Education Archives - The Observer

We Went Back to School and Asked: What’s for Lunch?

February 10, 2019

Ask random adults what school lunches were like when they were kids, and the answers can range from great to awful, depending on when and where they went to school. Schools are required to provide healthy lunch...

WV Air National Guard Expands Student-Mentor Relationships in the Panhandle

Angela F. Durkin

January 24, 2019

Drugs & Addiction, Education, Features

Students in the Eastern Panhandle have recently gained exposure to uniformed soldiers in the hallways of their schools. The men and women of the West Virginia Air National Guard (WVANG) 167th Airlift Wing, the ...

Shepherd, Marshall Sign Agreement to Provide Autism Services

Independent Submission

January 16, 2019

Education

Shepherd University and the West Virginia Autism Training Center (WV-ATC), located at Marshall University, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that establishes Shepherd as a WV-ATC campus-based sate...

Life Beyond the Classroom

Hans P. Fogle

December 12, 2018

Education

West Virginia University President Gordon Gee spoke with juniors and seniors at Jefferson and Washington High Schools last month. While extolling the benefits of an education at WVU, the overall message he deli...

Morgan Academy Takes Promising New Steps into Future and Beyond

Evan Benhamu

August 20, 2018

Community, Education

Founded in 2004 by teachers Bernardine Somers and her friend Patty Neely (who retired in 2008), Morgan Academy is an innovative K-10 private school (including preschool) offering small classes that allow for on...

Area School Systems Eye New Year on the Horizon

H.S. Leigh Koonce

August 18, 2018

Education, Features

With schools slated to re-open on August 20, both Jefferson and Berkeley County (WV) school systems are continuing to see an upward trend in enrollment, which they are juggling while rolling out new programs fo...

Diverse Network Pushes Full STEAM Ahead on Youth Learning

Wendy Baracka, LICSW

July 22, 2018

Education

Educators taking a closer look at the impact of technology on learning are observing that we need to meet students where they are—at their current level of engaging and absorbing information. Efforts pairing as...

Supporting Community Students When School is Out of Session

Wendy Baracka, LICSW

May 15, 2018

Education

Recently, I attended a local event called “Collective Impact,” sponsored by Bester Community of Hope (BCOH), a San Mar Initiative in Hagerstown (MD). Experts in education reform joined BCOH leaders and partners...

Cultivating Gifted Minds Through Innovative Summer Program

Lena Camilletti

May 7, 2018

Education

The West Virginia Wesleyan Summer Gifted Program was conceived and developed by a college professor who felt his gifted sons were not being adequately served by the local school system. Dr. Joseph Wiest, a p...

Valley College Has an Answer to the Growing Skilled Worker Shortage

Jordan Webb

March 24, 2018

Education

In a January 2017 survey by the Associated General Contractors of America, 73 percent of skilled-trade businesses had a difficult time finding qualified workers and 55 percent identified worker shortages as a b...