Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 GFWC Woman’s Club of Harpers Ferry Carrie Schilling College Scholarship. The scholarship is for $1,000 and is open to persons living in the 25425 Zip code who plan to major in arts and humanities, environmental studies, or public service. Please contact the high school guidance counselor for [...]
Continue reading …Martina Angelika Rider, of Ranson, was among nearly 1,250 Marshall University students who were recognized at the University’s Winter Commencement Dec. 10 in Huntington. Rider earned a Master of Arts degree.
Continue reading …Amanda Webster recently completed her graduate studies from West Virginia University. She received her Master of Arts in educational psychology with an emphasis on child development and family studies in December, 2011. Amanda is the daughter of Roger and Cindy Webster, of Shepherdstown.
Continue reading …Emily C. Humberson, of Kearneysville, is one of 105 students at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg named to the president’s list for the fall semester of the 2011-12 academic year. Humberson is a freshman at the University of Mary Washington. The president’s list recognizes outstanding academic achievement at the university by full-time students [...]
Continue reading …Emily C. Humberson, of Kearneysville, is one of 105 students at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg named to the university’s president’s list for the fall semester of the 2011-12 academic year. Humberson is a freshman at the University of Mary Washington. The president’s list recognizes outstanding academic achievement at the university by full-time [...]
Continue reading …Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 GFWC Woman’s Club of Harpers Ferry Carrie Schilling College Scholarship. The scholarship is for $1,000 and is open to persons living in the 25425 zip code who plan to major in arts and humanities, environmental studies, or public service. Please contact the high school guidance counselor for [...]
Continue reading …Shepherd University is proud to announce the winners of the Common Reading/One Book, One Community 2011-12 student essay contest, in which 79 students entered. First place went to Rebecca McCoy for Black Friday. McCoy received a $250 gift certificate to the Shepherd University Bookstore. Second place went to Summer Williams for I Believe in Today. [...]
Continue reading …Shepherd University’s debate and forensics team won nine awards at the state championship in Parkersburg on Feb. 23-24. John Isner, Parkersburg, received three awards: first place for the Lincoln-Douglas debate, third place for the LD Speaker awards, and sixth place for Extemporaneous Speaking. Timothy Jacob Leonard, Wheeling, received four awards: quarter finalist, fifth place for [...]
Continue reading …Students from Driswood Elementary’s second grade classes presented two autograph quilts to the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Reinhold of Servant Church. They in turn will donate the quilts to the Willow Tree Manor Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center. The students read The Quilt Story by Tomi DePaola and learned about making quilts from their teacher, [...]
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Over 100 pre-kindergarten classroom professionals from the Eastern Panhandle joined together to explore nature and the “Growing Up Wild” program for young children ages 3 to 7. This unique training opportunity was planned by the collaboration partners of Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan County Schools’ Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program and was facilitated by RESA 8 in conjunction [...]
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