We hope you will join your K-1 and 2-3 students on working on their March Literacy Calendars! These are a great way for you to practice at home with your student on important literacy skills! Reach out to your teacher if you haven't seen the calendar come home. #PCSREADS
🚨 Big changes in this week's leaderboard! Only a few more days left for this challenge! Which school will snag the Reader Leader trophy by month-end? 🏆 Don't forget to log those minutes in Beanstack! #PCSREADS #Beanstack
Read Across America Week: March 3-7, 2025! Celebrate the works of Dr. Seuss with us each day! Monday: Nobody Wants to Get Up Today (Wear your favorite PJs to school); Tuesday: If I Ran the Zoo Day (Wear animal print); Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday (Wear your craziest, wackiest outfit); Thursday: Favorite Seuss Character Day (Dress as your favorite Dr. Seuss character); Friday: The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That Day (Wear your favorite hat to school).
Save the Date for Dr. Seuss Family Night at KES: Thursday, March 6th, from 4:30-6:30PM! Literacy and STEAM activities as well as games and prizes galore; you just never know what we’ll have in store!
KES PTA will host its first BINGO event this Friday, February 28th, at the Kingwood Community Building! There’s still time to get tickets, which you must have in-hand to enter! Tickets are $30 each, which includes 10 games and food. Must be 18 to enter and play. Reach out to Mykayla Mauldin mmauldin@k12.wv.us.
With yesterday's and today's snow days, the tentative last day for students is now Thursday, June 5th, with the 4th and 5th serving as make-up days. June 6th and 9th will be the final teacher work days.
Preston County Schools are now closed for today, Friday, February 21st. Extended-day staff who have not already reported will report on a 2-hour delay and all other students and staff do not report. The scheduled data meetings for today will be rescheduled.
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Friday, February 21st. Maintenance, mechanics, and custodians report on schedule and students and all other staff report on a 2-hour delay.
Preston County Schools are now closed for today, Thursday, February 20th. Extended-day staff who have not already reported will report on a 2-hour delay and all other students and staff do not report. The scheduled data meetings for today will be rescheduled.
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for today, Thursday, February 20th. Maintenance, mechanics, and custodians report on schedule and all other students and staff report on a 2-hour delay.
These fourth graders represented Kingwood Elementary at the Preston County Social Studies Fair today at the Kingwood Community Building. You have made us extremely proud, and we are anxiously awaiting for the results to be announced at tonight's awards ceremony!
KES Families: This is a friendly reminder that there are to be NO VEHICLES in ANY of our MAIN PARKING LOTS during morning arrival (7:15-7:45) or evening dismissal procedures (2:15-2:45)! This is to ensure that buses and those traveling by foot can safely enter and exit. In the past week there have been several near collisions due to vehicles entering and exiting against the flow of traffic. Please also be reminded that, per family request, this is monitored by law enforcement daily.
KES Families: Please be advised that the date for Boys Grasshopper Tryouts was INCORRECT on the flier that went home. Boys’ 3rd/4th Grade tryouts will be on TUESDAY, February 25th, from 6-7PM. Girls’ 3rd/4th Grade tryouts will be MONDAY, February 24th, from 7:15-8:15PM. Both tryouts will be in the KES gym.
March Breakfast and Lunch Menus
There are a number of Governor's Schools of WV Opportunities for our students in grades 7-11. These can all be found at https://wvde.us/gov-schools/
Applications are available now. We will be featuring different ones as deadlines approach. First up is the Governor's School for the Arts for Current 10th Grade Students. This application is due on February 28th.
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Please consider applying for these exciting opportunities.
Social Studies Fair Set-up:
Set-Up is still this evening at the KVFD Community Building from 5-7. If you have a conflict with a basketball game or event, your project can either be dropped off earlier than 5, or make arrangements for another school representative to bring it up for you.
📚 We're on track to read 10,000 books in Preston County this year! We have already reached 74% of our goal! What's the best book you've read so far? Share your favorites! #PCSREADS #Beanstack
Congratulations to our January Wellness Challenge Student and Staff Winners. These students will be delivered their prizes later this month, which will be a scooter for spring and water bottle. These students, as well as December's Winners will also be placed into a drawing to win a fitness watch (3 winners total). Thanks for being a part of our wellness challenge this winter. Ms. Micki at Terra Alta was our lone staff winner and she will receive her exclusive Preston Strong Hat and be entered into our gift card drawing, courtesy of Titan Roofing. Again, thanks to all of our participants this winter.
Students:
Harlyn Acuff - West (2nd)
Ryder Raines - West (1st)
Ellamae Raines - West (PK)
Jordan Wilfong - KES (3rd)
Johnny Feather- TAEP(3rd)
Shawana Feather - TAEP (5th)
Maddison Love - CPMS (5th)
STAFF:
Mikaila Strawser (TAEP)
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18th. All staff will report on a normal schedule and Faculty Senate meetings originally scheduled for today are to be convened before the arrival of students. In addition, setup for the county social studies fair will take place tomorrow from 5-7 PM at the Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department.
Kingwood Elementary PTA successfully hosted our first-ever Donuts with Grown Ups event last week in conjunction with our class Valentine parties! Thank you to all the volunteers who worked to make this family engagement event a success! Our staff and students enjoyed sharing quality time with families in our building and look forward to future events!
