You’ll soon be saying hi again to the Samoas. While getting reacquainted with a box (or four) of Thin Mints. Ditto, for the reunion with the Do-si-dos. Yep, the Girl […]
Author: Jim Bissett/ The Dominion Post
Solar System project example of Montessori method
MORGANTOWN — Just how big is Jupiter, anyway? Do this: Put a basketball — and a grape — next to one another on a table. In terms of interstellar scale, […]
Gee comments on pair of recent shootings
MORGANTOWN — WVU President Gordon Gee wrote a letter to the university community Sunday — following a weekend that saw one student killed and another injured in acts of gun […]
‘Leapers’ share birthday memories and plans
What kid wouldn’t leap at the chance to get out of school so she could spend the day at Disneyland? That’s how Jenny Williams remembers her childhood in southern California. […]
Pray, Fast, Give
St. John University Parish hosts Ash Wednesday service Erin Langan brushed her blonde hair back from her forehead Wednesday afternoon, so the ashes would show. They were a visual reminder, […]
Head Start programs enlist extended family
Debbie Jones gave a “good/not-so good” report to Monongalia Board of Education members Tuesday night. The good news, said Jones, who directs early childhood programs for Mon’s Head Start and […]
Mountainview Elementary upgrades library with $50K grant
Kevin Carnes laughed like everybody else when he heard it Monday morning at Mountainview Elementary School. Then he did some serious musing. “We ought to put that kid in a […]
Pioneering NASA mathematician and W.Va. native Katherine Johnson dies
When John Glenn said to “get the girl,” everyone knew exactly who he meant. It was 1962, and NASA, America’s then-fledgling space agency, was still finding its interstellar legs. And […]
The power of reading: Appalachian Prison Ministries hosts book wrapping session
A good book is freeing. A good book is liberating. And the words, ideas, observations and narratives contained therein can set any soul to soaring — no matter one’s physical […]
Groups begin to set goals for district
Do you believe new or updated school facilities impact the economic development of Monongalia County? Will Mon’s current schools be able to adapt to the needs of the average student, […]
