Books and dinner were on the menu Tuesday, March 20, 2024, at the Lincoln PK-8 School’s Reading Cafe during parent-teacher conferences.
It was all part of Warren City Schools’ Reading Raider Program.
All guests, along with their children, were invited to enjoy a meal. Families then had the opportunity to read a book together.
More than 200 meals were served and dozens of books were read, and families had some comfortable space where they could read.
The United Way of Trumbull County has partnered with each Warren City Schools PK-8 School – Jefferson, Lincoln, McGuffey and Willard – to provide guest readers.
The special guests visit classrooms and support the school district’s Reading Raider Program. The special guests are visiting one school, one day each week.
Students at the Jefferson PK-8 School learned about different genres during a recent book tasting event.
The family event helped expose students to different kinds of books. Students and their families spent some time at the “Book Cafe” where they “sampled” various books on the “menus” they had in hand.
Parents helped their children retell the story in the books they received for the day through the WCS’ Reading Raider Program.
Before families left, they also got to sample a strawberry banana smoothie and got the simple 3-ingredient recipe to take home. All of this while wearing a chef hat of course! Go Readers!
Third-graders and staff at the McGuffey PK-8 School welcomed the Siberian Husky Club of Greater Cleveland Tuesday, March 12, 2024 as part of the Warren City Schools’ Reading Raider Program.
The students learned about sled dogs and the supplies and tools mushers use when driving sled dogs. The highlight of the visit came when Siberian Husky Flint entered the gymnasium, where the presentation was held. Students had the opportunity to pet Flint and see a sled dog up close.
Additionally, as their book for the day through the Reading Raider program, students received “Balto,” a book about the Alaskan Husky that achieved fame when he led a team of sled dogs driven by Gunnar Kaasen on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported using sled dogs.
Later, Balto lived the Cleveland Zoo until his death on March 14, 1933, at the age of 14. He body remains on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Nine members of the Warren. G. Harding High School Raiders Football team on Thursday, March 7, 2024, made formal commitments to colleges and universities where they plan to study.
Family, friends, school leaders and community members rallied in support of the student-athletes during a signing day inside the school library.
These students intend to continue their education at the following institutions:
The Warren City School District on Friday, March 1, 2024, kicked off the new Reading Raiders program with a variety of activities including assemblies and visits from special guests. But the highlight of the day was when each student in attendance received a book.
The Reading Raider Program is designed to get books in the hands of children, supporting and reinforcing the good habits and joy of reading as well as creating a home library for students attending the Warren City Schools.
The program was launched on the heels of the announcement at the end of January that the Warren City School District had reached a major milestone by no longer having any type of adverse federal designation for any building. This is due to academic performance as required for underperforming schools as defined by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). (Read more on the designations HERE.)
In celebration of this significant achievement, the Warren City School District announced the Reading Raider Program taking place for students in the month of March.
Read more about the Reading Raiders Program HERE.
Kindergarten registration is starting in the Warren City School District for the 2024-2025 school year.
Please sign up to register. Registration will take place on the following days at these schools:
For questions, please call 330-675-4320.
Superintendent’s Message regarding Reading Raider Program
February 29, 2024
At the end of January we announced at our Regular Board of Education meeting that the Warren City School District reached a major milestone by no longer having any type of adverse federal designation for any building due to academic performance as required for underperforming schools as defined by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). (Read more on the designations HERE.) In celebration of this significant achievement, the Warren City School District is announcing the Reading Raider Program for students in the month of March.
The Reading Raider Program is designed to get books in the hands of children, supporting and reinforcing the good habits and joy of reading as well as creating a home library for students attending the Warren City Schools.
Read Superintendent/CEO Steve Chiaro’s complete message here.
The school district will provide updates on events and activities, along with pictures, as they are implemented.
Several Warren G. Harding High School students qualified to compete in the at the OAT&CCC Division I Indoor Track State Championships. The event is set for March 1, 2024, at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
The qualifying students are:
