The Warren County Board of Education will hold their work session/business meeting on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. in the multipurpose room at WCMS and participants will be socially distanced and masks are mandatory. This room and the media center will be open and can accommodate 10 individuals each. This meeting will be streamed live on social media and a link will be available on the district website, warrenk12nc.org, under the Live Feed section and will also be posted on social media. If you would like to make public comments, a form will be available for attendees in the multipurpose room or individuals can click on the link below and complete the form by 3:00 pm on July 28, 2020. The comments will be read at the meeting. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1pFYIFKu_UJ4O7PStN9g9beC6AlZ3dtKhjnxQSGyHl8E/edit
Click on the link below to check out the Virtual STEM Summer Camp Opportunity!
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Click on the link below for information concerning the Warren County Schools Town Hall Meeting.
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"Reopening School Updates from our Superintendent"
Click on the link below to access the message.
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Click on the link below to see the live stream of tonights meeting
https://youtu.be/xsmm_sGyQRQ
The Warren County Board of Education will hold their regular meeting on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. in the multipurpose room at WCMS and participants will be socially distanced. This room and the media center will be open and can accommodate 10 individuals each. This meeting will be streamed live on social media and a link will be available on the district website, warrenk12nc.org, under the Live Feed section and will also be posted on social media. If you would like to make public comments, a form will be available for attendees in the multipurpose room or individuals can click on the link below and complete the form by 3:00 pm on July 14, 2020. The comments will be read at the meeting.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11zBH2-w_AqO3jXo1luWNhoNYMJiyCVMigRqBcoWcl8M/edit
Attention Warren County Schools parents. After carefully reviewing the data that you provided in a recent survey, we are making plans for the 2020-21 school year based on your feedback. Parents that are interested in their student(s) participating in an all online learning environment next year will need to complete an application to participate in our Virtual Academy. We are also asking parents that do not plan to allow their students to ride the school bus next year to complete an opt-out form so that we can plan on the number of students that will be riding buses.. Click on the links in this message to access the Virtual Academy Application and the Transportation Opt-Out Form. In addition to the online forms, schools will be mailing out these forms in paper format today to all parents. There is a stamped envelope inside each packet that will allow you to mail it back to us. If you have questions, please contact your child's school or the Warren County School District Office.
Click on this link to access the online Virtual Academy Application: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WN9SQJT
Click on this link to access the Transportation Opt-out Form:
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Happy 4th of July! Be safe!
Click on the link below to access the Warren County Board of Education Meeting tonight at 6:00 pm. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLwDMK06kErzZMQdhKtsKeA/live
Check out this virtual summer camp opportunity! This year’s High School STEM Camp will explore career opportunities within the renewable energy industry! Students will build hands-on STEM-based projects based on career case study scenarios. Check out the flyer for info!
Attention Parents: We are extending the deadline to complete the Parent Re-Entry Plan Survey until Sunday. Click on the link below and provide your input on how you think school should operate this year. We have 950 responses so far! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N6G73BC
The Warren County Board of Education will hold a virtual Board Work Session/Business Meeting on Tuesday, June 30, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. The public can access the meeting via a link on the school district website, warrenk12nc.org, under the Live Feed section. This link will also be posted on social media. If you would like to make public comments, please click on the link below and complete the form by 3:00 pm on June 30, 2020. The comments will be read at the meeting.
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Check out the public service announcement from Loaves and Fishes
The Warren County Board of Education will hold a specially called meeting on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at 5:30 p.m. This meeting will take place virtually. The only item on the agenda for this meeting will be a closed session for confidential personnel matters pursuant to G.S. 143-318.11(a)(1), (a)(6), and G.S. 115C-321.
Attention Warren County Parents and Students: The Warren County School's Summer Meals Program site at Northside K-8 School will be closed on Friday, June 26th and Monday, June 29th. The site will re-open on Tuesday. June 30th.
Juneteenth is also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day. This holiday commemorates the announcement that slavery was abolished in Texas, the last remaining state enslaving people in the United States. The slaves in Texas were still not aware in 1865 that they were free, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Slavery was abolished on January 1, 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln; however, the disenfranchisement of African-Americans continued and became decidedly worse with the enactment of Jim Crow laws which were enforced from the late 19th century until 1965.
The celebration of Juneteenth dwindled as African-Americans struggled to find work and make a life under the crushing effect of these discriminatory laws. These laws mandated the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains for blacks and whites. The US Military was segregated and President Woodrow Wilson approved segregation in federal workplaces in 1913.
The 50's and 60's brought the Civil Rights Movement and a call for racial equality. In 1954 "Brown v, Board of Education" declared segregation of public schools unconstitutional. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended legal discrimination. (Unfortunately, institutionalized racism continues to be a serious issue in America today.)
In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. arranged The Poor People's March in Washington, D.C. purposely to coincide with Juneteenth. Sadly, he was assassinated two months prior to the march but it did proceed under Reverend Ralph Abernathy and his widow, Coretta Scott King. Delegates to the march took the Juneteenth celebration back to their home states and the holiday was revived.
In 1980, Texas was the first state to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday. Today, it is recognized as either a holiday or as a special day of observance in almost all states. In 2018 the United States Senate passed a resolution honoring the holiday, but efforts have failed to make it an official national holiday.
The Juneteenth flag is red, white, and blue to denote that slaves and their descendants are Americans. The star in the middle pays homage to Texas and the bursting "new star" on the "horizon" of the blue and red fields represent a new freedom and a new people.
May we, humans of all colors, nationalities, and religions, strive to remember that, in the words of President John F. Kennedy, Jr., "when Freedom is indivisible, and one man is enslaved, all are not free."
History Information:
As June 19, 1865, marks the end of enslavement, September 29, 1865, marks the beginning of North Carolina freedmen collectively asserting their rights. The 1865 North Carolina Freedmen’s Convention is one of the first such conventions in the South. Held over the course of several days, the courage of these freedmen is remarkable in assembling just blocks from the state capitol and then presenting their resolution to the 1865 Constitutional Convention. A journalist who covered the Freedmen’s Convention, Sidney Andrews, describes this resolution as “one of the most remarkable documents that the time has brought forth.” Andrew further states: “This was their first political act; and I do not see how they could have presented their claims with more dignity, with a more just appreciation of the state of affairs, or in a manner which should appeal more forcibly either to the reason or the sentiment of those whom they address.”
Click on the link to check out the Warren County Schools High School Graduation Ceremony. Congratulations to the Class of 2020 at Warren Early College, Warren New Tech and Warren County High Schools. Click on the link below to see the video.
https://youtu.be/xZ0u_qK2-rQ
Make Sure You Count Warren County!
Check out the Summer Reading Challenge sponsored by the Friends of the Warren County Memorial Library
