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DuBois Middle School closed for deep cleaning after 6 COVID-19 cases in 14 days

Tuesday, December 15 by wcednews

DuBois, PA - The DuBois Area Middle School building will be closed for the remainder of the week (Dec. 16-18) for deep cleaning. The number of COVID-19 cases in a 14-day period has reached a level at which, according to CDC recommendations, requires a temporary... Read More.

PA offers new opportunities for cosmetology and barber students

Wednesday, December 2 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA - The Pennsylvania Departments of State and Education announced that they are launching a pilot program to provide additional opportunities for students in cosmetology and barber Career and Technical Center (CTC) programs to earn educational hours and practical experience. The pilot also will allow CTC... Read More.

Kids as young as 13 can use COVID AlertPA app with guardian’s permission

Tuesday, December 1 by wcednews

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s coronavirus exposure notification app can now be used by mobile phone users as young as 13 as health officials work to stop the virus’ spread in schools. The app, named COVID AlertPa, had been limited to people 18 and over.... Read More.

CG Johnson Elementary students all receive imagination Box

Wednesday, November 25 by wcednews

Reynoldsville, PA – Thanks to the hard work of First Class Children's Foundation and the generous donations of so many people in our community, every single child at CG Johnson Elementary School in Reynoldsville yesterday received an Imagination Box! When students get an Imagination Box,... Read More.

DuBois Central Catholic will begin remote learning Nov. 23 – Dec. 4

Monday, November 23 by wcednews

DuBois, PA - DuBois Central Catholic will begin remote learning on Monday, November 23 through Friday, December 4. Gretchen Caruso, President of DCC stated, “Choosing to go to Remote Learning was a very difficult decision. I believe there is no substitute for in person instruction.... Read More.

PennDOT Innovations Challenge open to students, deadline Dec. 18

Tuesday, November 17 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – With the December 18 deadline rapidly approaching, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) reminds students in grades 9-12 regardless of their school’s learning model to participate in the fourth annual PennDOT Innovations Challenge, which encourages students to use their problem-solving,... Read More.

Education association pleads for schools to temporarily only have remote learning

Friday, November 13 by wcednews

Pennsylvania – The Pennsylvania State Education Association, the state's largest teacher's union, is pleading with school districts in nearly two dozen PA counties with the worst outbreaks to tell students to temporarily learn from home. Pennsylvania has been setting daily case records, with confirmed cases... Read More.

DuBois School District back in school five days a week for in-person classes

Wednesday, October 28 by wcednews

DuBois, PA – Students will be back in school five days a week at DuBois High School and Middle School. DuBois Area School Board held a special meeting last night where the board members approved sending secondary school students back for in-person instruction five days... Read More.

Young students honored for their school bus safety posters

Friday, October 23 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), along with Pennsylvania school bus safety advocates, honored four students for communicating important school bus safety messages through their entries in the 2020 School Bus Safety Poster Contest. The students, in kindergarten through eighth grade, were mailed... Read More.

Virtual book launch for The Coaching Classroom by teacher Melissa Mulhollan

Wednesday, October 21 by wcednews

DuBois, PA – Please help celebrate the launch party of a new book by a local author, The Coaching Classroom! Author Melissa Mulhollan has spent nearly 30 years teaching at Jeff Tech. After becoming a certified life coach, she began incorporating life coaching techniques in her... Read More.

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