Congratulations to:
Jesus Rogel Jaramillo, Wayne Middle School
Connor Adkins, Wayne Middle School
Case Gilkerson, Wayne Middle School
Jackson Sowards. Wavne Middle School
On being named 2025 Golden Horseshoe Winners!
These students will be recognized June 10th in Charleston for their academic achievements, they will also be recognized at a upcoming local Board Meeting TBD.
Due to the closure of school on Friday, April 4, 2025, Student’s last day of school will be Monday, June 9, 2025.
WV Secretary of State Kris Warner hosted two student leaders from Spring Valley High School (SVHS) in Wayne County as his honored guests at the State Capitol.
Macy Smith and Alexander Ringkamp, both members of the 2025 graduating class at SVHS, were recommended by their principal to represent their school as Honorary Secretaries of State for their efforts to register members of the senior class to vote.
Nominations for Honorary Secretaries of State are only accepted by those high schools that qualify for the Jennings Randolph Award. To qualify for the Award, a West Virginia high school must host a student-led effort to register at least 85% of their eligible senior class to vote.
Secretary Warner said, "I am extremely proud of these students for their efforts in the voter registration process. Their work illustrates the importance of education, participation, and the power of young people in making a meaningful impact in our communities."
Started by the WV Secretary of State's Office in 1994, the Jennings Randolph Award for Civic Engagement commemorates West Virginia's late U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph’s legacy as the Father of the 26th Amendment. One of the defining moments in voting rights history, the 26th Amendment was passed in 1971. The Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, an effort Senator Randolph had first championed 29 years earlier in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In addition to a morning spent with Secretary Warner in his office and a tour of the State Capitol, Ringkamp and Smith were recognized on the House floor by one of their representatives, Delegate Michael Amos, for their service to the state and community.
Double Feature Friday Night for Wayne County Schools at the State Basketball Tournament!
Catch the Pioneers at 12:30 as they battle for the AAA championship, then stay locked in as Spring Valley plays at 5:30 for the AAAA Title!
The Wayne Pioneers have advanced to the State Championship!
The final score from Charleston:
WHS-69
Greenbrier East-57
Jayce Sammons led the Pioneers with 23 points.
Addison Adkins led the team with 11 assist and 9 rebounds.
Catch The Pioneers in tomorrow's State Championship game at 12:30
WCS will be conducting two more family engagement evenings in March on various ELA, Math Test Prep, and Writing Strategies for families.
Tuesday March 4, 2025 from 5-7 pm at Wayne High School Library.
Thursday March 6, 2025 from 5-7pm at Tolsia High School Library.
Students at Ceredo Kenova Elementary had some very special guest come to visit as they celebrated Grandparent's Day!
🧣Students in 3rd grade at Kellogg Elementary have been working on adjectives, and recently finished up their lesson by making winter sweaters. Students came up with adjectives for a descriptive writing assignment.
🤝 5th graders worked with the younger students to edit their work and wrote encouraging notes to their younger counterparts! The writings and sweaters went up on the bulletin board after the lesson. They look great!
👩🍳 THS ProStart Students fired up the truck on a chilly afternoon to serve up some fresh bites for some of our administration team! Word on the street is the food was delicious! Thank you, Rebels! 🙏
🇺🇸 Wayne Middle School Agriculture Club Honors Our Veterans! 🌟
The Wayne Middle School Agriculture Club hosted a dinner earlier this month to honor the brave men and women who have served our country. ❤️🍽️
The evening was filled with delicious food, warm conversations, and gratitude for our local heroes. Club members worked hard to prepare and serve the meal, showcasing their dedication not only to agriculture but also to giving back to the community. 🌾🇺🇸
Thank you to all the Veterans who joined us for this special event and to our students and staff for making it a memorable night!
🏈 🔊 Football Playoff Games - Round One
Round one action for the 2024 West Virginia High School Football Playoffs is set to kickoff this weekend. All three of our high schools will be in action this weekend, check out the schedule. Good luck to all three teams! 🏈 👏
🌿🌎 Exploring the Wonders of Ecosystems! 🌎🌿
Students at Fort Gay PK8 have been diving deep into the world of ecosystems! From lush rainforests to arid deserts, they’ve been learning how different ecosystems function, what sets them apart, and the unique characteristics that make each one vital to our planet. 🌳🐾🌊
The young ecologists took it a step further by building their own biomes! Through this hands-on project, they recreated the diverse ecosystems they studied, gaining a deeper understanding of their structure, inhabitants, and the intricate balance that keeps them thriving. 🌱✨
💡👉 Free Summer Learning Camps! 👇
👩💻 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is offering two summer study programs:
1️⃣ The Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy (AEA)
2️⃣ The Appalachian STEM Academy at Oak Ridge.
Both are FREE intensive learning experiences specifically for the Appalachian Region’s high school and/or middle school students and teachers. There is no application fee, and ARC covers all travel, lodging and meals for participants.
⬇️ Checkout the attached flyers to learn more about each program and how you can start your application!
👏 BMS and the BMS Community came through for this year's Buffalo Middle School Student Leadership Council's Food Drive. Between homeroom donations and the donations from a recent football game, the school collected more than 1,000 items!
🏆 The top two homerooms at BMS that collected the most items earned a doughnut party
Homeroom Winners
👉 Mrs. Canterbury
👉 Mrs. Buckhannon
The Facing Hunger Foodbank told the school their donations will provide more than 500 meals! Way to go, BMS!
📐 Building real world math skills in the classroom! Seniors in Mrs. Raines' math class at Wayne High School completed a Trigonometry Architecture Project where students had to create a blueprint and build a model home while using correct mathematical calculations.
🧐 Skills such as calculating angles using inverse trig functions, scale factors, Pythagorean theorem, and using precise measurements were all used in this project. Overall, students had a great time learning valuable math skills they can use in the future.
🚨 Wayne County Schools Superintendent's Advisory Team 🚨
👩💻 WCS is accepting applications from current 5th Grade Students who would like to serve on the WCS Superintendent's Advisory Team. A copy of the application is attached to this post. You can also download an application by following the link below.
📅 Applications are due November 7th
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/27naztdd
🎃 October means it is time to breakout the pumpkins. Second graders at East Lynn Elementary read a book about pumpkins during their centers.
🌱 Afterwords, students planted pumpkin seeds and experimented with light, soil, warmth, and water to see which elements are essential for plant growth! Each group is withholding one of those four elements as part of the experiment.
The class wrote down their predictions for the pumpkin seed they think will have success. 🔆 💧
Jayden Robertson (Crum) and Will Jones (Wayne PreK) were nominated and selected as Marshall Junior Captains for the 2024 football season. If you watched the rainy September 28th victory against Western Michigan, you may have seen Jayden front and center at the coin toss. He was able to stay dry and enjoy the rest of the game from sky box seats!
Similarly, Will was all smiles while being honored on the 20-yard line on the October 5th game against Appalachian State. Both students were nominated for the hard work they put in every week at Cabell's Pediatric Rehabilitation Clinic. They each received an official Marshall University football jersey and were invited to tour Marshall's athletic complex and attend a practice. Thank you, Marshall University, for honoring two of our Wayne County Students.
Join us in congratulating these remarkable students for their well-deserved recognition. Their achievements inspire us all and highlight the incredible potential within our community.
#WayneCountyProud #StudentSuccess #CommunityExcellence
✅ A first for Wayne County Schools!
🏥 Wayne High School MedEx students are starting their first clinical rotations with Marshall Health Network. Students will be learning alongside healthcare professionals.
👏 This is a tremendous opportunity for students to get real world experience while still in high school. We are excited to see what the future holds for these MedEx Students!
😎 In math centers on Tuesday, East Lynn 2nd graders broke out the headbands to learn about place values!
🎉 Each student wore a mystery 3-digit number on their head while their partner either wrote it in expanded form or built it with place value blocks. The challenge? The student had to guess the number on their head! 😂
They learned so much about place value skills while also having lots of laughs! What a great lesson!
