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Good as Gold B; Beaty tradition continues despite school closure

At Beaty-Warren Middle School, B is more than the first letter of the school name. Each year, eighth graders who have aimed high across a number of areas have the chance to earn a Gold B. It is a prestigious award. “The Purpose of the Gold B Award is to encourage students to participate in activities in and out of school that foster good citizenship, respectable character, self-improvement, and responsibility,” Principal Shannon Yeager said. “The Gold B Award is the highest level of recognition that a Beaty Warren Middle School student may achieve.” And it is a ...

Phase 3 school work is due

Wednesday isn’t the last day of school in a traditional sense, but it is the day final projects come due for many students. Still, the buses will run on Thursday for the last time this school year. Online students are expected to have all of their application-based projects in all subjects turned in on Wednesday. Students with insufficient access to internet — the many students in the district considered ‘offline’ — are asked to turn in packets Thursday morning. “Warren County School District will be doing the two-hour delay schedule this Thursday to pick up Phase 3A ...

‘Anxious to reopen’: Library staff preparing for upcoming changes

People stuck at home looking to have the weight of a good book in their hands haven’t had access to their local sources. “People rely on books as a means of escape,” Warren Library Association Director Kelli Knapp said. “That’s rather important right now. That will be a big contribution, people being able to escape into a story. People also look to books for knowledge and learning and a lot of people have time for that right now.” So, the county’s libraries are doing what they can now, and doing what they can to be ready to serve the public as they are allowed to ...

‘We really miss them’

It seems everybody has been craving a good graduation party. The clouds broke and the sun peeked through on Friday morning for the YMCA Preschool graduation ceremony — albeit a unique one. Parents lined up with their little graduates in tow to parade through the Warren County YMCA ...

District encouraging families to apply for cash benefit from free or reduced lunches

Families of school-age children who qualify for free or reduced-price lunches will be receiving some help from the government. Warren County School District is encouraging families to apply. In fact, the district has sent letters to families and instructions on how to apply. The federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 — Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) program — will send cash cards (or put additional funds on existing EBT cards) to those families. The amount is based on $5.70 for each school-age child for every day schools were closed since March 16 ...

Positive signs

There are signs of community spread all over the county — recognizing the members of the Warren County School District class of 2020. How they are getting there is a sign of community in itself. The Times Observer and the district worked together to prepare two yard signs for each senior ...