Warren Area High School

📣 **ATTENTION CLASS OF 2025** 📣 It’s time to return your **school-issued laptop**! 🎓 **All seniors who are NOT enrolled in a virtual course must return their laptops by 3:00 PM on June 2nd.** 💻 **Failure to return your device will result in a technology fee being added to your senior obligations.** Thank you for your cooperation!

Any student that plans on completing virtual classes for NEXT school year (NOT summer school courses), please complete the Virtual Academy Registration form at the following link or by using the attached QR code. This is for any student that plans on doing full-time, part-time, enrichment, or credit recovery classes through the WCSD Virtual Academy.

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2025 SUN Bucks Program Information The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), or SUN Bucks Program, was authorized by Congress in 2022. The program, through participating agencies, provides $40 per summer month per child to families with eligible school-age children to buy groceries. The Pennsylvania Departments of Human Services (DHS) and Education (PDE) are jointly responsible for overseeing the SUN Bucks program in Pennsylvania, under the guidance of the USDA. Each household will receive a $120 SUN Bucks benefit per eligible child, equivalent to $40 per month for June-August. SUN Bucks benefits are issued at the household level. DHS follows a hierarchy of where benefits are issued: the family’s state EBT card (ACCESS) if available, otherwise the family’s previously-issued SUN Bucks EBT card if available, otherwise a new SUN Bucks EBT card. Most families will not need to apply for 2025 SUN Bucks since the bulk of eligible students are captured automatically by 1) being eligible for free/reduced meals at NSLP/SBP schools, or 2) if they didn’t attend an NSLP/SBP school, by being on the state’s direct-certified list and of compulsory school age. Families with questions about whether their child is automatically eligible or if they need to apply should use the Eligibility Navigator tool on the DHS website. The self-guided series of questions tells the family if a child is automatically eligible, not eligible, or if they should apply for SUN Bucks. Please review the resources below for more information on the SUN Bucks Program. - DHS SUN Bucks website – https://www.dhs.pa.gov/sunbucks - DHS Statewide Customer Service Center – (877) 395-8930, or (215) 560-7226 in Philadelphia - SUN Bucks family flyers (found at the bottom of the DHS SUN Bucks website) - CAO locator: https://www.dhs.pa.gov/services/assistance/pages/cao-contact.aspx - Summer EBT Income Eligibility Guidelines: https://bestpractices.nokidhungry.org/resource/sebt-income-eligibilityguidelines - Pre-recorded FAQ line for families – (877) 762-1575

Congratulations to the WAHS Choir Department on a fantastic Spring 2025 Choir Concert!

Reminder: Kindergarten Roundup is right around the corner for WAEC! The final WCSD Kindergarten Roundup session will be this Tuesday, May 27th, at Warren Area Elementary Center from 2:00-6:00 PM. Each elementary school will host a Kindergarten Roundup session so interested parents can meet with various people to learn more about kindergarten and complete helpful screenings. Please see the flyer below or the Registration tab on the district webpage: https://www.wcsdpa.org/o/wcsd/page/registration for more information. If you know someone else with a child ready for kindergarten, please share the information with them.

Any student attending WAHS next school year for grades 9-12: WAHS Cheerleading Tryouts will be held on May 29th. Pre-Tryout Clinicals will be held May 27th and May 28th in the WAEC Gymnasium. Please see attached flyer and QR code to sign up.

Please join the Cafeteria for Boba Tea Day on Wednesday, May 21st, 2025.

The following students were nominated for the Northwest PA C.L.A.S.S. Act Emerging Leader for the 2024-2025 school year within the Warren County School District. Nominations were presented to District Administration on a monthly basis and then presented to the IU #5 and ERIE NEWS NOW. Criteria for being selected for the Northwest PA C.L.A.S.S. Act Emerging Leader includes the following: · Effort – works hard and is persistent · Character through compassion, honesty, trustworthiness, optimism, and responsibility · Good citizenship · Demonstrates responsibility · Respectful to peers and teachers · Serves as a positive/influential representative of his or her school community Congratulations to all the nominees.

Reminder: Kindergarten Roundup is right around the corner for YES! The next WCSD Kindergarten Roundup session will be this Tuesday, May 20th, at Youngsville Elementary School from 2:00-6:00 PM. Each elementary school will host a Kindergarten Roundup session so interested parents can meet with various people to learn more about kindergarten and complete helpful screenings. Please see the flyer below or the Registration tab on the district webpage: https://www.wcsdpa.org/o/wcsd/page/registration for more information and the schedule of the last session at WAEC If you know someone else with a child ready for kindergarten, please share the information with them.

Reminder: Kindergarten Roundup is right around the corner for EES! The next WCSD Kindergarten Roundup session will be this Monday, May 12th, at Eisenhower Elementary School from 2:00-6:00 PM. Each elementary school will host a Kindergarten Roundup session so interested parents can meet with various people to learn more about kindergarten and complete helpful screenings. Please see the flyer below or the Registration tab on the district webpage: https://www.wcsdpa.org/o/wcsd/page/registration for more information and the schedule of sessions at YES and WAEC If you know someone else with a child ready for kindergarten, please share the information with them.

Attention Parents and Community Members: The WCSD All-County High School Art Show Opening Reception planned for tonight, May 7th, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM has been cancelled due to an unplanned Power Outage at the Warren Public Library. The show can still be viewed during regular library hours from May 8th until May 16th in the Wetmore Gallery.

Students from Warren area and Sheffield Went to a local riparian area in need of ecological restoration. We, combined with other schools on Wednesday the 30th, will be planting over 600 trees in a watershed that was converted into a pasture. The trees planted will assist in the local restoration of the Conewango Watershed. The groups organizing the efforts and grants are the Warren County Conservation District and DCNR.

Warren Area High School nominates Leihden Wotorson for the C.L.A.S.S. Act Emerging Leader for IU5. Leihden has been a leader among his classmates and has proven in his academic and extracurricular endeavors that he is worthy of being a C.L.A.S.S. Act Nominee. Leihden has been an excellent academic student at WAHS and previously at Sheffield Area High School, taking a challenging courseload while being involved in numerous extracurricular activities. Leihden has maintained an excellent GPA while taking advanced courses including AP and Dual Enrollment offerings. Leihden plans on attending college next year to major in a career in the Business/Finance field. In the building Leihden has been active in Key Club, a Class Officer, Varsity Club, the "Flannel Panel", Varsity Basketball, and Varsity Golf. Leihden has been a team captain for both the Sheffield basketball team and this year after transferring for the WAHS basketball team, a testament to his leadership qualities as soon by both schools and coaching staffs. In addition to school sponsored activities, Leihden has been involved in a number of organizations outside of school. He has participated heavily over the years in AAU basketball, traveling long distances throughout the week and to tournaments on the weekends. He has volunteered at the food pantry in Sheffield in his free time. Leihden is admired by administration and the teaching staff for his relentlessly positive attitude and demeanor. He also exhibits a tremendous family bond with his parents and his siblings, seen nightly as he is attending and extremely supportive of his siblings in their athletic and academic endeavors. Most nights, Leihden and his younger sister are the loudest supporters of each other in the gymnasium or on the athletic field. Leihden made the difficult decision to transfer schools due to a looming reconfiguration/consolidation in our school district during his senior year. This decision allowed him to take advanced classes to prepare for his future. These decisions and activities are a testament to his empathy, giving, time-management, tireless work ethic, loyalty, and fearlessness in his convictions, all traits associated with future leaders. Leihden is an excellent representative for Warren Area High School, the town of Sheffield, and Warren County as a whole, and I hope that you will consider Leihden for the C.L.A.S.S. Act Emerging Leader program.

The Robotics Team, Team 52575C, is currently competing in the VEX Robotics World Championships in Dallas Texas! For anyone interested in more information, the agenda is posted here: https://recf.org/vex-robotics-world-championship/vex-robotics-world-championship-detailed-agenda/. There will be a live feed of the competition along with recordings of the competition at the following link: https://www.vexworlds.tv/#/channels/jmhkmkbdwsh3fg4pfoqn. Team 52575C is competing in the "Research" division. All times posted are Central Standard Time. Good luck Team 52575C!

Come and view the creative artwork of our High School students here in Warren County. Student artwork was submitted from around the county, currently from: Youngsville High School, Eisenhower Middle High School, Sheffield Middle High School, and Warren Area High School. These hardworking students feature their current artwork from their courses created during the 2024-2025 school year. 

Students from Mrs. Colvin's class recently visited the Warren City Fire Department to learn about community resources and the use of social skills in the public setting. Thank you to the Warren City Fire Department for providing this opportunity for our students.

**Warren County School District 2025 Summer School Program – High School Credit** Warren County School District is offering its 2025 Summer School Program for high school students seeking either initial credit or credit recovery. This opportunity is open to any student who will be enrolled in high school for the 2025-2026 school year. * Earn initial credit for a course * Recover credit for a previously failed high school course **Please note:** This program is *not* available to students who failed a middle school class in the 2024–2025 school year. For full details and to register, please visit the link below: 👉 https://www.wcsdpa.org/o/wcsd/page/virtual-academy

The 2025-2026 fall marching band and sports registration will be from June 2 - July 6, 2025, using Arbiter Sports formally known as Family ID.

Reminder: Kindergarten Roundup is right around the corner for SAES! The first Kindergarten Roundup session will be this Monday, May 5th, at Sheffield Area Elementary School from 2:00-6:00 PM. Each elementary school will host a Kindergarten Roundup session so interested parents can meet with various people to learn more about kindergarten and complete helpful screenings. Please see the flyer below or the Registration tab on the district webpage: https://www.wcsdpa.org/o/wcsd/page/registration for more information and the schedule of sessions at EES, YES, and WAEC If you know someone else with a child ready for kindergarten, please share the information with them.