🔹 3112: Board–Staff Communication
🔹 5223: Absences for Religious Ordinances
🔹 7540.02: Digital Content and Accessibility
🗓 Comment Period Ends: January 18, 2026
We encourage our families, staff, and community members to review the proposed policies and share feedback using the link below:
👉 https://tinyurl.com/PCS-Policies
Your voice helps strengthen our school system—thank you for participating!
The Pocahontas County Board of Education was proud to recognize Mrs. Samantha Feather, 2nd Grade Teacher at Marlinton Elementary School, at the December 16th meeting for achieving National Board Certification!
National Board Certification is one of the highest credentials an educator can earn, demonstrating exceptional teaching practice, commitment to student learning, and dedication to ongoing professional growth. 🌟
Congratulations, Mrs. Feather! Your hard work and passion for education continue to inspire our entire school community. 🍎✨
We are so proud of all our amazing spellers who competed earlier this month!
A special shout‑out to our winners:
🥇 1st Place – Jarrell
🥈 2nd Place – Brayden
🥉 3rd Place – Wade
Your hard work, focus, and determination truly shined. Way to represent your school with excellence! 🌟📚✨
In the meantime, we have a temporary workaround you may use:
Call the Central Office at 304‑799‑4505, then dial the extension of the person you need to reach at your school.
Below are the extensions for principals and secretaries at each school:
Hillsboro Elementary School (HES)
Secretary: 3237
Principal: 3239
Marlinton Elementary School (MES)
Secretary: 2235
Principal: 2236
Marlinton Middle School (MMS)
Secretary: 6237
Principal: 6243
Pocahontas County High School (PCHS)
Secretary: 5221
Principal: 5227
Assistant Principal: 5228
🎉 Congratulations to our 2025/2026 County Math Field Day Winners and Participants! 🎉
🏅 Grade Level Winners:
4th Grade: Daniel (1st), Noah (2nd), Joseph (3rd), Lincoln (4th), Kenneth (5th)
5th Grade: Joseph (1st), Mason (2nd), AJ (3rd), Michael (4th), Tyrell (5th)
6th Grade: Isaac (1st), Victor (2nd), Brayden (3rd), Braxton (4th), Rufus (5th)
7th Grade: Madelyn (1st), Levi (2nd), Hunter (3rd), Jonathan (4th), Lucas (5th)
8th Grade: Jarrell (1st), Hunter (2nd), Ryan (3rd), Autumn (4th), Ace (5th)
9th Grade: Eli (1st), Zara (2nd), Joey (3rd), Levi (4th), Hailey (5th)
🃏 Krypto Tournament Winners:
High School: Eli, Kaidence, Levi
Middle School: Hunter, Colton, Penelope
Elementary: Joseph, Michael, Madison
🎉Shoutout to our upperclassman supports:
Seniors: Wade, Allison, Ramona, Joey, Cammi
Juniors: Riyan, Kaidence, Damien, Cash
Sophomores: Nadiya, Willa
A Message from PCS Math Coach Joanna Burt-Kinderman:
We would like to offer a huge congratulations to all our county math field day winners. Thanks to all the teachers who volunteered to proctor, and to our awesome upperclassmen who make the entire day run well for us – serving as mentors, facilitators, cheerleaders and graders. Our seniors, Wade, Joey, Allison, Cammi and Ramona are pictured in all the winner photos. Thanks as well to Hardy Law Firm and Casey Griffith for providing prizes for our famous Krypto Tournament! We dedicate all the good energy from our day to some of our favorite matheletes, Tristan and Duncan Sizemore and family with all our hopes for good outcomes and good health for Tristan. We miss you guys, and missed you a little extra at math field day!
📣 Pocahontas County Board of Education Meeting
📅 Tonight
🕕 6:00 PM
📍 Pocahontas County High School – Media Center
All are welcome to attend!
Math Field Day is scheduled for Tuesday, December 16th, provided schools are operating on a regular schedule.
Stay tuned for any changes!
#MathFieldDay #PCSUpdate #PocahontasCountySchools
Pocahontas County Schools is proud to announce that Samantha Feather, second grade teacher at Marlinton Elementary School, has earned her National Board Certification!
This prestigious certification, offered by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), is considered the gold standard in teaching excellence. It reflects a teacher’s commitment to student learning, professional growth, and instructional leadership.
Achieving National Board Certification is no small feat—it’s a lengthy and rigorous process that requires teachers to demonstrate advanced knowledge, skills, and practices through comprehensive assessments and portfolio submissions.
Please join us in celebrating Samantha’s dedication and hard work! Her accomplishment is a testament to her passion for education and her commitment to providing the very best for her students.
Learn more about the National Board Certification process here: https://www.nbpts.org
👏 Way to go, Samantha! You make PCS proud! 👏
