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Art created by students in all five of Warren City Schools is among dozens of works on display at the Trumbull Art Gallery through March 26, 2022.

The exhibit, “Celebrating Visual Art in Our Valley’s Schools,” features art created by students from 13 school districts in Trumbull and Mahoning counties.

The display also features art by the late Emil “Butch” Perunko, a longtime Warren City Schools teacher.

Trumbull Art Gallery is at 158 North Park Ave., Warren, Ohio. Hours are: noon to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday; and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. TAG is also open by appointment for individuals or small groups.

Two Warren G. Harding senior athletes, Na’Veyah Parisi and Michael Jones, earned 1st team ALL-STATE honors at the Indoor State Track Meet at SPIRE in Geneva, Ohio on March 4.

Parisi got 6th and Jones placed 4th.

In all, three Harding students qualified in Triple Jump to participate at SPIRE. Savana Shipman, a freshman, joined Parisi and Jones at the state meet. Parisi also qualified in Long Jump.

The top high school athletes in Ohio gather at SPIRE to compete to become a State Champion. 

From left in the above photo are: Seniors Na’Veyah Parisi and Michael Jones, Head Coach Charles Penny, and Freshman Savana Shipman.

Below: Michael Jone and Na’Veyah Parisi at the Indoor State Track Meet at SPIRE in Geneva, Ohio

Through hands-on learning students at Warren G. Harding have been identifying the differences between potential and kinetic energy.

Students began studying Newton’s Laws of Motions and general physics in February 2022 in Victoria Midgett’s Physical Science at Warren G. Harding High School.

“Hands-on activities are always a great way for students to learn and understand what is happening because they can actually demonstrate whatever the target at hand is on their own,” Midgett explained.

The purpose of this lab is to determine where the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy took place, and identify where Newton’s First and Third Laws are demonstrated.  The students explore the effects of different materials on the energy.

A recent activity involved students dropping different types of balls and measuring their rebound from the ground.  They then dropped the same ball type on different surfaces and took similar measurements.  Lastly, students dropped different ball types and measured the initial bounce height, second bounce and total all in one drop. 

All of the data was compiled and then used to answer wrap up questions that aided in proving their purpose of the lab.

Effective Tuesday, March 1, 2022, students, staff and guests in the Warren City Schools will no longer be required while indoors to wear a mask or facial covering, rather this will be optional.

This also applies to individuals using WCS transportation.

Superintendent Steve Chiaro announced this change in his Monday, February 28, 2022, message. Please refer to the full message HERE.

The McGuffey Titonics robotics team is advancing to the FIRST Lego League State Finals for the second year in a row. 

The team consists of 10 students from grades 4-8 who compete in the four areas of Project, Core Values, Robot Design and Robot Table Runs.

This year’s team was made up of almost all new students, as they had only two returning teammates. 

Students learn to build and program a Lego SPIKE robot to run autonomously to complete as many missions as possible in 2 minutes and 30 seconds. They also have to solve a real world problem by coming up with a solution in a given topic. 

This year’s theme was Cargo and the project is an app that allows passengers to see their pets in the cargo hold of the plane. The team worked with an app designer from Apple’s Design Academy as well as employees from United Airlines and Pet Safe program to build an actual app prototype.  There are also several Core Values that must be showcased while doing all of the above.

The Titonics advanced out of the Austintown Regionals to the NE Ohio Districts in Lorain and have now advanced to the State Championship, which will be held virtually March 6. 

At the Championship, the team will submit three robot runs as well as the team project, core values presentation and robot design and coding. 

Team members are Jayden Colbert, who is the last remaining original Titonics member and has been in FLL for 6 years; Donovan Stringer, who is in his 3rd year with the team; and new members O’Brian Goliday, William Sanders, Amariyae Martin, Norah Foster, Ethan Wade, Daniel Stella Jr, Daniel Haggerty and Cameron Colbert. 

What sets this team apart from the other robotic teams is that these students are involved in so many other activities. The majority are student athletes who compete in football, baseball, basketball, softball, soccer, cheerleading and gymnastics. The team includes have Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Prep Bowl members, National Junior Honor Society, Student Council members and also three members who have been selected to attend the National Youth Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. 

The Titonics are coached by Amanda Colbert who last year received the Coach of the Year award for the State of Ohio.

On Saturday, January 29th, the Warren G. Harding H.S. Band had seven students perform at the Ohio Music Education Association’s District 5 Jazz Festival. 

The students were selected through a video audition process and then were placed in one of three county honors bands representing Trumbull, Mahoning and Ashtabula counties. 

All three bands had an evening rehearsal last week, a day of rehearsals this past Friday, and performed a concert Saturday at the DeYor Performing Arts Center.

WGH Raider Band members in the Trumbull County Honors Band were:
Ean Dodge, grade 12, alto saxophone; Alfonso Guzman, grade 12, baritone saxophone; Xander Blose, grade 12, Ryan Gump, grade 12, and Vidal Brown, grade 11, trumpets; Trenten Miranda, grade 12, and Ethan O’Malley, grade 11, trombones.

The Warren G. Harding boys bowling team returned champions on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022, claiming the All-American Conference tournament.

Harding defeated Austintown Fitch at Amron Lanes.

The Raiders, coached by Tom Burd, defeated conference foes Austintown Fitch, Boardman, Canfield and Howland.

Members of the team shown in the above picture are, from left to right, Blaise Schuller, Justin Tucker, Nick Homa, Braylen Schuller and Micah Beall.

Congratulations to the WGH Harding boys bowling team for winning the All-American Conference bowling tournament on Sunday at Amron Lanes. The Raiders defeated conference foes Austintown Fitch, Boardman, Canfield and Howland. Members of the team (from left to right) are Blaise Schuller, Justin Tucker, Nick Homa, Braylen Schuller and Micah Beall. The Raiders are coached by Tom Burd.

The Ohio Department of Education has given final approval of Warren

City Schools’ American Rescue Plan ESSER Round 3 grant application, which includes a budget of $12.5 million for the new wellness center being planned at the high school campus. 

The funding approval was announced at the Tuesday, Jan. 25, Warren City Schools

Board of Education meeting.

The ARP ESSER grant provides $12.5 million of the estimated $15 million project.

Remaining project costs have already been put aside in capital improvements, and the project calls for no additional costs to taxpayers, for example, in the form of additional levies.

“We needed to be fiscally responsible and create a plan for using these grant funds that would be sustainable once the funding source was no longer available. I am thrilled that our plan has come to fruition and we will be providing equitable opportunities for our students,” commented Warren City Schools Treasurer Karen Sciortino.

“Built specifically for our students, and featuring student centered programming, the

Health and Wellness Center project will complete our campus vision and provide space and resources necessary to enhance the growth and development of our children. The addition of the ARP ESSER grant funding will play an important role as we move forward with our planning, construction and programming phases. It is certainly an exciting time for our Warren City Schools families as we begin to move forward with this project,” said School Board and Athletic Council Member Patti Limperos.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for the students and families in the Warren City School

District as the center will increase the district’s capacity to develop our students’ level of personal wellness and social emotional awareness as the needs of the whole child are advanced. Part of our vision for this project is to realize more equitable student academic and wellness outcomes by addressing barriers such as anxiety and other mental health concerns brought to light through the COVID 19 pandemic, said Dante Capers, Associate Superintendent of Student Services, Student Wellness & Success.

“The district is looking to break ground on the new facility later this spring or early summer with the project completion date set for August 2023 and will be utilized to address both academic, social emotional and physical needs of our students,” said Superintendent Steve Chiaro.

The Warren City School District, in partnership with Chik-fil-A, is recognizing 32 students across all five of our schools for their outstanding achievements and how they each have demonstrated the character traits outlined in the Warren Acronym:

• Work Ethic
• Accountability
• Responsibility
• Respect
• Effective Behavior
• No Excuses

Along with being highlighted in our bi-annual STUDENTS OF THE MONTH / OUTSTANDING STUDENTS publication, each outstanding student is presented with a certificate of achievement, and a yard sign is placed at the student’s residence.

Warren City School District is proud to present our Outstanding Students for Fall Semester 2021. To read about each of our Fall Semester 2021 Outstanding Students, click this link: WCSD Outstanding Students Fall 2021.

December 28, 2021

Dear School Superintendents, Administrators and School Board members:
Each of you has done a remarkable job in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, working hard each day to keep your students safe and in school. We recognize the importance of in-person learning for the cognitive, social, and emotional development of our children, and share your belief that the best place for kids is in school, full-time, in the classroom learning with their peers.

As we have learned during the past two years, things shift quickly with COVID-19. Today, we are faced with a new variant, Omicron, which is more contagious than previous variants. This variant is spreading rapidly through Ohio and is expected to become the dominant variant within the coming weeks. In other parts of the country, where Omicron already has spread rapidly, pediatric hospitalizations have spiked. In New York City and the surrounding areas, pediatric hospitalizations jumped by 395% during December.

With adult hospitalizations already nearing an all-time high, and the positivity rate for those being tested for COVID-19 nearing 25%, we are reminding all Ohioans of the severity of our current situation.

The best protection against developing severe illness from COVID-19, for both school-aged children and adults, remains getting vaccinated. While younger, school-aged Ohioans continue to get vaccinated, it is critical that we keep following protocols to protect students, teachers, staff, and their families at home.

To those of you who are continuing to require masks in school – thank you. This simple step is one of the best ways that we can slow the spread of the virus. To those who do not currently have a mask requirement, we respectfully ask that you consider one as your students return after holiday break. Health experts around Ohio have recommended Ohio schools have masking policies until more students get vaccinated, and that remains their recommendation as students return to school next week. This is even more urgent now because of the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

We know that the virus that causes COVID-19 is spread when you cough, sneeze, talk, or sing. We know that masks work and are effective at slowing the spread of this virus. The best way to keep kids in school is to slow the spread of the virus. The best ways to slow the spread of the virus are to get vaccinated and wear a mask.

Even students who are asymptomatic or who have relatively mild symptoms have the ability to spread the virus to others. Their fellow students might then carry the virus home, spreading it to brothers and sisters, parents, and grandparents. If those family members are unvaccinated, they are at risk for severe illness and hospitalization while vaccinated family members can remain confident that their risk of severe illness is low.

Our healthcare system already is taxed, with one out of every four patients in the hospital with COVID-19. We’re fighting hard to save their lives, while treating other Ohioans who need our help, like children with broken bones, people suffering from strokes, or those needing emergency care after a car accident. We can’t do this alone. With Omicron spreading quickly through Ohio, we need everyone’s help to make it through the coming weeks. Please help us by requiring students to wear masks when they return to school.

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