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Martinsburg High grads 'must never forget where our path started'
richardb@herald-mail.comMartinsburg High School graduates, their families and faculty were forced to evacuate the Butcher Center at Shepherd University Tuesday night when the second of two fire alarms went off moments before the commencement ceremony was to begin. Campus police...Tags: Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities, Graduation, Science and Technology, Awards and Prizes
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Mark C. Halsey: Nourishing educational seedlings
U.S. News & World Report announced recently two news stories that directly relate to Washington County. First, they published their national rankings of high schools, broken down by state. Of Washington County’s 10 high schools, eight were ranked in...Tags: Conservation, Technology, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Economic Policy
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Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.
The principal’s voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up. But before all of the youngsters could get...Tags: Natural Disasters, Students, Teachers, Briarwood, Tornadoes
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Towson nursing students at USMH attend conference
The nursing students from Towson University at University System of Maryland at Hagerstown attended and participated in the Health Occupations Students of America competition as judges for the state event on April 18. It was the 34th annual state...Tags: Coppin State University, Justice System, University of Maryland, College Park, Frostburg State University, Nursing
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Maryland Public Schools seeks to diversify teaching corps
Capital News ServiceMike Williams recalls having only one black, male teacher during his K-12 education in Montgomery County, Md. “I felt a bit isolated. That’s coming from me, and I was fairly popular. I was an athlete,” said Williams, 43, now a social...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Minority Groups, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland), Morgan State University, Elections
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HCC honor society gains regional recognition
The Pi Theta Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at Hagerstown Community College recently received several awards at the Phi Theta Kappa Regional Convention. The HCC Pi Theta Chapter was awarded the Five Star Chapter Development Award; the 2013...
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Mail Call - May 20
“I don’t understand how the judicial system works, when someone is arrested for drunken driving and kills a female passenger that was in the car, and gets six months probation — and then someone gets 14 months in jail for robbery....Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Planned Parenthood, Teachers
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USMH graduate shares her inspiring story with other achievers at ceremony
holly.shok@herald-mail.comIt was seconds after taking the stage that 26-year-old Elese Wade was choking back tears. “I’ve had sleepless nights, tear-filled days and my finances stretched to the limit. I can honestly say that being finished now feels so good,”...Tags: Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Frostburg State University, Nursing, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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New Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics campus in Washington County to help fill industry void
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comWith the national aviation industry experiencing a workforce shortage of aircraft mechanics and technicians, a new Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics training facility in Hagerstown might go a long way toward helping train the workers of tomorrow, a...Tags: Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Students, Pittsburgh, Federal Aviation Administration, Business
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Speaker identifies with student athletes recognized at True Grit Awards
will.robinson@herald-mail.comSt. Maria Goretti outdoor track and cross country coach Mike Spinnler took the podium at Tuesday’s 32nd True Grit Awards banquet like a minister in front of his congregation. The keynote speaker of the awards spoke of 2011 keynote speaker Susan...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Lifestyle and Leisure, Track and Field, Learning Disability, Soccer
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Elinor S. McLeod
janeth@herald-mail.comElinor McLeod came from a long line of female educators, following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother who were teachers. She went on to become one of the first female principals for Washington County Public Schools and served many county...Tags: PTA, Heart Attack, Washington, DC, Colleges and Universities, Holidays
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Retired astronaut encourages Western Heights students to follow dreams
julieg@herald-mail.comRetired NASA astronaut Don Thomas encouraged Western Heights Middle School eighth-graders to follow their dreams and to persevere, as he did. “If you forget everything else I told you here today, the one thing I want you to remember is to never...Tags: Rocketry, Technology, Science and Technology, NASA, Towson
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