Alumni Newsletter
A Gift of Books for Baldwin Kindergarten
A Facebook post, a generous donor, and new books helping Quincy’s youngest learners fall in love with reading. Sometimes, big change begins with a simple ask. Recently, Lindsay Struck, an Instructional Coach at Baldwin Elementary, shared a need online — hoping someone in the community might help provide new books and instructional resources for her…
Read More“Mirrors on Wheels” Transform Rehearsals for QHS Performing Arts Students
Grant-Funded Mirrors Help Students Rehearse with Confidence Before this year, students in Quincy High School’s show choir, pom, theatre, and dance programs had a familiar challenge: they could hear corrections, watch choreography being taught, and practice their routines—but they couldn’t always tell if they were actually performing the movements correctly. “Students were able to see…
Read MoreQHS Alumni Spotlight: Brooke Trantor ’07
QHS Alumni Spotlight: Brooke Trantor ’07 By: Katie Rodemich ’02 When Brooke Trantor returned to her hometown of Quincy, she brought more than ambition—she carried a story only this community could inspire. From her early days on the Quincy Community Theatre stage to nearly fifteen years in Los Angeles filmmaking, her journey has come full…
Read MoreA Legacy of Tradition: Celebrating Four Fine Arts Legends of Quincy Public Schools
A Legacy of Tradition: Celebrating Four Fine Arts Legends of Quincy Public Schools By: Katie Rodemich ’02 For generations of Quincy High School students, A Building was more than classrooms and rehearsal halls. It was where voices found strength, where spotlights revealed hidden confidence, and where music and performance transformed strangers into family. Together, Clyde…
Read MoreQHS Alumni Spotlight: Michèle Crider 1977
QHS Alumni Spotlight: Michèle Crider 1977 From Quincy’s Choir Room to the World’s Great Opera Houses By: Katie Rodemich ’02 Sometimes the most extraordinary journeys begin in the most familiar places. For Michèle Crider ’77, that place was Quincy—where a family of singers, a church choir, and dedicated teachers first nurtured her gift. From those…
Read MoreQHS Alumni Spotlight: Eric Loos ’01 & Heidi Holzgrafe ’00
QHS Alumni Spotlight: Eric Loos ’01 & Heidi Holzgrafe ’00 2025 A Night to Dream Big Chairs: From Blue Devil Days to Building Quincy’s Future By: Katie Rodemich ’02 The QPS Foundation is honored to announce Heidi Holzgrafe ’00 and Eric Loos ’01, as the chairs of the 2025 Annual Campaign. The couple’s decision to…
Read MoreDream Big Grants in Action: QHS Baseball
How One Grant Helped Quincy Senior High Baseball Grow, Compete—and Believe in What’s Possible By: Katie Rodemich ’02 For the boys of Quincy Senior High School baseball, the 2025 season was about more than wins and losses—it was about growth, progress, and pride. Behind that transformation is a powerful reminder of what a community can…
Read MoreQHS Class of 2005
20 Year: Class of 2005 Reunion Come celebrate with the Class of ’05! Can you believe it’s been 20 years since we walked across that stage and into the world? It’s time to reconnect, reminisce, and raise a glass to everything we’ve done — and everything still to come! Saturday, November 22, 2025 | The…
Read MoreQHS Class of 1968
75th Birthday Bash: Class of 1968 Reunion Come celebrate with the Class of ’68! Can you believe it’s been 75 years since we were born and 60 years since graduation? It’s the perfect moment to reconnect, reminisce, and raise a glass to everything we’ve done — and everything still to come! Saturday, September 20, 2025…
Read MoreQHS Alumni Spotlight: Ethan Prater ’91
QHS Alumni Spotlight: Ethan Prater ’91 By: Katie Rodemich ’02 Ethan, a proud graduate of the QHS Class of 1991, grew up on 22nd and Aldo, just a few blocks from the neighborhood where he would walk and bike to Madison, Baldwin, and Quincy Junior High School, and discovered the first sparks of what became…
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