SMART 529 SWEEPSTAKES:
SMART529 is celebrating 20 years by giving away three $20,000 savings scholarships to West Virginia children ages 14 and under. One scholarship has been given away already, but there is still time to register for the remaining two. Click the link for more details regarding the sweepstakes. Families must register to be eligible for the sweepstakes. Please share this with appropriate personnel to connect families with the opportunity.
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Mrs. Reed’s 6th grade math class compares and orders fractions, decimals, and percents.
This is a reminder that parent teacher conferences are on Wednesday, October 19th from 4:15 PM to 7:45 PM, at Pleasants County Middle School. The scheduled conference times were sent home with the students. To meet with your student's teachers, you must have a scheduled conference. Call the school, at 304-299-5275, if you have any questions.
Oct. 17-21 is National School Bus Safety Week.
PCMS tutoring is Tuesday and Thursday nights from after school to 4:45 PM. There are only 20 spots available. If you are interested, call the school at 304-299-5275 and ask Mr. Elms for a tutoring application. Students must have an application turned in and approved by the school to start tutoring.
Friday, October 14 is an Early Dismissal.
Happy Coach Appreciation Day!
National Custodian Day
Mr. Bell's 4th period STEAM class is beginning to assemble their Lego Spike Prime Robots. The students have spent the last two weeks learning block style coding with Minecraft. After they have assembled their robots, they will begin coding to complete certain challenges posed by Mr. Bell.
September 23 is designated by Governor Jim Justice as School Service Personel Day. Please join us in recognizing the Service Personnel in our schools!
Parents: below is a reminder of the dental/ physical exam requirements by state policy and their due dates.
Please see the image for current job vacancies. Instructions/ Downloadable Forms: https://www.pleasantscountyschools.com/documents/employment/instructions-and-forms/194249
Postings: https://www.pleasantscountyschools.com/documents/employment/job--postings/194251
Happy Constitution Day and Celebrate Freedom Week!
Today is the Mid-Term of the 1st Nine Weeks
Parents this is reminder that this Friday is an early dismissal day. School will be dismissing at 1:00 p.m. Parents of younger children need to have someone available to pick them up from the school bus. If you have any questions, please contact your school. Thank you.
Mrs. Reed’s 6th grade math class works in groups to solve ratio problems.
Pleasants County Middle School Football Game Tonight at 6 PM VS. River. The game is at the St. Marys High School Field. Come out and support the team!
Update: BES is back to the building, PCMS there is a slight delay so they could finish eating lunch. Thank you!
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Update: 12:01 PM: PCMS and BES Parents: The building is safe, clear, and no threat was found. Law enforcement has cleared the PCMS/BES Complex with all appropriate protocols. PCMS/BES Parents were sent an all-call with further details about their students.
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Update 11:20 AM: PCMS and BES Parents: An all-call was sent out with the evacuation location. If you wish to pick up your child, please go to the evacuation location in the message, otherwise, after law enforcement has cleared the buildings, students will be returned to PCMS/BES and follow normal dismissal procedures. If there are any other updates, we send another message.
If you did not get an all-call and need this information, please call the board office 304-684-2215.
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Update 10:58 AM: The issue is a bomb threat. We are evacuating out of caution and will follow the protocol for these types of events.
Friday, September 16 is an Early Dismissal.
Mrs. Sandy’s students working in groups to build their arguments on why their West Virginia tourist region is the best. The groups will compete against other groups in brackets until there is a winning tourist region!
