Next week is National School Lunch Week. President John F. Kennedy created National School Lunch Week (NSLW) in 1962 to promote the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child's life, and the impact it has inside and outside of the classroom. We have selected fan favorites to highlight the week, as well as focusing on a "farm to table" day on Wednesday, featuring WV pork and fruits. And as always in Preston County Schools, all students eat for FREE.
Mt Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Civic Ctr Parking Lot
Distribution: 11am-12:30pm
Save the date for this year's West Preston Birthday Bash (and conference night)!
October 15th, 5pm to 7pm.
More details coming soon...
Parents/Guardians and students, please take a moment to complete a short survey related to school meals. The results of this survey will help in making menus that are more appealing to our students. Thank you.
https://forms.office.com/r/Wsyh9jU5c9
There is a miscommunication on the calendar showing that next Friday, October 11th is a 2-hour early dismissal. This is an error and will actually be a full day for students and staff. Our apologies for any confusion. All upcoming dates are correct, but subject to change due to weather or other circumstances.
October 2nd is National Custodial Worker's Recognition Day. Preston County Schools would like to show our appreciation and invite all to show theirs to our hard-working custodians who keep our schools and workplaces across the county clean, safe and running smoothly. We have the best!
Preston County Schools will be offering substitute certification classes for the following service personnel positions: Cooks - Tuesday, October 8th at 9:00 AM, Custodians - Wednesday, October 9th at 9:00 AM, and Aides - Friday, October 18th at 8:00 AM. All classes are held in the PCS BOE Board Room. Please go to prestoncountyschools.com to apply and email asheets@k12.wv.us if interested in attending or getting more information.
That's a wrap for September and we welcome a new month full of new possibilities. Check out this month's newsletter with important dates, including picture day and lots of good information to help your student, including a resource for behavior at home!
https://secure.smore.com/n/r1kn3c
Preston County Schools will be dismissing all schools two-hour early today in line with the posted academic calendar. We hope our students, parents, and staff enjoy the extended weekend break.
Please see the attached image for information on free legal aid at West Preston.
In accordance with WV Board Policy 6204, impact statements and supporting data related to the possible closures of Fellowsville Elementary School and Rowlesburg School have been posted in all county school locations, in the office of the Superintendent, and in the county bus garage for public review from September 24, 2024 through October 28, 2024.
Menu change for tomorrow:
Wednesday's Lunch of Chicken Drummies will be served tomorrow, Monday, Sept 23 and Monday's lunch of Cheeseburger will be served on Wednesday, Sept 25.
Buckwheat week is upon u s! Join in on Spirit week each day this week as we get more and more excited for Buckwheat Weekend.
In addition to spirit week, we welcome the Buckwheat Court, Elizabeth Satterfield from Aurthurdale Heritage, and Professor Moritz from WVU. We are also putting the finishing touches on our student work to be displayed at the festival. It should be an amazing week to kick off the festival weekend!
October's menus are now available for parents and guardians to see their student's school's meal offerings next month. Tomorrow will be our final new item of the month, with most schools having Buffalo Chicken Pizza, while some, due to distribution issues, could be serving BBQ Chicken Pizza (also new to PCS). Following tomorrow's lunch, in the coming days, you will see a link to a survey. This survey will be used to help determine future menus and improve our feeding program and service to our students. If there are ever any questions, comments, or concerns, those can be directed to Justin Hough, Director of Child Nutrition at jhough@k12.wv.us or at 304-329-0580 x234.
Good evening. This is just a reminder to parents and guardians to either send in absence or doctor's notes upon their students return to school, or to utilize the online form which can be found on the main banner on the Preston County Schools website, or under documents on the app. Thank you.
West Preston lady Panthers basketball will be having a meeting for middle school students interested in playing for the school on Friday September 20th at 530pm in the West Preston gym. Tell your friends and hope to see a lot of excitement for the upcoming season! - Coach Huggins
Please join us 6pm on Thursday, September 19th in the West Preston School Library for our first Local School Improvement Council Meeting (LSIC). All are welcome to come and have a voice as a stakeholder in the community. Light refreshments will be provided. Elections will be held at this meeting.
Monday, September 16th at 5:30pm there will be an informational meeting for any West Preston middle school boys who are interested in playing basketball. This meeting will be held in the cafeteria. Thanks!
Based on communcations with the Preston County Sheriff's Department, they have advised that by having the juvenile in custody that no credible threat to the community is believed to exist at this time. As as result, all scheduled extracurricular activities will be permitted to continue as scheduled tonight. Additional security for tonight's home football game has also been secured.
West Preston Families, administration has been made aware of a social media post circulating with concerning information. There has not been any credible tie to West Preston specifically but we are continuing to investigate and monitor the situation. At this point, only the high school is dismissing early.