It was the icing on the cake for Colby Geisel Thursday afternoon at Westwood Middle School. “That looks good, huh?” the 6th-grader said. “I think that’s as good as we’re […]
Tag: Monongalia County Schools
Mon Commission funds swimming program for county’s youth
MORGANTOWN — In 2012, the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park was far from a certainty. It wasn’t a plan or a concept. It was a wish list item. But even […]
Mon Schools nursing director wins state award for service
MORGANTOWN — Last spring, when Monongalia County Schools rolled out the first COVID vaccines for students 12-15 years of age, that event, in many ways, was like an emergency room […]
Keeping an even keel: Mon Schools working to maintain in the pandemic
There was the little girl who broke into tears at school one day. She was convinced her grandmother, who was coughing and sniffling with a (medically diagnosed) cold was going […]
Mon Schools superintendent: TikTok can’t keep you out of trouble
These days, Eddie Campbell Jr. makes his living as superintendent of Monongalia County Schools. He was a high school principal before that. During Tuesday night’s meeting of the Mon Board […]
COVID a consistent fact in Mon schools
MORGANTOWN — It was business as usual in Monongalia County schools last week. Students shuffled in for class and teachers worked from their lesson plans. Football teams and marching bands […]
Pittsburgh research firm names several Mon Schools to its ‘best of’ list for W.Va.
Natalie Webb laughed as she wrapped up the phone call Wednesday morning. “I’m going to have to let you go if you don’t need anything else,” the principal of North […]
Mon’s schools keep vigilant against the virus
MORGANTOWN — Tuesday was a professional development day for Monongalia County educators. That meant classrooms were empty, as students had the day off — while principals and teachers focused on […]
A look at the politics and particulars of excess levies for schools: Mon’s election is Saturday
MORGANTOWN — When it comes to excess levies and the spending money they bring for school districts, it’s all relative, as Nancy Walker likes to explain. Say you’re a kid, […]
Early voting for schools’ excess levy continues; there’s still time for absentee ballots
There is still time to vote by absentee ballot in the special election next week for Monongalia County Schools. The district is asking voters to consider renewal of the excess […]
