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Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Monday, January 8, 2024. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay. The scheduled Board of Education work session at 9 AM has been postponed. However, the regular meeting will proceed at 10 AM.
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Reminder to Queen Ceres, King Buckwheat, escort, & Jr. Princess candidates: applications/resumes/letters of recommendation are due Wed., 1/10. Late applications will not be considered (if 1/10 is a snow day, due date moves to next school day). Questions: darby.rouzee@k12.wv.us
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Good morning and Happy New Year! Students return to school tomorrow, Wednesday, January 3, 2024.
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Public service announcement: Morgantown Volleyball Program for students age 8 - 13, begins 1/17/24. For more info email info@mylanpark.org or call 304-973-9733. To register visit http://tinyurl.com/5cc62zf5.
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This is a reminder that Preston County Schools will dismiss 2 hours early on Friday, December 22nd & students will remain on winter break until January 3rd. Preston County Schools wishes all of our families and staff a safe and wonderful holiday break.
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Join PCS over break for a reading challenge on Beanstack (in Clever); challenges for all ages, even staff! Enjoy a relaxing holiday break with lots of time for reading! https://www.beanstack.com/find-a-site. Search Preston County Schools and then select your school to begin!
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The Winter 2023 Beat of Excellence is now available online at prestoncountyschools.com under menu>district>beat of excellence>Winter 2023. The magazine includes the latest Levy Expenditures Report. Copies of the magazine will be sent home with students this week.
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Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Wednesday, December 20, 2023. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay.
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Preston County Schools will be closed today, Tuesday, December 19th. Maintenance, Mechanics, and 240-day custodians report on schedule. All additional 240-day+ employees may report on a 2-hour delay. All other employees and students do not report and all scheduled extra-curricular activities are postponed.
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Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay.
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In response to a notification by the district's food vendor (Gordon Food Service), referencing a product recall related to potential contamination with salmonella of several Quaker Oats products including Quaker Chewy Granola Bar Cookies and Cream that were distributed through the backpack food program that services multiple district schools during the month of December. Efforts are being made to remove the impacted product from any further distributions. However, please discard any recalled items that have been distributed prior to the recall notice.
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Due to anticipated winter weather conditions, Preston County Schools are cancelling all afterschool activities for tomorrow, Monday, December 18, 2023. The scheduled Board of Education Meeting at Fellowsville has been postponed and will be rescheduled. The rescheduled date and time of the meeting will be announced as soon as possible.
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Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Monday, December 11th. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay. The data meeting at Aurora will be postponed and the meeting time for the Terra Alta meeting will be shifted to 11 AM.
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Community Public Service Announcement
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There will be informational meetings for all 7th grade girls who are interested in being a junior princess in the 2024 Buckwheat Festival. The meetings will take place on Monday, December 4 and Tuesday, December 5th at 6:00 pm at the Community Building in Kingwood. You must attend one of these meetings if you would like to participate. Questions and/or concerns can be directed to darby.rouzee@k12.wv.us.
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Rowlesburg School Testing Incentive Program winners for the Fall 2023 are: Rachel Woodward, Stella McDaniel-Kosik, Isaiah Bray, and the grand prize winner for the gift certificate from our generous donor Wow Factory in Morgantown was Kinslee Hixenbaugh. These students demonstrated outstanding testing behaviors and motivation during the most recent iReady diagnostic test. We are so proud of all of our students! Keep up the good work!
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Good evening. The alternate winter bus route schedules are now posted on the Preston County Schools Website under menu, parents/students, and transportation. A direct link is https://5il.co/29tpu. Thank you.
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Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Wednesday November 29, 2023. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay.
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Preston County Schools will be closed for today, Tuesday, November 28th. Maintenance, Mechanics, and 240-day custodians report on schedule. All additional 240-day+ employees may report on a 2-hour delay. All other employees and students do not report, and all scheduled extra-curricular activities are cancelled.
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