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Tears and cheers fill St. Ann's as St. Maria Goretti conducts its final commencement
Endings and beginnings are frequently bittersweet. That's because they so often happen simultaneously. While bittersweet moments abound during commencement season, they were especially poignant for the 36-member Class of 2024 of St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown. For about 70 years, the school that developed from the former St....
Berkeley County Schools working to implement improvement plan for Martinsburg North Middle School
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (DC News Now) — The West Virginia Board of Education has placed a “state of emergency” on the Martinsburg North Middle School because of, what the board says, is a “chaotic and occasionally hostile environment” there. The board says the school violated Title IX and there were 160 physical fights this school year. […]
West Virginia’s eastern panhandle proud of its scholastic Golden Horseshoe award
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (DC News Now) — The Golden Horseshoe competition, an enduring tradition in West Virginia, has a special winner. St. Joseph School 8th grade, Gabriel Campos, is one of the regional winners. The history quiz bowl competition has been administered since 1931 and is the longest running program of its kind. “[I learned] how […]
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