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Particularly Interesting Art

April 16, 2021

Solar in Jefferson County

April 11, 2021

Shepherdstown University Art Students Exhibit

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A Vision for Hill Top House

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2021 PVAS Race For The Birds

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Speak Stories Hosts Len Cabral – April 13

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Book Review: Remaking Appalachia

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Keep Your Bird Feeders Clean

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Rebuilding A Shopping Destination In Downtown Charles Town

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Discover History At The Jefferson County Museum

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Shepherdstown Library Gets a New Website

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Building An Organic Farm From The Ground Up

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Jefferson County Schools

Navigating A Difficult Road

October 27, 2020 Tagged With: Bondy Shay Gibson, COVID-19, Jefferson County Schools, online learning, virtual

looking down the school bus line at Shepherdstown Middle School

The Observer asked Stephen Willingham to explore how the local public school system is managing through the current public health crisis. The author interviewed the Superintendent and also spoke with teachers about their experiences in the classroom and online. Read the Full Story >>

The Challenges of Feeding Kids During the Pandemic

July 7, 2020 Tagged With: Berkeley County Schools, Community Combined Ministries, food insecurity, Jefferson County Schools, Kidz Power Pacs

volunteers working outside to pack food for kids power packs.

In 2007, Diana Wall found herself called to a mission. Working with Community Combined Ministries, she founded a program to source, assemble and distribute food packages through the Jefferson and Berkeley County School Districts. Kidz Power Pacs (KPP for short) is designed to provide children food for weekends and school breaks, filling a gap not served by weekday, in-school nutrition programs funded by the government. Read the Full Story >>

Barrat Leads Way in AI Research

March 19, 2019 Tagged With: Jefferson County Schools, science

Robbie Barrat’s revolutionary research relating to artificial intelligence (AI) has earned him numerous plaudits, an art exhibition in France, as well as a place in a new documentary about high school science fairs. Read the Full Story >>

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

February 10, 2019 Tagged With: Jefferson County Schools, nutrition

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 lunches, but children must want to eat them. The Observer decided to see and taste-test some of today’s lunches in Jefferson County schools.  Read the Full Story >>

Life Beyond the Classroom

December 12, 2018 Tagged With: James Rumsey Technical Institute., Jefferson County Schools

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 delivered is one that resonates with many working in education today: education beyond high school is more important than ever. Gee made it Read the Full Story >>

Area School Systems Eye New Year on the Horizon

August 18, 2018 Tagged With: Arthena Roper, Berkeley County Schools, Bondy Shay Gibson, Gun Control, Jefferson County Schools

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 for both students and faculty. Read the Full Story >>

Scholarship Program Allows JC High Schoolers Opportunity to Invest in Themselves

May 12, 2017 Tagged With: Arthena Roper, Jefferson County Schools, Reimagine Scholarship, West Virginia Achievement Project

Arthena Sewell Roper, Cultural Diversity Facilitator for Jefferson County Schools, recently announced the development of an initiative called the Re-Imagine Scholarship—a life-skill enrichment project involving students from both Jefferson and Washington High Schools. Read the Full Story >>

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