Communities In Schools and Ohio Valley Bank Take 4th Graders on a “Credit Adventure”
In October, Ohio Valley Bank launched a new financial literacy program called “Adventures in Credit.” The program’s goal is to teach fourth graders the importance of using credit wisely.
When the Bank contacted Ellenda Ward, Executive Director of Communities In Schools of Cabell County about the “Adventures in Credit” program, she immediately started contacting elementary principals in Cabell County schools about the learning opportunity for fourth grade students.
Continue Reading...Marshall University Nutrition Education Program Teaching Students Healthy Habits
Learning about good nutrition and self-care is as important for students’ lives as learning how to read and write. That’s why the Nutrition Education Program at Marshall University has been working with kindergarten through second grade classrooms this school year to help them get a healthy start.
“Over the last several years, we’ve seen obesity become an epidemic nationwide,” says Tim Bender, RD, LD and Director of the Marshall University Nutrition Education Program.
Continue Reading...Huntington High Theater Department Invites You to Have a Few Laughs at "Friday Night Live"
Who: Huntington High School Theatre Department
What: Friday Night Live (FNL)
Where: Huntington High School Theatre
When: November 12, 2009 — 7:30 PM
November 13, 2009 — School Showing
How Much: Students $3.00
Adults $5.00
Synopsis: Friday Night Live is a play off of NBC’s famous comedy show Saturday Night Live, except it is on Thursday night and Friday during the day. The show consist
Continue Reading...Career Technology Center Students Working to Build Habitat House
Students from the Cabell County Career Technology Center will be working this school year to help Habitat for Humanity construct a new home for a deserving Huntington family.
This is the first time the school system and Habitat for Humanity have worked jointly on such a project, and school leaders say it is a perfect partnership.
"Habitat for Humanity is providing the funding and buyer for the house," says Mike Baumann, Assistant Principal at the Cabell County Car
Continue Reading...West Virginia's Chief Health Officer Recommends Schools Try to Stay Open
The following is from a WV Department of Education News Release:
W.Va. Chief Health Officer Offers Guidance to Schools
Posted: October 08, 2009
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Schools should try to stay open when swine flu hits while working to limit its spread. That’s the advice West Virginia’s chief health officer, Dr. Cathy Slemp, gave the West Virginia Board of Education Thursday during its regular meeting in Charleston.
Slemp, who based her reco
Continue Reading...Home-Schooled Students Must Register Now for WESTEST 2
Home-schooled students in grades 3-11 in Cabell County who wish to participate in the state assessment, WESTEST 2, must register with the Office of Student Support at (304) 528-5206 or (304) 528-5207 by December 23, 2009.
The assessment is given in two parts. The online writing is administered in March/April while the written portion is administered May 17-21, 2010. Students who elect to participate must take both parts.