Preston High School, Preston County Chamber of Commerce, and Preston County EDA will host a student and community career fair on May 2, 2024 from 10 am - 2 pm at Preston High School. Businesses interested in participating must register by 4/22/24. info@prestonchamber.com
Preston High School (PHS) junior (and former West Preston student) Madison Adams (daughter of Lindsay & Bryan Adams of Reedsville) was recently named Big 10 All Conference cheerleader. To read the full story visit the NEWS section of prestoncountyschools.com
Today, Tuesday, April 16th, bus 22-21 Gerri Shaffer for Bruceton School will run 35 minutes late this afternoon, and students will be delivered on bus 58. The high school run will be on time.
April is the month of the military child and Preston County Schools would like to thank all those who serve and recognize their children and families for sacrifices made. In honor of military child month, please join us in participating in spirit week. Monday 4/15 military day; Tuesday 4/16 crazy camo day; Wednesday 4/17 red, white, and blue day; Thursday 4/18 red day; Friday 4/19 purple up day. Thank you for taking part in supporting Military Kids! #WVNGCYP #CommonGroundWV
Today, Monday, April 15th, bus 33-22 Lisa Larew for West Preston and Preston High will not run.
Today, Monday, April 15th bus 73-16 Josie Shillito for Terra Alta East Preston and Preston High will not run.
Tomorrow, Monday, April 15th, bus 7-19 Barb Hornyak for West Preston and Preston High will not run.
Today, Friday, April 12th, bus 62-15 Carla Knotts for Kingwood Elementary, Central Preston, and Preston High will run 45 minutes late.
Results for Preston County from the WV State Social Studies Fair - there were six first place, two second place, five third place, one honorable mention, and four students did not place.
First place: Bentley Dalton & Maeley Hayes, Kinsley Dixon, Lane Graham, and Carter Garbart, Addison Plum & Abby Metz, Grace Estep, Molly Hoffman, and Myla Zinn
Second place: Taryn Sullivan & Zachary McNair
Third place: Isabelle Deberry & Rylee Bolyard, Madison Cook & Marvin Feather, Ayla Fasouletos, Bristol Bolyard & Colton Sanders, Audrey Britton, Jathen Arnold, and Deseree Newland
Honorable Mention: Kadence Phares & Sarah Dew
In attendance: Ava Waters, Jade Busselman, Peyton Shaffer, Mariah Legeer and Landon Griffith
Tomorrow, Friday, April 12th, bus 128 Tony Goff for West Preston School and Preston High School will not run.
Today, Thursday, April 11th, bus 73-16 Josie Shillito for Terra Alta East Preston and Preston High will not run.
Board of Education recognitions from Monday 4/8/24:
College Board's National Rural & Small-Town Recognition: Adam Davis, Jessica Harned, Kaden Hayes, Noah Humphrey, Lyndsay Kitchen, Donald Parks, Hallie Simmons, Joseph Street, Ethan White, and Kadence Whitehair.
College Board's National First-Generation achievement: Bryson Evans, Jessica Harned, Hallie Hartsell, Noah Humphrey, Harley Mersing, Johnny Michaels, Dillion Moore, and Ira Shaffer.
WV Skills USA Competition: PHS Electrical students - Bryson Evans & Cole Trickett (Evans won first place overall and Trickett finished third place overall).
Preston County WV State Science Fair Winners & Qualifiers:
Levi Yoder (1st place), PHS; Jacob Heubi (1st place), Bruceton School; Scarlett Hayes (1st place), CPMS; Ethan White (2nd place), PHS; Aubrey Welch & Kylee Barr (2nd place), CPMS; Emma Goodrich (2nd place), CPMS; Katelyn Gribble (qualifier), SPS; Branson Roth (qualifier), Aurora School; Donald Parks (qualifier), PHS; Rick Deal (qualifier), PHS; Reese Stratton (qualifier), CPMS.
The March madness food challenge winner is pizza! Thanks to everyone for participating.
During the 4/8/24 meeting of the Preston County Board of Education, the Board was presented with the proposed 2024-25 academic calendar developed by a committee of 17 professional & service personnel employees. This meeting was the first of two required public hearings. The next public hearing is scheduled on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at the PCS Boardroom at 6 PM.
The calendar is available for review on the scrolling marquee on the PCS website & is also available at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/4vapt9m9.
Public comment on the calendar can be emailed to Brad Martin at brrmarti@k12.wv.us. The deadline for submission of public comment is Thursday, April 18, 2024.
This message is for all Preston High School students grades 9, 10, and 11. Please make sure your laptop is fully charged and bring your charging cord with you tomorrow for testing. Testing will begin promptly at 8:15 a.m. Get sleep, eat breakfast, and try your best. Thank you!
Preston High School students grades 9, 10, and 11 will participate tomorrow, Wednesday, April 10th, in state assessment testing - the PSAT & SAT. Students need to be well-rested, eat a good breakfast, come with their laptop fully charged, and be on time. #tryyourbest
This Month's PCS Reading Challenge Standings as of April 8th (check out the video on Preston County Schools Facebook about this month's reading challenge)
Mountaineer Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry Food Giveaway, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, from 11 am - 12:30 pm (while supplies last), at the Preston County Civic Center, 311 Tunnelton Street, Kingwood, WV. Please enter through Buckwheat Festival Fairgrounds on S. Price Street.
Bus #123 (Kyle Lee) in the Bruceton Area is running approximately 40 minutes late today.
It's time for a new Beanstack Reading Challenge Preston County! Grab a good book and Hop into Reading. Read, log your minutes, finished books and activities to complete this challenge. This challenge is open to all staff and students. Remember the school with the most minutes per student logged will be the champions. All students who receive the completed badge in this challenge will be awarded a Brag tag. Watch the video to see how to earn badges and how to log your reading into Beanstack. Will your school be the Spring Champion? Use this link to watch a short video about the contest!
