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Don’t take away my streaks!

I have three stories to share. First story: A mother is concerned about her 10 year old daughter who has seemingly overnight has become irritable, easily tearful, and often checking whether mommy was angry with her. This mother had a rule about limiting phone and iPad use, and some days would not allow her daughter to use these devices. The mother found out, however, that the daughter was sneaking into the parents’ bedroom and using the iPad to access her BeReal account. BeReal is a social media platform that encourages its users to take an impromptu picture of themselves when they get ...

How writing skills enhance achievement

There is absolutely no doubt about it; research has demonstrated that developing writing skills can definitely assist your child to become an even better student in the classroom. Even though he or she may think that the art and science of writing as an ability only associated with the English composition curriculum such is, without question, not the case. Teachers in all the content areas will expect him or her to display textbook and course understandings through the medium of written documents, be it homework reports or essay test questions. Actually, there are four very sound ...

Local author Ron Johnston writing second book

A retired sports writer encouraged by the response to his first book is writing a second. Ron Johnston covered sports at The Marietta Times and The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, first as a stringer for The Times in 1988, then fulltime with The Sentinel in 1992 before fully retiring in 2020. ...

Warren freshman earns grant to address community need

VINCENT — What began as a high school club project won a grant for a Warren High School student to help address childhood hunger in her community. Freshman Allison Cade said she got involved in a food drive project through the Students Solving Problems club. “Our adviser, Ann Skufca, had ...

Students learn about banking industry jobs

Forty area high school students attended Discovery Day with Peoples Bank and Building Bridges to Careers Friday to learn about jobs in the banking industry. Community & Career Connected Learning Coordinator Kristi Leonard-Webber said they couldn’t hold the ...

McGlumphy up for the challenge of a health care career

For Abigail McGlumphy the path to a career in health care began at an early age. “When I went to the (Washington County) Career Center for the first time in the eighth grade, I really liked it and I knew that was where I wanted to go,” she said. In the center’s patient health care ...