The next time you receive a text message from PCS it will come from 98900 and NOT 98901 and it will automatically send a CTIA compliant opt-in OR opt-out text with necessary disclaimers. So carefully read your next text message. (This message was not sent as a text.) If you are not receiving text messages yet it is because secretaries are in to process of changing phone numbers from the Online Information Form you filled out.
Happy Almost Friday! Just a few updates from WPS...
1. Next week we're having a Back to School Spirit Week! Check out the attached picture for the theme for each day.
2. West Preston gear from Fan Cloth is on sale now! Check it out here --- https://fancloth.shop/SSNRP
3. Tomorrow is the last day for the in-person book fair! Students and families can also shop online through Sept. 14. https://bit.ly/3ttXzJj
Don't forget our PK-4 Open House event is live online tonight from 5-7:00 pm! Go to --- tinyurl.com/westpreston
Also, our fall book fair is happening now! Students can shop at school or family members can shop online anytime! Check it out and make sure to sign in so you can shop for WPS!
https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/as-seen-in-schools/360fair.html?fairId=4894785
Tuesday and Wednesday of this week will be our WPS open house nights! Due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in our community, these events will be fully online. Teachers will be live to discuss their plans for the year and to answer any questions.
There will be several other activities available online as well including the school book fair! Please check out the attached flyer.
If you have a student in Mrs. Reggi’s class, Mrs. Bowmar’s class, or a student in 5th grade who is currently on quarantine, we have instructional packets prepared at the school. If you are able, please swing by the school to pick them up.
If you have a student quarantining in another grade or class, please contact your child’s teacher about learning activities.
We know we don’t have Schoology and Seesaw fully set-up yet, so we will work with students when they return to catch them up on anything they miss. Thank you for your patience!
The Covid Testing scheduled at Preston Memorial Hospital on Saturday, September 4, 2021 from 1:00- 3:00 has been CANCELLED!
Because of several quarantines due to contact tracing, Preston Memorial Hospital will be setting up COVID testing on Saturday from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. for those that need to be tested in order to get back in school. Parents must call the COVID hotline at 304.329.7285 to register for the test.
Preston County Schools will be dismissing at approx. 11:30 AM from all schools except Preston HIgh School. Busses from Preston High will be dissmissing as soon they can return to PHS, approx. 12:30-12:45. Student drivers will be dismissed ahead of busses.
We have notification of two student COVID-19 cases, one in Mrs. Reggi's first grade classroom and one in Mrs. Bowmar's Kindergarten classroom. In accordance with district COVID-19 protocols, all students in these two classrooms will be required to quarantine beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, September 1st. All students may return to school on Friday, September 10th or your child can be tested on or after Saturday, September 4th and return with a negative test results on September 7th. If you have any questions, please contact the school and/or the Preston County Health Department at (304) 329-0096.
The Preston County Board of Education met on August 30, 2021, and issued a mask mandate through September 27, 2021, when the issue will be revisited. If all students are masked, CDC, state board, and local health department guidelines state that an exposed student would not have to be quarantined. This should help us keep students in school for now. https://youtu.be/TMe1nED-UUs
Join us at the Back to School Bash!
Jack Keim, President of the Preston County Board of Education, has called an Emergency Meeting of the Preston County Board of Ed. on Monday, August 30, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. for the purpose of discussing masks in schools
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Welcome Back to Grades 1st, 3rd, 6th, and 9th on Friday, August 27, 2021.
PCS has add a page with COVID information to their app and webpage. Here is the link https://www.prestoncountyschools.com/page/covid
Wecome Back 2nd, 4th, 7th and 10th Graders on Thursday, August 26, 2012.
We can't wait to see our Panthers this week!
We have a few important updates and reminders about arrival and dismissal this school year.
#1 Drop off time is 7:00- 7:15 am. The tardy bell rings at 7:15 this year!
#2 Pick up time is 2:10- 2:30 pm. After 1:30 pm, parents will have to wait in the pick-up line to get their students.
# 3 We will be using a new QR system this year for parent pick-up. Please dispose of last year's codes. You will receive a new set for your student within the next week.
#4 If your child will be riding the bus to anywhere other than home, you must complete an alternative bus form. This must be completed each school year. You can find it on the county's website: Menu/ Documents/ Parents/ Students/ Transportation/ Request for Alt. Bus Assign.
Please let us know if you have any questions! We hope to see you at the Back to School Bash this Saturday from 4-7!
Check out the updated bus route information on our app/webpage under the parent/student folder . You will find the transportation section.
Tomorrow, August 25, 2021 PCS welcomes students in grades 5th, 8th, 11th and 12th. Parents please fill out the new ONLINE student information form if you haven't yet and download our new app. https://forms.office.com/r/Mvn1wPkwbg
Here is the link to the WVDE Covid 19 Updates and school protocals that we follow here in Preston County Schools.
https://wvde.us/covid19/