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November 13, 2025

Riverside High School Honor & High Honor Rolls For 1st Quarter 2025-26

The Riverside Beaver County School District announced the honor and high honor rolls for its 1st Quarter of the 2025-26 school year. View more school news and info at www.riverside.k12.pa.us HIGH HONOR ROLL 12th Grade OLYVIA R. ANNARUMO TONI L. BAKER SUSANN A. BISHOP KELSEY A. BUSH JOSEPH D. CHILL RYLEIGH M. CLYDE ABIGAIL M. COOK JOCILENE A. CUMMINGS BRADEN M. DENGEL CORRINA N. FREED ALORA S. GEORGE NATHANIEL W. GOFF LUKE T. GRODSON ISABELLA M. HALL ELLIOT I. HARDY HANNAH J. HART DONOVAN J. HUNTER KIERSTEN A. KANZLEITER MOLLY E. LINVILLE SEAN LOVE ALEXANDER B. LUCARELLI JOSEPH MCCORMISH DAHLIA…

November 12, 2025

Lincoln High School Honor & High Honor Rolls For 1st Quarter 2025-26

The Ellwood City Area School District has announced its Honor Roll and High Honor Roll for 2025-26 school year quarter one (1st nine weeks) at Lincoln High School. The district would like to recognize the hard work and dedication of the students. View more news and information at www.ecasdk12.org. HIGH HONORS ROLL: 12th Grade Devyn Adkins Aiden Baker Erica Barlow Kyree Beachem Olivia Beebe Gunnar Bennett Cheyenne Berglund Jacob Biskup Lucas Bleakney Geordan Bokor Caden Charmo Paxton Christofferson Carson Colao Peyton Confer Izabella Contino Ava Dausman Drake Davis Nicklas DePaoli Rowen Detrick Jacob Edinger Braden Freed Aubrey Hewitt Chloe Hineman Jordan…

November 5, 2025

BC3 Receives Largest Gift Of Kind Through Tax-Credit Program

(Butler, PA) The Butler County Community College Education Foundation has received the largest Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit contribution since its first in 2012 and from the Cranberry Township-based MSA Safety, an international developer and manufacturer of advanced safety products. MSA Safety’s $50,000 gift will support a BC3 program that enables sophomores through seniors to earn affordable and transferrable credits in college courses instructed at their high school or learning centers, and benefit a game played by pupils as young as fourth-graders that increases financial literacy. The state Department of Community and Economic Development lists 880 approved educational improvement organizations…

November 4, 2025

Lincoln High School to Celebrate 100th Anniversary with Centennial Ceremony Nov. 25th

Ellwood City, PA — The Ellwood City Area School District is proud to announce a special celebration marking the 100th Anniversary of Lincoln High School, to be held on Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the Lincoln High School auditorium. This historic event will honor a century of academic excellence, community pride, and the enduring legacy of Lincoln High School. The program will feature several guest speakers, including alumni, district leaders, and community representatives, who will reflect on the school’s 100-year history, its impact on generations of students and families, and its continued growth and success within the…

November 3, 2025

Guests can tour BC3 @ Lawrence during open house Nov. 5, apply free

(New Castle, PA) BC3 @ Lawrence is “a welcoming school,” said Gina Shearer, who selected Butler County Community College’s new location in Shenango Township to begin her pursuit of a nursing career. “Everybody is there for you and to help you,” said the first-semester health care science student and 2025 graduate of New Castle Senior High School. The 18-year-old New Castle resident visited BC3 @ Lawrence for the first time just before it opened Aug. 25 in Shenango Commons. “I just walked in,” she said, “and I was greeted. That was really nice. I was shown around the building and…

October 31, 2025

2020 LHS Graduate & Ellwood City Resident With 4.0 GPA Receives $1,500 Scholarship

(Butler, PA) The academic achievements of a 24-year-old Ellwood City resident and Butler County Community College student with a 4.0 grade-point average have been recognized with a $1,500 scholarship from the Pennsylvania Certified Public Accountant Foundation, Philadelphia. Sierra Strickler, a BC3 business administration student who intends to become a certified public accountant, is one of 91 recipients nationwide of financial awards from the nonprofit organization associated with the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs. The foundation states that its mission is to inspire students to pursue careers in accounting and to provide educational, motivational and financial support to those working to attain…

October 16, 2025

A Century In A Box: Ellwood City Area School District Uncovers a 100-Year-Old Time Capsule

Renovation projects typically bring a little dust, a lot of work, and interesting discoveries among the layers. What started as a routine renovation of Ellwood City’s Lincoln High school, turned into a remarkable connection to the past. School Librarian Heidi Feltrop recounted the moment this quest to unveil a cornerstone to find a time capsule from 1925 began. She said in May a biology teacher was boxing up things in her classroom to accommodate the current construction at Lincoln High School and stumbled upon a dictionary that belonged to a teacher in 1930. Feltrop said this sparked a curiosity within…

October 15, 2025

ECASD Planning For Normal School Day Following Planned Borough Power Outage On Sunday

In a statement released by the Ellwood City Area School District, the schools will plan for a normal day of school on Monday, October 20th – the day following the planned borough power outage. The following statement was made available on the district’s website: We have been working to prepare our facilities, food services, and technology systems for the Ellwood Borough power outage on October 19. Our goal is to ensure everything is ready so we can resume normal operations on Monday, October 20. We will have staff on campus this weekend to check all systems and ensure that our…

October 10, 2025

ECASD Board of Directors Appoint Financial Professionals to Evaluate Funding for Renovation Project

The Ellwood City Area School District’s Board of Directors voted unanimously on Monday night to approve a resolution to appoint professionals to assist in the evaluation of financing for a proposed district renovation project including HVAC, plumbing, and electrical improvements to North Side Primary School and Hartman Intermediate School. The resolution appoints the firm of PNC Capital Markets, LLC (the “Investment Banker”) as managing underwriter and the firm of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP (the “Bond Counsel”) as bond counsel to advise and assist the School District regarding the consideration, authorization, issuance and sale of the Bonds, in one or more…

September 25, 2025

Hartman Intermediate Honored As A PA Blue Ribbon School

The Ellwood City Area School District is honored and excited to share truly wonderful news: Hartman Intermediate School has been recognized as a 2025 Pennsylvania Blue Ribbon School by the Pennsylvania Department of Education! This achievement reflects the dedication and collaboration of our entire community. Hartman is one of only thirteen schools across the Commonwealth selected for this distinction. Hartman was selected for closing achievement gaps. “I am incredibly proud of our students, staff, and community for earning this Blue Ribbon recognition. Coming out of the challenges of COVID, we came together with resilience and determination to support one another…