WGH Quiz Bowl teams score high at TCTC event

The Harding Quiz Bowl teams competing at the TCTC academic challenge tournament Saturday, December 7, 2024, made impressive scores while competing against more than a dozen teams from across Trumbull County.

The A team, consisting of Rose Strother, Zavier Taff and Sophie Gardner went all the way through to the semi-finals and beat Girard with a score of 44-37 to take 3rd place overall.

The field represented 16 teams from around the county. Harding’s B team of Daniel Long, Eliana Burker, and Donovan Stringer also did a great job making it to the 5th round before being eliminated.

Lincoln program helps students, families through holiday grieving process

A new program at the Lincoln PK-8 School is helping students and families who are experiencing grief this holiday season.

The program kicked off Wednesday, December 4, 2024, with a session designed to provide support, resources and an awareness of how difficult time of the year can be for those grieving or experiencing loss.

School counselor Suzanne Goodyear planned and organized the event. About 25 PK-8 students/families registered to attended on Wednesday. Participants made a craft and received a resource bag and refreshments.

Gov. Mike DeWine joins WCS students, staff & community in celebrating the opening of the new Student Recreation and Wellness Center

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine joined Warren City Schools students, staff and community leaders on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, to celebrate the opening of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

Gov. DeWine assisted students and Warren Board of Education in cutting the ribbon at the new facility located on the Warren G. Harding High School Campus. The governor toured the center during his visit.

Read some of Gov. DeWine’s remarks HERE.

Highlights in pictures:

WCSD Announces 2024 Winter Concert Season

The 2024 Warren City Schools Winter Concert Season will kick off at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, with a performance by the Willard PK-8 School Band and Choir.

Concerts will run through Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024, when the Warren G, Harding High School Choirs perform at 7 p.m.

Here is the complete schedule:

WCS students help celebrate families on National Adoption Day

Warren City Schools students helped area families celebrate National Adoption Day on Friday, November 22. 

Members of the newly formed Student Leadership club WGH Epsilon Rho joined Judge James A. Fredericka and his staff at Trumbull County Probate Court to provide a memorable experience to the families as the adoptions became official.  

The students, dressed to fit the Super Mario Bros. and friends theme, took pictures with the families and painted children’s faces.

Lincoln PK-8 students designed Mario-themed photo props for families to enjoy.

Two Trumbull County families officially adopted three children. Statewide, more than 5,000 adoptions were finalized on November 22.

Emotionally speaking: Families discuss emotional triggers during WCS’ SEL event

Some of our preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade families recently gathered for an InsideU Adventure, based on understanding social-emotional learning (SEL). 

Families learned about a free, web based app, called InsideU, which was created by the Renee Crown Wellness Institute/ University of Colorado Boulder and inspired by Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out. 

Research shows that children who understand emotional responses do well academically. Families played games, made a Memory Ball, and discussed emotional triggers with their children. 

The event was held in multiple sessions on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, at Warren G. Harding High School.

Some of the students’ teachers, dressing for their parts, represented various emotions such as sadness, disgust, and joy.

Looking to the Stars: WCS’ 5th-graders have ‘out-of-this-world’ experience at the new Student Recreation and Wellness Center

Fifth-graders from all four of Warren’s PK-8 schools participated in an out-of-this-world experience during a recent visit to the new Warren City Schools’ Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

On Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, the students spent time inside an inflatable SkyDome Planetarium learning about stars, planets and constellations.

The event, organized in partnership with Mobile Ed Productions, marked the school district’s first large-scale field trip to the new student center located on the the Warren G. Harding High School campus.

Groups of students sat inside the darkened SkyDome for about 45 minutes, viewing projected images of the night sky.

The planetarium can accommodate up to 90 students at a time. As one group of students experienced the SkyDome, another group was either arriving or department via buses from their respective school buildings. day was carefully coordinated, with staggered bus schedules bringing students from each school.

WGH Health Department preps & certifies 21st Century teacher in first aid, CPR

The Health Department at Warren G. Harding High School recently prepared Warren City Schools’ 21st Century Community Learning teachers for emergencies they might encounter. 

The high school Health Department prepared and certified the teachers in first aid and CPR during the districtwide Nov. 5, 2024, Waiver/Professional Learning Day.

Program focuses on ‘Thriving Futures’ during Thrive Mahoning Valley & OH WOW! Science Center visit to Jefferson

THRIVE Mahoning Valley representatives on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024, presented an assembly at the Jefferson PK-8 School that focused non-renewable versus renewable energy and ways in which the students can fight climate change.

Representatives from OH WOW! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology were also on hand to visit the school’s science rooms and assist the students with various activities designed to teach them about climate change.