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SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — Jefferson County student singers will travel to Atlanta in April following a busy season of performances that saw them take them top honors at a number of area competitions. Jefferson High School Vocal Music brought home several awards at the 29th annual Martinsburg High School Concert and Show Choir festival on Feb. [...]
Continue reading …CHARLESTON (AP) — West Virginia school districts are revamping their kindergarten through 12th-grade math and English curriculums to line up with the new Common Core State Standards. The federal government is leaving it up to each state whether to adopt the standards, which are designed to reflect the knowledge and skills students need to succeed [...]
Continue reading …HUNTINGTON (AP) — Some West Virginians who want to start their own hives and make some honey got a taste of the craft at a weekend beekeeping school. The Cabell-Wayne Beekeepers Association held the introductory class at Heritage Farm Museum and Village. The class covered basic equipment, protective clothing, observing bees in action and putting [...]
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A Jefferson County Schools building at 306 S. Lawrence St. has a new name: the Martin Robinson Delaney Opportunity Learning Center. The Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society asked for the name change to memorialize an influential 19th-century African-American born in Charles Town, and the school board gave the OK at its March 12 meeting. [...]
Continue reading …The Appalachian Studies Program at Shepherd University is sponsoring a Celtic Roots travel course in spring 2013. The course will include a travel component to Ireland, Scotland, and parts of England influenced by Celtic culture and heritage. Shepherd and community members are invited to join students on this journey into the Celtic heartland. The trip [...]
Continue reading …Jefferson High School is in need of volunteers for the all night after prom “lock-in” party. For more information, contact 304-725-8491, ext. 6138 or adsites@access.k12.wv.us.
Continue reading …On Feb. 26, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3522, Charles Town, and its Ladies Auxiliary, hosted a luncheon and awards ceremony to honor local Jefferson County students who were this year’s winners of the annual Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen contests. Certificates of Merit and cash awards were presented to the students by [...]
Continue reading …The West Virginia Regional Math Field Day was recently held at Shepherd University. The following Jefferson County students qualified to attend the WV State Math Field day competition: Fourth Grade: First Alternate – Daniel Moylan, Wright Denny Intermediate School Fifth Grade: First Place – Daisy Levine, Shepherdstown Elementary School Sixth Grade: First Place – Nick [...]
Continue reading …The current Miss West Virginia, Spenser Wempe, is shown paying a visit to Charles Town Middle School. Wempe shared the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance and discussed the meaning of patriotism to Charles Town Middle Schools sixth graders.The assembly was held in the Charles Town Middle School gym on Feb. 15th.
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