MORGANTOWN — The sounds of car and truck horns chorused throughout Mon and Preston counties Thursday, but not because of traffic gridlock. Teachers were out in force on […]
Education
MHS students walk out in support of teachers
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown High School students made it clear they support their teachers by staging a walk-out the afternoon of Feb. 21. “Teachers deserve what they’re asking […]
Teachers call statewide strike for Feb. 22-23
CHARLESTON — West Virginia is headed for a statewide strike of teacher and service personnel Feb. 22-23. The dates were announced at the end of a rally […]
Suncrest Middle hosts Victorian-era tea party
MORGANTOWN — Great expectations paid off Feb. 16 as Suncrest Middle eighth graders participated in the English tea party that’s become a favorite tradition at the school. […]
Hundreds of teachers rally at Capitol
CHARLESTON — The typically orderly proceedings of the Senate turned somewhat chaotic just after noon Feb. 16, spurred by Democratic frustration with decisions by the GOP leadership. […]
Mon County celebrates National School Counseling Week on Feb. 5-9
MORGANTOWN — A resolution declaring Feb. 5-9 National School Counseling Week was read at the most recent Monongalia County Board of Education meeting. “Counselors have a lot […]
Children use art to fight landmines
MORGANTOWN — In the time it took you to read this sentence, someone, somewhere in the world, stepped on a landmine. In 2016, for example, internal observers […]
NASA astronaut speaks at Trinity
MORGANTOWN — No one on Earth has had the opportunity to travel into the vast wonders of space more times than Colonel Jerry L. Ross. Ross, a […]
Clay-Battelle ag students building a mini greenhouse
CORE — Students at Clay-Battelle High School have the opportunity to learn much more than math, science and other traditional subjects. Kent Saul, vocational agricultural teacher, offers […]
MLA students jump at the chance to help
With a hop, skip and a jump, the American Heart Association has an extra $4,500. And it’s all thanks to the Morgantown Learning Academy. About 90 students […]