Yesterday was an unforgettable day at NMS Relay for Life! 🎈 Students enjoyed bouncing on inflatables, playing games, and dunking our brave teachers in the dunk tank! A huge shoutout to our talented Cherika Vaughn for the face painting, Westfall’s Bubble Wagon for donating their time and their gigantic bubbles, Mountaineer Bounce for making the trip from Doddridge County to set up the inflatables and the dunk tank, and to Snobiz n' More for stopping by to offer cool treats! 🍧 Thank you to our generous sponsors: Blue Racer Midstream, Jim Klug Excavating, Captain's Restaurant, Choo Choo's Restaurant, Quinets Court Restaurant, Jackson's Auto Repair, Lisa and Taylor Shepherd from State Farm Insurance, Jalapeños Mexican Restaurant, Anderson Orthodontics, Berletch Power Washing, Wetzel County Court House, NMS PTO, and anonymous sponsors! 🙌 Special thanks to our fantastic 8th graders—Raegan Hubbs, Sydney Quinet, Jaclyn Miller, Kierce Starcher, Kaylup Hall, Krayton Nice, Bryson Postlethwait, Dylan Nice, Peyton Huggins, Jaxson Goddard, Kyrian Starcher, Drake Christen, Zaidon Lewis, Paul Huggins, and Dylan Rodriguez--who ran the stations and ensured everyone had a fabulous time! 💖 🎉We raised enough money to turn Mrs. Chapman, Mrs. Shipman, Mrs. Walton, and Mrs. Zwick into ice cream sundaes! 🍦🤪 We can't wait to make next year even bigger and better!

We are proud to announce that New Martinsville School has officially been recognized as a Heart Safe School! This designation reflects our commitment to student and staff safety through preparedness, training, and access to life-saving equipment. As a Heart Safe School, NMS has met critical requirements including: • CPR/AED training for staff • Emergency response planning • Accessible and functional AEDs on campus • Ongoing education about heart health and emergency readiness This recognition highlights the steps we’ve taken to ensure a swift and effective response in the event of a cardiac emergency. We are grateful to our school nurse, staff, and local partners who have helped make this possible. Keeping our school community safe is always a priority—and being Heart Safe is just one more way we’re making that happen! #HeartSafeSchool #NMSEaglementality #SafetyFirst

Pictured are the ribbon winners for the track meet at Doddridge County! This was our largest meet of the year! Great job kids!! 💙 💛

Dear Families, Tomorrow is NMS Relay for Life! All students will be walking the track for the first 15 minutes before participating in various activities. There will be free stations for students to enjoy, as well as activities raising funds for Relay for Life. If you are sending money with your student for tickets, please label their envelope with their name. If you'd like to provide money for an additional student, kindly indicate that on the envelope. There will be inflatables available for students to jump on with a wristband costing $2, games will be $1 each, the dunk tank will be $1 for three throws to dunk a staff member, and face painting will cost $1. Sno Biz will also be available for $4. In case of rain, activities will be moved indoors. If that happens, we will only have one inflatable and no dunk tank. Thank you for your support, and we look forward to a fun event!

Bus 15-7 will not be running tomorrow Tuesday, May 13.

We are proud to celebrate the achievements of our 6th-8th graders who exhibited exemplary behavior and academic performance during the third nine weeks. Their recent tour of the Carnegie Science Center provided them with a fantastic opportunity to engage with interactive science exhibits, fostering a love for STEM. Looking forward to our second group's visit next week! #Education #STEM #StudentSuccess #CarnegieScienceCenter Check out more pictures on Facebook!

Happy Mother's Day to all our Eagle Families!

This morning, Mrs. Pilant’s first grade class hosted a heartfelt celebration for Mother’s Day—Muffins with Moms or a Special Women in your life! Students welcomed their honored guests with smiles and proudly presented them with a rose. The class read a sweet poem, sang a touching song, and shared a special breakfast together. It was a beautiful way to honor the incredible women who support and love our students every day. Thank you to all who joined us and made the morning so memorable! #eaglementality

NMS Celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week NMS celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week with a delightful array of food trucks each day, along with tasty treats generously provided by the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). A heartfelt thank you to the NMS PTO, Heavenly Hoagies, Saguaros, The Munchies Truck, So Nuts 4 Donuts, Carries Catering and Stuffed Good Food for making this week special. Our staff truly enjoyed the festivities and the delicious offerings!

Eighth grader, Lindsey Barcus represented NMS at the WV Young Writers Day in Charleston last Friday. She was recognized for her outstanding story and had the opportunity to participate in writing workshops alongside published authors from across the state.

Mrs. Ritz’s class brought vocabulary to life today! Students worked in teams to define words, draw them, and sort examples vs. nonexamples—then proudly shared their learning! #ScienceOfReading #WordWorkInAction

Second grader Brynlee Wilkinson represented NMS at WV Young Writers Day in Charleston last Friday. She received an award for her story and participated in writing activities with published authors from around our state.

Important👇

On Thursday, May 8th, 2025, Bus 19-2 will not be running its morning or afternoon route due to a lack of substitute drivers.

WVGSA Testing Update Due to a county-wide unexpected internet outage, WVGSA testing did not take place today. Testing will resume as soon as the issue is resolved. Thank you to our families for getting students here on time this week—we’ve already completed ELA and Writing! Parents can view scores in the WVGSA Parent Portal using the code that will be sent to your child’s school email. Don’t panic if scores aren’t showing just yet—they may take a few days to appear. We appreciate your patience and support!

Our kindergarten students had a fantastic day at Discovery World Museum in Parkersburg! They played, explored, and experimented across three floors of hands-on, STEM-focused exhibits. What a fun and educational adventure!

NMS track and field athletes earning ribbons at the Tyler Invitational. Way to go, everyone! 🦅

Week at a glance!

State testing begins tomorrow for grades 3-8. Time to show what you know!! 🦅💙

We are thrilled to announce that Brooklyn Dyer, an 8th grade student at New Martinsville School, has been selected to attend the West Virginia Governor’s Academy this summer—one of the state’s most prestigious academic honors for middle school students. Congratulations!!