MORGANTOWN — A guy has his priorities, Adam Henkins told members of the Monongalia County Board of Education Tuesday evening. He chuckled when he said it. That’s because Henkins, an […]
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University High named a national ‘Model School’ for its teaching innovations amid pandemic
MORGANTOWN — University High School has been named a “Model School” by the International Center for Leadership in Education for its teaching innovations in the midst of the pandemic. UHS […]
W.Va. Day 2021: An English bulldog and unwavering resolve
Today is West Virginia Day, and if you grew up here or you’ve lived here long enough, you know that it’s not just about the Civil War. True, the hearty […]
No more masking up in school?
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County’s school district has every intention of saving some face this fall. Make that lots of faces, Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said. Campbell wants to lift the […]
Mon Schools complete another COVID vax clinic — looks forward to coming year
For Susan Haslebacher, Wednesday may have been the last actual day of school for 2020-21 in Monongalia County. Clinically and emotionally speaking, that is. Or, she said, it may […]
Supreme Court sides with Mon BOE on charter decision
MORGANTOWN — Last November’s call by the Monongalia County Board of Education to reject the application of what would have been the first charter school in West Virginia was upheld […]
MTEC welding students compete nationally
Even with face masks and Zoom, some students are still inclined to snooze in class. Don Robinette’s classroom in the Monongalia County Technical Education Center proves a sonic challenge to […]
Food for thought: Meal deliveries keep Mon school drivers busy this summer
Before he became director of transportation for Monongalia County’s school district, Tony Harris drove a school bus for 20 years in Preston County. Which meant mountain roads and mountain winters, […]
‘It’s everything to us’: Elks, Vietnam vets honor American flag on its day
Just as member Vickie Trickett was going into the history of how Betsy Ross was enlisted to stitch the American flag, the hailstones began pelting the roof of Elks Lodge […]
A shot in the arm for fall: Mon Schools offers another vax clinic for students
Donna Talerico calls it a shot of normalcy for the coming school year. Talerico, the deputy superintendent of Monongalia County’s school district, is referring to the COVID vaccine clinics coming […]
