PCMS will host a Snowball Winter Dance on Tuesday, February 27th. Only parents/guardians that have signed up and are an approved volunteer will be able to chaperone. The dance is semi-formal.
Three Pleasants County Middle School students have had their artwork chosen to compete in the WV Art Education Associations WV Youth Art Month Exhibit. Schools from each of the 55 counties were eligible to submit 11 works per county.
The work will be exhibited for YAM at the Parkersburg Art Center March 1st through March 9th and for Arts Alive at the WV Department of Arts, Culture and History Auditorium in Charleston on April 26th.
The students are eligible to win prizes for their work including Best in Show, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place for the category their piece is entered. Over $2,400 in prizes will be award to students k-12 from across the state.
Reception and Awards presentation is open to the public and will take place March 9th at 1:00pm at the Parkersburg Art Center.
7th graders in Mr. Jones’ class created a chart comparing three of history’s great civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece, in terms of their governments, religions, economics, social structure, arts, and writing.
Congratulations to The Ohio Valley Daughters of American Revolution American History Essay Winners!
5th Grade:
1st Place: Kylie Hall
2nd Place: Brylee Auville
6th Grade:
1st Place: Anna Lauer
2nd Place: Griffin Bowie
8th Grade:
1st Place: Riley Gerlach
2nd Place: Katelyn Winland
The Writing Assessment will be delivered on Tuesday, March 5.
Congratulations to the PCMS West Virginia Young Writers Contest Winners!
5th/6th Grade Winner - Hayden Parsons
7th/8th Grade Winner - Reagan Sturgeon
Please see the image for current job vacancies. Postings and Application Link: https://www.applitrack.com/wvde/onlineapp/default.aspx?choosedistrict=true&applitrackclient=47353
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PCMS Thanks Momentive for LED Lighting Upgrade
Momentive Sr. Operations Manager, Cody Henthorn approached PCMS school administration about making an LED upgrade to the lighting in the PCMS Gymnasium. Momentive site leader, Luiz Mello and Sr. Manager Engineering and Maintenance, Jason Martin, were in full support of the lighting upgrade. Momentive donated LED lights to PCMS which totaled $4,330.00. Pleasants County Schools Maintenance Director, Tim Shultz and the Pleasants County Maintenance Department installed the new lighting. Pleasants County Middle School would like to thank Momentive for the generous donation of LED lights for the PCMS gymnasium. The LED lights make a big difference, and are a great benefit for the multiple school and community teams that use the PCMS Gymnasium.
Front Row from left to right:
Lyncee Pritchett -Assistant Girls Basketball Coach
Rodney Boron – Head Girls Basketball Coach
Sean Davis – PCMS Athletic Director
Tyrell Childers – PCMS Assistant Principal
Cody Henthorn - Sr. Operations Manager, Momentive
Luiz Mello – Site Leader, Momentive
Jason Martin – Sr. Manager Engineering and Maintenance
Kayla Spitzer – PCMS Principal
Eric Croasmun – Pleasants County Schools, Curriculum Director
Rob Miller – Pleasants County Schools, Maintenance
John Miller - Pleasants County Schools, Maintenance
Tim Shultz - Pleasants County Schools, Maintenance Director
Also Pictured are the 2023-2024 PCMS Basketball teams.
Pleasants County Middle School RECEIVES STEM GRANT
FROM TOSHIBA AMERICA FOUNDATION FOR $1,294
Belmont, WV (February 14th, 2024) – Pleasants County Middle School is pleased to announce it has received a $1,294.00 STEM grant from the Toshiba America Foundation (TAF). These funds will support the STEM Class Rocket Design and Geometry Project.
Mr. Dustin Bell’s and Mr. John Mike Nichols’ STEM students will each receive an Estes Viking Rocket. Students will get to design and create their rocket by choosing from 48 different fin configurations. During launch day, students will use Estes Mini AltiTrack Altitude Trackers to measure the angle of the launch and then record that data along with that rocket’s fin configuration. After all rockets have been launched, the STEM classes will learn the geometry required to calculate the height of each rocket. The students will then group that data by the different fin configurations to determine if the fin configurations affect height of the rocket, and if so, by how much. At the conclusion of the project, students will get to keep their rocket and take it home.
“STEM education at Pleasants County Middle School is something that we take great pride in. Mr. Bell applied for a grant through Toshiba America Foundation to receive funding for Estes Viking Rockets. Mr. Bell recognizes the importance of hands-on learning, working as a team, and connecting learning to real-life examples. When students learn to grasp technology and associated concepts, we are equipping them for the current and future society, Mrs. Kayla Spitzer, principal.”
Toshiba America Foundation’s grants fund projects designed by individual classroom teachers. This “direct-to-teacher” approach brings immediate results. Teachers are able to change the way they teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects because the grant supports equipment for hands-on experiments and inquiry-based approaches to the curriculum. At TAF, we believe that STEM is a lot more fun than just reading a textbook. TAF grants provide teachers with the tools they need to be more effective educators. The grants make the classroom a more exciting place for both teachers and students.
About Toshiba America Foundation
Founded in 1990 with support from Toshiba Corporation and the Toshiba America Group Companies, Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) is a non-profit grant making organization dedicated to helping classroom teachers make STEM learning fun and successful for K to 12 students in U.S. schools. TAF grants support public and nonprofit private schools throughout the United States. For more information, please visit: www.toshiba.com/taf.
Congratulations to the PCMS Pleasants County Social Studies Fair 2024 Winners!
First Place:
Tyler Rinard
Kendall Leithead
Rayleigh Roberts
Second Place:
Brylee Auville
Third Place:
Hiley Barker
Jordan Knerr
Braelyn Colvin
Baelyn Eisenbarth
Honorable Mention:
Campbell Wilson
Hope Hardman
Geneva T.
Chaslynn Greenlief
Timber Taylor
Isis Dornon
Storm F.
Sunny Amos
Aiden Springer
Ms. Hamrick's science classes made scientific Valentine’s Day cards. Students were tasked with creating cards that mixed science with colorful Valentine’s Day designs.
Congratulations to the Luminant Pleasants Power Plant Student of the Month for January, Desirea Dunn!
Thank you to The Greenhouse for partnering with us on these Valentine's Day goodies! We still have extra flower bouquets and candy bags available for $10 each. Call the school at (304)299-5275 to order yours!
Reminder:
Early Dismissal- Friday (2/16); No School- Monday (2/19.)
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February 7th-9th four PCMS students attended the 43rd Annual Youth and Government Seminar in Charleston, WV. The seminar focused on state government and students actively participated in activities with officials in the State Government.
Parents: there are cases of Flu A and other sickness in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Please help us reduce the spread in our schools by following the chart below if your child is sick. If you need clarification, please call Keri Straight, RN at BES/PCMS or Jan Smitley, RN at SMHS/SMES.
Congratulations to our 100% Club winners on pepperoni roll day! Students that get a 100% on a test or quiz enter their name into a drawing to win a large pepperoni roll on pepperoni roll day. Four winners are drawn each month!
Congratulations to the PCMS Spelling Bee Winners!
7th & 8th Grade:
Winner - Max Cook
Runner up - Bradley Westbrook
5th & 6th Grade:
Winner - Jax Carson
Runner up - Parker Eddy
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3rd 9 Weeks Mid-Terms
