MORGANTOWN – With all this winter weather of late, can an avalanche be far behind? One is brewing, in fact, and Monongalia County Schools couldn’t be happier. Registration kicked off […]
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Extreme weather isn’t affecting last day of school in Mon (so far)
MORGANTOWN – Don’t worry about it, Fern. As in the last day of school in Monongalia County this term, Eddie Campbell Jr. said Thursday. “Fern” is the name of the […]
Mon’s top spellers sound it out during 2026 Bee
SABRATON – They got into a war of words Wednesday in Monongalia County Schools – but it wasn’t a bad thing. In fact, academically speaking, it was a good thing. […]
Mon and Marion schools give good grades to 2025
The public school districts of Monongalia and Marion counties both had a busy 2025, with lots of homework and heart going into their collective day-to-day doings. Here are some highlights: […]
Mon Schools readying for 2026 district spelling bee
Brian Kiehl says he expects things will be hunky-dory for the 2026 Monongalia County Schools Spelling Bee, which takes off Jan. 21 at the district’s central offices in Sabraton. “Yes, […]
Mon Schools to offer food distribution for students next week: Giveaway will be at South Middle School
Counting your blessings – one canned good at a time. That’s how Brian Kiehl saw it when he learned of the Commodity Supplemental Food Service Program, which is a component […]
Mon Schools retirees honored
MORGANTOWN — Technically, Mike Kelly had nearly 800 years of names to read during Tuesday night’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education – but he didn’t mind one […]
Bouncing along, with coping skills: Mon Schools to launch emotional learning workshops for its teachers this summer
Think back. Growing up, were you an egg, or a ball? Did you crack under pressure? Or, did you roll yourself back to a true trajectory, after an unexpected negative […]
Mountain State scores in reading and math are getting better, national study shows
Call it a post-COVID push of the good kind. West Virginia’s fourth- and eighth-graders in 2024 continued to inch steady improvements in reading and math scores, despite big losses wrought […]
Mon Schools’ director of federal funding: ‘We’re just gonna have to wait — and see what happens’
Joyce Walker Bennett wanted to do something special when she retired in 2021 from Monongalia County Schools. Bennett spent 25 years as a social worker with the school district’s Head […]












