TEN YEARS AGO: NEW $8.8 MILLION ARNOLDSBURG SCHOOL DEDICATION - "The Dream Unfolds"

(12/16/2023)

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The $8.8 million dollar Arnoldsburg Elementary School will be dedicated Friday, Dec. 13, with the dedication ceremony to be held in the new school gym starting at 1:30 p.m.

An open house tour of the facility will be available to parents and the public starting at 1 p.m. and tours will be offered after the dedication ceremony, according to Calhoun Superintendent Roger Propst.

"I encourage everyone to come out and see this beautiful new facility," said Propst.

Money to build the new school was approved by Calhoun taxpayers, with funding from the WV School Building Authority.

The school is officially scheduled to open for students on Thursday, January 2, 2014; the first day back to school after the Christmas holidays.

Dr. Mark Manchin, Executive Director of the West Virginia School Building Authority, will deliver keynote remarks during the ceremony.

DEDICATION PROGRAM

National Anthem - Autumn Blair, Calhoun High School Senior

Invocation - Reverend Shelly Mace

Musical Medley - Arnoldsburg Elementary School Students

Pledge of Allegiance - Allison Brannon, Fourth Grade Student

Welcome - Jeannie Bennett, Principal

Opening Remarks - Roger Propst, Superintendent Calhoun County Schools; Mr. Stephen Whited, President Calhoun Board of Education

Remarks - Dr. Mark Manchin, Executive Director West Virginia School Building

Authority PowerPoint - "The Dream Unfolds"

Closing Remarks - Roger Propst, Superintendent

Open House Tours

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