Auditorium

The Shockey family prefers to stay in the background when it comes to donating money to worthwhile causes, but they stepped into the spotlight at the request of the Greencastle-Antrim School Board. At Thursday's board meeting held in the high school auditorium, board members and district officials honored the Shockey family for donating $132,400 for providing state-of-the art stage lighting for the Greencastle-Antrim High School auditorium. Eslinger Lighting, Inc. of Enola, Pa., installed the lighting.

CHAMBERSBURG, PA. -- Hundreds of seats from the auditorium of Chambersburg Area Senior High School were in the parking lot Friday, removed as part of the school's $73.8 million expansion and renovation of the 53-year-old building. "The building is currently undergoing asbestos abatement on the first floor, the tech education wing and the music wing," said Sylvia Rockwood, the district's director of information services. "Once that is completed, the project will continue with demolition of the tech wing and portions of the music wing.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- Students said that performing for the first time in the new auditorium at Waynesboro Area Senior High School was like having a makeover. "Like when a person gets new clothes or dresses better," said Katy Martin, a junior choir singer. "It just makes you feel a lot better. " Waynesboro students and faculty put on the first concert in the school's new auditorium Sunday, opening doors to hundreds for the annual holiday show, "Christmas on Broadway. " The auditorium currently has 1,200 seats; 400 more seats are to be added when its balcony section is finished.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Wright Denny Elementary School auditorium in Charles Town, W.Va., will be named for former teacher Betty Roper during a 2 p.m. ceremony Sunday. Roper taught for 41 years, mostly in Jefferson County. A program of music, speakers and the unveiling of a portrait is planned for the auditorium dedication ceremony. Roper was born Betty Daniels in Elkins, W.Va. She graduated in 1946 from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W.Va., with a degree in Home Economics and began her teaching career in Mineral County, W.Va.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- Waynesboro Area Senior High School students are working on a "Big" production to be performed this weekend in their new, big auditorium. Dress rehearsals this week served as final preparation for "Big: The Musical," which can be seen in the school's 1,600-seat auditorium Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon. The cast and crew worked through forgotten words, delayed set changes and microphones with dead batteries. "This is what tech week is for. We'll get all the bugs out," said Maverick McKee, who plays company owner Mr. MacMillan.

Washington County Board of Education proposed budget Monday, March 22 7 p.m. Central Office auditorium.

In celebration of National Nurses Week, Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va., named its winners of the Nursing Excellence Awards at a May 10 ceremony in the Byrd Center auditorium.  

School Board to hold meetings on advanced learners model The Washington County Board of Education will hold three public meetings about the newly approved pre-K-12 Model for Advanced Level Learners. The meetings are as follows: -- Dec. 11 at the Boonsboro Middle School auditorium. -- Dec. 12 at the Clear Spring High School auditorium. -- Dec. 14 in the auditorium of the Board of Education central office on Commonwealth Avenue. All meetings will begin at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Donna Chesno, the board's coordinator of advanced programs, at 301-766-2992.

Renovations to the main entrance and lobby of the Washington County Public Schools' Central Office begin today. The work is expected to be completed in early December. The main entrance, lobby, auditorium and adjacent hallway will not be accessible. During that time, the planetarium entrance will be used as the main entrance to the building. Because the auditorium will be affected by the work, the Board of Education will hold its November meetings in alternate locations. The Nov. 6 business meeting will be in the North Hagerstown High School auditorium at noon.

Saturday, Feb. 10 North Hagerstown High - Jane Anderson prom fashion show in auditorium from 7 to 9 p.m. Northern Middle - Girls basketball from 4 to 7 p.m.; Saturday tech program from 10 a.m. at 4 p.m. Smithsburg High - Jazz silent auction at 7 p.m. in auditorium. Williamsport High - Show Choir cabaret show at 7 p.m.; spaghetti dinner at 5 p.m.

In celebration of National Nurses Week, Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va., named its winners of the Nursing Excellence Awards at a May 10 ceremony in the Byrd Center auditorium.  

Washington County Public Schools recently upgraded technology and furnishings in the board auditorium at a cost of $83,666, according to information provided by school system spokesman Richard Wright. The costs break down into $49,230 for technology upgrades and $34,436 for furnishings, according to emails from Wright. The technology includes new presentation equipment, wireless microphones and a larger screen for presentations, according to Wright and School Superintendent Clayton Wilcox.

The Jefferson County League of Women Voters and the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies at Shepherd University will co-host the 2004 film “Iron Jawed Angels” starring Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston portraying key characters in the epic struggle to win voting rights for American women. The movie will be screened Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 6:30 p.m. at the Byrd Center Auditorium, 213 N. King St. on the Shepherd University campus. A discussion will follow for those who wish to talk about the film.

The Shockey family prefers to stay in the background when it comes to donating money to worthwhile causes, but they stepped into the spotlight at the request of the Greencastle-Antrim School Board. At Thursday's board meeting held in the high school auditorium, board members and district officials honored the Shockey family for donating $132,400 for providing state-of-the art stage lighting for the Greencastle-Antrim High School auditorium. Eslinger Lighting, Inc. of Enola, Pa., installed the lighting.

Washington County Public Schools will hold a community meeting on Tuesday afternoon on a proposed policy that would address gangs, gang activity and similar destructive or illegal group behavior in schools. The policy is not in reaction to local incidents, but a mandate from the state, said Board of Education member Jacqueline Fischer, who chairs the school board's Policy Committee. The gang policy is required by the state's Safe Schools Act of 2010. The school system has a harassment policy that has some similarity to this, and a student handbook that lists punishments for various offenses, Fischer said.

Tuesday, May 31 Barbara Ingram School for the Arts — Graduation rehearsal, 12:40 to 1:45 p.m. Boonsboro Elementary — Fifth-grade recognition ceremony, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Boonsboro Middle — Grade-eight picnic E. Russell Hicks Middle — 2011-12 "Where Everyone Belongs" (WEB) activity Fountaindale Elementary — Field day, 8 a.m. Greenbrier Elementary — Mr. Jeff to visit first grade Hancock High — Senior awards night in auditorium, 6 p.m. Northern Middle — Talent show in auditorium,  7 p.m. Pleasant Valley Elementary — Field day (rain date)

Jefferson County vegetable grower Bill Grantham wanted to learn how to stop the stink bug devastation that's ruining his crops and his livelihood. "My field corn was destroyed. My green and lima beans were wiped out. Wiped out. Zero. So I came here tonight to learn what I can do," said Grantham, owner of Tudor Hall Farm. Grantham and nearly 400 other homeowners, gardeners, commercial fruit and vegetable growers and orchardists from the Tri-State Area jammed the Byrd Auditorium at the National Conservation Training Center Wednesday night.

Darlene Caufman and her husband, Ken, arrived more than an hour before Saturday's Franklin-Fulton County Band Festival with the goal of claiming a seat as close to the stage as possible, without actually sitting on stage with her grandsons. When your grandsons are some of the "best of the best in the county," as Caufman said, you want to have a front row seat. "We wanted to come because we love band. But, we have grandchildren in it, and that makes it even more special," said Caufman, a Greencastle resident whose grandsons, Hunter Rawlings and Sean Martin, performed in the band.

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. -- This year, 42 kids are attending the Ice House Theater Camp to learn about acting and to perform in a play at the end of the two-week program. The program has become so popular in 12 years that this year's camp was moved to Berkeley Springs High School, said directors Brice Williams and Margi Griffiths. Williams said they are teaching the kids acting techniques in the high school auditorium and the multipurpose area across the hallway. The children will perform in "Blather, Blarney and Balderdash," which are old Irish folk tales by Patrick Rainville Dorn.

Dec. 15, 22, 29 and Jan. 5 and 12: Scrabble Mania, Clear Spring library, 1 p.m. Dec. 15, 17, 22, 24, 29 and 31, and Jan. 5, 7, 12 and 14: Clear Spring Food Bank and Second Time Around Clothing Shop, St. Peter's Lutheran Church on Martin Street, 1 to 2 p.m. Dec. 15: Clear Spring Elementary School choral concerts, Clear Spring High School auditorium. Third-grade concert at 6:30 p.m.; fourth-grade concert at 7:15 p.m. Free admission. Dec. 16 and 23, and Jan. 6 and 13: Elementary library time, Clear Spring library, 3:30 p.m. Dec. 18 and Jan. 8 and 15: Toddler time, Clear Spring library, 11:30 a.m. Dec. 19 and Jan. 2, 9, 16 and 23: Bingo at Clear Spring fire department's Special Events Building, 12323 Big Spring Road, 6:15 p.m. for early birds.