Thursday, November 27, 2014
50 Cents Volume 116 Issue 47
The West Virginia State Fire Marshal is investigating the fire that destoryed A-Z Primitives and the historic Christmas house.
Officials investigate cause of Milton fire
By Amanda Smythers amanda@theputnamstandard.com
Junior Ryan Sutphin and senior Sarah Sturgill’s infectious smiles beamed at the crowd from center stage during the Rhythm in Red, the CMHS show choir, academy expo performance.
Midland showcases classes By Amanda Smythers amanda@theputnamstandard.com The Cabell Midland High School Academic and Career Academy welcomed the 2015 freshmen class with a night filled with academy demonstrations. From culinary arts to health sciences, and from fine arts to natural resources, future Knights and their parents were able to get an up close and personal look at the academy options they have before they register for classes.
“Last year we had a lot of parents when they came in to register their kids for the coming year as ninth graders told us that they wished they had known a little bit more about the classes that we offer here at Cabell Midland before they had to fill the form out,” said Principal Kelly Daniels. “So we came up with the idea of a career academy expo and to show all of the different programs and academies we offer here at Cabell Midland High School. That’s what you see here this See Academies, Page 7
A nighttime fire that destroyed A-Z Primitives, the historic Christmas house next door and damaged a neighbor’s house is under investigation by the West Virginia State Fire Marshal. “You’re talking about a big building,” said Mark Lambert, public affairs officer for the State Fire Marshal. “There are plenty of follow up interviews to do and information to trace down. I’ve seen [investigations] last
a month and I’ve seen them go a year before. It just depends. Right now it’s pretty much all up in the air.” According to Cpl. Dean Bishop of the Milton Police Department he received the call about the fire at 11:52 p.m. He responded to the department and 15 minutes later, 12:04 a.m., arrived on scene. In addition to serving the police department Bishop is also a member of the Milton Volunteer Fire Department. “When I was driving to the fire staSee Fire, Page 3
Cabell ‘Flips the classroom’ By Amanda Smythers amanda@theputnamstandard.com The Cabell County Board of Education received a donation of 45 iPad minis to assist schools in running a Flip the Classroom pilot program aimed at enhancing student learning in the home. Barboursville Middle and Huntington and Cabell Midland High Schools were each awarded 15 iPad minis by the Marshall University Harless Center, which received funding in turn from the Women’s Educational Forum. The iPads will be given to teachers whose classrooms are participating in Flip the Classroom pilot program.
“Flip the classroom allows teachers to make simple, low tech videos of content,” said Steve Beckelhimer, a representative from the Harless Center. “It flips those processes around so that kids can do the basic learning at home and when they come to class, teachers can do the things they don’t have time to because they’re too busy doing data dump on these kids’ brains.” Beckelhimer said this program is being piloted in Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln and Mason counties and differs from using online videos because the teachers are actually seen in action. This, he said, See Classroom, Page 4