School Night

Here are some of the things happening in Washington County Public Schools this week: Today Board of Education business meeting in central office auditorium at noon, broadcast live on Antietam Cable Channel 99 Clear Spring High - Future Business Leaders of America officers meeting at 3:30 p.m.; Band Booster meeting at 7 p.m. Conococheague Elementary - Faculty/SIT meeting at 2:40 p.m.; School Pride "Who Am I?" faculty baby picture contest. E. Russell Hicks Middle - Spirit Week through Friday.

Sept. 8: Smithsburg Library storytime for ages 3 and older, 4 p.m. Sept. 9: Ident-A-Kid program at Smithsburg Elementary Sept. 9: Picture day at Smithsburg High Sept. 10: Storytime with Thomas the Tank Engine, Smithsburg General Store, 11 a.m. Sept. 12: Smithsburg Park Commission meeting at Town Hall, 7 p.m. Sept. 13: Seventh-grade back-to-school night at Smithsburg Middle, 7 p.m. Sept. 14: Smithsburg Lions Club meeting at Golden Corral Restaurant in Waynesboro, Pa., 6:30 p.m. Sept.

Washington County Public Schools events being held this week to provide back-to-school information are listed below. The first day of school is Wednesday. · Bester Elementary School - An open house today at 6 p.m. for kindergarten and grades one and two, with another open house at 7 p.m. for grades three through five. Open houses also Wednesday from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. for prekindergarten and Cubs Class (3-year-olds). · Boonsboro Elementary School - New student orientation today from 6 to 7 p.m. · Boonsboro Middle School - Meet-the-teacher/orientation night for grade six and new students today, 6 to 7:30 p.m. · Boonsboro High School - Orientation for freshmen and new students today at 6:30 p.m. Back-to-school night Tuesday from 7 to 8 p.m. · Cascade Elementary School - An open house for kindergarten, prekindergarten and new students Tuesday, from 2 to 3 p.m. · Clear Spring Elementary School - Orientation for kindergarten today at 6:30 p.m.; orientation for prekindergarten Wednesday at 10 a.m. · Clear Spring Middle School - Orientation for new students and parents will be today at 6 p.m. · Clear Spring High School - Orientation for freshmen and new students today from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., with freshmen schedule pickup at 5:30 p.m. Back-to- school night will also be today from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m., with schedule pickup for grades 10 to 12 at 6:30...

Here are some of the things that are happening this week in Washington County Public Schools: Monday, Aug. 30 Boonsboro Middle - Grade-eight vision screenings Tuesday, Aug. 31 Clear Spring Middle - Lioness eighth-grade vision screenings Clear Spring Middle - Back-to-school night, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1 Rockland Woods Elementary - Cub Scout recruiting night Friday, Sept. 3 No prekindergarten classes for Washington County Public Schools

The resurrection of the cardinals mascot to high school athletics in West Virginia might not be as miraculous as a phoenix rising from the ashes, but the state's official bird is set to return with the opening of Berkeley County's fourth high school next year. The mascot for the new Spring Mills High School was unanimously approved Monday by the Berkeley County Board of Education. The seed-eating bird was the leading choice among more than 700 future students of the school, Berkeley County Schools Superintendent Manny P. Arvon said.

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. Hagerstown Principal: Valerie Novak Phone: 301-766-8238 Fax: 301-733-3158 Web site: www.wcboe.k12.md.us/custom_pages/260/Main/index.html Start time: 8:45 a.m. Dismissal: 3:30 p.m. Grades: 9-12 Date of construction: 1956 Age of building: 51 years Latest renovation: 1992 Size of building: 168,750 square feet State-rated capacity: 1,336 Projected 2007-08 enrollment: 1,306 From the principal Q. What are your goals for the school year?