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Educators from districts similar to Warren City Schools gathered at Warren G. Harding High School on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, as part of Ohio Mid-Sized Schools Leadership Collaborative instructional rounds.

Superintendents, teachers and curriculum leaders from around the state visited Warren classrooms and provided feedback to district staff and the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce about student engagement, teacher feedback, and academic content.

“Although no two districts are exactly alike, it is a great opportunity to be able to collaborate with representatives of school districts similar to Warren and that have similar concerns,” explained Warren’s Chief Academic Officer Wendy Hartzell.

Instructional rounds, adapted to education from the field of medicine, provide opportunities for educators to work collaboratively to identify and solve common challenges related to teaching and learning.

Earlier in the month, Warren school leaders were among nearly 50 educators who spent time at Lima City Schools as part of that district’s instructional rounds.

In Warren, educators met at Harding for introductions before breaking into groups and visiting all district buildings. After the instructional rounds were completed, the groups met back at the high school to discuss their experiences and common themes which will be utilized to generate recommendations for areas of academic improvement.

Warren City Schools on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, hosted the Trumbull County Educational Service Center’s daylong, countywide professional learning experience for area educators.

At least 10 school districts from Trumbull County participated in the sessions that were held at Warren G. Harding High School and the Lincoln and Willard PK-8 Schools.

Warren City Mayor Doug Franklin met with 3rd-graders at the Jefferson PK-8 School on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, to discuss his job responsibilities and answer any questions they had about how the city operates.

He explained the different services the city provides to its residents, such as police, fire and water service, and trash pickup.

Nearly 40 Warren City Schools students participated in the Saturday, Oct. 22, 2023, Ohio Music Education Association District V Middle School Honors Choir performance at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown.

The OMEA District 5 Honors Choir will perform on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 1:30pm in the Concert Hall at Stambaugh Auditorium.

The Honors Choir is made up of some of the best vocal music students in grades 7-12 Trumbull, Mahoning and Ashtabula counties. Warren’s participation has increased in recent years. For example, where McGuffey PK-8 School had two participants last year, this year eight students from that building were part of the 2023 choir performance.

The Ohio Music Association is the principal organization in Ohio promoting music education in elementary and secondary schools as well as colleges and universities.

Members of the Lincoln PK-8 School’s Student Council and National Junior Honor Society took action on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, distributing nearly 200 boxes that were filled, collectively, with several hundred pounds of meat.

The boxes went to families in need.

Second Harvest Food Bank delivered the boxes to Lincoln. Families were notified via an all call and the school set up a drive-up service for them. Students carried the boxes to and placed them inside the vehicles to create a seamless distribution process.  

Second-grade classes at the McGuffey PK-8 School are experiencing a double dose of smiles, laughter, creativity and, well, other stuff this school year.

McGuffey has six sets of twins in the second grade! Although some are fraternal twins, there are enough of them who look alike to cause some of us to look twice. You might ask or think to yourself, “Didn’t I just see you out in the hall?” Or, “Have you been sitting here this whole time?”

The McGuffey twins take it all in stride and have become accustomed to all of the double takes and second glances. They’ve patiently given the rest of us time to adjust to seeing double. Last year, there were five sets. The addition of another brings us to six!

On Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, Willard PK-8 School held its first Family Game Night – hosting about 155 families.

Dozens of the school’s staff members stayed after school was out to help.

Families were invited to have dinner. Afterwards, they were given the option to go in one of multiple directions to play various games, including Bingo, UNO and/or Spoons. 

Families were given a free board game to play at home.

This event was designed to build strong connections with adults and students, and gives them an opportunity to have fun and talk with each other, explained Principal/Campus Leader Carly Polder.  Game Night built off of Willard’s theme from this nine weeks: Connections and Building Friendships.

Dozens of families of 1st-grade students at the McGuffey PK-8 School were represented Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, during a parent/family workshop.

The school’s 1st-grade teachers demonstrated what they and their students have been working on and provided families with resources to build on that progress at home.

October is an exciting time in the Principles of Foods cooking classes as students participate in “Make a Difference October.” 

Recently, five students – Faith Mason, Darien Monday, Erica Brooks, Jurnee Brantley and She’Ayla Allen – delivered 20 pans of caramel apple crisp to the Warren Family Mission.    

Each week throughout the month of October, in observance of “Make A Difference,” students in the cooking class prepare baked good items and then, as a group, decide how much of their baked goods to donate to nonprofit organizations in Warren.  

Students spent time researching local nonprofit organizations. The organizations with the most votes receive the donations over the next few weeks as a way to give back to the Warren community. 

Students contact the organizations to arrange the drop off, work in their lab groups to prepare the baked good items and then drop off the items with their instructor, Mrs. Scarmack. 

Students in the construction lab at Warren G. Harding High School have been busy working on projects designed to develop their building skills.

Woodworking students are building a picnic table that is to be donated to Warren City Parks and/or community facilities.

Meanwhile, fundamental classes are building a tote box.