Yesterday was the first ever Scholar's Summit hosted at PHS by PHS Staff and Students, spearheaded by Colson Manko and Mrs. Katie Rush. 14 teams from 6 schools competed in the summit consisting of 6 events worth up to 700 points; Math, Science, English (Speech and Essay), Quiz Bowl, and CTE Concentration - Aurora (2), Bruceton (3), Central (3), TAEP (2), South (1), West (3).
Overall Competition Winners: (Up to 700 Points Available)
1st - West Team 1 (612.25 Points)
2nd - Central Elite (608.5 Points)
3rd - Terra Alta Talented Twizzlers (600.5 Points)
Event Winners:
Math - 1st - Bruceton Team 1 (Perfect Score)
2nd - Central Elite
3rd - Aurora Baha Quacas
Science - 1st - Bruceton Team 2 (Perfect Score)
2nd - South Preston
3rd - West Team 2
English (Speech) - 1st - West Team 1
2nd - Central Magic Mittens
3rd - Central Elite
English (Essay) - 1st - Central Magic Mittens
2nd - Central Elite
3rd - West Team 2
English (Overall) - 1st - Central Magic Mittens
2nd - Central Elite
3rd - Bruceton Team 2
Quiz Bowl - 1st - Terra Alta Talented Twizzlers
2nd - Bruceton Team 2
CTE Concentration - 1st - Central Elite
2nd - Terra Alta Talented Twizzlers
3rd - West Team 1
🌟 We're halfway through April's Reading Challenge! So much reading has been accomplished as we head into Spring Break! 📖✨ Take this time to cozy up with a great book or listen to an audiobook. Don't forget to log your reading time in Beanstack! Staff, this includes you! Can we see your school at the top of the leaderboard when we return? Let us know your favorite book to read this break! 📚💬 #PCSREADS #BEANSTACK
Just a reminder that tomorrow, Thursday the 17th, begins Spring Break for students. Students do not report back to school until Tuesday, April 22nd. Preston County Schools wants to wish everyone a nice extended holiday weekend and a Happy Easter.
Good afternoon. Terra Alta East Preston School is holding a school-wide evacuation drill this afternoon at 1:30 pm. This drill will change our dismissal and parent pick up procedures for today. School dismissal will occur at the usual time, but parent pick up will be located at the Terra Alta Youth Center located at 102 4th Street. This will include any students who are usually picked up in the fire department/ambulance building parking lot. Those students must be picked up at the Terra Alta Youth Center as well since cars will not be permitted to enter the parking lot at the fire department. All students who are parent pick up will be escorted (walked) to the Youth Center where they will be picked up by parents. All students who ride a bus will ride their bus home as usual. Please be aware that route 7 may be congested during our drill as the police direct traffic to keep our students safe. This may also impact parent pick up. Your student's safety is our top priority, so your patience is appreciated as we work through the logistics of the drill. Please remember to alert the office by 1 pm today of any changes to parent pick up. If you must pick up your student early you must do so by 1 pm or you will have to wait and pick up the student at the Terra Alta Youth Center at regular dismissal time. We appreciate your patience and support of this important drill.
Also, to parents/guardians of students who are participating in the first Scholars Summit at Preston High, doors will open at PHS at 5 pm for families to watch the quiz bowl. Awards will take place at 7 pm. Parents/guardians must pick up their scholar summit student immediately following the conclusion of the awards ceremony at PHS.
Have a wonderful safe and happy long weekend (otherwise known as spring break). We look forward to seeing our students back on Tuesday, April 22nd. Thanks!
TAEP has a calendar of events set for the last week of April through the first week of June. This calendar is up-to-date as of April 16, 2025. Additional updates will be announced.
Yesterday TAEP students enjoyed Easter dinner for lunch with lovely spring decorations provided by PTO.
Today marks the first-ever Preston County Scholar Summit, an academic competition designed to offer a new academic opportunity for middle school students. Several teams from all Preston County middle schools will compete in bracket-style academic contests throughout the day for the summit, which aims to provide middle school students with a chance to engage in teamwork, collaboration, and social development . We will be live streaming events throughout the day on Facebook (PCS Page), beginning with the Welcome at 10:00. Tune in to Facebook throughout the day to see students compete in English, Science, Math, Quiz Bowl, and a CTE concentration. The Quiz Bowl Finals and Awards will be this evening.
Terra Alta Bus Announcement- Bus 62-15 will be running 30 minutes late this morning. Again, Bus 62-15 will be running 30 minutes late.
Today's Booker Day at TAEP! Help us celebrate Diabetes Awareness by wearing blue and/or orange in support of Booker Price.
Good evening, Eagles. A few important announcements:
1. Tomorrow is our school-wide evacuation drill at approximately 1:30 pm. This drill will change our dismissal and parent pick up procedures for tomorrow only. Detailed information will be posted on our website under Live Feed for parents to refer back to. School dismissal will occur at the usual time, but parent pick up will be located at the Terra Alta Youth Center located at 102 4th Street. All students who are parent pick up will be escorted (walked) to the Youth Center where they will be picked up by parents. All students who ride a bus will ride their bus home as usual. Please be aware route 7 may be congested during our drill as the police direct traffic to keep our students safe. This may also impact parent pick up. Your student's safety is our top priority, so your patience is appreciated tomorrow as we work through the logistics of the drill. Please remember to alert the office tomorrow by 1 pm of any changes to parent pick up. If you must pick up your student early you must do so by 1 pm tomorrow or you will have to wait and pick up the student at the Terra Alta Youth Center. Tomorrow's high temperatures is only expected to be in the mid-40s. Please make sure your students wear coats to school as the evacuation drill will require some time spent walking outside. We also recommend proper walking footwear.
2. Please join us tomorrow in celebrating diabetes awareness. We're asking students and staff to wear royal blue and/or orange as we honor our diabetic student, Booker Price.
3. Another reminder too that tomorrow's lunch will be a pepperoni or buffalo chicken pocket sandwich.
4. And finally, tomorrow, Wednesday, is our last day of school before Easter Break. Students return to school on Tuesday, April 22nd.
Have a wonderful spring break and a Happy Easter!
SCHOOL WIDE DRILL INFO for APRIL 16th. Wednesday, April 16, 2025, is our school-wide evacuation drill at approximately 1:30 pm. This drill will change our dismissal and parent pick up procedures for tomorrow only. School dismissal will occur at the usual time, but parent pick up will be located at the Terra Alta Youth Center located at 102 4th Street. All students who are parent pick up will be escorted (walked) to the Youth Center where they will be picked up by parents. All students who ride a bus will ride their bus home as usual. Please be aware route 7 may be congested during our drill as the police direct traffic to keep our students safe. This may also impact parent pick up. Your student's safety is our top priority, so your patience is appreciated tomorrow as we work through the logistics of the drill. Please remember to alert the office tomorrow by 1 pm of any changes to parent pick up. If you must pick up your student early you must do so by 1 pm tomorrow or you will have to wait and pick up the student at the Terra Alta Youth Center. The high temperatures for 4/16/25 are only expected to be in the mid-40s. We highly encourage all students to wear warm coats and appropriate walking footwear as the drill requires some outside walking to evacuation locations.
Menu changes this week at TAEP. Today, Tuesday, we will have our Easter dinner with ham, scalloped potato green beans, a cookie and, a roll. Wednesday we will have the pepperoni or buffalo chicken sandwich.
Good evening 8th grade families! Please send us a baby picture of your 8th grade student to be included in a slideshow for 8th grade recognition! You can email your picture to jboni@k12.wv.us or send in an original with your student to be scanned. All pictures must be turned in by April 30th. Thank you!
Wednesday we are celebrating Diabetes Awareness at TAEP. We're encouraging students and staff to wear royal blue and/or orange to school that day. We hope you will join us!
Good evening, Eagles. Just a reminder that Monday is spring portrait day. Also, yearbooks must be pre-ordered and the deadline is April 24th. The yearbook is sponsored by PTO who is also selling 1/2 page ads for 8th grade students. Ads are $10. There are a lot of important dates coming up between now and the end of the year. Make sure to check our events listing on our school webpage or the calendar snapshot we are sharing out on social media and our website live feed. The calendar runs the last week of April through the first week of June. We will have a school-wide evacuation drill on Wednesday, April 16th. We will send out more information and reminders the first of the week. Have a wonderful weekend!
This is a busy time of the year, so TAEP is providing a calendar ranging from the last week of April through the last week of school in June. We also keep our events listing on our school website up-to-date.
Final round of TAEP career day photos
More photos from yesterday's TAEP field day.
Just a reminder you can join our PTO meeting virtually tonight at 6 pm at https://tinyurl.com/EaglesPTO
May Menus:
You will notice multiple cook's choice days, which will also be each day in June, so no menus will go out for June as all are cook's choice. Cook's choice are used to either be efficient with inventory to limit on waste, or to try new items, or bring back old favorites. You will also notice that there are two "pre-packaged" days. These shelf stable meals will be tested by students, with a survey for students to follow. In the future, these will be utilized for field trips, brain freeze days and emergencies when there may not be staffing. These meals DO meet USDA school lunch requirements. If utilized more in the coming years, on those days, schools will still also provide salad bars, or other supplemental items. As always, if any questions or concerns as it relates to school meals, please direct those to Justin Hough, Director of Child Nutrition and Wellness, at jhough@k12.wv.us.
