Wetzel County Schools

Yesterday, a freezer malfunction occurred at 2:30 NMS, requiring the prompt relocation of frozen food items to the maintenance building. WCS staff rapidly mobilized to provide support to our eagle family. Through multiple van trips and a lots of laughs, all food items were successfully relocated. NMS cooks demonstrated their commitment by rolling hundreds of pepperoni rolls across RT 2. We express our sincere gratitude to all individuals who contributed to this effort yesterday, highlighting the value of teamwork in our school community. 💖

Special recognition goes to Mrs. Howell for coordinating the ice cream party celebrating NMS middle school students' exceptional performance on iReady. Superintendent Porter enjoyed serving ice cream and acknowledging the students' hard work. 💙💛

As a reminder, all schools will dismiss at 12:15 today. ☀️

At Tuesday's board meeting, we acknowledged our state TSA conference winners, although not all students were able to attend. Additionally, the CAD & Design and Welding students from WCTEC were recognized. These students collaborated with the Covestro Engineering team to design and construct a bin for holding residual plastics. Our students are achieving great things.

May newsletter from the Cook Center.

We appreciate The Hungry Coyote Cafe for hosting our monthly Rotary luncheon. Congratulations are in order for Emersyn Glasscock and Matthew Scharf, our students of the month. We also extend our gratitude to Officer Clark from the Division of Natural Resources for speaking.

Superintendent Porter acknowledged Mr. Sumner's exceptional efforts at LDS. During her visit, Mrs. Porter observed Ms. West's title one reading class, where students were learning phoneme segmentation and blending sounds to spell and read words. She also assisted kindergarten students in learning their alphabet. The students demonstrated outstanding engagement. 💙❤️

Superintendent Porter, joined by Mr. Doty and Mr. Witschey, is discussing the process at the new bus garage. This is going to be a beautiful space for our bus drivers and transportation department. 🚌

Wetzel County Schools would like to congratulate our winners for the highest attendance during the eighth month of school. Congratulations to Paden City Elementary and Long Drain School who led the grade schools with a 94% rate, and to Hundred High School who led the high schools with a 93% rate. Also, congratulations to all of our schools as each one had an attendance rate higher than 90%! Great job!

The board meeting tonight will begin at 6pm at the board office. Please note that delegations must sign in 15 minutes before the meeting commences. The meeting will be broadcast live on our YouTube channel. 🍎

Last night's Wetzel County Spelling Bee, hosted by Short Line School, brought together the top three spellers from each school in Grades 4-6. Following a rigorous competition that spanned nearly an hour and a half, the winner was announced. We are impressed by the students' unwavering commitment to excellence and their unrelenting pursuit of their goals. Congratulations to all participants! Winners and participants are as follows:  1st Place: Laura Mason - NMS 2nd Place: Anthony Veyon - PCE 3rd place: Razzlyn Sidwell - PCE 4th Place: Naomi Brown - SLS Elijah Lilkendy - NMS, Rex Fluharty - SLS, Sawyer Dillon - NMS, Isabella Moore - LDS, Layla Amos - PCE, Peirce Long - SLS, Eden Mackey - LDS, Cassidy Robert - LDS

Reminder for all WCS employees: the open enrollment period for PEIA is currently in progress and will end on May 15th. To access information or make modifications, visit PEIA.WV.GOV and proceed to "Manage My Benefits.” 🩺

As a friendly reminder, please note that all students will be dismissed at 12:15 on Thursday, April 17th. 🌹🌷

We are extending our warmest wishes to the students from VHS for a night to remember at prom and please drive safe tonight. Enjoy the time dancing and laughing with your friends. Walk-in atarts at 715 @ VHS!💛🖤💃🏼🕺🏻

Mrs. Christy distributed good luck bags to students participating in The 46th Annual WV State Math Field Competition tomorrow in Charleston. We wish you all the best and safe travels. We have no doubt you will make WCS proud. ❤️🖤-Naomi Brown 💙❤️-Austin Hayes 💛💙-Rebekah Nichols 💛💙-Kyle Mason ( not pictured)

The upcoming anger management session is slated for April 29th from 4-5pm. Participants are asked to register in advance by scanning the QR code.

We invite you to participate in the community Roundtable at The Center for Children and Families on Friday, May 23rd from 10-11:30 am. RSVPs must be received by May 16th.

You are invited to bring your hazardous waste to an area cleanup set for Saturday, April 26 from 9am- noon at the east parking lot at Convestro.

We would like to take a moment to recognize some of our seniors who received cash prizes at last evening's Academic Awards Ceremony. Academic Hall of Fame winners ($1,000) Shelby Price-HHS Sienna McKeever-MHS Riley Blake-PCHS Gavin Derby-VHS Senior winners ($500) Rrita Dani-PCHS Angelina Warren-MHS Congratulations to all winners.

April is “Occupational Therapy Month,” a time to recognize and celebrate the contributions of occupational therapists, especially those working in our schools, who help students develop skills for daily living and learning. Thank you for your hard-work and dedication.