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DCC to hold meeting for health and safety plan questions

Thursday, October 7 by wcednews

DuBois, PA - Dubois Central Catholic will be holding a town hall meeting 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 19 at the DCC school auditorium to collectively discuss the administration's health and safety plan with parents of children attending DCC. Members of the board and administration will... Read More.

CG Johnson Elementary gets book vending machine from FCCF

Monday, October 4 by wcednews

Reynoldsville, PA - Students were excited to see a new addition to CG Johnson Elementary... a book vending machine using "caught being good tokens", courtesy of First Class Children's Foundation! Matt Reed, the founder of First Class Children's Foundation, has already done projects within the... Read More.

PA talks strategy to protect in-person instruction at schools

Friday, October 1 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA - Continuing to prioritize in-person instruction for K-12 students in Pennsylvania, the departments of Education, Health and Transportation discussed the state’s strategy to address a shortage of school bus drivers, and provided updates on the anticipated rollout of the vaccine for those... Read More.

$750K in environment education grants available

Thursday, September 30 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that $750,000 in available grant funding is available for environmental education projects. Additionally, DEP will hold a free webinar on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM regarding this grant funding... Read More.

PA high schools invited to compete in voter registration challenge

Wednesday, September 29 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Departments of State and Education launched the fifth annual Governor's Civic Engagement Award (GCEA) Program, which promotes student-led voter registration efforts, on National Voter Registration Day, which was Tuesday. "The GCEA program is a creative way to... Read More.

More concerns about masks at DASD school board meeting

Friday, September 24 by wcednews

DuBois, PA – With about 40 people in attendance at the DuBois Area School Board meeting last night, although the mask mandate was not a part of anything that the board voted on during the meeting itself, masks were a hot topic during the... Read More.

Brockway families share mask opinions at school board meeting

Thursday, September 16 by wcednews

Brockway, PA - Around 40 parents and residents from Brockway attended Tuesday’s school board meeting to tell the board that they do not want children masked in the district. 16 of those visitors stood up to speak, often getting applause from the rest of the... Read More.

County District Attorneys say they will not prosecute for mask violations

Monday, September 13 by wcednews

Clearfield, PA - Both Jefferson County District Attorney Jeff Burkett and Clearfield County District Attorney Ryan Sayers clarified how they will handle the Gov. Tom Wolf and the PA Department of Health's “Directing Face Coverings in School Entities” order, both saying that they will... Read More.

School bus and SUV crash in Jefferson County

Thursday, September 9 by wcednews

Jefferson County, PA - Two people were injured in a crash with an SUV and a school bus in Jefferson County. The crash happened Tuesday afternoon, around 4:30 on Route 36 in Young Township. The Punxsutawney Area School District bus did not seem to be carrying... Read More.

Protests as students required to wear masks again

Tuesday, September 7 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – Some families are protesting today across the street from the DuBois Middle School on Liberty Boulevard, as kids are back to wearing masks in school again. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf gave the mandate for all schools in the state with guidelines that... Read More.

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