Preston High School

Reminder - 2025-2026 PCS School Calendar and Staggered Start Schedule

Also, if you need to contact your school's principal prior to the first day and haven't been able to get in contact, as contracts vary along with summer time off, see the attached school directory for email contact information.

Summer Band and Sports Shuttles

Preston County Schools will be offering a Bus Driver Class beginning on July 28th. This position offers summers off, flexible hours, family medical, dental and vision insurance, and a retirement plan for full -time employment. – No High School diploma required. Drug Testing and background check required. Please call 304-329-2524 for more information. You may apply on the Preston County Schools website under Employment (Substitute Bus Operator ) to be considered for the class.

Any student, girl or boy, interested in trying out for the Varsity Football, Competition, and Boys' Basketball cheerleading team at PHS must have a physical dated after May 1 and brought with them for tryouts which begin on August 4, 2025 at the PHS small gymnasium starting at 8:00 a.m.  Please make sure that you have a sealable water bottle and a small snack because the tryouts last from 8-12.  

Tired of hearing the dreaded "B-Word" from your kiddos this summer break? No need to reinvent the wheel to find solutions and answers. The internet is full of ideas to help combat the boredom blues, many activities at no cost and using resources already in and around your homes. Summer Bingo is just one of those ideas that adds a little friendly competition that could just be that needed boost.

Just a reminder of upcoming substitute class offerings. Please contact Autumn Sheets for more information. Tomorrow is custodian and cook.

Sign-ups for West Preston Youth Football, ages 4 to 12 interested in playing or cheerleading, will take place this evening at the West Preston Youth Field from 6 to 8. You don't have to attend the West Preston area to play. If your town doesn't have a team, you're welcome to join.

All full-time employees should be receiving new vision and dental cards in the mail from new provider UNUM, so please be watching for them. If you do not receive a card in the mail, or need immediate access to the card, directions on how to access cards online are being sent to your K12 emails and will also be posted on the PCS website and Facebook page. If you need to make changes to your vision and dental insurance, please contact Eraka Anderson at 304-329-0580 ext. 3215 or by email at eanderson@k12.wv.us.

Just a reminder to those summer school attendees, as well as all PCS students, that we are providing pre-packaged, shelf-stable meals for students free of charge. If your child isn't enrolled in summer school, and they can not come during the designated time to eat with the other students and you're in need of summer feeding, please contact Justin Hough, Director of Child Nutrition at jhough@k12.wv.us to see if other arrangements can be made.

Preston High School's football team will not hold flex practices today June 25 or tomorrow June 26. Enjoy your 4th of July! Flex practices will resume on July 7 with weight lifting at normal time.

Due to the heat advisory today, June 24, 2025, all sport flex practices for squires and high school football have been cancelled for today.

Preston High Flex Football Practice for June 23, 2025 will be from 5:00-6:30 pm in the weight room. There will not be any outside practice tonight.

Happy West Virginia Day!!!

PRESTON HIGH CROSS COUNTRY Interested in joining our championship-caliber program? Our organizational meeting will be Monday, June 16th at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the new Cheat River Rail Trail Park between Kingwood and Rowlesburg and will last about 30 minutes. There will be a group run after the meeting. Things to consider... • We offer flexibility for those student-athletes that would like to participate in more than one sport • Differentiated training plans for all abilities (beginner to state elite) • Access to cross-training activities for those that are injured or new to the sport • Veteran coaches who have been with the program for two decades • Championships / State Meet Advancement!!! No sport has won more conference championships or has qualified for states more than cross country (girls - 21 x since 1999, boys - 13 x since 1999) • Only boys sport to win a team state championship in county history. The girls team has been state runners-up five times. • Girls Cross Country is the back to back to back (’22, ’23, ’24) Big 10 Champions • Great gear... We have a uniforms in a variety of colors and patterns (black, gray, neon green, camo pink, checkerboard) • Travel to some of the best meets in the nation (previously have competed in NYC, Gettysburg, Louisville, Williamsburg, Raleigh, Winchester, Richmond, etc. • Host of one of the coolest meets in the nation, Knight Night Relays Champions Train... ...Others Complain

Today, June 14th, 2025 is Flag Day. This day commemorates the official adoption of the American Flag by the Second Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War. National flags are considered an important symbol of a nation’s sovereignty and identity, and creating the US Flag was an essential step in forming a state separate from the British Empire. Flag Day celebrates both the founding of an American identity and nationality, as well as the fight for independence.

Reminder. Sign-ups and parent meeting for the Preston Co Squires Middle School Football Team will be held Monday June 16th 6:00pm - 8:00pm at the Kingwood City Pool for any student entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade next school year. There will be free pizza and open concessions stand.

Preston County Schools will be offering FREE meals to students this summer in conjunction with the summer school schedule. You do not have to be participating in summer school to receive a free breakfast or lunch. These meals will be the pre-packaged meals that were tested at the end of the school year across the county and will also include a shelf-stable milk, choice of white or chocolate.

Reminder: Last Call for Camps. This Summer we will continue to run a couple of camp offerings for our middle school students. We'll be having both a culinary and wellness camp for grades 5-8 in July. These will be capped at the first 20 kids per week for cooking and 30 for wellness. Register below: https://prestoncs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3IeyJYuAWjCP4z4

Another board meeting full of recognitions of PCS amazing staff and students. This evening's board meeting began with recognition of our retiring personnel, combining for an impressive 445 years of dedicated service. Once the meeting reconvened, our teacher of the year was recognized, as well as our student board members and PHS track team state meet participants. Congratulations to all. Listing of Retiring Employees: Kim Floyd-- Teacher at West Preston School (43 total years of service) Suzanne Peddicord-- Nurse at West Preston School (17 years of service) Lisa Pifer-- Teacher at South Preston School (37 years of service) Kim Devall-- Aide at Bruceton School (19 years of service) Stacy Borror-- Teacher at Kingwood Elementary (26 years of service) Laura Metz-- Aide at West Preston School (24 years of service) Sue Clark-- Secretary at Preston High School (39 years of service) Sharon Shafer-- Aide at Bruceton School (14 years of service, 11 with PCS) Kim Metheny-- Guidance Counselor at Preston High School (35 years of service) Morrell Bolyard-- Bus Operator (34 years of service) Frances Ferrell-- Special Education Consultant (36 years of service) Joanna Shillito-- Bus Operator (15 years of service) Mike Kulcsar-- ROTC Instructor (15 years of service) Kathryn Browning-- Teacher at Bruceton School (24 years of service, 21 with PCS) Allen Corbitt-- Technology System Specialist (13 years of service, 7 with PCS) Terry Falkenstine-- Teacher at Preston High School (37 years of service, 29 with PCS) Melva Roush-- Academic Coach (17 years of service) Student Board Members: Colson Manko and Brooklyn Casteel. PCS Teacher of the Year: Kathleen Cline, Teacher at Aurora School Participants in the WV State Track Meet: Head Coach: Rachel Bogumil (Arbogast), Asst. Coach: Heather Parks Hallie Simmons-- 3200 meters, 1600 meters, and 800 meters {All-State in the 3200 meters finishing in 5th place and 800 meters finishing in 8th place} {9th place in the 1600 meters} Ava Simmons-- 3200 meters {15th place} Delaney Seese, Tori Hovatter, Ava Simmons, and Zoey Borgman (Mariah Titchenell- Alternate)-- 4x800 relay {11th place} Landon Griffith, Chandler Wilhelm, Garron Pyles, and Damian Rumer (Ethan White & Huxley Rumer- Alternates)-- 4x800 relay {13th place} Ally Sheets, Lyndsay Kitchen, Madison Sypolt, and Amy Freeland (Ava Bishop- Alternate)-- Shuttle Hurdle Relay {16th place}