On Dec. 21, 1988, a terrorist bomb smuggled into the back of Pan Am Flight 103 turned the plane into a fireball, some 30,000 feet over Lockerbie, Scotland. A total […]
Education
On the edge of your seat: MHS band ‘uninstalls’ a fundraiser at Milan Puskar stadium
It was a couple of Julys ago at a COVID-abbreviated band camp near Morgantown, and this band was most assuredly working it, on an almost-sweltering day. Meet the renowned Red […]
FBI Academy looking for 2023 class nominations
The FBI CJIS Division Citizens Academy is seeking nominations for its 2023 class. Over an eight-week period, the FBI Citizens Academy provides an inside look at the FBI to pillars […]
Divisive politics hurting public schools, California educators say
Poetry, Robert Frost said, makes you remember — what you didn’t know you knew. Which, in many ways mirrors the findings of a study on life in America’s public schools […]
Teachers provide input at inaugural ‘Solutions for Success’ focus group
BY MIKE NOLTING The first public education focus group was held Tuesday night in Morgantown. A second meeting was held Wednesday in Wheeling. “Solutions for Success” sessions are facilitated by […]
Two AmeriCorps volunteers join North Elementary to manage its agriculture program
If you can remember mimeographed handouts and overhead projectors in school, you also know the old “My dog ate my homework” dodge — which has been rendered all but obsolete […]
Mon schools: ‘This will be a good time to get your COVID booster, if you haven’t already’
Please pass the COVID. That’s precisely what Donna Talerico hopes won’t happen during Thanksgiving break for Monongalia County’s public school students. “This will be a good time to get your […]
Dyslexia in the public schools: A look at child screening and teacher training
MORGANTOWN – The Dominion Post began exploring the issues associated with the learning disability known as dyslexia in October, which was Dyslexia Awareness Month. One of the issues we uncovered […]
Laurel College of Technology celebrates first associate degree nursing class during pinning ceremony
MORGANTOWN – Laurel College of Technology celebrated its first graduating class and pinning ceremony for its Associate Degree in Nursing program Thursday night. On a night of firsts, it was […]
A snack, to say ‘Thank you’: Suncrest Elementary honors service members for Veterans Day
At Suncrest Elementary School, an external sound system regularly carries morning announcements out to the parking lot. Visitors rolling in Thursday morning quickly learned what the theme of this day […]
