Congratulations to the Preston County School Winners at the WV State Social Studies Fair.
Preston County Schools announces nominations for Teacher of the Year and Service Personnel of the Year. Winners will be surprised sometime this week. We will go live on Facebook to show you, our winners.
Kingwood Elementary School PTA would like to thank everyone that supported the drive-thru spaghetti dinner on Friday night. There are a few quarts of sauce left for sale $10 a quart. First come first serve. See Kim in the mai office.
Kingwood Elementary would like to congratulate those students who placed at the WV State Social Studies Fair on Friday!
1st Place: Myla Zinn and Evelyn Jennings, John Shrout and Jaden Stemple
2nd Place: Owen Shaffer and Zeeden Carpenter
3rd Place: Naomi Sypolt and Sareena Jones, Grace Estep
Tomorrow marks the final 4 weeks of school! These last days are important, and to encourage students to be present ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, KES will be drawing ONE LUCKY WINNER to join their homeroom teacher on a $50 Walmart Shopping Spree on May 25th! Each day, students who arrive and leave ON TIME will have their names put into the drawing. The more days you are present, the more chances you will have to WIN! Good luck, and we look forward to seeing EVERYONE from 7:35 to 2:20 tomorrow!
If a student misses school, for one or more days, the student must submit an excuse from his/her parent or guardian to their homeroom teacher stating the reason for the absence. The homeroom teacher will send the reason to the school secretary to record the reason in WVEIS.
Notes must be submitted within three (3) school days of the student's return.
The link to the PCS Parent Excuse Form can be found at the following link: https://www.prestoncountyschools.com/page/attendance1.
KES Families: Please remember that our dismissal time is 2:20PM DAILY. After 1:45PM, students will need to either be picked up on the Fireman's Field or at the Hotdog Stand as Price Street Walkers. ONLY 18 DAYS TO GO...Let's make them count!
Preston County School's Calendar for the 22-23 School Year has been approved. Here is a link to the to the calendar. We are also going to have a staggered start like we have in the past. https://5il.co/19hxk. We sure to download our app and/or check out our webpage.
Adults $10
Children $7
includes spaghetti, bread, salad, and dessert
Congratulations to Grace Estep, Madilyn Collins, Gemma Reed, Paddon DeBerry, and Johnnie McCrobie! They are the lucky winners of a Target gift card from our Pre-Spring Break attendance drawing! These students arrived at school ON TIME on Thursday, 4/14, and left AT 2:20PM DISMISSAL…You will receive your prizes tomorrow!
We can’t wait to see everyone back and ready to learn at Kingwood Elementary at 7:35 tomorrow morning!
All 4th Grade students will participate in a 45-minute math fluency test on 4/21. This test is a great opportunity to practice for the end of year test in May. The test is part of a math research study for Educational Testing Service (ETS). No individual student information will be collected. Students will need their laptops and chargers at school on 4/19 to get ready for the test. We have a great partnership with ETS and if you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to call Mrs. Zeigler at KES.
KES is excited to announce that we have earned recognition as a WVPBIS Tier I Model School! We ARE the Kingwood Stags, and Stags STOMP!!!!
KES would like to formally announce and congratulate our 2021-2022 Teacher and Service Personnel of the Year! The honors go to Mrs. Diana Hayes, Fourth Grade Teacher, and Mr. Danny DeWitt, Custodian. Thank you both for your hard work and dedication to our students!
Congratulations to Miss Kylie's Gatorade Students of the Month for March! These students are being recognized for outstanding leadership, teamwork, and sportsmanship in Wellness Class.
Calling all 2nd grade families: We still need cans/ bottles of tomato juice for our spaghetti dinner. Please send to school by 4/14/22!!
WV General Summative testing dates for grades 3-8
Central Preston - May 2-5, 2022
All other schools May 9, 11-13, 2022.
Just a reminder there will be no school on Friday, April 15th and on Monday, April 18th.
Attention Families! April is the Month of the Military Child! To show our support for military families, KES will wear purple on Thursday, April 14th. Send or post your best "Purple Up" pictures with hashtags #WVNGCYP #NGCYS22 #CommonGroundWV.
Tickets for the Drive-through Spaghetti Dinner (4/29/22) are ON SALE NOW! Adults are $10, Children are $7. Put your cash or check made payable to KES PTA in an envelope with a note as to how many adults and how many children's tickets. We will send your tickets home with your child.
You can also stop by the main office and purchase tickets from Mrs. Lansberry.
Preston County Schools is accepting applications for substitute cooks, custodians, and aides through the end of the week. Interested applicants need to visit the job posting site at https://prestonboe.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx
In addition, the required classes and testing for each of these jobs are scheduled for this week with the class for custodians beginning at 8 AM and for cooks at 10 AM at the BOE Boardroom on Thursday, April 7th. The class for aides is scheduled to begin at 8 AM at the BOE on Friday, April 8th.
If you have any questions, please contact the personnel office at (304) 329-0580 at extensions 225 or 238.
