Ohio County Schools Robotics Competition Brings STEM Excellence to WheelingKarin Butyn January 26, 2024“Robotics offers an opportunity for students who excel in a kind of thinking that is both problem-solving and collaborative,” Innovative...
Step Back in Time With Vintage Wheeling School MemorabiliaRyan Stanton August 16, 2023As a teacher, I often feel a mix of excitement and anxiety as we head back to school. There’s the...
Local Middle Schoolers Celebrate Historic Wheeling LandmarksAlex Panas February 22, 2023Students at Bridge Street Middle School have been working on a special project that celebrates Wheeling’s rich history. The “Wheeling...
Men of Change Help 400 Students with Back-to-School Giveaway.Weelunk Staff September 10, 2020As children from across the Ohio Valley head back to the classroom, Men of Change hosted a drive-thru school supplies...
Petition Back Story: Park Grad Says Racism Affects AllNora Edinger September 8, 2020Editor’s note: In an ongoing commitment to discussing race and community, today’s Weelunk post offers the story behind an anti-racism...
Unity in Diversity: Black Lives Matter Movements Take Shape in Ohio ValleyNora Edinger August 10, 2020Editor’s note: In an ongoing commitment to sharing Wheeling’s stories in their diversity, here’s an overview of recent community responses...
COVID-19: Teachers Continue to Encourage, Motivate and EducateChristina Fisanick March 23, 2020s the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the world, the United States has had to take make some difficult...
2020 Vision: Wheeling Leaders Looking AheadNora Edinger January 1, 2020eelunk doesn’t have a crystal ball to foresee how Wheeling’s future will unfold in 2020, but today’s post is the...
Will Charter Schools Land in Ohio County?Nora Edinger July 12, 2019Editor’s note: As this story was in final production, the West Virginia Education Association (teachers union) launched a lawsuit that...
Park ‘Speechies’ Unite! Remembering 40 Winning YearsPhyllis Sigal April 5, 2019Author’s note: As a parent of two “speechies” from 2004-06 when the team won its 25th, 26th and 27th state...
Celebrate Youth 2018 a Resounding SuccessDaniel Dorsch August 3, 2018Worth the wait A cloudy morning did nothing to deter the hundreds of youngsters who waited patiently in line for...
Job, School Connection Picks Up STEAMNora Edinger June 29, 2018There’s as much woo-hoo as how-to in science class this summer. At least when that science class is part of...
‘Good Schools Welcome and Keep More Citizens’Phyllis Sigal May 7, 2018It’s not only students who can benefit from a great school system. Some business owners believe good schools provide an...
Chef Shares Recipes for SucccessSteve Novotney May 1, 2018Chef Chris Kefauver won’t fib. He makes visits to local middle and high schools in order to recruit students to...
They MarchedSteve Novotney March 28, 2018They didn’t mind the hours of travel or the protesters who were protesting against them. They had something to do,...
Communication Key During First YearSteve Novotney June 14, 2017It is a public school system that begins working with children as early as age 3, and it is a...
‘Students First’ Motivates SaundersSteve Novotney May 21, 2017When he was a kid, he was usually the muddiest ballplayer on the field who couldn’t wait to get back...
Amazing Raise: Help Transform the Woodsdale PlaygroundErika Weidner May 2, 2017Every year, the Ohio Valley community rallies around a number of hard-working non-profits or noble causes to stretch their donated...
Woodsdale Students Code Robots to VictorySteve Novotney January 26, 2017Pictured above Left to Right: Campbell Koegler, Alex Taylor, Grant Kenamond, Kathryn Prather, Max Hill Four of these five fifth graders...
Nick Nardone Shares Memories of His FatherSteve Novotney January 1, 2017No attractive way exists to explain what Lou Gehrig’s Disease does to the afflicted. In the beginning, daily activities like...
Ohio County Schools: Part 4 – Free NutritionSteve Novotney August 14, 2016(Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles featuring Ohio County Schools, the district’s new superintendent, and...
Ohio County Schools: Part 3 – Football & T.W.B.A.ISteve Novotney August 6, 2016(Editor’s Note: This is the third story in a series of articles featuring Ohio County Schools, the district’s new superintendent,...
Ohio County Schools: Where I Grew UpBrian Cook, Ed. D. August 4, 2016Sometimes people walk into your life and turn right around and walk away out of your life. However, there are...
Ohio County Schools – Part 2 – Education ProcessSteve Novotney July 29, 2016Uniform and phone-in participation policies, the non-renewal of the former superintendent, no-shows by BOE members, tax decreases and then increases,...
Ohio County Schools – Part 1 – A New DirectionSteve Novotney July 23, 2016(Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles featuring Ohio County Schools, the district’s new superintendent, and...
Enjoy and Support Ohio County StringsSusan Maness March 1, 2016 Music is in the air at Wheeling Park High School’s Performing Arts Center. March 9 is the Patrick Latos...
