Frank Scafella gets a charge whenever he looks out the window to regard those yellow flowers in his side yard. “I still don’t know what the heck they are,” the […]
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UHS baseball complex now on deck
Build it, and they will come. So goes the (paraphrased) quote from “Field of Dreams,” the 1989 mystical movie about the Iowa farmer who decides to build a baseball diamond […]
Meet Nevelyn Flemming: Mon Schools’ first-ever Student of the Month
Nevelyn Flemming isn’t one to brag, but she is a pretty big deal in Monongalia County’s school district these days. That’s because the third-grader at Suncrest Elementary is the only […]
UHS student to march in Macy’s Thanksgiving parade
Gabby Chico spends her days marching toward goals. Just wait until you see her on Thanksgiving Day. That’s getting a little bit ahead of the narrative, though, so we’ll march […]
West Virginia Academy is a semifinalist for the $1M Yass Prize, which annually awards education innovation across the country
Two years ago, a snarl of legal challenges was making it appear more than likely that the West Virginia Academy, then planned as the Mountain State’s first-ever charter school, wasn’t […]
UHS, MHS recognized for getting their students to college
Morgantown and University high schools may be rivals in sports – but the two schools are on the same team when it comes to preparing their students for the next […]
Trio of educators to receive Boy Scout award for their work in the classroom
Jay Cole, Michelle Richards-Babb and Sheri Petitte may — or may not — know how to navigate their way out of the deep woods with just a compass and their […]
Six MHS students earn elite recognition
A big future now awaits six students from Morgantown High School. BigFuture is the online guide administered by the national College Board to help students get ready for education […]
‘All right, Harold … Rest in peace’
FAIRMONT – Remember that guy back in high school? You know: The guy who got good grades, starred in sports and was nice to everybody – even the kids who […]
A BEAST of a ride: Mon Schools expect to receive two electric buses in December
Two beasts are about to be unleashed in Monongalia County. And no, Tony Harris said the afternoon of a Friday the 13th, he isn’t referencing the capsule plot of the […]
