Families, are you keeping up with your reading? Here is week three's challenge. We'd love to cover our bulletin board with the student's art and learning!
Congratulations to our first group of Service Person of the Year Winners. Throughout the week, we'll be recognizing our Service, Teacher, and Coach Winners of the Year, with the county winners being named next week. These individuals were nominated by staff for going above and beyond in their roles and duties to make their workplaces and our students and staffs lives better. We appreciate all their efforts and can't thank them enough for what they do.
Whether you call them secretary, administrative assistant, or administrative professional, we appreciate all these amazing people who keep our offices, schools, and county running smoothly. We'd be lost without you all. Thank you for all you do.
Today on School Bus Driver Appreciation Day, and everyday, PCS appreciates and thanks our amazing bus drivers that get our kids to and from school and extracurriculars safely. PCS has the best. Thank you bus drivers!!!
Attention 8th grade parents: Your student discussed the transition into high school, career portfolios, and high school scheduling for their sophomore year. We completed a PEP (Personalized Education Plan) with each student that has their freshmen classes that they have already signed up for and then they need to sign up for their sophomore classes. This form will continue with them throughout high school. Please review the PEP form with your child, sign and return it to Mrs. Durst by Thursday, May 1st.
Our end of the year calendar is full! Please check out the attached calendar. In addition, there are field trips scheduled for 2nd grade May 14; Kindergarten May 16; 6th and 7th Grade May 21; and 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade May 30.
Tomorrow is our Trout Release Day! Students in grades 1st through 8th will be in the woods and next to the creek below the school. Please ensure they wear shoes suitable for this activity. In addition, the Spring Concert is tomorrow night beginning at 6:00. Doors will open at 5:30.
Happy Easter to all of our PCS Staff, Students, Families and Friends!!!
Yesterday was the first ever Scholar's Summit hosted at PHS by PHS Staff and Students, spearheaded by Colson Manko and Mrs. Katie Rush. 14 teams from 6 schools competed in the summit consisting of 6 events worth up to 700 points; Math, Science, English (Speech and Essay), Quiz Bowl, and CTE Concentration - Aurora (2), Bruceton (3), Central (3), TAEP (2), South (1), West (3).
Overall Competition Winners: (Up to 700 Points Available)
1st - West Team 1 (612.25 Points)
2nd - Central Elite (608.5 Points)
3rd - Terra Alta Talented Twizzlers (600.5 Points)
Event Winners:
Math - 1st - Bruceton Team 1 (Perfect Score)
2nd - Central Elite
3rd - Aurora Baha Quacas
Science - 1st - Bruceton Team 2 (Perfect Score)
2nd - South Preston
3rd - West Team 2
English (Speech) - 1st - West Team 1
2nd - Central Magic Mittens
3rd - Central Elite
English (Essay) - 1st - Central Magic Mittens
2nd - Central Elite
3rd - West Team 2
English (Overall) - 1st - Central Magic Mittens
2nd - Central Elite
3rd - Bruceton Team 2
Quiz Bowl - 1st - Terra Alta Talented Twizzlers
2nd - Bruceton Team 2
CTE Concentration - 1st - Central Elite
2nd - Terra Alta Talented Twizzlers
3rd - West Team 1
Just a reminder that tomorrow, Thursday the 17th, begins Spring Break for students. Students do not report back to school until Tuesday, April 22nd. Preston County Schools wants to wish everyone a nice extended holiday weekend and a Happy Easter.
🌟 We're halfway through April's Reading Challenge! So much reading has been accomplished as we head into Spring Break! 📖✨ Take this time to cozy up with a great book or listen to an audiobook. Don't forget to log your reading time in Beanstack! Staff, this includes you! Can we see your school at the top of the leaderboard when we return? Let us know your favorite book to read this break! 📚💬 #PCSREADS #BEANSTACK
Today marks the first-ever Preston County Scholar Summit, an academic competition designed to offer a new academic opportunity for middle school students. Several teams from all Preston County middle schools will compete in bracket-style academic contests throughout the day for the summit, which aims to provide middle school students with a chance to engage in teamwork, collaboration, and social development . We will be live streaming events throughout the day on Facebook (PCS Page), beginning with the Welcome at 10:00. Tune in to Facebook throughout the day to see students compete in English, Science, Math, Quiz Bowl, and a CTE concentration. The Quiz Bowl Finals and Awards will be this evening.
Aurora School will be having a planned evacuation drill on April 28th. Students will bring home the emergency evacuation drill notification today or tomorrow with additional information. You can also find the notification on our school website and Facebook page.
Pastries are sorted and ready to be picked up now. If you arrive after 2:25 please park in the middle parking lot. Thank you!
Upcoming Important Dates relating to days off or early dismissals:
May Menus:
You will notice multiple cook's choice days, which will also be each day in June, so no menus will go out for June as all are cook's choice. Cook's choice are used to either be efficient with inventory to limit on waste, or to try new items, or bring back old favorites. You will also notice that there are two "pre-packaged" days. These shelf stable meals will be tested by students, with a survey for students to follow. In the future, these will be utilized for field trips, brain freeze days and emergencies when there may not be staffing. These meals DO meet USDA school lunch requirements. If utilized more in the coming years, on those days, schools will still also provide salad bars, or other supplemental items. As always, if any questions or concerns as it relates to school meals, please direct those to Justin Hough, Director of Child Nutrition and Wellness, at jhough@k12.wv.us.
At this time, internet and phone services are down at all district schools and central office. Frontier has advised that this is a wide-spread issue in WV and another state. We have not been provided with an eta on a restoration of service. We apologize for the inconvenience.
A parent survey went home with the most recent report cards. If you didn't receive it, the link is listed below, and we would ask that all parents take the time to fill this out. Also, the deadline to request a summer workbook is April 11th.
https://prestoncs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_42fZw38dp2eR7vg
Reminder: The Preston County Board of Education will receive sealed bids until 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 for mowing grass, trimming and weed eating all common areas at the following locations:
Schools: Aurora, Bruceton, Fellowsville, Kingwood Elementary, Preston High (to include the football field), Rowlesburg, South Preston, Terra Alta/East Preston, Central Preston Middle and West Preston
The service you are bidding will be on an as-needed basis, per mowing request. Mowing will be done only after communication with the Preston County Schools Maintenance Supervisor, Matt Murray, or his designee.
***Contractors must submit bids for all locations***
Please submit bids for the individual locations per mowing, trimming and weed eating, for a contact period of one year along with a valid WV Business License and proof of liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 with your bid to Preston County Schools, 731 Preston Drive, Kingwood, WV 26537. All work shall be in accordance with instructions provided by the Preston County Schools Maintenance Department (304-329-0580, ext. 3231).
The Preston County Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and waive any informality in the bidding.
Families, per school policy students must be in attendance at least a 1/2 day of school to participate in athletic contest and practices on days school is in session. This is in the student handbook that is given out at the beginning of the school year and is located on our school website.