Harding Youngstown Elementary School

There will be a 2 hour early release on Wednesday, May 11.

Helping your children deal with tragedy

Helping your children deal with tragedy Mahoning County Mental Health and Recovery Board's Duane Piccirilli says parents should set aside some time today to speak with their children about the events of the day, and their thoughts and conce

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Lowellville students, staff and community 💙💛

National Domestic Violence Hotline
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National Suicide Prevention Hotline
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Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF)
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National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
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Crisis Text Line | Text HOME To 741741 free, 24/7 Crisis Counseling Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 support via text message. We're here for everything: anxiety, depression, suicide, school. Text HOME to 741741.

YCSD and community sponsors invite you to the Summer Literacy Expo on Thursday, May 5, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at The Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre. Hear from Judge Glenda Hatchett about the importance of keeping reading alive in the summer, and meet children's author Vicky Weber. Ms. Weber will read an excerpt from her new book and will be autographing copies. There will be food, games, and educational and community resources. Not to mention, every YCSD scholar in grades K-12 receives a free book at the event! We hope to see as many of you as possible. For questions, contact Linda Hoey at [email protected].

YCSD and community sponsors invite you to the Summer Literacy Expo on Thursday, May 5, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at The Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre. Hear from Judge Glenda Hatchett about the importance of keeping reading alive in the summer, and meet children's author Vicky Weber. Ms. Weber will read an excerpt from her new book and will be autographing copies. There will be food, games, and educational and community resources. Not to mention, every YCSD scholar in grades K-12 receives a free book at the event! We hope to see as many of you as possible. For questions, contact Linda Hoey at [email protected]. #YCSDFamily #SummerLiteracyExpo #Free #Event #FreeBook #Reading #Literacy #Food #Games

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¡Es hora de registrarse en los grados K-5 de 2022 Summer School! Vaya a https://forms.gle/VGAXsbEzQZpYqQF79 para registrar a su alumno de K-5to grado. Complete antes del viernes 15 de abril. Necesitamos que complete UN formulario de inscripción por niño/a. Se proporcionará desayuno, almuerzo y transporte para la escuela de verano. Siga este enlace para descargar una copia de la versión en español del folleto/flyer de la escuela de verano 2022 Summer School (grados K-5). #YCSDFamily #SummerSchool https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XaqnMSAQqsgMkuEEPgSGT6o3azVdrbKu/view?usp=sharing

In honor of Black History Month, and the Winter Olympics, today we celebrate Jesse Owens! Owens participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics where he won 4 gold medals!
*Raised in Cleveland, Ohio
*Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump, and was recognized in his lifetime as "perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history"
*Achieved international fame at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, by winning 4 gold medals
Was credited with "single-handedly crushing Hitler's myth of Aryan supremacy"
*Just before the competitions, Adi Dassler (the founder of the Adidas shoe company) visited Owens, and persuaded him to wear Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik shoes; this was the first sponsorship for a male African American athlete

In honor of Black History Month, and the Winter Olympics, today we celebrate Jackie Joyner-Kersee! Joyner-Kersee participated in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics where she earned a total of 3 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals!
*American athlete who was considered by many to be the greatest female athlete ever
*She was the first participant to score more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon
*She graduated from UCLA in 1985, and on July 7, 1986, Joyner-Kersee finally emerged as the dominant heptathlete, setting a world record at the Goodwill Games in Moscow.
*Joyner-Kersee set the heptathlon world record for the fourth time while winning the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
*1992 in Barcelona, she became the FIRST athlete to win the heptathlon in consecutive Olympic Games.
*In her final Olympic appearance at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, she earned a bronze medal in the long jump; a hamstring injury forced her to withdraw from the heptathlon.

In honor of Black History Month, and the Winter Olympics, today we celebrate Carl Lewis! Carl participated in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the 1988 Seoul Olympics, 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics winning a total of 9 gold medals and 1 silver medal!

*Carl Lewis (Frederick Carlton Lewis) was born on July 1, 1961 in Birmingham, Alabama.
*Lewis is an American track-and-field athlete, who won nine Olympic gold medals during the 1980s and ’90s.
*Lewis was the FIRST Olympic athlete to win consecutive long-jump gold medals, with a leap of 8.72 metres (28.61 feet).
*He set world records in the 100 m, 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, while his world record in the indoor long jump has stood since 1984.
*His 65 consecutive victories in the long jump achieved over a span of 10 years is one of the sport's longest undefeated streaks.

*Lewis appeared in numerous films and television series, often portraying himself.
*He was active in various charities, and in 2001 he established the Carl Lewis Foundation, which focused on promoting fitness.

In honor of Black History Month, and the Winter Olympics, we celebrate Wilma Rudolph! Wilmat particpated in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics where she won a bronze medal and the 1960 Rome Olympics where she won 3 gold medals!

*An American Track & Field Olympic Athlete
*As a child, Wilma Rudolph was diagnosed with polio and some doctors believed that she would never walk again. Rudolph overcame polio and became an Olympic sprint champion.
Rudolph was nominated as All-American in basketball during high school. After a meeting with a coach, she turned to track and field in college.
*She competed in the 1956 Olympic games and won a bronze medal in 4x100 relay.
*In 1960, her performance in Rome cemented her as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century. She won three gold medals and broke at least three world records. Rudolph became the FIRST American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at the same Olympic game.
*Her performance also earned her the title of “the fastest woman in the world.”

Our Strength of the Week this week is Judgment! Judgment is your capacity to challenge your own personal assumptions and consider alternative viewpoints before making a decision.

Harding Youngstown Elementary School updated their business hours.

Harding Youngstown Elementary School updated their business hours.

In honor of Black History Month, and the Winter Olympics, we celebrate Shani Davis! Shani participated in the Turin Olympics in 2006 and the Vancouver Olympics in 2010 winning two gold and two silver medals.

*An American speedskater
*At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Davis became the FIRST African American athlete to win a gold medal in an individual event at the Olympic Winter Games, winning the speedskating 1000 meter event.
*He has won six World Single Distance Championships titles, and he led the United States to its first and only World Championship gold medal in the Team Pursuit event in 2011
has set a total of nine world records
*Frozone, an African-American superhero with ice powers from the animated movie The Incredibles, was allegedly inspired by Shani Davi

In honor of Black History Month, and the Winter Olympics, we celebrate Alice Coachman! Alice Coachman participated in the London Olympics in 1948.
*An American Track and field star.
*Alice Coachman made history at the 1948 Olympic Games, becoming the FIRST Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
*At the 1948 Olympics in London when she leaped to a record-breaking height of 5 feet, 6 and 1/8 inches in the high jump finals.
*She went on to support young athletes and older, retired Olympic veterans through the Alice Coachman Track and Field Foundation.

Our Strength of the Week this week is Bravery! Bravery is your willingness to rise up and confront difficult situations.

In honor of Black History Month, and the Winter Olympics, we celebrate Matthew Mackenzie "Mack" Robinson! Mack participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics where he won a silver medal in the 200 meter event.
*An American track and field athlete. He is best known for winning a silver medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he broke the Olympic record in the 200 meter but still finished behind Jesse Owens
*He was the older brother of Baseball Hall of Fame member Jackie Robinson.
*Attended the University of Oregon, graduating in 1941
*He was known for leading the fight against street crime in his home town of Pasadena. The Pasadena Robinson Memorial, dedicated to both Matthew and Jackie, was dedicated in 1997.
*Several locations are named in honor of Matthew Robinson. In addition to the Pasadena Robinson Memorial, the stadium of Pasadena City College was dedicated to him in 2000. That same year, the United States Postal Service approved naming the new post office in Pasadena the Matthew 'Mack' Robinson Post Office Building.
*In 2016, the 1936 Olympic journey of the eighteen Black American athletes, including Robinson, was documented in the film Olympic Pride, American Prejudice.