Schools

Sheriff Vince Shambaugh encourages all students currently in the eighth grade in Morgan County to make application to attend the West Virginia Sheriffs' Association's Youth Leadership Academy.

The camp is a challenging and fun-filled week of educational and recreation activities. This year the camp is being held at the Barbour County

A contract for mowing lawns and fields at all county schools from Spring 2009 through Fall 2011 was awarded to 1st Place Lawn Services of Berkeley Springs during the March 17 school board meeting.

The local lawn company has won the mowing contract the last two years, and their cost for services did not change for their current bid.

Third Nine Weeks:

"A" Honor Roll

Middle School announces its students of the month of January

The sixth graders named for this month are Whitney Chapman, Alec Kidwell and Elizabeth Schuman.

A Potomac Valley Audubon Society classroom program that helps educate fourth-grade students about the importance of water resources issues has now expanded to Morgan County.

The program, called the "Watershed Education Initiative," is aimed at increasing children's awareness of water quality and watershed management issues, which are a major concern for our region.

When reading trouble arises in young students, it can be tough to pin down just what the trouble might be.

First graders, because they are new readers, are just learning the tricks of turning a collection of letters into meaningful words and sentences that tell a story or share information. It might be the first time they're navigating through The Cat in the Hat on their own.

The Parent-Child Academy has begun in Morgan County as a collaborative effort among the Morgan County Schools, the Morgan County Partnership and Starting Points Family Resource Center.

The first meeting of the group was held on March 26. Six families met at Widmyer Elementary School to pilot the program.

The State Senate finally agreed on one of its most controversial issues last week when senators passed SB248 to revise the annual public school calendar. The vote came after representatives of state teacher organizations were assured that teachers would not have to work without pay.

The key change was that teachers will not be paid for snow days when school is cancelled but only if they are notified before 4:30 a.m. Senator Bob Plymale (D-Wayne), chairman of the Senate Education Committee, said teachers will not lose any pay because all snow days that are cancelled will be made up before the end of the school year.

The Morgan County Social Studies Fair was held at the Warm Springs Middle School on Saturday, March 21. Judges evaluated individual and group projects by students in grades four through 12. First place winners are listed below.

Winners in the Anthropology category were: Leah Hancock, grades 4-5; Gloria Shrewsberry, Haleigh Fields and Jordan Smith, grades 6-8.

February Students of the Month at Paw Paw Schools.

Janae Hott is in kindergarten and is the daughter of Phil and Karen Hott. She likes reading, circle time, playing with friends and her sister, Sierra.