Join PCS over break for a reading challenge on Beanstack (in Clever); challenges for all ages, even staff! Enjoy a relaxing holiday break with lots of time for reading! https://www.beanstack.com/find-a-site. Search Preston County Schools and then select your school to begin!
The Winter 2023 Beat of Excellence is now available online at prestoncountyschools.com under menu>district>beat of excellence>Winter 2023. The magazine includes the latest Levy Expenditures Report. Copies of the magazine will be sent home with students this week.
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Wednesday, December 20, 2023. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay.
Preston County Schools will be closed today, Tuesday, December 19th. Maintenance, Mechanics, and 240-day custodians report on schedule. All additional 240-day+ employees may report on a 2-hour delay. All other employees and students do not report and all scheduled extra-curricular activities are postponed.
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay.
In response to a notification by the district's food vendor (Gordon Food Service), referencing a product recall related to potential contamination with salmonella of several Quaker Oats products including Quaker Chewy Granola Bar Cookies and Cream that were distributed through the backpack food program that services multiple district schools during the month of December. Efforts are being made to remove the impacted product from any further distributions. However, please discard any recalled items that have been distributed prior to the recall notice.
Due to anticipated winter weather conditions, Preston County Schools are cancelling all afterschool activities for tomorrow, Monday, December 18, 2023. The scheduled Board of Education Meeting at Fellowsville has been postponed and will be rescheduled. The rescheduled date and time of the meeting will be announced as soon as possible.
South Preston Faculty Senate Minutes December 12, 2023
i) Call to Order
ii) Financial Report
a. Balance at 10-27-23 FS Meeting- $17963.80
b. Laminating Film- $554.24
c. Teacher Allocations $3701.19 (Duckworth, Morris, Zinn, Chambers, Albright, Stull, Young, Funk, Biggins, Miller, Tanner, Stuchell, Groves, Spiker, Hammonds)
d. Luigi’s Sports Center $300
e. PC Bus to Luigi’s Sports $230.00
f. Total $4785.43
g. Current Balance as of December 12, 2023- $13,178.37
iii) New Business
iv) Other
a. Carmine Hammonds made a motion to purchase staples for the copiers with an estimate of $150.00 total.
b. Melissa Bowmar seconded the motion.
c. Faculty voted with a unanimous vote to order staples
d. REMINDER: December 15, 2023 Hard Deadline for receipts or purchase orders for teacher allotments
v) Move to Adjourn
a. Jordan Young made a motion to adjourn the meeting
b. Jenni Tanner seconded the motio
SPS is selling South Preston and South Preston basketball apparel. To order, please go to https://www.affordablesignsunlimited.com/vendors/ and search for South Preston 2023 or South Preston Basketball 2023. Thank you for your support.
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Monday, December 11th. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay. The data meeting at Aurora will be postponed and the meeting time for the Terra Alta meeting will be shifted to 11 AM.
There will be no ASE on Monday, December 11, or on Wednesday, December 13. Thank you.
South Preston Faculty Senate Agenda
December 12, 2023
I. Call to Order
II. Financial Report
III. New Business
REMINDER: December 15, 2023 Hard Deadline for receipts or purchase orders for teacher allotments
IV. Other
V. Move to adjourn
There will be informational meetings for all 7th grade girls who are interested in being a junior princess in the 2024 Buckwheat Festival. The meetings will take place on Monday, December 4 and Tuesday, December 5th at 6:00 pm at the Community Building in Kingwood. You must attend one of these meetings if you would like to participate. Questions and/or concerns can be directed to darby.rouzee@k12.wv.us.
South Preston School Testing Incentive Program winners for the Fall 2023 are: Jackson Dillsworth, Madisyn Burns, Sam Miller, Bryce Pase, Leah Barlow, Harlynn Burleyson, Addison Plum, Tempe Phillips, Haley Eagle, and the grand prize winner for the gift certificate from our generous donor the Launch Pad Trampoline Park in Morgantown was Layla Wolfe. These students demonstrated outstanding testing behaviors and motivation during the most recent iReady diagnostic test. We are so proud of all of our students! Keep up the good work!
South Preston has recently hired after-school math and reading/English tutors. We have a limited number of spots available. Therefore, our first round of enrollment will be offered to students in grades 5-8. Tutoring will be provided free of charge. Transportation will not be provided, so parents will be responsible for picking up their child at 4:00 on the days their child receives tutoring. We want to get this service started before Christmas break. If interested in enrolling your child, please email Mr. Hoit at jhoit@k12.wv.us or Ms. Dalton at cmdalton@k12.wv.us. Thank you.
Good evening. The alternate winter bus route schedules are now posted on the Preston County Schools Website under menu, parents/students, and transportation. A direct link is https://5il.co/29tpu. Thank you.
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for tomorrow, Wednesday November 29, 2023. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay.
Preston County Schools will be closed for today, Tuesday, November 28th. Maintenance, Mechanics, and 240-day custodians report on schedule. All additional 240-day+ employees may report on a 2-hour delay. All other employees and students do not report, and all scheduled extra-curricular activities are cancelled.
Preston County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for today, Tuesday, November 28th. Maintenance, mechanics, & custodians report on a regular schedule, & all other students & staff will report on a 2-hour delay.
South Preston Picture Makeup Day will be November 29.