Our school will be doing dress up days for National School Counseling Week beginning Monday, February 5th and continuing through Friday, February 9th.
Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on February 2 from 3:30 to 5:30.
The WVU Society of Women Engineers and the WVU Statler College Of Engineering will host a day camp for girls in grades K - 5 on Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 9 am - 2 pm on the Evansdale Campus of WVU. Registration is required to attend - online at: BIT.LY/GSD2024
The basketball game against South Preston will still be played tonight at Aurora School. Let’s go Bears! The parent teacher conferences will be rescheduled.
At approximately 7:05 AM, we received notification of a transformer fire that has resulted in a total power loss loss at the Aurora School . It is being reported to be a multiple hour repair. Due to this power outage, Aurora School will be closed today. At the time of the notification, buses were already picking up students. As of 7:10 AM, Aurora area buses were instructed to stop picking up students and to attempt to return students home who have already been picked up. If no one is home to receive students, buses have been instructed to take students to the school, and the school will contact parents to make arrangements to pick up their children.
Preston County Schools will hold PreK and kindergarten registration this Friday, January 26th from 9 am to 2 pm. Information concerning school locations for registration is provided on prestoncountyschools.com under menu, parents/students, enrollment. To register for PreK, the child must be 4 years old by July 1st (No Exceptions). To register for kindergarten, the child must be 5 years old by July 1st. Only NEW students need to register for kindergarten; if your child is currently enrolled in PreK you do not need to register.
8th Grade Night
Math Field Day Results (photos and results will also be posted on the PCS website under News. We are SO proud of all of our math field day participants! Great job! And congratulations to our winners...
4th grade: alternate Marlowe F (TAEP); 3rd place Kolby S (Bruceton); 2nd place Zachary M (KES); 1st place Ashton H (KES). Estimation winner - Hadley L (South Preston).
5th grade: alternate Liam W (CPMS); 3rd place Jobie E (Bruceton); 2nd place Ace H (TAEP); 1st place Katelyn K (CPMS). Estimation winner - Conner K (Bruceton).
6th grade: alternate Wyatt C (Bruceton); 3rd place Levi C (Bruceton); 2nd place Grant O (Bruceton); 1st place Aidan G (Bruceton). Estimation winner - Levi C (Bruceton).
7th grade: alternate Eileen P (Bruceton); 3rd place Reed J (CPMS); 2nd place Braden A (Bruceton); 1st place Connor L (West).
8th grade: alternate Grayson E (CPMS); 3rd place John G (West); 2nd place Landon C (CPMS); 1st place Cooper T (Bruceton).
7th/8th grade estimation winner Maggie W (CPMS)
PHS 9th grade estimation winner Bryson M (CPMS)
PHS 9th grade: alternate Alyssa F; 3rd place Jeremy F; 2nd place Nick B; 1st place Bryson M
PHS 1st place team: Collin W & Brady M
PHS 2nd place team: Nathan A, Scarlett C, Johnny M, Katelyn S, Zoey D
PHS 11th place Sarah U; 10th place Caden H; 9th place Toby C; 8th place James H; 7th place Johnny M; 6th place Abigail B; 5th place Kendra N; 4th place Katelyn S; 3rd place Travis P; 2nd place Brady M; 1st place Collin W
A big thank you to the math field day organizers: Ms. Sheets, Ms. Stump, Ms. Hileman, and Ms. Zigray and all of the teachers and administrators who helped to make the day a success.
Catch your Aurora Bears tonight as we take on Bruceton! Can't make it to the game? You can watch the live stream here: https://live.myvrspot.com/player?udi=cHJlc3Rvbg%3D%3D&c=QXVyb3Jh
Preston County Schools will live stream the Math Field Day Awards today 1/23/24 at 12:30 pm, https://tinyurl.com/PCSLivestream
Pre K & kindergarten registration will be held Friday, January 26, 2024, from 9 am - 2 pm. For more information visit: http://tinyurl.com/PCSKpreK
Parent Teacher Conferences will be Thursday, January 25 from 3:30-5:30. Stay afterward to see our boys' and girls' basketball teams take on South at 5:45 and 7:00.
County Science Fair
It's that time of year again. Give Kids a Smile Day. WVU Dental is offering free exams for children. Ages 1-17. Limited appointments are available. Families should call ASAP. 304-293-6208.
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Monday, January 22nd. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay. There are several bus runs that will be using alternative stops. Calls and texts will be sent out to each impacted run as they are known tonight.
All school-affiliated and community youth league athletic events scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, January 20th have been postponed at all Preston County School locations.
Preston County Schools will be closed for tomorrow, Friday, January 19th. All students & most staff members do not report. Extended-contract, essential personnel will be contacted by Mr. Murray in the morning to check on building statuses. Personnel needing to pickup physical paychecks may get them at the Board Office from 8-9 AM. All scheduled extra-curricular activities are postponed, & the scheduled Pre-K & Kindergarten pre-registration events are postponed & will be rescheduled to next Friday, January 26th.
Deadline extended! Last Chance for Preston County Home School families to register their student to complete the yearly state test at their local school. Testing dates are available on the PCS website. Please share this information with Preston County home school families.
Attention all 8th grade parents: Your child was given a new permission slip to participate in a Career Technical Education tour of Preston High School that will now take place next Wednesday, January 24th. We will be leaving Aurora school around 8am that morning and should return to the school before lunch. Please sign and return the permission slip by Tuesday, Jan. 23rd. Thank you!
The following buses will use alternate stop locations Thursday 1/18/24 (alternate stop info is posted on the PCS website menu>parent/student>transportation): 73-16 (Terra Alta), 4 (West), 46 & 22-21 & 75-16 (Bruceton), 71-16 (Kingwood), and 13-20 (South). Calls are going out now.