Page 7 - Linsly School News Today

John F. McCuskey The campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon in the fall. (Photo Provided) CHARLESTON — West Virginia Wesleyan College received the largest one-time gift in its 130-year history for a new program aimed at students pursuing careers in science. John F. McCuskey, an attorney and former justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, donated $1.5 million to West Virginia Wesleyan, a private liberal arts college in Buckhannon, to create the McCuskey Family...

Staff Writer Photo by Eric Ayres The Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed city officials, local dignitaries and grant recipients during a ribbon cutting for River Valley Health Foundation Inc. at 1226 Chapline St. in Wheeling. The River Valley Health Foundation also announced the distribution of $71,500 in grants to local nonprofits as well as $37,000 to four local health departments for help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution. WHEELING — The River Valley Health Foundation Inc. this pas...

Evans settling into his role as president of West Liberty University By Dr. W. Franklin Evans poses with West Liberty University officials during a ribbon cutting February 4. WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. — Dr. W. Franklin Evans says he is trying his best to balance his time between presidential duties, introducing himself to the campus life and getting to know leaders in the Wheeling area during his first days on the job as president of West Liberty University. Evans became West Liberty’s 37th pre...

Staff Writer Photo Provided Justin Zimmerman, headmaster of The Linsly School, stands by The Aviator statue at Banes Hall on the school’s Leatherwood campus. WHEELING — Students at The Linsly School are back to school five days a week — even when it snows. Catholic schools in Ohio County also have resumed in-person education Monday through Friday, though these students were learning remotely on Monday due to the weather. At both The Linsly School and schools within the Diocese of Whee...

These Are 50 of the Best Private High Schools in America By Lisa Borten, Stacker News On 2/3/21 at 8:00 PM EST Americas private high schools opened long before their public counterparts and even before the United States was first established. The Roman Catholic Church in the 1700s started private schools in Florida and Louisiana while in New York (a former Dutch colony called New Amsterdam), the Dutch West India Company and Dutch Reformed Church set up private schools that filled the void le...

Joseph H. Crabtree 1943 - 2021 Joseph H. Crabtree passed away suddenly on Monday, January 18, 2021, in Tampa, Florida, of COVID-19 pneumonia. He was 77 years old. Joe was born to Joseph and Margaret Crabtree on December 30, 1943, in Trenton, New Jersey. He had a happy childhood growing up in Follansbee, West Virginia. Joe attended The Linsly School in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he played football, basketball and ran track. He later attended Ferrum Junior College, where he played on the 1965...

Editors note: This story has been updated to reflect decisions made by local school districts to delay in-person classes set for Monday due to a change Sun

From STAFF REPORTS The student winners from the Project on Racism Contest and 37th Annual Poster Competition, sponsored by the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs, includes several students from the Northern Panhandle. The Project on Racism Contest was presented by the Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Commission and the YWCA Wheeling. Entries were accepted for essays, music, and five-minute films and was open to any student from grades 1-12 attending public, private, parochial, or ...

Jan 9, 2021 Wheeling Elks Lodge No. 28 has announced its Students of the Month for December and January. The December winners are Lily George and James Jin, both seniors at The Linsly School. For January, Lauren Marquart and Andrew Glass, both seniors at Wheeling Park High School, earned the honor. George, the daughter of Ronee and Edward George of Wheeling, is a Senior Prefect and the Academic Committee Head Chair. She is senior class president, and a two-year captain of the girls soccer team...