awareness for students, teachers, custodians, administration, parents, food services personnel and the community. The program is designed to encourage and develop a variety of opportunities for students, staff, etc. to demonstrate that the reuse of materials is not only desirable, but also necessary in reducing waste products within the local community and global community.
CONTACT: Assistant Superintendent of Schools and Personnel
PHONE: 617-984-8780
School Breakfast Program
Quincy children may start their day with the School Breakfast Program, a Federal program that provides cash assistance for nonprofit breakfast programs. Children whose families meet income criteria may receive free or reduced-price breakfasts. Read more about Food Service.
CONTACT: Coordinator of Food Services
PHONE: 617-984-8768
FEE: Varies according to family income level
School Lunch Program
The School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program available at all schools in Quincy including Bethany Teen Mothers and the Goals Program. Children whose family meet income criteria may receive free or reduced-price lunches. Read more about Food Service.
CONTACT: Coordinator of Food Services
PHONE: 617-984-8768
FEE:Varies according to family income level
Special Needs Learning Center - Middle School
Special Needs Learning Center (SNLC) is a substantially separate classroom for middle school students who have been assessed with global developmental disabilities. The curriculum is geared toward functional academics and activities of daily living. Students will go on to either the SNLC IV or, the Extended Vocational Alternative, high school programs. Read more about Special Education.
CONTACT: Director of Special Education
PHONE: 617-984-8743
Summer Food Service Program
The Summer Food Service Program provides free, nutritious meals to children age 18 or younger in Quincy during summer vacation. Read more about Food Service.
CONTACT: Coordinator of Food Services
PHONE: 617-984-8768
Summer Institute
The institute is an intensive two-week half-day enrichment program designed to meet and challenge the academic and artistic needs of students entering kindergarten through grade 8.
CONTACT: Director of Title I and ESL
PHONE: 617-984-8737
Summer Scene
Summer Scene is a program for students entering grades 3 through 10. The goals of Summer Scene are to increase student proficiency in English/Language Arts, science, and math skills.
CONTACT: Director of Adult & Continuing Education
PHONE: 617-984-8888
Summer School
Summer School offers middle and high school students the opportunity to enjoy new and different learning experiences, add to knowledge and skills, strengthen weakness in a subject, make-up a subject for credit, or obtain skills in order to be better prepared to elect more advanced work during the regular school year.
CONTACT: Assistant Superintendent of Schools and Personnel
PHONE: 617-984-8780
FEE: Varies by course
Teen Dating Violence Protection Program
The Teen Dating Violence Prevention Program, funded by the Department of Education, works to educate, support, and intervene around the issue of dating violence. The primary emphasis is middle and high school levels. Students are introduced to the topic of safe and respectful relationships through dramatic performances, assemblies, and small group discussions. Community resource information and dating violence awareness information is provided to students and parents through this program.
CONTACT: Director of Pupil Personnel Services
PHONE: 617-984-8878
Transitional Bilingual Education Class
Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) classes are offered in Cantonese and Vietnamese. The classes are staffed by a bilingual teacher and in larger classes by a bilingual aide. All students requiring this program are invited to attend with the consent of their parents. Out of district students at the elementary and middle school levels are transported to the citywide classes. Read more about ESL programs. Read more about Title 1 programs.
CONTACT: Director of Title I and ESL
PHONE: 617-984-8737