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.
TAEP:
Attention all 8th grade parents: Your child was given a permission slip to participate in the 8th grade tour of Preston High School that will take place on Wednesday, May 1st. We will be leaving Terra Alta school around 8:15am that morning and should return to the school by 1:30pm. Please sign and return the permission slip by April 26th. Thank you!
Please see our April Calendar for upcoming events and important dates
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.
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.
TAEP:
6-8:
Permission slips were sent home today for those who qualified with the 3rd grading period's PBIS reward to go skating at the Civic Center tomorrow. Please sign and return this tomorrow. If on a delay, the trip will still occur.
TAEP:
As of now, we will still plan on hosting our Bingo event tomorrow evening. A decision based on the weather will be made by noon tomorrow. If we do have it, still seats available, so hope to see you all there.
TAEP: We have some exciting upcoming events later in April and in May. First, we have our STREAM Night on April 23rd from 5-7 where parents are invited to come up and participate with their students in learning activities that involve science, technology, reading, engineering, art and math. This is a FREE event and the first 200 participants will get a free shirt. Next will be our state testing kick-off on May 2ndat 6:00. This is the return of Extreme Illusions and Escapes. This is a FREE event and show for families. All will be entertained, then students and parents will go home with testing tips and information on testing. There will also be a student kick-off at 1:00 with a condensed version of the show. If a parent can't make it that evening, let us know and we'll accommodate you that afternoon. Lastly, we'll be recognizing our 8th graders on May 13th at 6:00. More information and RSVPs will be sent home soon.
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.
Just a reminder that this Friday is another Bingo Night Fundraiser. $30 per person includes food and 10 games, with the final game being worth over $200. Doors open at 5:30 with games beginning at 6:00. There will also be an extra 11th game which will be a 50/50 game. 50% of the pot of tickets sold will go to the winner. As always, we appreciate you supporting our students and school.
TAEP 8th Grade and Yearbook:
Last call for yearbook orders and 8th grade pages. Please have pictures and payments in nlt April 4th. Again, if you're wishing to order or do an 8th grade page, please have that in by the 4th.
In today's March Madness championship match-up, Pizza takes on Breakfast For Lunch to determine PCS's favorite lunch entree. Log in to Clever to cast your vote!
Preston County Schools will be closed March 29th through April 2nd for spring break. The central office will reopen on Wednesday, April 3rd and students will return to school on Thursday, April 4th. Have a safe and relaxing spring break!
Final Four matchups in the March Madness Food Challenge are set. Tomorrow's lineup includes Chicken Drumstick vs Breakfast for Lunch and Pepperoni Roll vs Pizza. Log in to Clever tomorrow to vote for your favorite school lunch entree. Attached is an updated tournament bracket.
TAEP: Just a reminder that tomorrow evening will be an informational session about the upcoming vote for the excess school levy. This informational session is open to the public and will take place in the TAEP cafeteria beginning at 7:00. Again, this is tomorrow, Wednesday, March 27th. The levy committee will meet in the library at 6:00 with the informational session beginning live both in-person and via Facebook at 7:00. All are encouraged to attend and ask questions. Superintendent Brad Martin, a representative from our maintenance department, and Mr. Justin Hough, principal, will all be on-hand to answer questions. The session will be moderated by Cross Kisner, board of education representative and levy committee member.
The Young Writers' Competition Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, March 27th at the Preston High School Theater. The ceremony for elementary & middle school participants is set to begin at 6 PM, and the high school ceremony is set to proceed at 7 PM. Participants in the ceremony will need to enter the high school through the fine arts entrance on the side of the building or at the back of the Concourse due to ongoing construction at the front entryway. Any participant wanting to purchase and anthology book will need to make checks payable to the WV Reading Association. We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.