Pleasants County Middle School

Wear your purple in support of Destinee tomorrow!

6th Grade Field Trip Information

The Boys & Girls Club of Pleasants County will be closed for the rest of this week.

PCMS PTO Meeting

8th grade art class created storybook characters on the sidewalks today.

PCMS Book Fair Monday, March 11 - Monday, March 18 You can use the link below to set up an eWallet: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/pleasantscountymiddleschool

March is the national Music in Our Schools Month!

7th & 8th Grade Krispy Kreme Doughnut Fundraiser

Please see the image for the Spring 2024 Assessment Schedule. If you have any questions, please contact the principal of your child's school.

The 8th grade Spanish students were learning body parts vocabulary words in Spanish, and completed an "Ojo de Dios" as an extension activity! "Ojo de Dios" translates to "Eye of God". Like some Native American tribes make dream catchers, the "Ojo de Dios" was traditionally made by Native Americans in the northwestern part of Mexico. It is made to bring prosperity and blessings on the families and communities of those who make and have them

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

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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