HAMBLETON – The 2017 Tucker County High School began their annual flower and vegetable plant sale Monday. Hours for the sale are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays; and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. FFA Advisor Terry Hauser...
Photo by Beth Christian BroschartTucker County FFA members, guests, family members and supporters gather at Tucker County High School Saturday for the Annual Parent-Member Banquet. The guest speaker was Joe Hatton, West Virginia Deputy Agriculture Commissioner. During the event, students participated in the Greenhand Ceremony and celebrated their achievements from...
Photo by Beth Christian BroschartThe 2017 Service Personnel of the Year is awarded to Bobbi Quattro during Monday's Tucker County BOE meeting. Tucker County Superintendent Dr. Eddie Campbell said Quattro would be Tucker County's representative to the state. Quattro is a special education aide at Tucker County High School. Jay...
Tucker Valley Elementary Middle School sixth grade students of Mrs. Underwood and Mrs. Hood recently participated in a reading contest. The challenge was to see which class could read the most pages of books on their reading level. Students had to pass a test on Accelerated Reader in order for...
Tucker County Schools along with Rhea Dyer, M.S., CCC/SLP, and Cheryl Bifano, RESA VII Educational Audiologist, will be conducting the annual hearing, speech and language screenings in our schools. Hearing and speech screenings are scheduled to take place on April 25 and 26, 2017Students who will be screened are as...
Tucker County HOSA traveled to Marshall University in Huntington recently to participate in the WV HOSA State Leadership Conference. Over 600 students participated in 57 different competitions.Back row Bella Zais, Tanner Burns, Vincent Moats, Logan White, Nathaniel Rader, Garrett Carrico, Gary Meloy and Sophia Ricottilli. First row Stephanie Burns, Advisor,...
Attention Parents and Community Members! Tucker Valley Elementary Middle school will be hosting a Field Day full of fun and enticing events on Friday, April 28 from 11:50 a.m. -3 p.m. Featured events will include: A Color Run and a Community Dunk Tank.In the event of rain, an alternate date has...
Photos courtesy of David CooperEight local 8th grade students traveled to Charleston to learn about the workings of the WV State Legislature during the YLA Youth & Government Seminar. Participants include Jeremy Liller, Gus Mullennex, Karlee Smith, Averie Bunnell, Wyatt Betler, Abbie Eakle, Gracie Filler and Trevor Adams.CHARLESTON – The...
Photo by Beth Christian BroschartTucker County High School welcomes 24 inductees into the Blackwater Chapter of the National Honor Society. New inductees joined 16 active members of the Chapter during Monday’s induction ceremony.HAMBLETON – The Blackwater Chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 24 inductees during a ceremony at Tucker...
Ms. Taylor’s fourth grade class presented biographies recently. Katie Guy choose George Washington as her person of interest. Katie not only presented her information to her fourth grade classmates and teacher, she shared her biography with Mrs. Mullenax’s first grade class on Presidents’ Day.
Tucker Valley held their third book walk this year in celebration of Valentine’s Day. The book walk appropriately named, “Fall in Love with a Good Book”, offered students in grades K-4 a chance to walk for a book of their choice.Tucker Valley held their third book walk this year in...
CHARLESTON – In the 2015 to 2016 school year, Tucker County High School had a graduation rate of 92.94 percent, putting it in the top 70 schools in West Virginia with graduation rates of 90 percent and above.On February 10, the West Virginia Department of Education recognized Tucker County High...
Photo by Becky Moore Seniors (L-R) Elizabeth Nichols, Kenzie Kyle and Jenna Walker were honored last Friday February 3rd before the gameHAMBLETON – The Tucker County Girls’ Basketball team hosted PVC Rival Pendleton County for a Senior Night game on Friday February 3rd. The Lady Mt. Lions came out firing...
GLENVILLE, WV –John Chambers and Wiley Raines, both of Parsons, and Stephanie Williams of Hendricks have been named to the Glenville State College Vice President’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2016 semester. To be named to the GSC Vice President’s Honor Roll, students must have grade point averages between 3.5...
Tucker Community Foundation’s 2017 scholarship cycle is underway for traditional and non-traditional students from Barbour, Grant, Mineral, Preston, Pocahontas, Randolph and Tucker counties in West Virginia, and Garrett County, Maryland.More than $60,000 will be awarded from endowed scholarship funds, pass-through donations, and unrestricted income of the Foundation. Applicants are encouraged...
Kevin Calcamp graduated from Bowling Green University in Ohio with his doctorate of Philosophy, on Dec. 16, 2016. He graduated from Queens University of Charlotte, NC with a double major in Psychology and English Drama. He received his Master’s Degree at Montclair University in Montclair, NJ and was accepted at...
Tucker County Schools attendance director, Amber Kyle has announced the students who had perfect attendance for the first 100 days of school. Perfect attendance means that they were in school all day, everyday for the first 100 days. Monday, Jan. 23 was the 100th day celebration. Tucker Valley Elementary Middle...
Fairmont State University will host the 2017 West Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair on April 1 on its main campus in Fairmont.Entries are being sought from West Virginia students in grades nine through 12. The deadline for submissions is March 16.Projects must be in one of the following areas:...
6th Grade PrincipalJacob DeVilderMason KisamoreAvery SmithEmma SnyderTrenton WilfongCarley DumireAriona Plumley6th Honor RollErin ChambersDarrah PenningtonHannah HardyCamille Smith7th Grade PrincipalParker BennettKatelyn FallsLeanna FrymyerCheyann Gooden Emma LoukTehya Smith-MaizeWes StrawdermanCassidy DavisConnor EvickMelissa JohnstonHaley TuttleWillow WhiteErin CassidyKristen HicksLondon HoodSamantha LongAnna LoukOlivia MyersClay PolingAmara SniderHaden WamsleyOlivia Keeler7th Honor RollMason TibbsJessi DanielsTessa JollyVivianna Teter8th Grade PrincipalKyleigh BarrettAverie...
A total of 1,254 students have been honored for their academic achievement at Fairmont State University after completing the fall 2016 semester.Dr. Christina Lavorata, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, has released the Dean’s List and the President’s List to recognize high-achieving students for their academic distinction. Full-time students...
