Parents, this is just a friendly reminder that ALL Krispy Kreme orders, and money are due no later than Friday March 8th.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 all Preston County School students grades 3 - 8 will participate in the WV General Summative Assessment for Writing. Students, please make sure you get a good night's sleep, eat a good breakfast, and try your best! We know you are well prepared and ready!
Research shows that children who participate in school breakfast demonstrate improved academic performance and are less likely to be late or absent from school.
Tuesday, March 5, 2024 all Preston County School students grades 3 - 8 will participate in the WV General Summative Assessment for Writing. Students, please make sure you get a good night's sleep, eat a good breakfast, and try your best! We know you are well prepared and ready!
It's time to celebrate National School Breakfast Week, March 4-8! All students in Preston County Schools (PCS) have an opportunity to start their morning off with a free breakfast at school. This week reminds us of the importance of a healthy balanced breakfast, which includes a variety of breakfast items, fruit, juice, and milk.
The Snowball Fight continues with the Preston County Schools Reading Challenge. These standings are current as of March 1, 2024.
March Schedule of Events
Please take a moment to complete the community needs survey for the 21stCCLC grant. The survey closes March 13, 2024. Thank you for your participation!
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PCS21stCCLC
Today, we handed out a copy of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH to every student! We are so excited to once again be able to participate in the One School, One Book program! We have lots of challenges for students this year including a way to log your child's reading minutes. If you have never logged in to Beanstack before, please see the directions below. Students can track their minutes and earn badges and prizes! Thank you to Mrs. Rembold for creating the Beanstack challenge and directions for us! Students will also bring home a schedule and family letter explaining the program.
Softball officially begins Monday with practice after school at 3:30 and baseball on Tuesday beginning at 5:00. All interested players need to report to the East Preston gym with a physical, water source, glove if you have it, bat if you have it, and clean shoes for inside if practice needs to be held on the gym flood. For the boys, the tryout portion will take place Tuesday to Friday, with cuts being made at the end of practice on Friday.
A representative from the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) will be visiting with 8th grade students next week. In addition to the visits with the students that have already been scheduled at your schools, they will be hosting parent/guardian information sessions at Preston High School on Wednesday, March 6, 6:00pm, in Ms. Tina Cool's classroom. Please see the flyer for information on how to apply and the recruitment video.
Parents, this is a reminder that our spring pictures will be taken on Monday, February 26th. Order forms were previously sent home with each student. If you decided to purchase a package, please go to the Lifetouch website to place your order. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Parents, Rick Bachtel will be running his route this evening so all students will be dropped off at their normal time.
Attention all middle school students in grades 6-8! It's time to lace up your running shoes and get ready to hit the track! Whether you're a seasoned athlete or looking to try something new, we welcome you to join our middle school track team! Please make sure your athlete has a current physical for the school year if they have not already participated in a fall or winter sport. All boys and girls in grades 6-8 with required GPA are eligible to join. Don't miss out on this opportunity to improve your physical fitness, make new friends, and represent our school with pride on the track! Please contact Coach Seegee Bachtel at 304-698-5569 with any questions. Let's get running, jumping and throwing, Aurora Bears!
Tomorrow, February 20, the following bus changes will occur: Stemple Ridge and Fox Road students will be picked up 20 minutes early on the morning run. Students riding Dan's bus will be picked up approximately 10 minutes late. Route 50 students who ride Rick Bachtel's bus will be picked up approximately 5 to 10 minutes late.
In the evening, students on Stemple Ridge and Fox Road will arrive home approximately 30 minutes late. Route 50 students who ride Doug Combs bus will be dropped off approximately 10 minutes late.
There have been some changes related to Saturday's Middle School Basketball Championship related to potential winter weather. The Boys' Varsity game between West Preston and Central Preston is still scheduled for 10 AM at the Preston High School Gym. Spectators may enter at 9 AM. The preliminaries for the boys' and girls' skills competitions will immediately follow the boys' championship game and will begin at approximately 11:30 AM. These preliminaries will determine the finalists for these competitions with the boys' finalists competing at halftime of the girls' championship game and the girls' finalists competing at halftime of the boys' JV game. The Girls' Varsity game between Terra Alta / East Preston and Central Preston will begin at approximately 1 PM. Finally, the Boys' JV Championship between Central Preston and West Preston will take place immediately following the girls' championship game at approximately 2:30 PM. We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday! The games will also be broadcast on Mountain Digital and on the Preston High YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@phsn7016.
Middle School Summer Camps 2024! Looking for something awesome to do this summer? Preston County Schools will host several week-long day camps for grades 6 - 8. Please complete the following survey by 3/1/24 to let us know you're interested: https://bit.ly/pco_6_8_summercamp
Grandfamilies Program - Preston County - provides educational workshops that provide support to grandparent caregivers. They will cover the day-to-day challenges that happen while raising a grandchild. The program is free to attend and will be held in the evening for two hours. For more information or to register call 304-329-1968.
Bruceton Mills - North Preston Senior Center - April 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21,26, 28
Masontown - Valley District Senior Center - July 19, 21, 26, 28, Aug 2, 4, 9, 11
Aurora Community Bldg - October 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27
We will be rescheduling the high school scheduling with our 8th graders and their parents to next Thursday, February 22nd. The high school counselors will be coming to Aurora School that afternoon and will help each individual student sign up for their classes for freshmen year. There will be lunch provided for parents at 12pm and then we will schedule with students after lunch. Each student will bring home his/her selected courses that day and will need their parent to review their schedule and have both their signature and their parent signature on the form. Please turn the signed form back into the school by Tuesday, February 27th.
This announcment is to advise on the status of extra curricular activities today.
The scheduled JV boys' basketball games at Central Preston will proceed tonight as scheduled. The scheduled home varsity boys' basektball game with Hampshire has been rescheduled to tomorrow night s a result of Hampshire being out of school today. The PHS Booster Club meeting tonight has been rescheduled for Thursday, February 22nd; the status of the JV Girls' Basketball game scheduled at Petersburg has not yet been communcated from Petersburg's AD. Finally, all other middle & high school teams may practice tonight. The status of practice should be communicated by each individual coach or by the school.
