What Quabbin Offers - a brief listing 2006-2007
District Facilities:
- Middle school addition completed in 1997
- Renovated high school (1997)
- 5 newly built or renovated elementary
schools
- Computer facilities with Internet link
- Technology ready - all buildings wired
and connected to Internet
- Art rooms - complete with kiln
- Science labs (biology, chemistry,
physics, and environmental science)
- Greenhouse for horticulture program
- Observatory for astronomy
- Media center
- School store
- Food service: Main hot lunch and hot &
cold alternative offered daily
Quabbin Regional Middle/High school
Comprehensive Program of Studies:
- 4 different world languages (Chinese, French, Latin, and Spanish) offering up
to 5 years of study
- Advanced Placement courses in English,
Biology, Physics
- Honors research projects
- Media preparation: video,
communications, newspaper, web page design
- Complete array of business courses from
practical to cognitive
- In-depth math program from Algebra to
Calculus to Trig to Accounting
- Physical Education department focusing
on team and individual development
- Project Adventure focusing on outdoor &
environmentally oriented activities
- Hands-on Technology Education
- Learn to Earn Alternative
Program - preparing for life after graduation
- Dual Enrollment (eligible high school
seniors take courses for college credit at local college)
- Community Service Project
- College entrance exam test prep course
for credit
- Participate in Math & Science Academy at
WPI in Worcester
- Full day developmentally appropriate
kindergarten at Ruggles Lane
- College Preparatory Coursework guideline
- After-school Kaplan SAT preparation
course
- Block scheduling offers students more
class time with reduced course load per semester
- Implements curriculum Frameworks as
mandated by the Ed Reform Act of 1993
- NEASC accredited middle & high school
- Annual Environmental Studies overnight
class field trip to White Mountains
- NJROTC
- MCAS prep
- Team teaching concept in middle school
Vast Arts Program:
- Award winning jazz band
- Orchestra
- Concert band
- Symphonic winds
- Choir
- Music technology for career preparation
- Drama/theater
- Illustration
- Annual participation in prestigious
Boston Globe high school art competition
Athletics:
- Bus transportation for middle school,
freshman, JV & Varsity competitions
- Interscholastic sports
- Middle School (grades 7 & 8)
participates in 9 sports (golf & tennis are high school only)
- High School participates in 11 sports
- Mid Wach B Division Competition
- division, district & state awards
- alumni basketball league
Athletic Complex:
- 2 full size gymnasiums
- 7 fields: field hockey, soccer,
softball, baseball, football
- Cross-country trail
- Lighted athletic field and track
- Track facilities include a newly
refurbished 8-lane track, pole vault pit, long jump pit, discus/shot put
throwing area
- Tennis courts
- Weight room
- Rock climbing wall
The Extras:
- Student Government
- Middle/High School Health department: 2
full time nurses and an aide
- Annual Nature's Classroom visit for
elementary students
- Annual 8th grade trip to Washington
- Co-curricular:
- Model UN
- Annual Envirothon competition
- JETS - a physics program
- International trips
- HS Music dept trip (Toronto, Disney)
- Leadership development: PE leadership
- Blue & Gold Key Society
- National & Junior National Honor Society
Our website, www.qrsd.org
was designed and developed by School Choice student Stephen Williams of
Ware, Quabbin Class of 2002
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