Tonight's home softball game against South Middle has been cancelled due to weather. We will announce if it will be rescheduled.
Bruceton School Yearbook orders are due next Friday. If you need an order form, they are available in the office.
It's almost St. Patrick's Day. To get ready, some of our pre-k kids spent some time perfecting their leprechaun traps!
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Mrs. Everline and Ms. Wood's class turned data into fun learning! From creating picture graphs to fraction pizzas, students dove into math using faculty's favorite pizza toppings. A delicious celebration ensued with personal pizza making. A tasty blend of education and enjoyment!
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Happy Pi Day! To celebrate, our math teachers competed in a Pi Day pie eating contest! Mr. Brewer came out on top!
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The Preston County Beekeepers Association each year awards a youth scholar with the needed supplies to get started in beekeeping. This includes the physical hive, a nuc of bees, bee suit, etc. The association also has a member who serves as the mentor for a year to work with the student to teach them how to care for bees.
The opportunity is open to youth in Preston County between the ages of 12 and 16. The recipient is selected from the application process and chosen by the association members.
The selection committee will meet in April. All applications are due to the Preston County Extension Office at 115 W Court Street, Kingwood, WV 26537, by April 15, 2024. Late applications will NOT be accepted.
Spring 2024 County-wide Kahoots Contest Winners
Kindergarten (all from Ms. Loughry’s class at TAEP): 1st Adrianna; 2nd Amaya; 3rd Waverly
Second Grade (all from Ms. Sheets at KES): 1st Adeline; 2nd Abby; 3rd Gabriel
Third Grade (all from Ms. Richards at Bruceton):1st Thomas; 2nd Brody; 3rd Mia
First Grade (all from Ms. Burnside’s class at KES): 1st Adam S; Jazmine; Beckett K
Fourth Grade (all from South Preston): 1st Jaxson (Albright); 2nd Paxton (Stull); 3rd Zack (Albright)
Third Grade (second chance round; all from KES): 1st Kage (Jones); Kenneth (Borror); 3rd Avery K (Borror)
Fourth Grade (second chance round) 1st Joshua (Bruceton/Quinn); 2nd Violet S (Aurora/Rembold); 3rd Christopher K (KES/Hayes)
Fifth Grade: 1st Carter S (Aurora/Forman); 2nd Emma M (Aurora/Forman); 3rd Chloe S (CPMS/Shafer)
Today, Thursday, March 14, bus 129 Casey Feather for Bruceton School and Preston High will not run.
Little Learners is cancelled for Thursday, March 14th.
Tonight's home softball game that was on our website athletic calendar has been postponed to April 3rd.
How can you write together with your child? Write greeting cards, letters, emails, or a grocery list with your child watching or participating. Writing can help build letter/sound correspondence and organizational skills and deepen their comprehension (WVDE). #PrestonCountyReads
Good afternoon. This is a reminder that Preston County Schools will dismiss two hours early this Friday, March 15, 2024. Thank you.
Mr. Harvey and Ms. Moss' homerooms each earned a Bruce the Bulldog statue for having zero absences and zero tardies last week! They wasted no time dressing up Bruce. Mr. Harvey's students wanted to make Bruce his twin and Ms. Moss' students had a McDonald's theme going on.
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Preston County Students grades 3 - 8 completed their first state summative assessment last week earning participation in the county wide Kahoot's Bowl. The following students placed either 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in the bowl. Congratulations to ALL of our students who worked hard!
A couple announcements:
Academic Boosters will meet tomorrow at 6pm in the cafeteria.
Parents: We are going to continue some practice runs this week with the PikMyKid dismissal system. As you install and use the parent app, please make sure to allow it to use location settings on your smartphone. As you approach the school during dismissal, having the app use location settings will allow it to automatically announce your arrival and place in the pickup line.
Here are some tutorial videos if you need help:
Managing Pick-Up: https://player.vimeo.com/video/743556481?h=37d3d1fab0&
Parent App Account Tab: https://player.vimeo.com/video/738013532?h=fcaa4426a5
If you need additional help, there is a 24-hour email help line at: success@pikmykid.com
We appreciate your patience during these trial runs to as we work to make our dismissal and parent-pick up more efficient for you.
There are still 11 days to read and log your minutes! Plenty of time for this leader board to change!
Congratulations to Ms. Moss and Mr. Harvey's 6th grade homerooms! They had zero absences and zero tardies this week! They'll get a Bruce the Bulldog statue to display this week!
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Mrs. Vrabel’s class celebrated reading success and an earned class reward for PBIS with a special reward. The class was turned into reading forts for a “Flashlight Friday” reading marathon.
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Preston County Schools had 37 projects entered in the West Virginia Regional Social Studies Fair on March 7, 2024, and received: 18 first place, 9 second place, and 4 third place.
Great job to all participants! (No photo due to students leaving right after their category award winners were announced)
The West Virginia State Social Studies Fair will be held at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center on April 10, 2024, all First-Place students will advance to states.
First Place: Bentley Dalton and Maeley Hayes - Kingwood Elementary School; Madison Cook and Marvin Feather - Kingwood Elementary School; Isabelle DeBerry and Rylee Bolyard - Kingwood Elementary School; Taryn Sullivan - Aurora School; Lane Graham and Carter Garbart - Kingwood Elementary School; Zachary McNair - Kingwood Elementary School; Kinsley Dixon - Terra Alta East Preston School; Jade Busselman - South Preston School; Bristal Bolyard and Colton Sanders - South Preston School; Peyton Shaffer - Aurora School; Moll Hoffman and Myla Zinn - Central Preston Middle School; Ayla Fasouletos _ Central Preston Middle School, Addison Plum and Abby Metz - South Preston School; Grace Estep - Central Preston Middle School; Kadence Phares and Sarah Dew - South Preston Middle School; Ava Waters - Aurora School; Mariah Legeer and Landon Griffith - Preston High School; Audrey Britton, Jathen Arnold, and Deseree Newland - Preston High School
Second Place: Olivia Kelly - Kingwood Elementary School; Kadence Teets - Kingwood Elementary School; Ashton Homchenko and Donald Herko - Kingwood Elementary School; Carter Bolyard and Tucker Goff - South Preston School; Emma Williams - Central Preston Middle School; Dax Harrison - South Preston School; Tyler Street and Derek Edmunds - West Preston School; Colson Manko - Preston High School; and Alyssa Friend - Preston High School
Third Place: Reese Stratton - Central Preston Middle School; Colleen Hart and Abbigail Moore - West Preston School; Evie Durst - Aurora School; Samatha Sisler and Zander Sisler - Preston High School
Applications for Good Neighbor Days court are available in the main office from Miss Susan. Applications are open to students in grades 6 through 11 and the deadline to apply is April 5th. PHS students wishing to apply can pick up an application in the PHS guidance office.