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 in persistent drizzle […]
Education
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. Becky Haun, an […]
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. The floor session […]
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 to do, it’s […]
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 report that 2.089 […]
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 veteran of seven […]
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 a range of […]
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 at the academy […]
Mon BOE sets up calendar planning meetings
MORGANTOWN — Hearings to plan next year’s school calendar were added to the calendar at the most recent regular Monongalia County Board of Education meeting. The first will be during […]
STEM on display at Trinity Christian
MORGANTOWN — Trinity Christian School students put their science skills to the test Thursday morning as the annual fair got under way. Lois Campbell, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) […]











