Warren County School District

Graduation Ceremonies for Eisenhower, Sheffield, Warren, and Youngsville will be held indoors on June 7th.

A fire alarm went off at Warren Area Elementary School this morning, June 5th. That has been verified as a false alarm.

Warren County Summer Music School's 35th Season will be held on June 10th-June 28th at Beaty-Warren Middle School. Please see attached image for more details.

John H. Sechriest Scholarship Recipient Announced The John H. Sechriest Scholarship selection committee is pleased to announce that Matt Desimone, a Youngsville Middle High School senior, has been selected to receive this year's award! Matt will attend Slippery Rock University in the fall to pursue a career in physical therapy. An important part of maintaining the scholarship is completing a project that gives back to the community in some way. Matt is planning to work with the leadership of the Warren County Fair to provide a bench at the Fairgrounds in Sechriest's name. Congratulations to Matt for this accomplishment!

If you haven't already done so #2 - - - - - Parent and Family Engagement Policies

Title I schools are required to evaluate their Parent and Family Engagement (PFE) Policy each year. The PFE Policy outlines how schools and families will work together to support the education of children.

Your input will also help us revise our Parent and Family Engagement Policy for the 2024-2025 school year.

https://forms.office.com/r/NWESPdSnie

If you haven't already done so - - - - - Parent Input Needed! Elementary Schools' Title I School-Parent Compact Feedback 24-25

Title I schools are required to revise the School-Parent Compact each year. The School-Parent Compact outlines how parents, schools, and students will share in the responsibility for improved student academic achievement.

Please take a few minutes to provide your input so we can revise our compact for the 24-25 school year.

Read each statement. Choose YES if you think it should be included in the compact and no if it should be deleted. Add any additional ideas you may have.

THANK YOU for helping us revise our elementary school's compact!

https://forms.office.com/r/gbRdc5maP3

May is Mental Health Awareness month, a good time to consider your students’ digital wellbeing and the role of technology in their mental health. Explore our new article, https://wcsdpa.onlinesafetyhub.io/parent/blogs-articles/taming-tech-tantrums Taming tech tantrums to help parents and guardians understand how apps and games are designed to keep kids (and adults) engaged, making the transition away from screen time challenging. Our experts uncover why and when “tech tantrums” in children are most likely to occur and strategies to help children more easily shift to non-screen activities.

Parent and Family Engagement Policies

Title I schools are required to evaluate their Parent and Family Engagement (PFE) Policy each year. The PFE Policy outlines how schools and families will work together to support the education of children.

Your input will also help us revise our Parent and Family Engagement Policy for the 2024-2025 school year.

https://forms.office.com/r/NWESPdSnie

Parent Input Needed! Elementary Schools' Title I School-Parent Compact Feedback 24-25

Title I schools are required to revise the School-Parent Compact each year. The School-Parent Compact outlines how parents, schools, and students will share in the responsibility for improved student academic achievement.

Please take a few minutes to provide your input so we can revise our compact for the 24-25 school year.

Read each statement. Choose YES if you think it should be included in the compact and no if it should be deleted. Add any additional ideas you may have.

THANK YOU for helping us revise our elementary school's compact!

https://forms.office.com/r/gbRdc5maP3

The fall athletic registration window will be June 3rd-July 5th, 2024.

Please see attached image for information regarding the All-County High School Art Show being held May 7th-18th at the Wetmore Gallery.

Attention all students entering 8th and 9th grade: Please see attached image about the Warren County Career Center's Summer Program offerings.

Attention Parents/Guardians of students in the 21st Century After School Program: You should have received a survey link by email and text message. Please complete this survey at your earliest convenience. Thank you!

Remake Learning Days are almost here.

Remake Learning Days (RLD) is a learning festival that celebrates the many learning opportunities in a community! This celebration highlights innovative experiences and opportunities for youth to develop their sense of creativity, perseverance and curiosity. See the events local to us below, starting May 4th, 2024.

https://www.wcsdpa.org/article/1523912

WCSD would like to make high school families aware of a SAT and ACT Prep Scam that is taking advantage of families. https://www.krcu.org/2024-04-03/consumer-handbook-sat-and-act-prep-scams

With Summer break approaching, screen time during free time is on the mind of many parents — including how to supervise and discuss online gaming. Explore: https://wcsdpa.onlinesafetyhub.io/parent/online-safety-guides/gaming A parent’s guide to gaming, a guide created by our experts to help parents and guardians evaluate risks, determine which games are age appropriate, and ensure that their children’s privacy is protected. The guide helps parents look at gaming from many angles, from the basics about gaming to ways to identify and address suspected gaming addiction.

Lakeshore Community Services celebrated Autism Awareness Day at Struthers Library Theatre on April 11th. Part of the day was awarding an individual and business with the B.L.U.E. award. The YMCA received the business award. One of our teachers, Melissa Page was the individual recipient of this year’s BLUE award. Joe Lang, from Lakeshore, wrote, "Mrs. Page was nominated by Tammy Hawk for her dedication to her students and their families. She has been a strong advocate as well as a caring, kind and wonderful teacher. Our community is truly blessed to have her working with our children. Her dedication to children living with Autism is commendable." The BLUE award stands for: B= Believe L= Love U= Understand E= Embrace.

Eclipse Enthusiasts, Educators, Parents and Students, A total solar eclipse lesson will be aired on the Penn State Behrend YouTube channel at NOON on Monday, April 8th @ https://www.youtube.com/@PennStateBehrend1/streams featuring their very own Dr. Darren Williams, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics entitled "A Celestial Treat: A Total Solar Eclipse Coming to Erie!" The target audience is upper middle, high school, and college students, but adults and younger children may also enjoy the lesson.

REMINDER: All WCSD students should have received a pair of eclipse glasses to wear during the solar eclipse. A link to find the path of the eclipse for your exact location can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/3b3r99ce.

Solar Eclipse Glasses were donated through multiple higher education institutions to WCSD. These will be distributed Wednesday, April 3rd in each building. A letter explaining the solar eclipse and the safe usage of eclipse glasses is located here (https://5il.co/2hcoz) and will be sent home with each student. The eclipse will occur on April 8th, 2024, which is an Energy Day and students do not have school. A link to find the path of the eclipse for your exact location can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/ywd9swbd

Kindergarten registration is still open for the 2024-2025 school year. Once your child is registered, check out the information for the Kindergarten Roundup that will take place in May at each elementary school. (Downloadable document: https://5il.co/2gt5r)