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Boonsboro educator is a finalist for Maryland Teacher of the Year
Christina Hammer-Atkins, Washington County’s 2012-13 Teacher of the Year, has been named a finalist for Maryland Teacher of the Year, the Maryland State Department of Education announced Wednesday. Hammer-Atkins is a second-grade magnet teacher...
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Pa. schools prepared for return of students
billk@herald-mail.comThousands of students will be returning to class in Franklin County, Pa., on Monday and administrators said they are ready. In Greencastle, Pa., about 3,100 students are expected at Greencastle-Antrim School District’s four schools, according to...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Science and Technology, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Students, James Buchanan
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Washington County teachers prepare classrooms for students' arrival
julieg@herald-mail.comThe school year begins Wednesday for Washington County Public Schools’ projected 22,195 students and 1,682 teachers. Many of those teachers are classroom teachers, several of whom spent the early part of this week getting training and preparing...Tags: Literature, Schools, High Schools, Energy Saving, Arts and Culture
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Waynesboro Area School Board takes first look at dress policy for teachers and administrators
billk@herald-mail.comThe Waynesboro Area School Board on Tuesday night unanimously approved its first look at a revised dress and grooming policy for teachers and administrators. The current Waynesboro Area School District policy has been in effect since 1991, according to...Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Career and Workplace, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Collective Contract, Teaching and Learning
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Teachers visit homes in Back to School Blitz
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comSeveral residents of Hagerstown’s West End said they thought they were being visited by Publishers Clearing House on Friday afternoon. When they answered a knock at the door, strangers were standing on the front porch and cameras were clicked in...Tags: Back to School, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Students' goals help schools target test goals
julieg@herald-mail.comSitting in the principal’s office at Bester Elementary School on a summer day, Amia Applewhite’s face lights up as she talks about how excited and happy she was during the last school year. Early in the school year, one of the things Bester...Tags: Middle Schools, Standards, Students, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Various Washington County schools finding success in team teaching
julieg@herald-mail.comFor the past two school years, eighth-grade English Language Arts teacher Elizabeth Lewis sometimes spent her planning period helping out in a seventh-grade class at Northern Middle School. During the last school year, “If you were to come in the...Tags: Schools, Public Schools, Science and Technology, Students, Academic Progress
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Bags of Love helps feed hungry children in Eastern Panhandle
trishr@herald-mail.comChildren need food to learn. For low-income families, providing food for children can be daunting when the budget is tight, and it is troublesome for their teachers, too, when students show up hungry at school. Even though students were receiving free...Tags: Schools, Elementary Schools, Education, Teaching and Learning, Turkey (animal)
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WCPS to pay teachers, administrators nearly $1 million in bonuses
julieg@herald-mail.comWashington County Public Schools will pay almost $1 million to 148 teachers and school administrators who participated in the first year of an evaluation pilot program and were deemed to be effective or highly effective, according to Program Manager Stacy...Tags: Students, Academic Progress, Education, Teaching and Learning
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South High to host Educator Effectiveness Academy
Approximately 420 teachers and other educators from the region will meet for three days at South Hagerstown High School this week for an Educator Effectiveness Academy to learn more about the new curriculum for Maryland public schools, according to...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Science and Technology, Education, Teaching and Learning
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New state superintendent of schools visits South Hagerstown High
julieg@herald-mail.comMaryland’s new state superintendent of schools, Lillian M. Lowery, stopped by the Educator Effectiveness Academy at South Hagerstown High School on Thursday. Lowery, who took over the state post July 2, has been touring the state, meeting with...Tags: Schools, High Schools, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Students, Academic Progress
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New WCPS curriculum aims to better prepare students for college, careers
julieg@herald-mail.comWhen the new school year begins, one of the first assignments Luanne Murphy’s seventh-grade class at Smithsburg Middle School will be given is to read a biography of cyclist Lance Armstrong. Students will use the Internet to read more current...Tags: Schools, Electronics, Middle Schools, Science and Technology, Biography (genre)
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