Today, and every day, we want to thank our veterans for answering the call of duty. Thank you for your sacrifice and service to our communities and nation. Happy Veterans Day!
Reminder: You're invited to our K-5 County Literacy Family Night. This free, family-friendly activity will be fun for students and parents, and a great opportunity to enrich their literacy engagement at home. Please RSVP (Link Below). Older siblings are welcome to attend and participate, but note that all activities are gauged for grades K-5. Hope to see you there.
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No School Tomorrow - Just a reminder that tomorrow, Tuesday, November 11th, there is no school as we take the day to honor our nation's veterans.
Bruceton Bus Run Updates - “B” Run schedules are posted on the BOE website for the Bruceton area (https://5il.co/3n5y6). This action is in response to having to close runs in this area due to not having available substitute drivers. If a substitute driver cannot be secured, select drivers , upon completion of their normal runs, will perform a second run. The times on the “B” runs are an approximate estimation and could vary.
Reminder for Bruceton School - Bruceton Planned Power Outage - Today, there is still scheduled a planned power outage that will affect the Bruceton School at 1:00 PM. Bruceton School will be operating on a 2 Hour Early Dismissal. This will not affect high school dismissal. Bruceton School will be dismissed two hours early today.
Bruceton School's annual Veterans program is tomorrow, Monday, November 10th at 9:00am in the gym. We will be having a brunch for Veterans beginning at 8:00am in the cafeteria. Due to space limitations from the fire marshal in the gym and cafeteria, we can only accommodate veterans and their spouses. Thank you to Academic Boosters for providing the breakfast. We hope to see all our area veterans!
There’s no way around it: combined with a strong work ethic, students with strong science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics skills are finding success post graduation. PCS celebrates National STEAM Day, and we look forward to the many lessons, activities, and events our schools bring to our students in those areas throughout the year.
Bruceton School's annual Veterans program is Monday, November 10th at 9:00am in the gym. We will be having a brunch for Veterans beginning at 8:00am in the cafeteria. Due to space limitations from the fire marshal in the gym and cafeteria, we can only accommodate veterans and their spouses. Thank you to Academic Boosters for providing the breakfast. We hope to see all our area veterans!
Middle school boys basketball tryouts are scheduled to begin on Monday, November 10th from 3:00 - 4:30pm. Due to the planned power outage for Bruceton that day, tryouts will be held at Chestnut Ridge Church gym in Cheat Lake. The address is: 2223 Cheat Road, Morgantown, WV 26508. If, the planned power outage is cancelled, tryouts may return to the Bruceton School gym and notice will be provided to parents through automated text messaging in advance. For more information, contact Coach Justin Lemley at lemleyjustin@yahoo.com
2nd graders made a cooperative puzzle to honor our area veterans!
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December Menus and Survey Responses:
With the possibility of inclement weather, this is subject to change or move around days. We always prioritize the holiday meal to ensure all students receive it, so could be moved if expecting bad weather.
Surveys - 419 Total Participants (3600 enrolled students)
Menu changes and sustains were taken into account in the creation of Decembers' menus. Portions and types of offerings are subject to USDA National School Lunch and Breakfast guidelines. These are monitored by the Child Nutrition Director and the WVDE Office of Child Nutrition. While all students eat for free, the reimbursable meal funding that we get from the federal government covers but a portion of our costs, so budget also goes into account in meal selection, as well as the number of cooks available at each site. We are also working with our distributor and Group Purchasing Organization to discuss with manufacturers that the quality has gone down on some products previously used. Responses so far have been companies are combatting inflation to keep costs down, but we can search for alternative items if these don't improve. We are working to incorporate more home-cooked, or home-cooked-like options when our staffing permits it. PCS goal is to stay within budget and state formula. Many other districts offering more "from scratch" options have 1.5-2 additional cooks per building, coming at a cost of roughly an additional $800k per year. Another survey will go out in the spring, but in the meantime, questions, comments and concerns can be emailed to jhough@k12.wv.us
With the possibility of inclement weather, this is subject to change or move around days. We always prioritize the holiday meal to ensure all students receive it, so could be moved if expecting bad weather.
Surveys - 419 Total Participants (3600 enrolled students)
Menu changes and sustains were taken into account in the creation of Decembers' menus. Portions and types of offerings are subject to USDA National School Lunch and Breakfast guidelines. These are monitored by the Child Nutrition Director and the WVDE Office of Child Nutrition. While all students eat for free, the reimbursable meal funding that we get from the federal government covers but a portion of our costs, so budget also goes into account in meal selection, as well as the number of cooks available at each site. We are also working with our distributor and Group Purchasing Organization to discuss with manufacturers that the quality has gone down on some products previously used. Responses so far have been companies are combatting inflation to keep costs down, but we can search for alternative items if these don't improve. We are working to incorporate more home-cooked, or home-cooked-like options when our staffing permits it. PCS goal is to stay within budget and state formula. Many other districts offering more "from scratch" options have 1.5-2 additional cooks per building, coming at a cost of roughly an additional $800k per year. Another survey will go out in the spring, but in the meantime, questions, comments and concerns can be emailed to jhough@k12.wv.us
Bruceton School's annual Veterans program is Monday, November 10th at 9:00am in the gym. We will be having a brunch for Veterans beginning at 8:00am in the cafeteria. Due to space limitations from the fire marshal in the gym and cafeteria, we can only accommodate veterans and their spouses. Thank you to Academic Boosters for providing the breakfast. We hope to see all our area veterans!
Congratulations to 5th grade student, Briella Bowser! The poetry she wrote in 4th grade was submitted to a publisher in England. Briella is now a published author of poetry. Here she is holding her book titled, “Wild Wonders: A Collection of Poetry” by Young Writers Publishing Company in the UK.
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Those in the pickup line tomorrow afternoon can enjoy apple cider and sugar cookies while they're picking up their child. Donations are welcome.
Anyone with unsold beef tickets is asked to turn them back into the school as soon as possible. We do have a few books left and anyone interested can contact the school or their child's teacher. The drawing is expected to be Wednesday, November 12th.
Reminder of upcoming Substitute Classes for Aide, Cook and Custodial Certifications - (Custodian and Cook was moved from 20th to the 19th)
If you're interested in subbing for PCS, or getting your foot in the door for full-time employment, please contact our personnel office for more info or to sign-up for one of these classes.
If you're interested in subbing for PCS, or getting your foot in the door for full-time employment, please contact our personnel office for more info or to sign-up for one of these classes.
Bruceton Planned Power Outage - On Monday, November 10th, we've been made aware of a planned power outage that will affect the Bruceton School at 1:00 PM. Tentatively, Bruceton School will operate on a 2 Hour Early Dismissal that day. This will not affect high school dismissal. If communications from the power company change before then, we will communicate that the schedule will not be affected, and students will go a regular day. But as of now, Monday, November 10th, is a planned 2 hour early dismissal at Bruceton only.
Dave Lavender, a West Virginia filmmaker, did a video call with our 6th grade careers class to learn about film and directing.
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It's that time of year, and with inclement weather a possibility in the near future, take the time to remind yourselves about our Brain Freeze Days and other protocols. When possible, calls for delays, cancellations, or non-traditional learning (Brain Freeze), will be made the night before, but if not, between 4:30-5:00AM the morning of.
Brain Freeze Days - info can be found here (https://5il.co/14g0f) - Most staff reports on a 2 hour delay - students do not report - assignments from home
2 Hour Delays - students and most staff report on a 2 hour delay, and breakfast will still be served.
3 Hour Delays - students and most staff report on a 3 hour delay, and breakfast WILL NOT be served. (Staff could be asked to report on 2 hour delay)
Cancellation - Students do not report, and most staff do not report
Brain Freeze Days - info can be found here (https://5il.co/14g0f) - Most staff reports on a 2 hour delay - students do not report - assignments from home
2 Hour Delays - students and most staff report on a 2 hour delay, and breakfast will still be served.
3 Hour Delays - students and most staff report on a 3 hour delay, and breakfast WILL NOT be served. (Staff could be asked to report on 2 hour delay)
Cancellation - Students do not report, and most staff do not report
