Terra Alta/East Preston School

Good evening, Eagles. Report cards came home today with students. Please review those with your student. We will host parent-teacher conferences (after mid-term for term 3, our current term) on Monday, March 3rd from 3 pm - 5 pm. More information will come home soon. Thank you. Tomorrow's spirit day is sports; Wednesday is kindness; Thursday is career; and Friday is Marvel day. During this school counseling recognition week East Preston wants to thank Mrs. Durst and Mrs. Helmick for all they do for our school. They are both tremendous assets and we appreciate them! Have a wonderful evening!

This week's Eagle Cast https://youtu.be/fryD-qP4P78?feature=shared (Monday 2/3/25)

Here at Preston County Schools, we're a team. Every team needs a strong anchor, and our counselors provide that not only for our students, but also in assisting our staff. We're all better off for the work that they do, day in and day out, and beyond the regular week. Your efforts don't go unnoticed. You all are truly making a difference and we thank you, this week, and all the weeks.

#PCSREADS February brings us another reading challenge and chance for bragging rights. Proud of all our great readers and participants to date. Keep up the great work.

This message is for Eagle basketball families. Tomorrow's games, Saturday, February 1st will be played at Central Preston with the boys game at 12:00 and girls at 1:15 pm

Good evening, Eagles. Starting Monday, Terra Alta East Preston will celebrate National School Counseling week. We will have spirit days with Monday - pajama day, Tuesday - sports day, Wednesday - kindness day/dreaming of kindness, Thursday - career day/dream of my future, and Friday - Marvel Day/you are marvelous. Report cards will come home Monday. Make sure you review those with your student. We will host spring parent teacher conferences later this month with more information coming soon. Also, next week, our Eagles basketball teams play away - Wednesday at Taylor County and Friday at Philippi. Go Eagles and safe travels! Make sure to watch our social media for our Eagle Cast (student produced news). We will share those out the first of each week. Have a great weekend!

We are planning on having a career day for all students at Terra Alta East Preston. If you would be willing to volunteer to talk about your occupation, we would appreciate you taking your time to share your knowledge with our students. Please fill out the information on the following link. We will contact you if you are chosen to present. The date set for the career day is April 9, 2025, from 11:00am to 2:00pm. If you have questions, please contact Mrs. Durst at the school. Thank you! https://forms.office.com/r/fXSVxMCS4d (participant interest form)

February Breakfast and Lunch Menus

Terra Alta Bus Announcement Only: Bus 73-16, Pam Ragione will be using alternate stops today. Again, Bus 73-16 in Terra Alta, Pam Ragione will be using alternate stops today.

April 22nd, originally part of Spring Break, is now an instructional day as we have to make up a snow day. Students and staff will be in schools that day. Also, due to missing so many days, February 7th is no longer a 2 hour early dismissal. It will be a full day. Any additional days will be made up after May 30th.

Good afternoon. Boys' basketball practice is cancelled for this evening. They will practice at the normal time tomorrow evening. Again, boys' basketball practice is cancelled for this evening.

Good evening, Eagle families. A couple of updates to this week. During our basketball games on Friday night, we will recognize our 8th grade students. There is also an additional game this week against Central Preston being played at Preston High School on Saturday. Boys will play at 12 pm and girls at 1:15 pm. Next week is National School Counseling week. We will have spirit days with Monday - pajama day, Tuesday - sports day, Wednesday - kindness day/dreaming of kindness, Thursday - career day/dream of my future, and Friday - Marvel Day/you are marvelous. A couple of reminders for this week - we may have phone interruptions on Thursday during our new phone installation and Friday we will send home report cards with students. Also, if you haven't yet done so, please send in the band boosters Marianna fundraiser. It is now past due. Pick up will be February 12th. Have a great rest of your week!

Due to wind creating road condition issues Bible Club is canceled after school today, Tuesday, January 28th. Students will be sent home on their regular bus run.

Due to road work, tree-cutting, and other issues beyond our control, the following bus routes will be using alternate stop locations this afternoon. These are for Bruceton Area, Terra Alta, and PHS students. Bruceton - Bus 29-23, Brett Slage and 22-21 Gerri Shaffer will be using alternate stop locations. In Terra Alta, Bus 121, Bruce Ragione will meet parents in the Cranesville, Afton areas at the White Oak Church.

Preston County Schools is currently doing an overhaul of its phone system. With the new system has come changes in employee extensions. Listed below are the new county office extensions. Schools will begin updating as their new systems are installed. If you reach an error on an old extension at a school, just place a "3" in front of the old number.

Good afternoon. Boys basketball will not practice this evening. Practice is canceled. Thank you.

Good evening, Eagle Families. This week at East we have the following: The money for the Marianna's fundraiser for band boosters is now due. Pick up will be on February 12th. The girls and boys basketball teams play at home this evening against Central Preston. Gate opens at 5 pm. Please bring correct change. Admission for adults is $5. Students under the age of 12 in attendance must be supervised by an adult at all times. Students over 12 who are dropped off must be picked up promptly at the conclusion of the game (late pick-ups can result in suspension of attendance privileges). Students must remain in the building and will not be readmitted if they leave the building. As a reminder, we do not allow food or drink in the gym. The girls team only will play Wednesday evening at 5:45 pm (again gates open at 5 pm). Please consume concessions in the cafeteria. East will be receiving a new phone system on Thursday and may have phone line interruptions throughout the day. Report cards will come home with students on Friday. And finally, on Friday, both girls and boys basketball teams will play at home (against Covenant Christian School). Gate opens at 5 pm

Congratulations to all of our Math Field Day Participants and Winners (Listed Below) from Friday's competition. These students chose to go above and beyond the classroom and represented themselves and their schools with excellence. We look forward to seeing what our winners do at the next level of competition. Special thanks to Pizza Pro from Bruceton Mills for providing lunch, and the Rowlesburg Branch of Clear Mountain Bank for providing pens for the students to use during the test. Elementary Division: 4th Grade - Owen Moody (Bruceton) - 1st; Grady Walsh (Terra Alta) - 2nd; Kenneth Bradley (Kingwood) - 3rd; Alexis Maust (Bruceton) - Alternate 5th Grade - Jude Squires (South) - 1st; Owen Johnson (Bruceton) - 2nd; Paxton Warnick (South) - 3rd; Marlowe Facemire-Urban (Terra Alta) - Alternate 6th Grade - Katelynn Kelly (Central) - 1st; Henry Glenn (Bruceton) - 2nd; Jobie Ervin (Bruceton) - 3rd; Josheph Nevera (South) - Alternate Estimation Winners: Audrey Moody - 4th Grade Ashton Homechenko - 5th Grade Jase Strawser - 6th Grade Middle School and 9th Grade Division: 7th Grade Winners: 1st Place—Aiden Guthrie--Bruceton 2nd Place—Wyatt Copen--Bruceton 3rd Place—Grant Olsen--Bruceton 4th Place—Tyler Parks--Bruceton 8th Grade: 1st Place—Reed Johnson--CPMS 2nd Place—Judah Cathell--South 3rd Place—Wyatt Foley--CPMS 4th Place—Nathan Bernatowicz--CPMS 9th Grade 1st Place—Cooper Thaler—Preston High 2nd Place—Bryan Zeigler—Preston High 3rd Place—Olivia Seese—Preston High 4th Place—Lukas Nazelrod—Preston High High School Division (Top 10 & 1st Alternate) 1st - Collin Wyatt 2nd - Donald Parks 3rd - Katelyn Snider 4th - Nick Bernatowicz 5th - Bryson McNew 6th - Sylas Bishoff 7th - Abigail Bolyard 8th - Ethan White 9th - James Harsh 10th - Kendra Nazelrod 11th (1st Alt.) - Sally-Jolene Stennette

West Virginia ranks in the top five spots for childhood obesity in the nation. Day-of-Play encourages children to engage in physical activity and live a healthy lifestyle, whether at school, playing with friends, or spending time outdoors. Day-of-Play wants to lower the rate of childhood obesity in West Virginia. It is a free event happening in Morgantown, West Virginia on March 8th, 2025 at the Caperton Indoor Practice Facility. It is open to anyone ages 4-12. Registration for this free event opens on February 1, 2025. For more information visit https://www.getmovingwv.org/

TAEP was represented at the county math field day today by: Emma Stemple, Jillian Brock, Kailey Rodeheaver, Vada Walsh, Kyra Friend, Grady Walsh, Owen Calhoun, Zane Hovatter, Marlowe Facemire-Urban, Taylor Grose, and Lydia Yoder. Two TAEP students received ribbons: Marlowe Facemire-Urban (4th place, grade 5) and Grady Walsh (2nd place, grade 4).