Preston County Schools will be conducting hearing, speech, language, and vision screenings in our schools in the months of September and October. These screenings are for students entering school for the first time who have not been screened, students who have been referred for re-screenings from the previous year, and/or any students referred by teachers. Parents will be notified if any student should not pass the screenings.
Those who do not wish their child to be tested must contact their respective school in writing. For additional information, you may
contact the Preston County Schools, Special Education Department at 304-329-0580, extension 3220 or 3239.
September 1 - 4:30 - 6:30
September 4 - 5:30 - 7:30
September 10 - 5:30 - 7:30
Flex practices are not mandatory.
Parents who need an alternate bus stop for their child must complete the application form and have it approved by the bus garage every school year. You can complete the form and send it back to the school with your child or drop it off at the office. The form is located at the following link: https://files-backend.assets.thrillshare.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2073/Pcs/8cf14c14-a670-4887-b69a-9fa5730c18ce/Request_for_Alternate_Bus_Assignments_Fillable.pdf?disposition=inline
Parents who need car rider/parent pickup cards, can request them using the following link. Please have them requested through the link by Friday. https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/ySDzhWLy6f
A reminder that 2:00pm is the deadline to sign students out from the main office. If it's after 2:00pm, you will need to pick up your child in the parent pick up line. Send a note in the morning with your child to their teacher if you need to change their dismissal method from bus to pickup or vice versa. We are unable to take phone calls to change dismissal methods except in emergency circumstances. This is a precaution to ensure your child's safety and dismissal accuracy.
Middle school girls basketball will have optional flex practices this Tuesday and Thursday from 7:00 - 8:30 in the gym.
Middle school softball will have optional flex practices at the youth league ballfield on the following dates:
September 1 - 4:30 - 6:30
September 4 - 5:30 - 7:30
September 10 - 5:30 - 7:30
Flex practices are not mandatory.
Monday, August 24th - All Students Grades 1-12 Start
Thursday, August 27th - PK/K Students Start
6th Grade students and parents: Don't forget about 6th Grade Academy tomorrow, Thursday, August 20th from 4-6pm. Incoming middle school students and parents can find information about WVSSAC-sanctioned middle school sports, practice and get help with their lockers, run their class schedules, spend time with their teachers to find out class and middle school expectations, requirements, and more in a smaller and less-crowded setting. Students and parents who aren't able to attend 6th Grade Academy can pick up their schedules and locker combinations at Back to School Bash on Friday.
Dear Third Grade Parents and Guardians,
Due to increased enrollment in third grade, the Preston County Board of Education central office has made the decision to add an additional 3rd grade classroom and teacher for the 2026-2027 school year. This will help to reduce class sizes across the grade level and continue to ensure that classes remain well under the mandatory state enrollment cap per third grade classroom, giving students more personalized attention.
At the school level, we began making contingency plans last school year for this potential scenario. Last year the students’ teachers worked with me and Mrs. Martin to create draft class lists for three third grade classrooms in addition to class lists for two third grade classrooms. A great deal of intentional thought and effort was put into class list creation including examining student academic strengths and challenges, student and teacher styles and personality, student gender ratio, student behaviors, as well as many other factors.
We have removed the existing 3rd grade class lists from parent view and will post updated 3rd grade class lists on the door by the main office by the end of the day on Thursday, August 20th. This will allow us to make all necessary student scheduling changes in WVEIS. We wish you and your children a wonderful 2026-2027 school year and we thank you for your understanding and patience as we navigate these last-minute changes to the start of the school year.
Thank You,
Jonas Knotts
Principal
Reminder: PCS is excited to welcome our faculty and staff for opening day sessions in Kingwood, tomorrow, the 18th. The schedule of trainings with times and locations , along with a welcome letter, can be found at the following link(s), as well as on the PCS Website Scroller:
https://aptg.co/0sPtZq (Welcome Letter)
https://aptg.co/18qLPG (August 19th)
https://aptg.co/-1vG0S (August 18th)
I just wanted to thank Bruceton School and the Bruceton Community for 28 awesome years. I was the one that was blessed! After 4 years at Central, that I'm very thankful for, and being riffed, I received a phone call in August of 1998 asking if I wanted the middle school math position at Bruceton. After driving from Etam to Bruceton that first day, I thought no way am I driving that far every day. I was actually hooked from day one. The school and community accepted me from the start. The staff and administration took me under their wings, as you might say, guided me, gave me advice, and let me do my thing. The students, from day one, were top notch. That first year toughened me up, but I knew the kiddos were my top priority. Always were! For many years, I told the students that we had three goals. Become an outstanding person, become an outstanding student, and improve math skills. As far as I'm concerned, we never failed. Passed above and beyond. To every student I have ever had, thank you and I love you all. It was AWESOME! By the way...you did learn some math along the way! Thank you to the parents and guardians for giving me great, young people to work with and your support. Thank you to all the staff and administrators. Never wanted to be anywhere else. To the current staff...I hope you have the best year ever! Everyone take care, eat a pickle, and laugh each day. I'll be around every now and then.
Thanks again and God bless you all.
Jared Brewer
As we get closer to the year, please make sure to check out our 2026-2027 Student/Parent Handbook. Also, alternate bus requests must be completed by parents yearly and approved yearly by the transportation department. You can find the Student/Parent Handbook and Request for Alternate Bus Assignment Form on our website at: https://www.prestoncountyschools.com/o/bruceton
