Preston County Schools

Preston County Schools was recently awarded funding from the E-Rate Emergency Connectivity Fund to help provide improved internet access to students and staff members with either inadequate or no home internet access. The school district will be able to issue up to 500 internet hotspots with access through June 30, 2022 to applicants that apply at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/3spjux9p. This link will be open through next Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 6:00 PM. School hotspot distribution events or deliveries will be organized following closure of the survey during the remainder of November. If you have any questions about this program, please contact Mr. Brad Martin at (304) 329-0580 ext. 225 or by email at brrmarti@k12.wv.us.

Bus #73-17 (Josie Shillito) in the Terra Alta Area and Bus #21-21 (Rick Bachtel) in the Aurora Area will not make their AM or PM runs tomorrow, Wednesday, November 10, 2021. Students will not be marked absent if they are unable to get to school.

The week of November 8th will be a busy week for staff and students.. All students will be taught two lessons to learn about digital citizenship and rules of the iPad and laptop. iReady growth monitoring assessment will take place along with Veterans Day activities. There is no school on Thursday in honor of Veterans Day. https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship-week

Mask mandate for the week of November 8, 2021 Here is the link to the weekly covid list for Friday, November 5, 2021. https://5il.co/11hxm

Bus #71-16, Terry Workman in the Bruceton Area will not make his AM or PM run tomorrow, Friday, November 5, 2021. Students will not be marked absent if they are unable to get to school.

The glitch in the JumpRope (grades K-5) welcome emails has been fixed. A welcome email has been sent to your child's K12 email address with login credentials. The username will be your child's full email address and the password will be your child's FULL student ID (WVEIS) number.

Bus #46, Gary Matthews in the Bruceton Area will not make his AM or PM run tomorrow, Thursday, November 4, 2021. Students will not be marked absent if they are unable to get to school.

There was a glitch in the JumpRope (grades K-5) welcome emails not including the password. We are working to resolve it. We will resend welcome emails when the problem is resolved.

PCS Calendar Change - November 19, 2021 will be a 3 hour early dismissal.

Michelle Berry, Elementary Curriculum Director, explains where to get information on Standards Based Grading for students in grades K-5. Please check out our webpage and app. Students and Familes/Curriculum and Instruction https://wvk12-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/darla_moyers_k12_wv_us/EbIhq5xNez9KnPHIDnmhdxgBAsxeyNw17tNGm-_LIv0vhQ?e=ma1cCB

The Squires Unified Wrestling Team would like to invite any middle school boy or girl in grades 6th, 7th, or 8th that is interested in participating in the upcoming wrestling season to an informational meeting on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 6:30 PM at the Wrestling Barn below Preston High School. This message is from Preston County Schools using the Apptegy System.

Bus #46, Gary Matthews in the Bruceton Area will not make his AM or PM run tomorrow, Monday, November 1, 2021. Students will not be marked absent if they are unable to get to school.

10/29/2021 Attention PCS Employees including Subs and Coaches The 3rd Moderna Covid vaccine will be given on November 19th. Please complete this form (you will be required to log in with your Office 365 credentials) only if you want the vaccine and you previously received your vaccines through PCS by Monday, Nov. 1st. We are only doing the vaccine for employees at this time. A schedule of when to arrive for your vaccine will be forthcoming. The link can be found on the PCS webpage or this text link. https://forms.office.com/r/CfUxFF9f0i

Here is the link to the weekly covid list for Friday, October 29, 2021 https://5il.co/118fo Here is the link to Mr. Wotring's Video with the explanation of how mask mandates will work in the month of November. We will be under a Mask Mandate for the Week of November 1, 2021 https://youtu.be/yfYZWZhGNMI Here is the website link to the WVDHHR map that PCS will be using https://dhhr.wv.gov/COVID-19/Pages/default.aspx

Mask Mandate explanation from Superintendent, Steve Wotring for week of November 1st. https://wvk12-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/darla_moyers_k12_wv_us/Ef2qBXnWS3tMu_rhV3UYhyoB8SginZaMpg8rqObsWZrCzw?e=87TRAL

Preston County Schools Celebrates Farm to School Wednesday, October 27, 2021 We will be serving sausage gravy over biscuits for lunch. The sausage is purchased from PHS animal processing.

Middle School (6-8) Athletic Information Insurance Verification Form. This questionnaire is necessary to establish eligibility with the W.V.S.S.A.C. and to verify that each student-athlete has insurance coverage. https://forms.office.com/r/bXi7mVUhAC

Here is the link to the weekly covid list for Friday, October 22, 2021. https://5il.co/10vhd

Bus 101, Jay Kelley in the Kingwood Area will not make his AM/PM run on Wednesday, 10/20. Students will not be marked absent.

Preston County Schools will be accepting bids to install a new metal roof over the existing roof of Preston High’s Greenhouse. Bids will be accepted until noon on October 29, 2021.  Contact Matt Murray at 304.698.1524 for details.