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. […]
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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: Direction, in diversity
If you want to know about diversity in Monongalia County Schools, you may want to look back to a sunny March afternoon more than 10 years ago. That’s when young […]
First word on ’24: Mon Schools spelling bee is next month
Brian Kiehl says he expects things will be hunky-dory during the 2024 Monongalia County Schools Spelling Bee, which will be Jan. 10 at the district’s central office in Sabraton. Kiehl […]
First word on 23: Mon Schools spelling bee is next month
Joe Paull, the late educator and community activist, used to patiently spell it out. “It’s not easy,” Paull once told The Dominion Post. “You’re in the arena, in front of […]
Mon County spelling bee champ declared
Champion. C-H-A-M-P-I-O-N. Khloe Smith, a sixth grader from South Middle School, has taken the top spot in the Monongalia County Schools Spelling Bee. The bee featured 16 students who were […]
The bee is back: County spelling bee (in abbreviated form) will be Jan. 5
MORGANTOWN — Lockdown. L-O-C-K-D-O-W-N, lockdown. Which is what won’t be happening next month for the annual Monongalia County Schools Spelling Bee. After COVID-19 derailed it last year, the word-spree for […]
A real superhero walks among us in spelling bee champ Zaila Avant-garde
by Peter Jensen We live in what might be the golden age of superheroes. The latest Marvel movie, “Black Widow,” earned big bucks on its opening last weekend, both streaming through […]
Remembering Joe Paull and the spelling bee
More than 1 million words currently reside in the English vocabulary and quite a few of them owe their origins to Latin and Old English. There are the Dutch derivatives, […]
