Attention current kindergarten through fifth graders! Come and explore careers during your summer program with Pocahontas County Schools. We hope you will join us for field trips, art activities, writing, and more!
Join the Pocahontas County Schools Team! Information for each posting is available on our website. Call us if you have questions: 304-799-4505
Attention all rising 7th and 12th graders! Before school starts on August 16, or before you participate in summer band or athletic practices, you must be up-to-date with your immunizations.
Tomorrow is School Nurses Day! We are so blessed to have a wonderful school nurse (Jenny Friel) who is supported by three LPNs (Jessica Oxier, Tammy Rider, and Tabatha Ellis). These ladies do a wonderful job taking care of our kids and we so much appreciate them! We wish them a wonderful day!
Just a quick reminder that tonight is Super Scholars at the PCHS gym beginning at 6:00. We will be recognizing our Super Scholars, Teacher of the Year and Service Employee of the Year nominees, Golden Horsehoe winners, and our 2023 retirees.
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week! We want to take this opportunity to recognize and celebrate the teachers of Pocahontas County and thank them for all that they do every day. Such an important and noble profession, teachers cannot be thanked enough for the contributions that they make to the lives of our children on a daily basis. Thank you so much!
I want to remind all students, staff, board members and parents that Super Scholars will be held on Tuesday, May 2 at 6:00 at the PCHS gymnasium. We look forward to this annual celebration of our top academic students.
Attention all elementary students of Pocahontas County Schools! Come join us and explore your future in an exciting summer program focusing on careers.
Join the Pocahontas County Schools Team!
Wednesday, April 26 is Administrative Assistant Day! We want to thank all of our administrative assistants at our schools and central office for the tireless efforts that they provide for our students, staff, and community. Schools and board offices cannot operate properly without the dedicated people who serve in these roles. Have a wonderful day!
Tuesday, April 25th is Bus Driver Appreciation Day. We want to take this opportunity to thank all of our bus drivers and bus mechanics for making sure our students are transported safely to and from school each day. We have an amazing transportation department and we want them to know that they are appreciated very much! Have a great day!
We are proud to announce that Kristie Smith, teacher at Marlinton Elementary School has been selected as the 2023 Pocahontas County Teacher of the Year and that Silas Sattler, bus driver, has been chosen as the 2023 Service Employee of the Year for Pocahontas County!
Congratulations to these great employees! This recognition is well deserved! Thank you for all that you do.
Everything from field trips to yearbooks can now be paid online! To register simply visit: https://pocahontas.schoolcashonline.com and in less than two minutes you will be ready to help the schools!
All Pocahontas County Schools will be closed on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.
All Pocahontas County Schools will operate on a 3-hour delay for Tuesday, March 14, 2023.
All Pocahontas County Schools will operate on a 3-hour delay for Monday, February 27, 2023. Staff will report at their regular time. Counseling services for students and staff will be available at the individual schools. Please keep the Green Bank community and their families in your hearts as they navigate the passing of a student.
Pocahontas County Schools have received notification that the lockdown of schools can be lifted. Superintendent Beam has lifted the lockdown. Dismissal will be at the normal time. Long-distance phone service has been restored but not local service. After-school activities are permitted. Many thanks to law enforcement, emergency management, and our most understanding community and parents as we navigated through this experience. May your weekend be restful!
Due to police presence searching for an escaped inmate all Pocahontas County Schools are on lockdown. We are in communication with law enforcement and we are taking all precautions to ensure the safety of all students and staff. We feel our students are safest in locked buildings rather than transporting them home at this time. We are still without phone service as most of the residential customers are in Pocahontas County. But, please be assured that we are in contact with law enforcement and emergency services. When the situation changes we will contact the schools and the public.
During the week of February 6-10, school counselors from all over the nation will be celebrated during National School Counselors Week. We want to take this opportunity to thank our school counselors: Linda Beverage at PCHS, Janesa Henderson at MES, Melissa Doss at MMS, Ira Brown at GBEMS, and Dana Cutlip at HES for all of their efforts to counsel our kids during times of crisis or for everyday situations that need to be addressed with our students. Times are hard for many of our students, and our school counselors do their very best to make students more successful in dealing with life's challenges. Thank you so much for everything that you do every single day!
Effective Monday, February 6, in the event of a three-hour delay all employees are to report to work one hour prior to students arriving. The purpose of this change is to give teachers more collaboration and faculty meeting time. The board and I have heard your concerns about having more opportunities during the school day for such important meetings, as meeting after school is difficult for many of you. In speaking with many other superintendents, most of them require their employees to do report in this fashion, and some even require employees to report on a regular schedule during delays and stay the entire day when there is an early dismissal for weather. I have considered making this change for quite some time and realize that it may create inconveniences for some of you. Certainly, that is not my intention but simply a by-product of this decision.