Four high school seniors from Monongalia and Preston’s school districts are now in elite company. They were named National Merit Scholars, the scholarship’s Illinois-based corporation announced Wednesday. Nationally, more than 15,000 seniors from across the U.S. were recognized as ...
If you can read, you can learn. Teachers, in general, love saying that. English teachers, however, love attaching another sentence to the adage. Reading, they’ll say, is even better when you can actually write. Then, they’ll punctuate, you really learn. That’s ...
It’s the mealtime mantra that Brian Kiehl, who directs child nutrition services for Monongalia County Schools, voices every year at this time. “Hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation,” he’ll say. Even in relatively prosperous Mon, there’s still a sizeable serving of children ...
It’s the kind of educational ranking West Virginia officials actually don’t mind reading about or talking about. That’s because the Mountain State has just placed near the top in the nation, in being able to provide pre-kindergarten education to its youngest students. West ...
While Monongalia County Schools is engaged in the marketing of the Renaissance Academy, the proposed standalone school for science, technology, engineering and math that would be the first of its kind in West Virginia, the day-to-day business of the local district goes on. BOE members ...
The venue couldn’t have been more appropriate, Eddie Campbell Jr. said Thursday. Campbell, Monongalia County’s superintendent of schools, was talking about Gov. Jim Justice’s appearance the day before at the headquarters of the West Virginia Lottery in Charleston. The governor was ...