When Brandie Miles was a high school student back in Waldorf, Md., she passed through a metal detector every day on her way to class. She didn’t think anything of […]
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Full STEAM Ahead
Center won’t have formal office space That’s the thing about Elephant Toothpaste — it always makes an entrance. “Huh, what do you think about that?” Dr. Frederic Bertley asked, while […]
‘I can say right now that every school in Monongalia County is safe’
MORGANTOWN — If you can’t do anything about the weather, Donna Talerico said, you can at least keep an eye on the winds of change. Talerico, the deputy superintendent of […]
Mon BOE addresses MHS threats in wake of Mich. school shootings
Since 9:21 a.m. this past Friday, Morgantown High School has been operating under a siege of angst. Thank a deadly shooting in Michigan – and two bits of bathroom graffiti […]
Mon Schools report 34 COVID cases among its students last week
MORGANTOWN — A total of 34 students tested positive across Monongalia County’s school district last week, officials reported. That went with the six positive diagnoses for the contagion presented by […]
‘Whoa, New York City’: UHS senior shares Thanksgiving parade experience
MORGANTOWN — It’s what you do when you’re in the band. Cearah Harvey hit her marks and didn’t miss a cue. She spun and pivoted. Not once did that flag […]
Hanukkah: ‘Light is always going to be associated with goodness’
He can do without this Zoom stuff, even if he has gotten pretty good at it. So go the Hanukkah thoughts these days of Rabbi Joe Hample, of Morgantown’s Tree […]
Vaccines continue next week for Mon students
MORGANTOWN — Omicron. For Donna Talerico, Monongalia County’s deputy superintendent of schools, that’s not just the name of the newest variant to spider-web from COVID-19. It’s also a kind of […]
‘One book at a time’: High school literacy advocates want to tell a global story
MORGANTOWN — The book-loving members of The Literary Society are old souls, even if most of them are just 16 or 17, tops. Those old souls are reaching out in […]
‘It’s like you’re gliding’: Rad Power Bikes donates $60K to Mon County Schools
MORGANTOWN — Back home in rural Humboldt County, Calif., Mike Radenbaugh was known as, “That kid with the bike.” Not just any bicycle, however. Like Orville and Wilbur Wright’s Kitty […]
