Today, Friday, April 12th, bus 62-15 Carla Knotts for Kingwood Elementary, Central Preston, and Preston High will run 45 minutes late.
Results for Preston County from the WV State Social Studies Fair - there were six first place, two second place, five third place, one honorable mention, and four students did not place.
First place: Bentley Dalton & Maeley Hayes, Kinsley Dixon, Lane Graham, and Carter Garbart, Addison Plum & Abby Metz, Grace Estep, Molly Hoffman, and Myla Zinn
Second place: Taryn Sullivan & Zachary McNair
Third place: Isabelle Deberry & Rylee Bolyard, Madison Cook & Marvin Feather, Ayla Fasouletos, Bristol Bolyard & Colton Sanders, Audrey Britton, Jathen Arnold, and Deseree Newland
Honorable Mention: Kadence Phares & Sarah Dew
In attendance: Ava Waters, Jade Busselman, Peyton Shaffer, Mariah Legeer and Landon Griffith
Board of Education recognitions from Monday 4/8/24:
College Board's National Rural & Small-Town Recognition: Adam Davis, Jessica Harned, Kaden Hayes, Noah Humphrey, Lyndsay Kitchen, Donald Parks, Hallie Simmons, Joseph Street, Ethan White, and Kadence Whitehair.
College Board's National First-Generation achievement: Bryson Evans, Jessica Harned, Hallie Hartsell, Noah Humphrey, Harley Mersing, Johnny Michaels, Dillion Moore, and Ira Shaffer.
WV Skills USA Competition: PHS Electrical students - Bryson Evans & Cole Trickett (Evans won first place overall and Trickett finished third place overall).
Preston County WV State Science Fair Winners & Qualifiers:
Levi Yoder (1st place), PHS; Jacob Heubi (1st place), Bruceton School; Scarlett Hayes (1st place), CPMS; Ethan White (2nd place), PHS; Aubrey Welch & Kylee Barr (2nd place), CPMS; Emma Goodrich (2nd place), CPMS; Katelyn Gribble (qualifier), SPS; Branson Roth (qualifier), Aurora School; Donald Parks (qualifier), PHS; Rick Deal (qualifier), PHS; Reese Stratton (qualifier), CPMS.
During the 4/8/24 meeting of the Preston County Board of Education, the Board was presented with the proposed 2024-25 academic calendar developed by a committee of 17 professional & service personnel employees. This meeting was the first of two required public hearings. The next public hearing is scheduled on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at the PCS Boardroom at 6 PM.
The calendar is available for review on the scrolling marquee on the PCS website & is also available at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/4vapt9m9.
Public comment on the calendar can be emailed to Brad Martin at brrmarti@k12.wv.us. The deadline for submission of public comment is Thursday, April 18, 2024.
Mountaineer Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry Food Giveaway, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, from 11 am - 12:30 pm (while supplies last), at the Preston County Civic Center, 311 Tunnelton Street, Kingwood, WV. Please enter through Buckwheat Festival Fairgrounds on S. Price Street.
This is just a reminder that there will be a change in procedures for TODAY for Parent-Pick-Up and Price Street Walkers. Parent Pick-Up and Price Street Walkers will dismiss from the GYM Tthis afternoon with families retrieving their children at the door(s).
There will be a change in procedures for Monday, April 8th, for Parent-Pick-Up and Price Street Walkers.
Parent Pick-Up and Price Street Walkers will dismiss from the GYM on this day with families retrieving their children at the door(s).
Kingwood Elementary would like to thank Kim Liston and Preston Memorial Hospital for participating in our March Family Fun Night! Kim completed a demonstration with Kool-aid that educated students on the function of blood, blood components, and the need for blood. This educational opportunity paired VERY WELL with our math-based activities!
KES is partnering with the American Red Cross and Preston Memorial Hospital for a blood drive on Tuesday, April 9th at the Kingwood Community Building. The drive will run from 12:00 PM – 6:00PM. Register today at redcrossblood.org.
During the solar eclipse on Monday, there will be both indoor and outdoor supervised grade level sessions to commemorate this historic event at KES. Indoor verses outdoor viewing will be dependent upon students' age and abilities to follow directions as well as staff comfort level and access to appropriate materials. Indoor sessions will take place in homerooms and the eclipse will be viewed live on smartboards. Outdoor sessions will be utilizing safety glasses and be supervised by homeroom teachers. If you do NOT want your child to participate in an OUTDOOR activity, please contact the school at 304-329-1034 by 12:00PM on Monday, April 8th. In addition,
Parent Pick-Up and Price Street Walkers will dismiss from the gym on this day with families retrieving their children at the door(s).
It's time for a new Beanstack Reading Challenge Preston County! Grab a good book and Hop into Reading. Read, log your minutes, finished books and activities to complete this challenge. This challenge is open to all staff and students. Remember the school with the most minutes per student logged will be the champions. All students who receive the completed badge in this challenge will be awarded a Brag tag. Watch the video to see how to earn badges and how to log your reading into Beanstack. Will your school be the Spring Champion? Hop into reading challenge.MOV
Congratulations to Fellowsville for winning the Preston County Snowball Fight Beanstack reading challenge! They got to enjoy a snowball fight in the gym and their PE class gets to keep the snowballs. Fellowsville also gets to keep the Beanstack Champion Trophy until another school wins a challenge.
Monday, April 8, 2024 will be a regular instructional day. Additional information on the eclipse is displayed below.
April is the Month of the Military Child. Kingwood Elementary is a Purple Star Award recipient. The Purple Star Award is a designation assigned to schools which display a special commitment to supporting military children and their families. KES wishes to recognize our military-connected students. If your child has an immediate family member who is actively involved or has had recent involvement with any branch of our nation's military, please complete this form. All responses will be sent directly to KES school counselor, Crystal Pell. Please reach out with any questions to cpell@k12.wv.us. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fr%2FiT2iBJWBUJ&data=05%7C02%7Cspeaslee%40k12.wv.us%7C6f0fa51b4cd24dfcd1dd08dc558c3d70%7Ce019b04b330c467a8bae09fb17374d6a%7C0%7C0%7C638479308021443325%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=J85V2z8biC1XHxbdXfyGqCMmrqR0gFg%2F1EabumdiWqA%3D&reserved=0
KES is partnering with the American Red Cross and Preston Memorial Hospital for a blood drive on Tuesday, April 9th at the Kingwood Community Building. The drive will run from 12:00 PM – 6:00PM. There will be 40 pint size prizes given out at the drive for students who have blood donors associated with them as well as an incentive for the homeroom bringing in the most donations during the event! Register today at redcrossblood.org.
Kingwood Elementary kicked off the final grading period of the school year with a Math in Motion Family Fun Night on March 27th. Featured sessions included Josh Grant and Assistant, Julie Craig, WVDE Math in Motion, PCS Instructional Coaches, Preston Memorial Hospital, and the Red Cross. When caretakers engage in learning alongside of their children, the value of education becomes crystal clear! Thank you, EVERYONE, for helping our children grow!
Brain Freeze Protocols
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow Thursday, April 4, 2024. Maintenance, mechanics, and custodians report on a regular schedule. Students and all other staff will report on a 2-hour delay.
We hope that everyone has had a wonderful, relaxing Spring Break with their families! Ask your child about the Peep STEM activity that classes partook in priorto our mini vacation! Thanks to our STEAM Team, students had the opportunity to hypothesize, make observations, and reflect about the effect(s) different types of water would have on these springtime marshmallow favorites! What fun will we come up with next? Be on time and on target for success TOMORROW and find out!
Congratulations to Miss Kylie's Gatorade Students of the Month for March! These students are being recognized for demonstrating outstanding sportsmanship, teamwork, and leadership in wellness class!
Our Masked Readers were unveiled on Wednesday evening! Thanks to everyone who came out and joined us! We hope you've enjoyed this experience as much as we have, and look forward to bringing this to you again next year!
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