WCS’ 2023 Back to School Celebration set for Aug. 16 at Courthouse Square!

Warren City Schools is gearing up for the district’s annual Back To School Celebration at Courthouse Square in downtown Warren!

This year’s event is set for Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Students, parents, teachers and school administrators will gather together to celebrate the start of another successful school year in Warren City Schools and kick off 2023-2024.

This year’s celebration of Warren City Schools, our students, families and community will include refreshments, games, raffles and entertainment, among other features.

WCS sets June 21 JOB FAIR

Warren City Schools will hold a JOB FAIR Wednesday, June 21, 2023, at Warren G. Harding High School (Entrance M). Hours are 4 to 6 p.m.

The school district is looking for bus drivers, cafeteria workers and maintenance personnel. Job seekers are encouraged to bring resumes and references, and are welcome to complete employment applications on-site.

District representatives will have laptops available for completing applications online. Paper applications will also be available.

United Way recognizes WCS’ employee, student giving efforts

The United Way of Trumbull County presented Warren City Schools with the agency’s Give Award during the May 18, 2023, combined annual meeting and awards luncheon.

The United Way, while celebrating its 100-year milestone, recognized varios individuals, businesses and organizations for their contributions during the event held at the Eastwood Event Centre.

WCS Superintendent/CEO Steve Chiaro accepted the district’s Give Award garnered “In appreciation of the highesty engagement of employee and student campaign” for 2022.

McGuffey’s Titonics get school & community-wide sendoff to New Jersey robotics competition

Students and staff, along with parents and community members, gathered outside Warren City Schools’ McGuffey PK-8 School Friday morning (May 12) to give the school’s robotics team the Titonics a big sendoff. The team is heading to New Jersey for a two-day national competition at the Liberty Science Center Invitational.

The nine-member team, with students in grades fourth to eighth, have had a successful season competing against various robotics teams.

Warren Mayor Doug Franklin gave the team some words of encouragement as they prepared to board the bus. Representatives from the city’s safety forces escorted the team off campus and along the first leg of the trip.

McGuffey celebrates the arts: Hands-on activities make afterschool event an arts fest for students, families & staff

McGuffey PK-8 School was filled with activity Wednesday, May 10, 2023, during an afterschool event that brought dozens of families in for an afterschool Celebration of the Arts fest.

The event featured a variety of hands-on activities, including rock painting, beading and other crafting projects. Music spilled from the cafetorium to the hallways. Other activities included games, a photo booth and a picnic dinner for all McGuffey students and families in attendance.

Volunteers from the River Church in Warren dished up some freshly made popcorn.

WCS celebrates student art

Students and their families, along with Warren City Schools staff and community members, gathered at Warren G. Harding High School on Friday, may 5, 2023, for the annual districtwide art show.

The event, which drew in hundreds of area residents, celebrated the creativity and talent of WCS students with outstanding artwork from all five of the district’s schools: Jefferson PK-8, Lincoln PK-8,
McGuffey PK-8, Willard PK-8 and Warren G. Harding High School. All aspects of media were represented at the juried show. More than 400 WCS students participated.

Dani Burns, WCS Gifted Coordinator/Virtual Programming Administrator, said this year’s show was the biggest one to date.

“The amount of outstanding artwork and the overwhelming response and support from the community was wonderful,” Burns said. “Our students and staff did an amazing job and their efforts were appreciated by so many who came and truly admired the creativity, talent and dedication our students have.”

In addition to other awards, one student from each building received a Principal’s Award:

  • Jefferson:  Aniyah Nolan, 8th grade
  • Lincoln:  Tristan Hobbs, 7th grade
  • McGuffey: Sha’Kya Buxton, 7th grade
  • Willard: Ny’Eimah Gibson, 6th Grade
  • Harding: McKenna Murphy, 11th grade

WGH pieces were judged by WCS alumni and former WCS Visual Arts students: Emily Martin and Molly Martin.

Emily is a 2013 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Digital Media and Design (Graphic Design) from Baldwin Wallace University in 2017. Over the past six years, Emily has worked with a number of non-profit organizations in media-related roles in the Greater Cleveland area.  Currently, Emily works as Communications & Outreach Specialist for the Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research in Cleveland.

Molly is a 2013 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication Disorders from Baldwin Wallace University in 2017, and her Masters of Science in Speech Pathology from BW in 2019. Molly currently works as a Speech Language Pathologist for the Ashtabula County ESC.

Here is a sampling of artworks that were displayed:

Nearly $53K in scholarships awarded collectively to WGH seniors at this year’s Warren High Schools’ Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony

Outstanding members of the Warren G. Harding High School Class of 2023 were presented a total of $52,918 in scholarships at the Saturday, May 6, 2023, Warren High Schools’ Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Ceremony.

The scholarship recipients are:

  • Kaylee Abel
  • Lilanna Bays  
  • Amaria Bercheni
  • Isabella Brant
  • Brooklyn Brown
  • Abigail Bungard
  • Max Burns
  • Zyaire Bush
  • Frenchie Dayangco
  • Karyna DeCarlo    
  • Gianna DeMark
  • Olivia Dunn
  • E’mari Edmonds 
  • Brigid Faulk
  • Sade Garrett 
  • Nai’Jai Glover
  • Ki’Mari Hall-Williams  
  • Madison Hazy
  • Kadence Host  
  • Tamairi Jackson
  • Carlee Kaswinkel    
  • Laci Kinter
  • Haylie Kozak 
  • Lillian Lowry
  • Morgan McLennan
  • Nadia Petersen  
  • Jovana Pirivatric
  • Erina Ramsey
  • Taylor Redick  
  • Kerrigan Riley
  • Sha’zon Robinson
  • Damien Schenk 
  • Hannah Shuttic 
  • Allison  Sincich
  • Sydni Strother
  • Emily Trisler
  • Mary Vencel  
  • John Waldman
  • Chloe Williams
  • Zion Williams
  • Madelynn Zuccaro

More information about the recipients and individual scholarships can be found in the WCS’ Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame 2023 Program.