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
From Bruceton Youth League Football & Cheer: The last registration for spring flag football will be in the breezeway tomorrow, Saturday, March 9th. All children between the ages of 7 and 17 are welcome to play on co-ed teams.
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.
Out Spring Scholastic Book Fair will be held March 21-March 28th with the Family Night being on March 21st from 5-7pm. If you'd like to sign up for your child to use the e-wallet the link is: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/brucetonschool
Tomorrow, Friday, March 8th, bus 37-22 Jay Kelley for Bruceton school and Preston High will not run.
The school breakfast program is a great way to start a successful day.
Stay tuned for weekly tips! Spend time reading every day. Reading together sends a strong message that reading is invaluable. Showing interest in reading will impact your child by helping them understand the importance of reading and writing. As a result, your child will follow your example. Check out more resources on the science of reading and the Ready Read Write Initiative on the WVDE website at https://wvde.us/ready-read-write/ #PrestonCountyReads
Today, Thursday, March 7th, bus 101, Matt Feather for Bruceton School and Preston High will be running 1 hour late.
Save the date for our annual STEM Night on Thursday, March 21st. It's from 5-7pm and we have activities for all ages plus things from WVU and NASA. It's free for everyone and kids can win door prizes.
A menu change for tomorrow, Thursday, March 7th:
Lunch: chicken drummy, waffle fries, peas, cauliflower, and fruit cup
Breakfast: mango strawberry yogurt smoothie, graham crackers
Children who eat breakfast have increased alertness and improved moods throughout the morning, making for a better learning experience in the classroom.
Tonight's softball scrimmage has been cancelled for Wednesday, March 6th.
We had 240 students with perfect attendance in February! We put everyone in a drawing and congratulations to our 5 lucky winners:
Beckett Weiler
Lillian Sleppy
Carter Forman
Alexis Maust
Kaylee Ware
Also, each student with perfect attendance each month from this point forward will get a special brag tag! Mrs. Julie's kindergarten class is showing off their brag tags!
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