Berkeley Springs High School 2024 Homecoming Court. This week is Homecoming Week, celebrate school spirit leading up to the homecoming football game and dance. First row, left to right: Brooklyn Yost, Emilee Fleece, Natalie Andrews, Kaitlin Hageny, Abby Croston, Delilah Rhoten, Tenacious Ray and Alaina Stevens. Back row: Kaiden[Read More…]
School News
School buildings & grounds, athletics committees review needs and project progress
by Kate Evans The Morgan County Schools buildings and grounds committee met on September 25 and discussed a number of in-progress and new facilities projects, including county NEEDS projects and a possible new high school sports complex, according to their meeting minutes. Morgan County Schools Assistant Superintendent Jeromy Duelley told[Read More…]
Paw Paw High School is Champion of College Access and Success
by Kate Evans Paw Paw High School was one of 40 West Virginia high schools that were each recognized on October 11 as a Champion of College Access and Success held by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and the West Virginia Community and Technical College System at the[Read More…]
County students, teachers deliver improved scores on state exams & Balanced Scorecard
by Kate Evans State assessment exams have shown Morgan County Schools achieved improvement on the West Virginia assessment and proficiency standards for public school students. State scores also show the school system reduced chronic absenteeism, raised its graduation rate and improved in its on-track-to-graduation and post-secondary achievement percentages for the[Read More…]
School Superintendent to improve reading & math scores under board-approved goals
by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools Superintendent David Banks’s goals for the 2024-2025 school year were approved at the end of the September 3 Morgan County School Board meeting after the board went into executive session to consider them. Banks’ goals encompass student achievement, facility and extracurricular improvements, reading initiatives[Read More…]
Governor launches School Safety Task Force after widespread school threats last week
by Kate Shunney Threats of violence at more than 45 West Virginia schools last week disrupted learning and spread fear in communities around the state and has triggered the formation of a new governor’s taskforce to respond to the phenomenon. Online threats or comments about alleged threats were directed at[Read More…]
Public shares concerns about high school football, baseball complex safety
by Kate Evans Several community members spoke during the public comment section of the Morgan County School Board’s August 20 meeting asking how they could partner with the school board to make the baseball/football complex at Berkeley Springs High School safer for student athletes. Mandi Michael raised concerns about the[Read More…]
Morgan County School Board meetings will be live-streamed and recorded, per new state rule
by Kate Evans Morgan County School Board meetings will soon be live-streamed and recorded so the public can view the meeting at a later time. School board president Aaron Close said at their August 20 meeting that they were doing a trial run that evening and noted the microphones on[Read More…]
School board hears attendance procedures, summer school reports
by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools Assistant Superintendent Jeromy Duelley gave a presentation on school attendance procedures at the August 20 school board meeting. Duelley said Morgan County Schools’ chronic absenteeism rate was 22% last year, down from 28% from the 2022-2023 school year. Berkeley Springs High School chronic absenteeism[Read More…]
Didawick pursues passion for dance at the WV Governor’s School for the Arts
by Kate Evans Berkeley Springs High School junior Ariella Didawick attended the West Virginia Governor’s School for the Arts at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon this summer from June 23-July 13 to study dance. She was the first Berkeley Springs High School student to attend the program for dance.[Read More…]
