BOARDMAN The Boardman Schools Fund for Educational Excellence has awarded 11 teacher grants for the 2020-21 school year worth more than $5,000.
The cap on the projects was $500 this year in hopes of reaching more teachers and grade levels. A total 17 teachers were awarded money, some working together on group ideas.
Wireless microphones, projectors, Chromebook charging equipment and digital reader pens are among items to help meet the growing technology needs of students. Other projects include weights, and assorted equipment for physical education and athletic needs. The grants also provided for trail cameras for middle schoolers and science activity STEM kits as well as manipulatives for hands-on exploration in the elementary grades.
sitting over here like, i don t know how to play well with others. outside on a saturday morning, a few clouds around this morning, but nothing really all that major. no raindrops on the radar just yet, though that may not be the case all weekend long. we re waiting on the sun to come up, and it s just moments away. sunrise, 6:07, i think it is this morning. just a couple more minutes away. temperatures in the upper 40s in the western suburbs to right around 50 in town. in fact, 57 at national airport. 53 in annapolis. 47 in triangle and fredericksburg. 51 in martinsburg this morning. you can get a sense on the satellite picture, some dying showers across central west virginia and a few more lingering showers in eastern ohio. put a little daytime heating in this mix, and we may be able to cook up a quick shower late this afternoon, early this evening. i think we need to focus on most of your weekend. most of today and tomorrow will be dry. that being said, there may be a
while in hiding. supporters of the 9/11 mastermind held protests and rallies across pakistan on friday. pakistan s largest islamist party called for the demonstrations. some burned flags and chanted pro-bin laden and anti-american slogans. one said, the assassination of one osama will produce many osamas in the future. some in the country say the u.s. raid on bin laden s compound is a violation of pakistani sovereignty. and the terrorist organization that bin laden founded has finally confirmed his death. in a message posted on their media website, al qaeda confirmed that bin laden has been killed in the u.s. raid and called on all muslims, especially those in pakistan, to seek revenge. the statement also allows the group to make a successor. today is national train day and while a full slate of events is planned at union station, the festivities are somewhat overshadowed this year by a possible threat to our nation s railways. news 4 s derrick ward joins us live from union
the wake of the bin laden raid, president obama came to fort campbell to privately thank and award unit medals to the navy s.e.a.l.s and army chopper pilots who pulled the mission off. on behalf of all americans and people around the world, job well done. job well done. reporter: on the web today, al qaeda finally admitted osama bin laden is dead. a crowd ofs is supporters flaeld egypt against america, a similar gathering in indonesia, pakistanis protest of the u.s. operation that killed bin laden, but u.s. commanders sent back a message that they ll continue operations here, launching a drone attack today inside pakistan against suspected terrorists. sources revealed agents of the cia watched bin laden s pakistani hideout from a building nearby. information seized here by the s.e.a.l.s revealed bin laden considered derailing a u.s. passenger train and pushed for strikes on significant dates like christmas or the 9/11 anniversary, specifically in los angeles, chicago, ne
letters, so but they re working very well and we an tis bait going through probably monday. all of the letters appear to be mailed from the dallas area. investigators say the letters include references to the fbi and al qaeda. the fbi is now working to identify a suspect and a motive. president obama is at fort campbell, kentucky, right now a about to address soldiers that have returned from deployment in afghanistan. these are pictures of fort campbell. it s home to the 101st airborne and the 160th special aviation regiment. heightly specialized helicopter teams are nicknamed the night stalkers. they routinely fly navy s.e.a.l.s and army delta force soldiers on sensitive missions. there was word that the president would meet at fort campbell with some of the special operations forces who took part on that raid on osama bin laden s compound. live pictures that afternoon from fort campbell. the president is en route and will be speaking there in a few minutes. today a