Open House at Preston High School will be held on 8/23/23 from 4pm to 6pm. An orientation for parents of freshmen and new students will be held at 5pm. Come out and meet your child's new teachers and get to know Preston High!
Preston County Schools Student Support Services encourages families to be safe online. Know what apps your students are using and be cautious.
SNAPCHAT: Does your child use Snapchat? It's a popular app with teenagers used for creating multimedia messages referred to as "snaps" that consist of a photo or a short video, and can be edited to include filters and effects, text captions, and drawings. While the premise behind the app seems innocent, it can lead to problems if used inappropriately. With school about to start, be sure you are up to speed on all that snapshot offers (good and bad).
Snapchat offers extra protections for 13-to-17-year-olds, including requiring teens to be mutually connected or in their respective phone contacts before they can start communicating.
Please follow the links below to learn more about tools parents can access to learn more about Snapchat safety:
➡️Snap has a set of in-app parental tools called Family Center. The goal of these tools is to help parents get insight into how their teens are using Snapchat, including who they are communicating with and what public content they are viewing. https://values.snap.com/safety/family-center
➡️Easily report concerning accounts to Snap’s 24/7 Trust and Safety team. You can learn more here: https://values.snap.com/safety/safety-reporting
➡️Here is a list of important actions to help protect your teens on Snapchat.
❗️FAMILY AND FRIENDS ONLY: Tell your teen to only invite and accept Friends on Snapchat if they are friends in real life or family members. Encourage them to check their Friends List regularly to make sure they still want to be in touch with each friend.
❗️LOCATION AND PRIVACY SETTINGS: Talk to your teen about their location and privacy settings. At Snapchat, privacy settings are turned on by default, so people can only see the things you want to share, for as long as you want to share them.
❗️IN-APP REPORTING: Make sure your teen knows how to use our in-app reporting tools and that we don’t tell Snapchatters who reported them. These reports go directly to our 24/7 Trust and Safety team to investigate and take appropriate action. We also offer reporting tools on our website for those who don’t use Snapchat – which any parent can easily use.
❗️THINK BEFORE YOU SEND: Remind your teen that, as with sharing anything online, it’s important to be really careful about sending anyone – even a partner or close friend – personal or sensitive images and information. Snaps and Chats may delete by default, but there are ways to capture images from a phone or other device without a person’s consent. This is true despite Snapchat sending a notification in some instances when a screenshot is taken.
❗️JOIN FAMILY CENTER: Make sure you and your teen are signed up for Snapchat’s Family Center.
Preston County Youth Center (PCYC) Announcement: School starts Monday 8/21/23 and so does the after school enrichment program at PCYC. This is a limited enrollment, free program for those that qualify, operated by experienced volunteers, Monday - Friday, 2:30 pm - 6 pm. Parents or guardians need to register at PCYC and get a bus transfer slip from their school or the Preston County Schools Bus Garage (county school bus transportation is limited to West Preston School and Preston High School). Donations are always appreciated. Please stop by PCYC at 87 VIP Drive, Masontown, WV or call Glenn Larew at 304-288-3259.
Preston County Schools will host Open House/Back to School Nights between August 17 and August 24 (dates and times vary by schools). Please visit your school's website or Preston County Schools website News or Events sections for specific school details.
This message is for students/families in the Bruceton area. Due to increased enrollment, the Bruceton bus run that was scheduled to be cut will be reinstated. The new Bruceton bus schedules will be posted on the BOE website today by 3 pm at https://5il.co/w5vz.
The 2023 - 2024 Evening Shuttle Bus Schedule is now posted online at https://5il.co/xi56. Shuttle bus service begins Wednesday, August 16th.
Enrolled virtual students: check your Schoology messages. Orientation is required and will be held August 16, 5 - 7 pm in the county office board room (directly behind PHS). Students will complete paperwork, cybersecurity training, pick up their device, and begin classes.
We look forward to welcoming our students and families back to Preston High! Please see the attached images for our back-to-school staggered start schedule.
Attention PHS Student Drivers:
Parking permit applications and fees will be collected on Wednesday, 8/9/23, from 1pm to 8pm and on Thursday, 8/10/23, from 1pm to 8pm at Preston High School. The application is available in the main office at PHS or online at https://5il.co/1cwvd . Thank you!
Preston County Schools (PCS) will begin welcoming back students on Monday, August 21, 2023. The staggered start schedule is available on the PCS website at https://bit.ly/3qgdttO. The 23 24 School Calendar is also posted on the PCS website at https://bit.ly/3rZ5YIb. And finally, bus schedules are also now posted on the PCS website available at https://www.prestoncountyschools.com/page/transportation. We look forward to seeing all students and staff very soon!
Summer athletic shuttle bus service for Preston High School student-athletes begins on Monday, July 31st through Tuesday August 15th. Buses deliver students to PHS at approximately 3:30 PM and depart PHS at 8:00 PM. A posted schedule that provides the driver's name, bus number, pick up points and departure and arrival times is posted on the Preston County Schools and PHS websites under the news section. Please contact the transportation department with any questions at (304) 329-2524.
PCS Virtual Learning Application https://5il.co/1eqfc
Deadline: August 4 2023
Contact: Dani Kelley
Email: drkelley@k12.wv.us
Telephone: 304-329-0580 Ext. 228
https://tinyurl.com/yw29vvx8 Link to P-EBT page with all the information that you need.
2023 P-EBT benefits will be available on June 12 2023. Please call 866.545.6502 for questions or concerns related to P-EBT. The county and school offices cannot help you with questions.
https://tinyurl.com/yd8eepek 7th and 12th grade students for the 23/24 school year are required to have up to date vaccines. Please send documentation. to the school nurse once school starts in the fall.
https://tinyurl.com/yd8eepek 7th and 12th grade students for the 23/24 school year are required to have up to date vaccines. Please send documentation. to the school nurse once school starts in the fall.
FREE SUMMER MEALS
MEAL LOCATION SITES
AURORA SCHOOL
June 12 - July 14 Monday-Friday
Breakfast: 8:00-9:00 Lunch: 11:30-12:30
BRUCETON SCHOOL
June 12 - July 14 Monday-Friday
Breakfast: 8:00-9:00 Lunch: 11:30-12:30
WEST PRESTON SCHOOL
June 12 - July 14 Monday-Friday
Breakfast: 8:00-9:00 Lunch: 11:30-12:30
CENTRAL PRESTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
June 12 - July 28 Monday-Friday
Breakfast: 8:00-9:45 Lunch: 11:30-12:45
ALL SITES CLOSED
June 19, June 20, July 3, July 4
The Preston High School Graduation Ceremony will proceed as scheduled today @ 7:30 PM & will occur outdoors at Knights Stadium. If you are unable to attend the event, it will be available via Mountain Digital Hometown WV@ https://www.youtube.com/cable7 or Prodigi- Channel 10.
Important information for seniors and their families.
Seniors: If one of your guests needs handicapped parking at graduation, you must fill out this form by May 12, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
https://tinyurl.com/phs23park
The following is an update on after-school and other extracurricular activities. Little Learners is cancelled at all locations, there will be no athletic practices at Preston High School and the status of the girls' lacrosse game will be communicated by the coaching staff, at Central Preston track practice is cancelled and pitchers and catchers for the softball team will practice in the Gym from 4:30 - 5:30 PM, at Terra Alta / East Preston there will be no athletic practices, but the Book to Movie event will proceed at 5:30 PM in the gym, at Bruceton the track team will practice at the school from 4-5 PM and the status of softball practice will be communicated by the coaching staff, at West there will be no track practice and the softball team will practice in the gym at 5 PM, finally at Aurora there will be no practice sessions or events at the school.