Page Jackson raises money for American Heart Association
Students at Page Jackson Elementary School have a long history of jumping rope and for 29 years they’ve helped raise $152,125.46 for the American Heart Association. This year, students and staff raised $6,339.53. The project was begun by William Reed, a former physical education teacher at the school more than a quarter of a century [...]
Essay contest winner: Roula Hammer, a fifth-grade student at the Morgan Academy, has won first place in West Virginia in an American history essay contest sponsored by the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The local Pack Horse Ford chapter of the NSDAR announced news of the award at the chapter’s annual [...]
Continue reading …Shepherd to host grant webinar: Shepherd University’s Scarborough Library will host a grant webinar on Thursday at 1 p.m. designed for nonprofit organizations and individuals seeking grants. The webinar, presented by the Foundation Center, will provide an overview of the research funding process and offer tips on how best to identify funding sources, including electronic [...]
Continue reading …CHARLES TOWN — Anyone that has had chicken pox as a child could get shingles as an adult. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The rest of this article is exclusive, , click “buy” and view it [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON – Five Jefferson County eighth-graders will be honored Thursday at the State Capitol for winning the Golden Horseshoe contest, which assesses students’ knowledge of all things West Virginia. Three of the county’s winners – William Shultz III, Christian Thrasher and Ryan Brigman – attend Charles Town Middle School. Samuel Dilima, a student at Shepherdstown [...]
Continue reading …BERKELEY SPRINGS — It was a challenge readily embraced by fifth-graders here. Their mission? Correspond with troops deployed overseas. Back at a Veterans Day event at the American Legion in Berkeley Springs, a nurse assigned to the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Airlift Wing urged those in attendance to write to soldiers unable to [...]
Continue reading …CHARLES TOWN – A tennis program for children from ages 3 to 18 starts next month, according to Glenn Edwards, who oversees tennis programs for Jefferson County Memorial Park at 811 S. Mildred St. Registration for the children’s summer tennis program happens, rain or shine, at the park tennis pavilion on four dates: from 4 [...]
Continue reading …Grant webinar: Shepherd University’s Scarborough Library will host a grant webinar on May 10 at 1 p.m. designed for nonprofit organizations and individuals seeking grants. The webinar, presented by the Foundation Center, will provide an overview of the research funding process and offer tips on how best to identify funding sources, including electronic and print [...]
Continue reading …SHEPHERDSTOWN — Tuition at Shepherd University will increase by $140 a semester for in-state students and increase even more for out-of-state students, following a vote last week by the university’s Board of Governors. At its April 19 meeting, the board voted to increase tuition for in-state students approved a tuition increase of $140 for in-state [...]
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