Education

The West Virginia State Treasurer’s Office will announce the 15 students and one teacher who have been chosen as winners of the When I Grow Up essay contest Friday, May 29 via Facebook Live at 10 A.M.

West Virginia University at Parkersburg’s Elementary Education program has achieved accreditation by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) for meeting rigorous national standards for excellence in teacher preparation.

Kindergarteners and fifth graders were honored at the end of Worthington Elementary's final year

Since schools were closed early due to the coronavirus pandemic, the YMCA of Parkersburg is giving their annual summer camp an educational makeover.

Marietta High School teachers and staff commemorate seniors with parade

Karen Locke is retiring after 36 years of duty as a bus driver for Belpre City Schools.

Graduates of the school had a parade in their honor

Mr. Rinard is the principal at Marietta High School and has nearly two decades of education experience.

Many area high school seniors have had their graduation ceremonies canceled, postponed, or changed to virtual ceremonies. Similarly, seniors who have been awarded scholarships from the Marietta Community Foundation (MCF) will not have the opportunity to be recognized in person. But the MCF wants to ensure the students are still honored and congratulated.

Washington State Community College conducted its first-ever drive-through pinning ceremony Thursday evening.

Ohio University is making plans to reopen campus for the fall 2020 semester.

Like many schools, Vienna Elementary’s faculty and students have not had the opportunity to bring the school year to an end as they typically do. For that reason, the school is planning a drive-by parade to give teachers and children an opportunity to see one another in person, from a safe distance.

West Virginia University at Parkersburg has acted quickly to award more than $876,000 in funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to students in need with financial expenses related to COVID-19.

The community college gives out scholarships to 52 students

Frontier High School, like other schools in the Mid-Ohio Valley, wanted to make sure their seniors were properly honored.

Aaron and Isaac Hardy are both seniors at Parkersburg High School who were ready to graduate this month. When they first heard about the rest of their school year being canceled, they reacted with both shock and disappointment.

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Marietta College has begun a process to move their students out of on-campus housing in a safe and healthy manner.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, area high schools are working to figure out how to hold graduation ceremonies that meet state safety requirements and prioritize the health of all attendees. Here are the plans announced by each state as they stand currently. WTAP will update this information as new details are released.

Graduates of Marshall University might still get the opportunity to walk across the stage and receive their diplomas.

It will be a little later than planned, but if there are no setbacks in West Virginia's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, seniors at Wood County's three public high schools will get a chance to participate in graduation ceremonies with their classmates.

Because of the pandemic, the teachers decided to have a parade in an attempt to see their students of the 2019-2020 schoolyear one last time before next year.

Belpre seniors talk senior coming to abrupt end and virtual graduation the school has planned

Karen Sprout is a pre-k teacher at Lubeck Elementary School.

A woman living in Marietta, Ohio normally teaches abroad, but now she's teaching her Indonesian students from half way across the world.

Wood County Christian School is serving breakfast and lunch meals outside of their school building for students of Wood County Christian, or any other school in the surrounding area.

St. Mary Catholic School teachers show students how much they are missed with sweet video

Teachers took to the neighborhood in their cars to drive by and say hello to their students

West Virginia University Wednesday announced that no in-person classes will conducted through the summer months because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The board also talked about making its website more mobile-friendly.

Putnam Elementary School's staff missed their students so much that they decided to put on a parade to be able to see them.