WVPEC announces statewide projects to enhance student reading, writing skills by third grade

September 7, 2024

The West Virginia Public Education Collaborative, housed at West Virginia University, is taking steps to improve young learners’ reading, writing and oral language skills by investing more than $260,000 in six new statewide literacy projects.   Reading proficiency by the end of the third grade is a key milestone in every child’s learning journey. But there is a growing disparity among early learners. In the 2023-24 statewide English language arts assessment scores, 47% of West Virginia third graders scored at the reading proficiency level.   The WVPEC’s ...

‘The Space Gal’ Emily Calandrelli comes to WVUM Children’s to read her book

September 3, 2024

MORGANTOWN – Morgantown native, TV host and soon-to-be space traveler Emily Calandrelli came to WVU Medicine Children's Tuesday to share her dreams, and her book, “Reach for the Stars.” “It just means so much to me to come back to my home state, my hometown, and try to connect with ...

Samsung ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ STEM competition seeking entries from student teams

August 31, 2024

Better living through STEM? Samsung Electronics America hopes so. That’s because the corporation's Solve for Tomorrow contest has again clicked over for 2024. Samsung launched the competition in 2010 as a way to encourage creative thinking and problem-solving in society, using the ...

Mon students get the day off Friday in anticipation of WVU-Penn State: Meanwhile, the district is talking enrollment numbers

August 28, 2024

OK, we say: Stay home. And you say: Mountaineers. Stay home. Mountaineers. Call the above a new version of the legendary hometown football cheer, amended, for the moment, in response to a huge season-opener Saturday. However, it only works if you happen to be a Mountaineer — ...

Mon students are off Friday due to WVU-Penn State

August 28, 2024

Monongalia County Schools is canceling classes Friday in anticipation of the traffic crush in Morgantown for Saturday’s WVU-Penn State match-up at Milan Puskar Stadium. “We’ve been talking with MECCA and other authorities,” Deputy Schools Superintendent Donna Talerico said ...

First team: Mon Schools signs on with national program that teaches positive coaching in athletics

August 26, 2024

Put me in, Coach. For a while during the height of the pandemic, high school sports lost its collective legs altogether — and team sports in the younger grades didn’t even begin to bump the needle. Now, the seasons are back. But with student athletes specializing in one sport and ...