Attention 8th grade parents:
Friday, your child scheduled for high school courses for their freshmen year with the high school counselor. Please review the pre-registration form that your child completed today that was sent home with them. Once it is completed, both your child and you need to sign this form and return it to Mrs. Durst by Friday, February 18th. If you have any questions, please call the school counselor at the school! Thank you!
With today being a Brain Freeze Day and being a curricular day, extra-curricular activities may proceed based on improving road conditions. Setup for the County Social Studies Fair will proceed as scheduled from 5-7 PM at the Craig Civic Center. The scheduled Preston High boys' & girls' basketball games will proceed as scheduled as well. In addition, all other high school or middle school athletic teams may practice this evening with practice schedules and times being communicated by individual coaches. However, shuttle buses will not run today. Finally, no ASE activities will occur at district schools this evening.
Preston County Schools will be closed for today, Monday, February 14th, & it’s a “Brain Freeze” day. Students do not report; however, all staff who have not yet reported will report on a 2-hour delay. Students & parents should check their Schoology or Seesaw accounts for assignments. Additional details on Brain Freeze days can be found at the following link: https://5il.co/14g0f. Project setup for the County Social Studies Fair will proceed tonight from 5-7 PM. Finally, the status of other extracurricular activities will be announced later today.
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for today, Monday, February 14th. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, and all other students and staff will report on a 2-hour delay.
Please fill out the form at this link if you can volunteer on March 30th at the school:
https://forms.office.com/r/kNrpW2Dzyq
The Barnhill Animal Preserve will be coming to do a FREE animal show and learning experience for our students on Wednesday, February 16th in the morning. There will be two shows, with grade levels being split to allow for adequate spacing and less noise for the animals. Students must have a permission slip to attend. Those were sent home today, with Pre-K coming home Monday. These need to be returned by Tuesday and absolutely at the latest, first thing Wednesday. Students have the option to purchase photos with the two animals or additional items, but this is not required. Please return the permission slips, along with money, if you're choosing to purchase. Any questions, please contact the school.
Here is the link to the weekly COVID list for Friday, February 11, 2022. https://5il.co/15jbs Masks will be required for all at Central Preston Middle School , Kingwood Elementary, Rowlesburg School, South Preston School and Terra Alta/East Preston School for the week of February 14th. Masks will be optional in all other buildings for the week of February 14th, 2022. As a result of a Federal Mandate, Masks must be worn on all buses until the mandate has been lifted
TAEP PTO wants to show some love to our Pre-K- 5th grade students. We are having a Valentine's Dance tomorrow, February 11th from 6-8 in the school cafeteria. Admission is free and each student will receive a coupon at the door good for one piece of pizza, a bottle of water and a sweet treat. Additional drinks will be available for purchase. We will also have drawings for Prince and Princess for each grade level. We hope to see you there!
In order to honor and better serve the needs of families with a guardian or other family member in the military, we have created this form to allow guardians to report the status of military family members. Please answer all questions to the best of your ability. Your responses will be delivered to the Preston County Schools Information Systems Department, which will keep your responses confidential, only sharing them with the individuals who have a duty to know. Please direct questions to Brad Martin at brrmarti@k12.wv.us or Darla Moyers at darla.moyers@k12.wv.us
https://forms.office.com/r/K2TWGjvp5L
Here is the link to the weekly COVID list for Friday, February 4, 2022. https://5il.co/1574o Masks will be required for all at Central Preston Middle School , Kingwood Elementary and Terra Alta/East Preston School for the week of February 7th. Masks will be optional in all other buildings for the week of February 7th, 2022. As a result of a Federal Mandate, Masks must be worn on all buses until the mandate has been lifted.
Correction, the Girls’ Basketball game at East is Saturday, not tomorrow.
Tomorrow’s Girls’ Basketball game of TAEP and South will occur at 12:15. There will only be a girls’ game. With there only being one game, there will be no concessions available, and students will get in Free, with parents cost being $5. Again, the game is now at 12:15 at East.
Preston County Schools will be closed for tomorrow, Friday, February 4th for a scheduled staff development. Due to impending winter weather, all scheduled extracurricular activities for Friday are cancelled. School-affiliated activities scheduled for Saturday, February 5th will tentatively proceed after 11 AM. All community basketball leagues games scheduled at district schools have been cancelled for this weekend.
Preston County Schools will be closed for tomorrow, Friday, February 4th for a scheduled staff development. Due to impending winter weather, all scheduled extracurricular activities for Friday are cancelled. School-affiliated activities scheduled for Saturday, February 5th will tentatively proceed after 11 AM. All community basketball leagues games scheduled at district schools have been cancelled for this weekend.
Due to impending winter weather, all staff will not report in person tomorrow, Friday, February 4th. Staff development training will take place remotely for all professional & service personnel staff including board-hired, long-term & leave of absence subs. Service personnel will be completing online training assigned by classification that will not be available until Friday. Directions for accessing this training can be found at the following link: https://5il.co/154wo & will also be posted on the BOE website under the Live Feed Section. Professional staff will complete Faculty Senate & other training activities remotely & instructions should be provided by your building administrator. All extra-curricular activities are cancelled for Friday, February 4th, with school-affiliated activities scheduled to proceed after 11 AM on Saturday, February 5th.
Online Emergency Form Link - https://forms.office.com/r/Mvn1wPkwbg
Parents, you may receive an email from SchoolCash Online/KevGroup to create an account. Click "Accept" to create an account and add your child so that you can view and purchase items assigned to them from your local school.
Just a reminder that Friday, February 4, 2022, is a professional learning day for staff. Students do not report.
Bus 73-16, Josie Shillito, in the Terra Alta East Preston Area will not make its AM and PM runs on Monday, January 31.2022
Due to our percent positivity rate at week’s end, our students and staff will be required to be fully masked for the entirety of this upcoming school week. Again, all students will be required to be masked, with the exception of when eating and participating distanced in PE. We will have masks available for those who don’t bring them.