SchoolNews – Cameron High School

Heisman High School Scholarship School Winners Announced at CHS

Pictured from left: Ashlee Dobbs and Colton Winters, 2023 School Winners - Heisman High School Scholarship

Cameron High School seniors Ashlee Dobbs and Colton Winters have been named 2023 School Winners for the Heisman High School Scholarship awarded by The Heisman Trophy Trust. Thousands of high school senior scholar-athletes graduating with the class of 2024 from 4,129 different schools across the country applied for the scholarship earlier this fall. From this talented…

Marshall County Students’ Artwork Featured on Billboards

top left: Rylee’s billboard drawing features the silhouettes of Santa Claus and three reindeer flying over snow covered mountains. There are pine trees along the bottom and a full moon shining behind a cityscape. Top right: Jessie’s billboard drawing features Anime characters exchanging Christmas gifts with a Christmas tree in the background. Bottom: Harmony’s billboard drawing features a fireplace with a fire burning. There are stockings are hung on the mantle with lights and a Christmas tree on the right-hand side. There is also a wreath and a snowman hanging on the wall with an elf on a book shelf.

Cameron Middle School 7h grader Rylee Boughan, Moundsville Middle School 7th grader Jessie Nguyen and Sherrard Middle School 6th grader Harmony Goddard have been recognized by Main Street Bank for their artistic talents. The students’ Christmas-themed drawings were made into billboards, which can be seen around Marshall County.

CHS CTE Student of the Quarter

Katelynn VanTassell holds her CTE Student of the Month plaque.

The Career & Technical Education Student of the Quarter at Cameron High School is senior Katelynn VanTassell. She is a student in the Business/Management and Administration Support program. Katelynn is currently involved with the school’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) student organization along with being a member of the volleyball and basketball teams. She enjoys…

Local Students Artwork Featured at WV Capitol

Pictured from left: Cali Lucey, Dawson Hill and Ella Whiddon

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Marshall County Schools has three regional winners in the statewide Kids Kick Opioids contest: Cameron Middle & High School students Cali Lucey and Dawson Hill and Moundsville Middle School student Ella Whiddon. Their designs, aimed at promoting awareness, will be on display at the West Virginia State Capitol…

CHS CTE Students Create Mastectomy Pillows Cancer Patients

Holly Pettit, her students and WVU Medicine-Wheeling Hospital officials hold the mastectomy pillows in front of the hospital.

Holly Pettit’s Applied Design and Fashion students recently donated mastectomy pillows to the WVU Medicine Cancer Center at Wheeling Hospital. The class at Cameron High School came up with the idea for Breast Cancer Awareness Month to help bring attention to the fight against breast cancer, and to honor a fellow classmate’s mother, who recently…

Cameron High School Career & College Fair Held

Students ask a cosmetology school representative about different jobs available in the industry.

The 8th annual Cameron High School College and Career Fair took place Tuesday in the school’s gymnasium. There were more than 40 vendors at the event including representatives from colleges and universities, the Military, trades and businesses. Several post-secondary institutions were represented such as West Liberty University, West Virginia Northern Community College, Wheeling University and…

GameChanger Program Comes to Marshall County Schools

Pictured from left front row: Cameron Elementary counselor Rachel Ciccone, Cameron High School social worker Dana Schrack and Cameron Elementary principal Catherine Folmar. Back row from left: John Marshall High School principal Jason Marling, GameChanger Executive Director Joe Boczek, Cameron High School principal Wyatt O’Neil and John Marshall high School teacher Tim Jones.

Casey Storm, Director of Student Services, Federal Programs & State Assessment at Marshall County Schools, gave the Marshall County Board of Education members an overview of the GameChanger program during Tuesday evening’s BOE meeting. GameChanger is an opioid and substance misuse prevention program that partners with the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation. It’s being implemented at Cameron…

2023 CHS Homecoming Court

The 2023 King and Queen candidates are pictured from left: Cory Howard, Holden Estel, Sarah Bush, J Ross, Megan Poling, Colson Wichterman, Madison Wydra and Thaddeus Dempewolf. Photo credit: Jennifer Reynolds, Strike-A-Pose Photography

Cameron High School is pleased to announce the 2023 Homecoming Court. The 2023 CHS Homecoming Queen will be crowned during halftime of Friday’s varsity football game against Weirton Madonna High School. Kickoff is at 7:00 pm at Dragon Stadium. Queen candidates include Sarah Bush, Cory Howard, Megan Poling and Madison Wydra. The 2023 CHS Homecoming…

CHS Band Chosen WTRF – C.A. House Band of the Week

Every Friday on 7News at 5, WTRF showcases a different high school band from the Ohio Valley on the C.A. House High School Band of the Week feature. This week WTRF chose to highlight the Cameron High School Marching Band, under the direction of Christian Oliver. Click on the link below for the full story from WTRF: https://www.wtrf.com/top-stories/cameron-dragons-marching-band-ca-house-band-of-the-week/

2023-2024 Bus Routes and Schedules Released

Side view of yellow Marshall County Schools bus

Information is now available about the Marshall County Schools transportation routes for the 2023-2024 academic year. The list can be found here: http://marshall-k12.wvnet.edu/boe/marshall-county-schools-bus-routes/ or under the Links tab at the top of this page. Click on Transportation and then Bus Routes. Choose a bus number to download a schedule. If you’re not sure what bus…