All Pocahontas County Schools will be dismissed 3 hours early on Friday, December 2, 2022. Families, students, and staff are all invited to attend visitation for Kaiden Lee Harold Stull. Family will receive friends on Friday, December 2, 2022, at the New Hope Church of Brethren from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Funeral Services will be held 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at New Hope Church of Brethren at Frost with Rev. Julian Rittenhouse officiating. Pocahontas County Schools extend the deepest sympathy, love, and support to the Stull family and we ask that our school community and families extend their love and support also.
It's the holiday season! I would like to wish all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving! I know many of you travel during this time, while others spend time at home with family and friends (or hunting for those 4-legged critters). Whatever your choice is for this time of year, please enjoy yourselves and please be safe and be kind to each other. The holidays are hard for many people who have lost loved ones, so please be thankful for this opportunity for friendship, fellowship, and blessings.
Besh Wishes!
Terrence Beam, Superintendent of Schools
Due to impending weather, activity buses will be leaving Pocahontas County High School at 5:00 PM. Practices will end at 5:00 PM!
All schools in Pocahontas County will be closed on Friday, November 11, 2022 in order to honor those who have served or are serving our country.
Reminder: All Pocahontas County Schools and the central office will be closed on Tuesday, November 8 for Election Day.
All five schools in Pocahontas County will be honoring our Veterans either on November 9th or 10th. (Schedule included in this post)
We salute the courage, bravery, and honor of our veterans.
The Pocahontas County Board of Education adopted a Resolution on Amendments 2 and 4 on Monday, October 17, 2022. A copy of the resolution can be found on this website in Documents/Board of Education Meeting Agendas or use this link: https://5il.co/1jh6d
Governor Justice will be at Marlinton City Hall tomorrow, Tuesday October 18, 2022 @ 10 am to discuss Amendment 2.
Tomorrow is Service Personnel Appreciation Day! At this time, I would like to take the opportunity to thank all of our service personnel for the work they do each and every day to make our schools better! The first people most students see each day are the bus drivers, custodians, or cooks. That first contact can make or break a student's day. In Pocahontas County, we are very fortunate that all of our service employees do their best to make our kids feel welcome, safe, and cared for. We thank our bus drivers, cooks, custodians, aides, secretaries, maintenance men, and bus mechanics for making our school system successful. Thank you so much for what you do!
Scholarship Information
Thank you for your hard work. We hope you enjoy Monday, September 5 as we celebrate Labor Day.
Due to the fact that the West Virginia Student Information System, which is designed by the state, is not fully functional, there will be errors in student schedules. Presently, LiveGrades is not accessible to teachers, students, and parents as every school system that uses LiveGrades is waiting for WVEIS to upload the necessary information. We are also awaiting the student uploads to be able to give the iReady benchmarks and the West Virginia Summative Assessment Interim Modules and Comprehensive Interim Assessments. Since WVEIS is an intra network program that is maintained at the West Virginia Department of Education, it is outside of Pocahontas County’s control to fix the functionality of the program. As we patiently await the changes and the improvements in functionality, we will keep parents informed of their children’s progress through emails and phone calls. We anticipate that the system will be fully functional within the second month of school.”
Congratulations to Jenny Friel, West Virginia School Nurse of the Year for 2022-2023.
There is a correction on the pick up time at Linwood Library. Pickup will be at 6:40 AM not 7:00 AM. Again, pickup at Linwood Library at 6:40 AM!
The Snowshoe bus stop has been moved to the Linwood Library parking lot. Mr. Forrest Mullenax, the driver, asks the parents to park on the right side so the students do not walk behind the bus. He will come and turn the bus and then open the door facing where the parents park so the kids will be on the door side of the bus. Pick up is @ 7:00 AM give or take 10 minutes on each side and drop off between 4:00 and 4:15The Snowshoe bus stop has been moved to the Linwood Library parking lot. Mr. Forrest Mullenax, the driver, asks the parents to park on the right side so the students do not walk behind the bus. He will come and turn the bus and then open the door facing where the parents park so the kids will be on the door side of the bus. Pick up is @ 7:00 AM give or take 10 minutes on each side and drop off between 4:00 and 4:15.. Please share this information with your family friends and neighbors!
Pocahontas County Schools Bus Routes for the 2022-2023 School Year! https://5il.co/1g2he
We are excited to see you back to school! The first day for students is Monday, August 15. See you soon!
Attention Parents of 7th and 12th Graders:
Pocahontas County Schools would like to inform/remind you that all 7th and 12th graders will be required to show proof of two important immunizations prior to school entry. These include Tdap and meningococcal vaccines, which protect against vaccine-preventable diseases such as bacterial meningitis and pertussis.
Please make sure that your 7th and/or 12th grader has received and provided documentation of these immunizations prior to the start of the school year. If you don’t get the immunizations before the first day of school, then students will be denied entry.
You can go to your primary care physician or the Pocahontas County Health Department (if you don't have a primary care physician or if they don't carry the vaccine).
Our Early Literacy Summer Program is offered for children preschool - kindergarten at four of our local libraries. The program provides a literacy rich experience involving song, movement, nursery rhymes, read-aloud, and arts/crafts. Students will receive books and personally created art. The program is led by certified teachers.
Contact your local library to find out when it is available near you.
Battle of the Books 2022- 2023
The attached list of books is the new books chosen for the 2022-2023 Battle of the Books competition. Battle of the Books competition will be held in the 2022-2023 upcoming school year. Information on the county competition will be distributed later. The books will be added to each library in our county in early June, so please stop by your local library to check out one of the books to get a head start and begin your reading journey. If you have any questions, please email smburns@k12.wv.us.
Enjoy your reading expedition!
