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State’s first charter school holds first-ever graduation for its seniors

MORGANTOWN – Meet the trailblazers of West Virginia Academy.  There’s Katie Matala, who is bound for Coastal Carolina University, where she’ll train to be an elementary school teacher. And Drake Harper, a soon-to-be Brigham Young University student who will also go forth on a ...

Mon Schools could partner with WVU on future high school graduations

MORGANTOWN – If Tuesday’s meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education had been a weather report, the forecast would have called for downpours. Of criticism. A number of parents whose sons and daughters graduated high school this past Friday chided the BOE and Superintendent ...

A Century of Hawks: University High celebrates 100th graduating class

MORGANTOWN — Despite heavy rain, whipping winds and chilly temperatures, the Class of 2026 at University High School filled the school’s football field Friday evening with smiles, pride and celebration as these 335 students became the school’s 100th graduating class. Parents packed ...

54 Clay-Battelle graduates ‘climbed the mountain’

BLACKSVILLE — The dreary weather couldn’t dampen the mood at Clay-Battelle High School on Friday evening as the Class of 2026 walked across the stage and entered a new stage of their lives. Fifty-four seniors graduated Friday evening and walked out of the Statler Gymnasium with 54 ...

MHS Class of 2026: ‘So we’ll be memorable’

MORGANTOWN – They seized the soggy day. In the rain, they reigned. And, they made sure they had sensible shoes. You know. Just because. “Well, these are my backup,” Emma Teter said, as she considered her spare kicks with the decidedly non-slip soles. “In case the heels ...