Local Middle Schoolers Celebrate Historic Wheeling Landmarks Alex Panas February 22, 2023 Students at Bridge Street Middle School have been working on a special project that celebrates Wheeling’s rich history. The “Wheeling Then and Now” project, organized by BSMS teachers Shawna Safreed and Justin ...
Men of Change Help 400 Students with Back-to-School Giveaway. Weelunk Staff September 10, 2020 As children from across the Ohio Valley head back to the classroom, Men of Change hosted a drive-thru school supplies giveaway in Wheeling to help families in need of extra assistance. Men of Change, a group of...
Petition Back Story: Park Grad Says Racism Affects All Nora Edinger September 8, 2020 Editor’s note: In an ongoing commitment to discussing race and community, today’s Weelunk post offers the story behind an anti-racism petition drive organized by 2018 Wheeling Park High School grad Hinal Pujara...
Unity in Diversity: Black Lives Matter Movements Take Shape in Ohio Valley Nora Edinger August 10, 2020 Editor’s note: In an ongoing commitment to sharing Wheeling’s stories in their diversity, here’s an overview of recent community responses to the Black Lives Matter movement. If you are involved with other loca...
COVID-19: Teachers Continue to Encourage, Motivate and Educate Christina Fisanick March 23, 2020 As the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the world, the United States has had to take make some difficult decisions about ways to keep as many people healthy as possible. At this point, the key strat...
2020 Vision: Wheeling Leaders Looking Ahead Nora Edinger January 1, 2020 Weelunk doesn’t have a crystal ball to foresee how Wheeling’s future will unfold in 2020, but today’s post is the next best thing. Leaders from all over the city and county share their top goals for the coming ...
Will Charter Schools Land in Ohio County? Nora Edinger July 12, 2019 Editor's note: As this story was in final production, the West Virginia Education Association (teachers union) launched a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of the new state law that authorizes chart...
Park ‘Speechies’ Unite! Remembering 40 Winning Years Phyllis Sigal April 5, 2019 Author's note: As a parent of two "speechies" from 2004-06 when the team won its 25th, 26th and 27th state championships, I surely concur with the praise doled out here for the coaches. And I know that my kids ...
Celebrate Youth 2018 a Resounding Success Daniel Dorsch August 3, 2018 Worth the wait A cloudy morning did nothing to deter the hundreds of youngsters who waited patiently in line for their chance to enjoy the 11th annual Celebrate Youth Festival hosted by the Youth Services Sy...
Job, School Connection Picks Up STEAM Nora Edinger June 29, 2018 There’s as much woo-hoo as how-to in science class this summer. At least when that science class is part of a county-wide initiative to encourage students from grades four and up to consider careers in Science,...
‘Good Schools Welcome and Keep More Citizens’ Phyllis Sigal May 7, 2018 1 It’s not only students who can benefit from a great school system. Some business owners believe good schools provide an uptick in their business as well as providing intelligent employees, and real estate ag...
Chef Shares Recipes for Succcess Steve Novotney May 1, 2018 Chef Chris Kefauver won’t fib. He makes visits to local middle and high schools in order to recruit students to the Culinary Arts Program he chairs at West Virginia Northern Community College’s Wheeling camp...
They Marched Steve Novotney March 28, 2018 4 They didn’t mind the hours of travel or the protesters who were protesting against them. They had something to do, and that was the March for Our Lives event in Washington, D.C., this past Saturday. Two of t...
Communication Key During First Year Steve Novotney June 14, 2017 It is a public school system that begins working with children as early as age 3, and it is a district that educated a little more than 5,300 students during the recently completed academic year. Along with ...
‘Students First’ Motivates Saunders Steve Novotney May 21, 2017 When he was a kid, he was usually the muddiest ballplayer on the field who couldn’t wait to get back to fishing after the game, and he continued his athletic career at Wheeling Park High School. And then Wal...
Amazing Raise: Help Transform the Woodsdale Playground Erika Weidner May 2, 2017 Every year, the Ohio Valley community rallies around a number of hard-working non-profits or noble causes to stretch their donated dollars through the Amazing Raise. While we know there are many, many worthwhil...
Woodsdale Students Code Robots to Victory Steve Novotney January 26, 2017 Pictured above Left to Right: Campbell Koegler, Alex Taylor, Grant Kenamond, Kathryn Prather, Max Hill Four of these five fifth graders prefer C3PO over R2D2, and they know more than most do about robot...
Nick Nardone Shares Memories of His Father Steve Novotney January 1, 2017 7 No attractive way exists to explain what Lou Gehrig’s Disease does to the afflicted. In the beginning, daily activities like walking and running suddenly become more challenging because of weakness in the le...
Ohio County Schools: Part 4 – Free Nutrition Steve 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 the new direction of the district.) Remember that cheese sandwich? Two slic...
Ohio County Schools: Part 3 – Football & T.W.B.A.I Steve 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, and the new direction of the district.) Although the red, white, and blue sti...
Ohio County Schools: Where I Grew Up Brian Cook, Ed. D. August 4, 2016 Sometimes people walk into your life and turn right around and walk away out of your life. However, there are some select few special people who stay with you forever. Those are the ones who plant seeds of know...
Ohio County Schools – Part 2 – Education Process Steve Novotney July 29, 2016 Uniform and phone-in participation policies, the non-renewal of the former superintendent, no-shows by BOE members, tax decreases and then increases, and the nastiest of all election cycles dominated the news p...
Ohio County Schools – Part 1 – A New Direction Steve Novotney July 23, 2016 1 (Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles featuring Ohio County Schools, the district’s new superintendent, and the new direction of the district.) She’s about positive energy that promotes l...
Enjoy and Support Ohio County Strings Susan Maness March 1, 2016 Music is in the air at Wheeling Park High School’s Performing Arts Center. March 9 is the Patrick Latos Memorial Scholarship concert at the Wheeling Park High School JB Chambers Performing Arts Cen...
