High School Programs
We know that education can take place in many ways. That's why we offer many programs that can challenge you academically, stretch your view of yourself and your world, or just have fun! Explore the programs below...
- Business Partnerships
- Community Service Learning
- Educational Services to the Homeless
- Extended Vocational Alternative (Special Education)
- First Robotics
- GOALS
- Health Fair
- Kids Vote
- MCAS Preparation and Remediation
- Peer Educators
- Quincy Family Literacy Network
- Quincy Public Schools Festival of the Arts
- Recycling
- Safe Schools Program
- School Breakfast Program
- School Lunch Program
- Special Needs Learning Center (Ages 14-22)
- Summer Food Service Program
- Summer Scene
- Summer School
- Teen Dating Violence Prevention
- Teen Mothers Program
- Transitional Bilingual Education Class
- Transitional High School Resource Room
- Winter School
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
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
Extended Vocational Alternatives
Extended Vocational Alternatives (EVA) is an extended day program for high school special education students interested in vocational training and job placement assistance. The substantially separate academic program focuses on life skills. The vocational component focuses on providing entry-level opportunities in selected areas. Read more about Special Education.
CONTACT: Director of Special Education
PHONE: 617-984-8743
FIRST Robotics
The goal of the FIRST Robotics Competition is to inspire curiosity and create interest in science and mathematics among today's high school students. Students are immersed in the world of engineering, learning the important connection between classroom lessons and real-world applications. Corporations or universities team up with a high school in a high-tech sporting event which pits gladiator robots against each other. The goal of the competition is not to teach science and technology, but rather to inspire students to pursue careers in these fields. Read more about FIRST Robotics.
CONTACT: Director of Occupational Education
PHONE: 617-984-8731
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.
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
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 Educators
This select group of students is professionally trained to teach children in the lower grades about drugs and alcohol. Students are selected on the basis of outstanding high school achievement, peer leadership training, and their ability to serve as role models for their peers and younger school children.
CONTACT: Physical Education Department Head
PHONE: 617-984-8783
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
Safe Schools Program
The Safe Schools Program, funded by the Department of Education, provides the opportunity for our two high schools to address the needs of Quincy's diverse student population. Issues such as race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability are considered in creating a supportive and safe school climate for all. Both schools have created a "Spectrum" group where students can find support and education around the issues of diversity. A school climate that fosters respect and sensitivity for all members of the community is a major goal of this grant.
CONTACT: Director of Pupil Personnel Services
PHONE: 617-984-8898
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 Services.
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 Services.
CONTACT: Coordinator of Food Services
PHONE: 617-984-8768
FEE: Varies according to family income level
Special Needs Learning Center
Special Needs Learning Center (SNLC) is a substantially separate classroom for students (ages 14-22) who have been assessed with global developmental learning disorders. The curriculum is geared toward functional academics, activities of daily living and vocational training. The goal of the program is to develop skills to the maximum of the student's potential to be successful in home, community and job settings. 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 Services.
CONTACT: Coordinator of Food Services
PHONE: 617-984-8768
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 Prevention 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
Teen Mothers Program
The Quincy Teen Mothers Program is an alternative school within the Quincy Public Schools, providing educational and social services to teenage mothers and pregnant girls who have not completed high school. This program provides an individualized academic and vocational curriculum for each student, full-time childcare services during the school day, and a broad range of social services. Click here to visit the Teen Mothers Program web page
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.
CONTACT: Director of Title I and ESL
PHONE: 617-984-8737
Transitional High School Resource Rooms
The Transitional Resource Rooms (THSRR) are substantially separate classrooms for special education students demonstrating social / emotional issues which prevent full-time inclusion within a general education setting. The program is highly structured, providing clearly communicated guidelines for appropriate behaviors. Academic instruction is individualized, relating the general education curriculum with appropriate accommodations. Individual and group counseling is provided to enhance self-esteem, improve social interactions and to work on the skills necessary to be reintegrated within the general mainstream. Read more about Special Education programs.
CONTACT: Director of Special Education
PHONE: 617-984-8743
Winter School
Winter School offers high-school students the opportunity to earn full credit for a course that they have previously failed, strengthen weaknesses in a subject area, or build upon prior knowledge and skills.
CONTACT: Assistant Superintendent of Schools and Personnel
PHONE: 617-984-8780
FEE: May Apply