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Seventh-graders get career help
Electricians, wildlife experts, chefs, oh my!
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Vaccine offered to middle schoolers
Middle school students in public and private schools and home-schooled children in grades six through eight will be offered the H1N1 vaccine at the Allegany County Health Department on Willowbrook Road on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m.
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Buster stresses safety
Buster the Bus recently visited students at Cresaptown Elementary School to discuss the importance of bus safety. Shown with Buster, from the left, are Araceli Aguilar, Cadon Loewendick, Grant Cain, Kelly Do and Sara Andrews.
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Frankfort High lists honor roll for first six weeks
Frankfort High School recently released its honor roll for the first six weeks of the 2009-10 school year.
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Anger management class Nov. 13
Anger, the most unpredictable and powerful of emotions, will be examined Nov. 13 in a new continuing education course designed to help participants and those around them.
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Federal grant allowing FSU to complete energy research facility
Essentially, the building will look like a modest home with a stucco finish.
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Art on wheels
West Side Elementary School first-grader Brent Bittner assembles a fall-themed puppet during an after school program at the school in Cumberland as the Art Bus visits.
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Moore scholarship will benefit FSU political science majors
For Walter Moore, Westernport resident Mary Jane Gülck’s late brother, the chance to attend Frostburg State University was a dream come true for a child who had fought a number of serious physical difficulties since birth and whose family was told he was unlikely to even finish high school.
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O’Malley asks superintendents to scour for savings
With an ominous budget challenge looming again, Gov. Martin O’Malley called on school superintendents Tuesday to work together in hunting for ways to save money.
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‘Fog’ used to sanitize school
Health officials started giving H1N1 flu mist vaccinations to Allegany County schoolchildren on Monday, but it will probably be weeks before enough supplies are available to protect the entire student body.
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Peace Corps volunteer active in Ukraine
Kaitlin Bensley, former resident of Frostburg and a 2003 graduate of Fort Hill High School, is serving a two-year stint as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine and has taken on the task of improving a community school there.
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Garrett College observing Cyber Security Month
Like with many subjects, movies tend to make hacking seem more exciting than it actually is.
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New school at Finan to work with autistic children
A new educational center for children with autism is expected to draw clients from the tri-state area when it opens next month on the campus of the Jefferson School at the Finan Center.
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Columbus’ dark side emerging in classrooms
Jeffrey Kolowith’s kindergarten students read a poem about Christopher Columbus, take a journey to the New World on three paper ships and place the explorer’s picture on a timeline through history.
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Llewellyn will assume school board duties Tuesday
The Allegany County Board of Education will welcome its newest member at Tuesday night’s regular monthly meeting.
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In Marsh Fork school debate, W.Va. county must choose
With pressure mounting on Massey Energy Co. to replace a Raleigh County school that sits in the shadow of one of its operations, the county has yet to decide whether that is what it wants.
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Fourteen receive Gilpin scholarships at ACM
Fourteen 2009 graduates of Allegany County high schools are among recipients of Gilpin Freshman Awards for study at Allegany College of Maryland in the 2009-10 academic year.
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Mount Savage giving new meaning to reading exercises
Fifth-graders at Mount Savage Elementary School jogged in place and hopped to the left and right over an imaginary line Thursday morning, but they weren’t taking a PE class.
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School board’s ‘elder statesman’ hopes to return soon
The “elder statesman” of the Allegany County Board of Education hopes to return to meetings soon, after spending much of the summer at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.
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Eight receive PSC scholarships
Potomac State College of West Virginia University recently announced that the following students have received scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year.
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Fort Hill student attends ARC Summer Institute
Six high school students from Maryland to Mississippi attended the 2009 Appalachian Regional Commission Summer Institute and among the group was Fort Hill High School senior Alison Jordan.
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Tri-State College Night scheduled
The 42nd Annual Tri-State College Night will be held Oct. 13 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Allegany College of Maryland gymnasium.
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Hyndman community fighting recommendation to close school
Bridget Emerick said the Hyndman Middle-Senior High School is the lifeblood of the town.
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FSU wins state award for SafeRide program
Frostburg State University Police has won the Maryland State Governor’s Crime Prevention Award for the 20th consecutive year, and this year, the FSU Student Government Association also won the prestigious award in its first year of nomination for its SafeRide program. The awards are presented to groups or individuals who have “made outstanding contributions to the furtherance of crime prevention programming.”
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Swine flu hits at least 30 WVU students
At least 218 cases of influenza-like illness have been reported at WVU, and Student Health officials have diagnosed about 30 cases of swine flu.
