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Waiver Day

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Waiver Day

The Warren City School District has scheduled four (4) full waiver days for the 2012-13 school year, the first was held on October 17th. This extra time will allow all teachers to work as a group on strategies to improve the academic achievement of all students, and begin learning about the Common Core Standards. This [...]

Warren City Schools Report Card Data

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Warren City Schools Report Card Data

Based upon the Ohio Department of Education report card calculations the Warren City Schools has every reason to celebrate that they have moved out of Academic Watch and into Continuous Improvement.  One of the major accomplishments of the students and staff in the Warren City Schools was moving the District’s Value Added designation from BELOW [...]

McGuffey holds a “Celebration of Leveled Literacy Intervention”

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McGuffey holds a “Celebration of Leveled Literacy Intervention”

McGuffey K-8 hosted a parents night on May 15, 2012.  The purpose of the parent night was a “Celebration of Leveled Literacy Intervention”.  Students who came with their parent or guardian were given the opportunity to read a book to their parent/guardian.  Cynthia McCoy, Beth Low, Mary Jane Hixenbaugh and Barb Waldman, teachers at  McGuffey, [...]

Willard 3rd Graders take on the OAAs in colorful fashion!

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Willard 3rd Graders take on the OAAs in colorful fashion!

3rd Grade students in Shannon Rupert and Laura Mastro’s class room took on the OAAs in a exciting and colorful way. Here is what Shannon had to say about her amazing students: “I have the most amazing group of students this year and they are such hard workers! They were getting concerned because of the [...]

SPARK Warren helping kids get ready for school

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SPARK Warren helping kids get ready for school

Warren City Schools is proud to be involved with the SPARK Program, in partnership with Community Solutions and the Raymond John Wean Foundation. SPARK helps our students build Reading, Language, Math and Social Skills before they enter Kindergarten. Those core areas are currently the main focus for all students in the District from Kindergarten through [...]

Lincoln 6-8 Spelling Bee

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Lincoln 6-8 Spelling Bee

Lincoln K-8 recently held a spelling bee for students in grades 3-5 and grades 6-8. 30 students in each group started the contest, as they worked their way through he rounds the words got harder and harder until only one student left. Congratulations to the winners: In the 6th-8th grade group was Tommy Seese (grade [...]

Family Days

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Family Days

We believe that the partnership between home and school is critical to the success of our students. Families are always welcome at your child’s building. With this being the case, we have planned several family activities throughout the school year, and we strongly encourage families to participate in those activities. Family days include an introduction [...]

K8 Summer Programs

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K8 Summer Programs

The Warren City School District kicked-off its K8 Summer Programs on Monday, July 18. These programs will operate Monday through Thursday, July 18 through August 11 (no classes are held on Fridays). Programs will be offered at each of the four K8 buildings – Jefferson, Lincoln, McGuffey and Willard. Registration for these programs closed on [...]

Willard K-8 School Celebrates Black History Month

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Willard K-8 School Celebrates Black History Month

The Willard K-8 School celebrated Black History Month with Rev. Georgina (Gena) Thornton from Grace AME Church.  Rev. Thornton read Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman to students in Mrs. Shuttic’s, Mrs. Sullivan’s and Mrs. Newbrough’s classes.  Rev. Thornton stressed the message:  students are able to do anything they want to do in life, as long as they [...]

“Tales to Tails Tutors”

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“Tales to Tails Tutors”

Students in Miss Gray’s 3rd Grade class at Lincoln K-8 School have been participating in a new program designed to allow them to practice the skill of reading with a partner…a dog! The program has been aptly named “Tales to Tails Tutors.” The main objective of this program is to provide a relaxed and “dog-friendly” [...]

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