April is the month of the military child.
The week of April 7-11 has been designated by WVDE and Common Ground as Purple Up Spirit Week.
Celebrate Spirit Week April 7-11, 2025*:
Military Monday – Monday, April 7, 2025
Wear clothing showing pride in your favorite branch of the military.
Crazy Camo Day – Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Wear your favorite camouflaged clothing.
Red, White, and Blue Day – Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Wear colors representing our nation’s flag.
RED Day – Thursday, April 10, 2025
Wear red to Remember Everyone Deployed.
“Purple Up” Day – Friday, April 11, 2025
Join communities across our state and nation in honoring military-connected children by wearing purple (a mix of all military branch colors) and engage in activities celebrating their strength and resiliency.
Link to Young Writer's Recognitions
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18rs2jT5n1/
PCS Fine Arts Festival Reminder: THIS Friday, April 4th at PHS
4:00 pm - Students report to PHS main doors and will be directed to rehearsal space
5:00 pm - Doors open to the public - in the gym
5:30 pm - Choir performance
6:45 pm - Art presentation
Students are to wear jeans or dark bottoms and their school shirt or a plain black or white shirt. If you didn't turn in a permission form and would still like to participate, please come and sing!
Preston County Schools thanks and appreciates all the amazing paraprofessionals on this appreciation day and throughout the year. Thanks for all you do for our kiddos and staff.
April is the Month of the Military Child. The month highlights continuing efforts to create a positive school climate and culture that meet the unique needs of military-connected children and families. In addition to hosting special activities throughout the month, many schools will participate in national “Purple Up Day” on April 11, 2025, with students, faculty and staff wearing purple as a show of support for military children.
The Month of the Military Child honors and celebrates the spirit of perseverance of military-connected students. Please join PCS in celebrating "Purple Up Day" on April 11th.
PLEASE REMEMBER THE 2025 NEW TIME for the Mobile Food Pantry
Mt Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Civic Ctr Parking Lot
10am-11:30pm - service
The Preston County Board of Education will receive sealed bids until 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 for mowing grass, trimming and weed eating all common areas at the following locations:
Schools: Aurora, Bruceton, Fellowsville, Kingwood Elementary, Preston High (to include the football field), Rowlesburg, South Preston, Terra Alta/East Preston, Central Preston Middle and West Preston
The service you are bidding will be on an as-needed basis, per mowing request. Mowing will be done only after communication with the Preston County Schools Maintenance Supervisor, Matt Murray, or his designee.
***Contractors must submit bids for all locations***
Please submit bids for the individual locations per mowing, trimming and weed eating, for a contact period of one year along with a valid WV Business License and proof of liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 with your bid to Preston County Schools, 731 Preston Drive, Kingwood, WV 26537. All work shall be in accordance with instructions provided by the Preston County Schools Maintenance Department (304-329-0580, ext. 3231).
The Preston County Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids and waive any informality in the bidding.
The Preston County Schools' Young Writers Awards will be live-streamed this evening beginning at 6:00 on the PCS Facebook page at the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/15wwkHdAsD/?mibextid=wwXIfr
The March Reading Challenge has come to a close. Congratulations to South for defending their title as the county Reader Leader and keeping the trophy for another month! 🏆👏 This month, our Preston County School community doubled their challenge completion rate, with individuals reading over 600 minutes! 📚✨ A special shoutout to the 48 amazing students and staff who read over 1400 minutes! 🙌💪 Let’s keep the reading spirit alive as we jump into April’s Spring into Reading Challenge! 🌷📖 What’s on your reading list for April? Drop your book recommendations below!
👇#PCSReads #Beanstack
Our staff and students are making reading a habit at Kingwood Elementary! On Friday, several were recognized for reaching new milestones in Beanstack, and KES was ranked 2nd in Preston County for minutes logged last week! To celebrate our “Igniter” status and reward these healthy habits of mind, the homeroom logging the MOST minutes in the upcoming week with earn an ice cream party!
Kingwood Bus Run - Bus 40-22 will be running 30 minutes late today. Again, bus 40-22 will be running 30 minutes late this morning.
Over the past several weeks, third and fourth grade students have been working hard training for the mile portion of the FitnessGram test during wellness class. This is a timed endurance assessment used to measure a student’s cardiorespiratory fitness. Congratulations to this year’s top runners as well as all students who successfully completed this challenge!
Incoming 5th Grade Parents: Friends of Wildcats will hold their next meeting on 4/2 at 6:30 in the library. Nominations are also open for positions of President and Secretary for the 25/26 school year. If interested, complete the form at the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0BsyMoeAbqTH5vjeA4vWHypn10Juhg6LgRKiPbTEu7zXsHA/viewform.
Our donation of Easter meal items has grown over the past few days...Bring in a non perishable item tomorrow to help feed our community and earn an ice cream party for your grade level!
During a special meeting of the Preston County Board of Education on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, the Board interviewed eight candidates for the current vacancy on the Board that was previously filled by Mrs. Shelley Miller. After completing all of the interviews and deliberating on the matter, the Board approved Mrs. Beth Noss to fill the vacancy through June 30, 2026. The remaining two years of the term will be determined in the May 2026 Primary Election. Congratulations to new Board member Beth Noss! Mrs. Noss will be sworn in at an upcoming meeting of the Board following her required initial training through the WV State Board Association.
During a special meeting of the Preston County Board of Education on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, the Board interviewed eight candidates for the current vacancy on the Board that was previously filled by Mrs. Shelley Miller. After completing all of the interviews and deliberating on the matter, the Board approved Mrs. Beth Noss to fill the vacancy through June 30, 2026. The remaining two years of the term will be determined in the May 2026 Primary Election. Congratulations to new Board member Beth Noss! Mrs. Noss will be sworn in at an upcoming meeting of the Board following her required initial training through the WV State Board Association.
Preston County Schools is proud to once again collaborate with Let Your Light Shine for Preston County, Wal-Mart, and the many other businesses and churches in the county who work to supply complete Easter Dinners for 500 of our own families who find themselves in need. Our schools take up donations and hold drives in an effort to assist, as well as many of our schools will serve as distribution sites on April 11th and 12th. More information will follow as we get closer to those dates. Any families in need can contact their school's counselor or student support team. For more information on either applying for the meal, or if you're wanting to volunteer or donate, you can contact either the school's student support team, or search Let Your Shine For Preston County and get directly in contact with them. We greatly appreciate these efforts around another holiday season, and are proud to continue to work to make the lives of Prestonians better. Thank you for the continued invitation to collaborate on such a good initiative.
Kingwood Elementary is proud to announce the PurposeFULL People awards for the month of February. These students are being recognized for demonstrating the trait of cooperation in the classroom and throughout campus.
KES: This is a reminder that the Scholastic Book Fair will be at our school THIS week! Tomorrow is shopping day for PreK and Kindergarten.
This event is Friday, April 4th at PHS. Participants will meet at PHS at 4pm. Doors open to the public at 5pm. Choir concert starts at 5:30pm. Performers will wear jeans or dark bottoms and provided t-shirt. T-shirts will be distributed during rehearsal the evening of the event.This form is only for students attending. A separate response needs to be submitted for each child. All responses need to be entered by Monday, March 24th at 8am. https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fr%2FV2pLGxuB6G&data=05%7C02%7Cspeaslee%40k12.wv.us%7C1571f01cf233408a098a08dd67ec9f9c%7Ce019b04b330c467a8bae09fb17374d6a%7C0%7C0%7C638780988156400758%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZpVoxiliR6n2DEt2frV86GQ41M0bOuy6a%2BBMeR8IarI%3D&reserved=0
