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$212K for WCSD safety

Warren County School District is beefing up some security measures thanks to state grants. State Sen. Michele Brooks (R-50) announced grant awards this week from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency’s School Safety and Security Committee. In all, $2.6 million in grants was awarded to 24 districts in northwestern Pennsylvania, with Warren County School District receiving $212,000. There are two distinct grants within the program, according to Coordinator of Grant and Foundation Development Matt Jones. “There’s a meritorious grant and a competitive ...

More than a health class at WAEC

Students at Warren Area Elementary Center learned lessons about math, science, English, health, and physical education. Another group of students, who were at the school temporarily, delivered those lessons using health-related concepts. Students in the Warren County Career Center Health ...

Beaty students learn the value of kindness

The actions ranged from the commonplace — holding a door for someone — to the exceptional — helping a student pick up dropped items that other students were kicking down the hall — but each was a random act of kindness. In celebration of Random Acts of Kindness Day, Feb. 17, ...

Grate specifications

Students worked on a real-world project. PennDOT focused on winter maintenance. A recent collaborative project between the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Warren County Career Center is a win-win. About 15 students in the welding shop spent time over the last several ...

WCSD considers hunting courses

Board member Joe Colosimo introduced an item to the board, citing programs in other states in which schools provide hunter safety courses to all students who do not opt out. “It fits the demographic of our area perfectly,” he said. “A lot of school districts are moving to hunters ...

WCSD talks discipline and donkeys

School board members talked about some new ideas at Monday’s committee meetings. Officials at Beaty-Warren Middle School have inquired about alternatives for student discipline. In particular, “one of the things they want to do is institute a youth court,” Superintendent Amy Stewart said. “Like any middle school would tell you, they have a lot of very minor discipline issues.” “They want to look at a student-led approach,” Stewart said. “We are seeing more districts go this way.” If a change is going to be made, “we want to make sure we get off on the right ...