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Craig Howell
The faculty and staff of Weirton Elementary School gathered with parents, Wednesday, to recognize the school's fourth-grade students who earned distinguished- or mastery-level status on the West Virginia General Summative Assessment test, taken during the pupils' third-grade year, in the 2025-2026 school year. This year, 32 youth achieved mastery levels on either Mathematics or English-Language Arts assessments, with 57 earning distinguished honors. In addition, the school presented awards to Addison Beckert and Kennedy Darcy for having the highest scores for the school in English-Language Arts, Violette Hale for achieving a perfect score in Writing, and Giovanna Morelli for the highest Mathematics score. Wednesday's recognition ceremony was held through the support of the school's partner in education, First Choice America Community Federal Credit Union, as well as Newbrough Photo.