We often talk about the skills our students are gaining in school, and the real-world advantages they provide. But it is not often we get a chance to see those skills put to good use for the rest of us while students are still in school. For a group of Belpre High School students, that is ...
Imagine a career in which you personally celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of more than 335,000 men and women. That’s the mark retiring West Virginia University President E. Gordon Gee set earlier this month when he conferred degrees to graduates of WVU’s final three colleges ...
* Wood County Schools director of curriculum and instruction Ashlee Beatty and her team of 30 educators have put in a lot of work to choose the new instructional materials for PreK and social studies across grade levels. It’s not an easy task these days, but the group spent months examining ...
Attention is already turning to the midterm elections next year, which will determine whether Republicans can continue to hold the majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. In West Virginia, that means that U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is up for ...
I met a young woman who moved to the U.S. with her husband to be close to his aging parents about a year ago. Thinking she might like to meet other ladies who originally lived in other countries and spoke other languages, I invited a few friends over to eat. The first thing I learned is ...
Have You Ever Thought About Toilet Paper? Long before the product that George Whipple cautioned us “not to squeeze” (the Charmin) was introduced, various means of accomplishing this unspoked of task were employed. The first documented making and use of paper for this specific purpose, ...