Preston County Schools will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, January 7th. Maintenance, Mechanics, and 240 + custodians report on schedule. All additional 240 + day employees may report on a 2-hour delay. Students do not report. All activities are cancelled, including practices. An additional message will follow for staff.
Due to the State of Emergency issued by our Governor and continued weather warnings, all Preston County Schools and County Offices will be closed tomorrow, Monday, January 6th. All employees, including 240 employees, do not report. Maintenance workers need to contact their supervisor, Mr. Murray, for further instructions. The faculty senate representative meeting will be rescheduled. All students do not report, and all scheduled extra-curricular activities, games and practices are postponed and/or cancelled. The Science Fair scheduled for Wednesday, January 8th has been rescheduled to Thursday the 9th. Project set up will be on Wednesday at the Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department Community Building from 5-7 pm. Judging will take place on Thursday during the school day, with project viewing from 5-7pm with the award presentation following at 7pm. Thank you. Stay safe and stay warm.
All Saturday, January 4th extra-curricular activities have been cancelled due to inclement weather and continued warning in effect through tomorrow. This includes all games at PHS tomorrow, practices and wrestling. Again, all Preston County School events are cancelled tomorrow and games will try to be rescheduled.
Here we go... This is the beginning of rescheduling MS basketball games.
• The South Preston vs. Central Preston game originally scheduled for Friday, Jan. 3rd is now Tuesday, February 4th
• The Bruceton vs. Terra Alta - East Preston game originally scheduled for Friday, January 3rd is now Tuesday, February 4th
• Due to heating issues at West Preston, the West Preston vs. Bruceton games scheduled for Saturday, January 4th are now Friday, January 10th. We are utilizing an unorthodox schedule for Friday's games (4:00 pm - Boys JV, 5:15 pm - Girls JV, 6:30 pm - Girls Varsity, 7:45 pm - Boys Varsity)
• The Central Preston girls vs. Rowlesburg (6:00 pm) and Central Preston boys vs. WV Academy (7:15 pm) games originally scheduled for Thursday, January 16th will now be Friday, January 17th. This is due to a referee shortage on January 15th.
NOTE: The master schedule excel documents provided to coaches and administrators are updated as of January 3rd, 2025
Winter is HERE. With current conditions, more advisories and warnings to come, and just being in WV from January - March, be sure to know where to find 'Brain Freeze' and alternative bus routes information. All info can be found at the banners on the PCS homepage and the links below. School closings, delays and brain freeze (non-traditional) can all be found at https://wveis.k12.wv.us/closings/?text=1 or on our Facebook Page, App, or through calls, texts, and/or emails. If you're not receiving calls, please contact Justin Hough at jhough@k12.wv.us with your contact information.
Brain Freeze - https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1803968/What_is_a_Brain_Freeze_School_Day_24_25.pdf
Alternative Bus Routes - https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2073/PCS/5050384/2425_WINTER_ALTERNATIVE_STOP_SCHEDULES.pdf
The application for Virtual School for grades 6-12 is now open for the second semester, and will remain open until January 31st. PCS Virtual Option is only available for students in grades 6-12. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Dani Kelley at drkelley@k12.wv.us, or 304-329-0580 x228. The application can be found on the banner on the PCS homepage, or at https://www.prestoncountyschools.com/documents/parents%2Fstudents/virtual-school/221878
Due to the pending weather and most recent weather alerts from FEMA and the National Weather Service, all practices and extracurricular activities including the high school away games at Keyser will be cancelled for tomorrow, Friday, January 3rd. Tonight's middle school contest at Aurora is still on. Decisions on Saturday's games will be made by 8 AM Saturday morning, with start times being adjusted for West versus Bruceton beginning no earlier than noon. Again, all activities tomorrow are cancelled and Saturday's are pending.
If staff or students completed the December Wellness Challenges, the links are now active again and listed below for you to certify your completion for the month. Please do so by Wednesday, January 8th, and winners will be announced on the 10th.
Staff - https://forms.office.com/r/zKVVrZZqPV
Student - https://forms.office.com/r/MfD3hzbR3s
Preston County Schools will always view our community families and our students as part of the PCS family, and tragically, we lost an incredible young man and student athlete. The Preston Mat Club will be holding a candlelight vigil in honor of Lane's life, on and off the mat, and will be celebrating his life tomorrow, the 1st of January, from 3:30-4:15 for Mat Club members only, then anyone who wishes to pay their respects and grieve, remember and honor together from 4:15 on at the Mat Club Wrestling Barn by PHS. We don't have the words for this loss, but our love, thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends, teammates, classmates, teachers and all who are affected by his passing. Again, please join us in remembering Lane at 4:15 tomorrow at the Mat Club.
From all of us here at Preston County Schools and our family to yours, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year!!! Can't wait to see our students back in 2025!
Our kindergarteners were able to take a ride on The Polar Express and meet Santa and Mrs. Claus today!
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From our Director of Attendance and Student Support Services, Mrs. Zofchak and her entire team:
Families, during the 2024-25 winter break from school, we are grateful to everyone for helping to restore a routine for showing up to school while supporting students and families. We hope everyone has a safe, healthy and Happy Holidays.
We wanted to share some pictures of some of our science fair winners.
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Oh no!!! The Grinch managed to slip in early this morning and tried to steal the Christmas spirit from our elf! Fortunately our Bruceton School Elf is free, doing fine, and ready to report back to Santa!
We want to give a big congratulations to our band director Abbie Rexroad. She was one of a handful of state band directors selected by the West Department of Arts, Culture, and History to attend The Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago! This international conference brings together the best music conductors, educators, and performers in the world. Congratulations to Miss Rexroad for being selected and representing Bruceton School and Preston County Schools!
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The Middle School Boys and Girls Basketball team had a great night at South Preston on Wednesday.
The boys JV team started the night off with a 61-22 win. Our top contributors to the scoreboard were Austin Lemley with 24 points, Logan Bishoff with 12pts, Jackson Wotring with 8pts, Colt Spiker with 7pts, Bradley Metheny with 6pts, Tyler Parks with 2 pts, and Aiden Guthrie and Easton Dawson each contributing 1 pt.
Next up was the Boys varsity game. Bruceton came away with a 65-26 win. Braden Armstrong led the scoring with 19 points, followed by Callen Knox with 14 pts, Tyler Parks with 8 pts, Paxton Berger, Colton Everline and Thomas Rogers each netting 6 pts. Rounding out the scorers were Jackson Wotring with 4 pts. and Emery Walls with 2 pts.
The Lady Bulldogs rounded out the night with a 49-10 win over the Yellow Jackets. The girls top scorers were Kayln Selby with 9 points, Ainsley Cox and Miranda Poe each with 8 pts, Layla Bolinger with 7 pts, Eileen Parks with 6 pts, Kylie Frankhouser and Josie Higginbottom each with 4 points, and Paisley Schnopp with 3 points.
All four of the Bruceton Bulldog teams are back in action on Thursday night against Westwood with the girls playing away and the boys playing at home.
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Good evening Preston County. Just a reminder that tomorrow, Friday the 20th is a 2 hour early out. This begins our holiday break, with students being off through January 3rd, returning Monday January 6th, and all non 240 day staff off through the 2nd, returning on the 3rd for a Professional Day. Happy Holidays.
Tomorrow, Friday the 20th, Bus 22-21, Route B23, Gerri Shaffer, will not be running in the Bruceton area and to PHS. Again, Bus 22-21 Gerri Shaffer will not be running again tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Tomorrow wraps up Holiday Spirit Week!
Friday: Winter Character Day (dress as your favorite holiday/winter character: Grinch, Heat Miser, Frosty, etc.)
Congratulations to the winners of our school science fair!
Division 1: 5th Grade:
Animal Science:
1st Place: Carson Forman
Behavioral and Social Sciences:
1st Place: Carter Foreman
2nd Place: Zander Howdershelt
3rd Place: Kolby Sisler
Chemistry:
1st Place: Mila Peddicord
2nd Place: Jake Walls
3rd Place: Fisher Schnopp
Earth & Environmental Science:
1st Place: Seneca Short, Raegan Nieman, & Taryn Reynolds
2nd Place: Jordyn Reckart
Energy:
1st Place: Owen Shay
2nd Place: Owen Johnson
Material Science:
1st Place: Reese Metheny, Kaylee Ware, & Avery Gibson
2nd Place: Bailee Herring
3rd Place: Harper Shay
Plant Science:
1st Place: Lillian Sleppy
Division 2: Middle School
Earth & Environmental Science:
1st Place: Enzo Richards
Engineering:
3rd Place: Triston Logsdon
Congratulations to all our participants and thank you to our judges for all their work.