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Salem Avenue Elementary holds Geography Bee
On Jan. 11, Salem Avenue Elementary School held its geography bee sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The 10 student finalists were Riley Parker, Corey Wilt, Dylan Johnson, Emi Erekosima, Dylan Moats, Kaylee Oyler, Jade Steward, Ivan Ramirez,...
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School calendar - Jan. 7-11
Here are some of the things happening this week in Washington County Public Schools: Monday, Jan. 7 Clear Spring High — Athletic boosters meeting, 7 p.m. Greenbrier Elementary — PTA meeting, 6:30 p.m. Potomac Heights Elementary —...Tags: Christianity, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Religion and Belief, PTA, Science and Technology
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Washington County Public Schools calendar - Dec. 10-15
Here are some of the things happening this week in Washington County Public Schools: Monday, Dec. 10 Clear Spring Middle — Holiday chorus concert at Clear Spring High School, 7 p.m. Hickory Elementary — Geography bee, 9 a.m. Old Forge...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Jazz (genre), Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Public Schools, Culture
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Local woman speculates about Stonehenge in novel
Name: K.P. (Karen) Robbins Age: 67 City in which you reside: Harpers Ferry, W.Va. Day job: Retired advertising agency president Book title: “The Stonehenge Scrolls” Genre: Historical fiction Synopsis of book: Ancient scrolls reveal the secrets...
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Rockland Woods Elementary holds geography bee
On Dec. 9, Rockland Woods Elementary School held its annual geography bee. Five fourth-graders and five fifth-graders took part in the competition. The winner was fourth-grader Sadie Leisinger and fourth-grader Carter Doss placed second. Also...Tags: Science
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Salem Avenue Elementary holds geography bee
Salem Avenue Elementary School held its National Geographic geography bee Jan. 6. Eleven students qualified for the bee by completing a preliminary test. Those students then had to answer questions about world geography and were eliminated after missing...Tags: Science, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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WES student qualifies for state geography bee
Brett Guessford, a fifth-grader at Williamsport Elementary School, qualified to represent his school and participate in the state level of the National Geographic Bee, sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The state bee will be held Friday,...Tags: Human Interest, Science, Catonsville, Taj Mahal, Empire State Building
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Pasquerette, Prenger win school geography bee
Emmeline Pasquerette and Isabella Prenger were winners in the Sharpsburg Elementary School geography bee on Jan. 12. Fourth-graders Mason Gumm, Avery Poffenberger, Clara Ritenour, Elena Scheerer and Pasquerette reached the finals. Peyton Blood, Claire...Tags: Science, Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Sandwiches, Anglicanism
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Edna M. Miller, 91
Edna M. Miller, 91, formerly of Monrovia, Md., Phoenix, Ariz., and Boonsboro, Md., passed away Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro. She was the wife of the late Robert E. "Buster" Miller. They were married in 1948. She was born...Tags: Science, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), World War II (1939-1945), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Dahlin leaves archaeological legacy
richardb@herald-mail.comBruce Dahlin and his team of professional and student archaeologists weren’t looking for bones and pottery chips in a Mayan dig in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula a dozen years ago. They were following Dahlin’s hunch that there were traces...Tags: Science, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Armed Forces, Washington, DC, NASA
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Frostburg State University announces December graduates
FROSTBURG, Md. — At the 137th commencement ceremonies at Frostburg State University in December, the following area residents were among the nearly 400 total candidates for degrees: Jared Acre of Smithsburg, bachelor of science in business...Tags: Science, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Social Sciences, Media Industry, Mount Airy
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Remembering Rabbi Abraham Heschel and Martin Luther King Jr.
Editor’s note: This column is part of a seriesof columns from the Interfaith Coalition of Washington County to mark A Season for Peace and Nonviolence, Jan. 30 through April 4.
In 1965, I began graduate studies at Columbia University in New York,...Tags: Science, Washington (U.S. state), African Americans, Politics, Justice and Rights
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