Bruceton School

Middle School Students will be turning in their BARK Cards on Tuesday, May 26th. Please make sure your child has the appropriate parent signatures in order to attend the last reward.

There will be a parent meeting tomorrow, Thursday, May 21st at 6:30 in the cafeteria for parents of those students interested in playing middle school girls basketball next year. This meeting will discuss summer flex practices.

MS Boys Squires Soccer - There will be a meeting for any middle schooler interested in playing for the  Boys Squires Soccer Team next season on the youth soccer field by the Buckwheat Express building on Tuesday, May 26th at 6:00P.

4th grade is expected to arrive back at Bruceton School from their field trip at approximately 5:00pm.

Today was an enjoyable day of competition for our 5th graders who participated in the Brittany Foley Thomas Memorial 5th Grade Track & Field Challenge. Bruceton took home first in both the girls and boys team standings, and the event saw some previous event records shattered. Congrats to all of our winners and participants, continued thanks for the continued support of this event, and thanks to Paul Martin and all of his hard-working volunteers and staff to make today such a success for our students. When asked, many 5th graders allude to this being a highlight of their 5th grade year.

At this time, phone and internet service are down at all district schools and the central office. This issue is suspected to be at WVNet and has been reported to technology officials with the WV Department of Education and our internet provider (Prodigi). We do not yet have an estimated time for restoration of service but are working with the WVDE to expedite this as soon as possible. Updates will be provided once service has been restored. Thank you for your patience.

A huge thank you to Woodmen of the World for their donation of hygiene and other supplies for our classrooms! Thank you for your continued support! #SchoolOfChampions #GoodThingsHappenHere

Communications Issue - We are currently experiencing delays in our call system and text messages going out, as our vendor, Apptegy, has said there's a "traffic" back-up currently with their system that they are diligently working to restore. For the remainder of today, in case of bus announcements, which Bruceton has one, please check your schools individual Facebook Page or the Live Feed on the PCS App.

What an incredible season for the Bruceton Bulldogs Track Team! 🎉 They wrapped up at the Harry Green Invitational (the unofficial state meet for middle school) with multiple school records and big performances:

Noah Belanger — 1st in the 200m, school record 24.50, provisional New Balance Nationals time; 3rd in the 100m

Tyler Parks — 2nd in the mile, school record 4:46, qualifies for New Balance Nationals in both the mile and 2-mile

Girls shuttle hurdle relay, Sadie Williamson, Kelsey Jenkins, Mila Peddicord, Avery Gibson — 8th, school record 46.70

Eli Parker — 7th in the 3200m

Brooke Smith — 12th, Colleen Eisentrout — 17th in the 1600m

Grace Losh — 16th in the 800m (PR 2:50)

Girls 4x800 (Colleen Eisentrout, Kelsey Jenkins, Grace Losh, Brooke Smith) — 10th

Silas Ringer — 25th Shot Put, 18th Discus

Sadie Williamson placed 17th in the 100 meter hurdles.

Mila Peddicord placed 18th in the 100 meter hurdles.

Avery Gibson placed 13th in the 200 meter hurdles.

Kelsey Jenkins placed 17th in the 200 meter hurdles.

It’s been an outstanding season full of hard work, PRs, and school records. 🐾🥇🏃♂️🏃♀️

#SchoolOfChampions
#GoodThingsHappenHere

From the Preston County Schools' Bus Garage: Bus 80-17, Dawn Stemple, will NOT be running this evening, Monday, May 18th. Students who normally ride that bus will be delivered home approximately 45 minutes late by Stephanie Hamilton's bus. If you wish to change your child to a parent pick-up, please call the school at 304-379-2593.

EOY Laptop and iPad Collections:

Laptops and iPads will be collected starting tomorrow. The schedule is posted below.
Make sure your students bring their chargers and cases to school with their devices on collection day.

Tuesday, May 19: Kingwood Grades K-4. South Grades K-8.
Wednesday, May 20: Bruceton Grades 5 and 8. Aurora Grades K-4 and 6-7.
Thursday, May 21: Bruceton Grades K-4 and 6-7. Central Grades 5-8.
Friday, May 22: Terra Alta/East Preston Grades K-2 and 4-5. West Preston Grades K-8
Tuesday, May 26: Terra Alta/East Preston Grades 3 and 6-8. Aurora Grades 5 and 8.

The Rowlesburg Opportunity Center will notify their students when to turn in their devices.

Virtual Students should turn in devices to Autumn Sheets or Dani Kelley at the Board Office before May 29.

Preston High School students will turn in their devices in Room 161 immediately following their last final.
Students who are exempt from finals should turn in devices on their last day.

Bruceton Water Update - Water was restored to the entire building by 10:50 AM. Prior to restoration, bottled water was delivered to accommodate each student, as well as additional water was on site if needed for bathrooms.

Bruceton Water Disruption - This morning Bruceton School was notified by PSD 4 of a water disruption occurring between 9-11AM. This will not disrupt lunch service and bottled water is being delivered for the students, just in case there are continued issues after it's back on, as well as additional water for the bathrooms.

Today, we recognize and celebrate National Speech-Language Pathologist Day and extend our sincere appreciation to the dedicated SLPs who support students across PCS.

Speech-Language Pathologists play a vital role in helping students develop the communication skills they need to succeed—academically, socially, and emotionally.

Through assessment, targeted intervention, and collaboration with families and school teams, SLPs support students in building skills in speech, language, literacy, social communication, and more.

This afternoon we celebrated two members of our Bulldog family who are getting married this summer! Congratulations to Miss Walsh and Miss Neff! Our staff presented them with two types of cake this afternoon. #SchoolOfChampions #GoodThingsHappenHere

Any middle school boys or girls basketball player who still has their uniform needs to turn it into the office ASAP.

Tomorrow, students in grades 3-8 will take the English/language arts component of the West Virginia General Summative Assessment. It's important for students to be on time to school as state testing rules do not allow late students to begin testing once testing has begun. Please make sure that your child eats breakfast and gets a good night's sleep. Students also need to make sure their laptops are fully charged. While we want our students to do their best on the test, we understand that this test is just one snapshot in time of their abilities.

You can order yearbooks online now. Log on to www.ybpay.com and use the Yearbook ID Code: 15170126
The deadline to order is June 5th. If you have any questions, contact Mr. Fischer at scott.fischer@k12.wv.us