Not your “grandfather’s vo-tech.” That’s how John Chadwick described the proposed Renaissance Academy to members of the Monongalia County Board of Education at a meeting last June. […]
Tag: STEM school
Feb. 25 letters to the editor
Questions linger about STEM academy On Feb. 13, I attended the Monongalia County Board of Education meeting that highlighted the benefits of the proposed Renaissance Academy (RA). […]
Renaissance road trip: Mon teachers, administrators travel to Va. to tour the STEM school that is inspiring the proposed one here
LEESBURG, Va. — One student smiled and nodded hello to the tour group as she entered a glass-walled laboratory-styled space and began poring over a collection of […]
February is Career Technology Education Month: Mon’s district is still working toward construction of the county’s first STEM school
Close to 45,000 high school students in West Virginia last year took career technical education courses as part of their day-to-day. More than 7,000 were graduates from […]
Mon school district to board the bus for STEM school
Call it a Renaissance road trip. “We’re planning to take as many teachers as we can get on the charter bus,” Mon Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. […]
Renaissance Academy: ‘Not your grandfather’s vo-tech’
Work has begun in earnest prepping the site that could be home to the Renaissance Academy, a planned $72 million facility dedicated to science, technology, engineering and […]
Mon BOE approves STEM school contract
The Renaissance Academy, a planned $72 million facility that would be devoted solely to science, technology, engineering and math pursuits for Monongalia County students, inched another notch […]
Can STEM school make space for arts?
On April 25, the Monongalia County Board of Education hopes to award a contract to build the highly anticipated new STEM school. The Renaissance Academy, as […]
Contract could come in next two weeks for new STEM school
April 25 just might be a Renaissance day for Monongalia County Schools. The Board of Education meets in regular session that evening, and if all goes to […]
April 9 letters to the editor
Before going nuclear, try geothermal energy West Virginians have dodged a bullet — for now. The West Virginia Senate tabled a bill that would have allowed our […]