Wayne County Schools

Wayne Middle School finished in 2nd Place in the West Virginia Learning.com Spring Keyboarding Contest! WMS students have been using keyboarding lessons on Learning.com to master the art of typing. WMS students averaged 37 words per minute and had a 92-percent accuracy rate! Being able to type proficiently is a skill students can use the rest of their lives! Congratulations on a job well done, WMS!

This past Thursday Spring Valley HS had the pleasure of hosting the first Wayne County Family Engagement Workshop since the pandemic. Topics included "The Importance of Family Engagement in Schools" and "Signs of Substance Abuse Informational Presentation". Thank you to our speakers Nancy Cline and Micki Irvin for sharing some of your expertise with the families of our students!

Wayne Middle School Update: This is a message from Wayne County Schools. This morning a staff member found bullets in one of the school’s toilets. WMS’ administration notified the School Resource Officer who placed the school in a precautionary lock down. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department brought in additional officers to conduct a search of the premises and any individual who had access to the specific restroom. The investigation determined there was no threat to the school, students, or staff. The lockdown was lifted at 11:57 and school is back to normal operation. Wayne County Schools would like to thank the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department for their quick and thorough response to the matter. Original Message: This is a message from Wayne County Schools. Wayne Middle School is under a precautionary lockdown due to a law enforcement investigation at the school. All students are fine. This is being done as a precaution. We will notify you once the precautionary lockdown is lifted. Thank you.

3rd Grade Students from Wayne Elementary School were recently invited to the Governor’s Mansion for a picnic held by First Lady Cathy Justice. The WES students helped the First Lady kick off her “Paws” for Reading Campaign. This campaign helps students maintain their reading skills by encouraging them to continue reading books during the summer break. The First Lady read two books to the students while they ate “Pupperoni” Rolls for lunch. Afterwords, the students had a scavenger hunt at the Governor’s Mansion! The students had a fantastic time, thank you for the invite First Lady Justice! And yes, Winne, the WES therapy dog, made the trip as well.

The 6th Annual Wayne County Schools (WCS) Family Engagement Academy is tomorrow, May 18th, from 10:00-12:00 at Spring Valley High School! All parents/guardians with students in WCS are encouraged to attend. Speakers are going to talk about signs of substance abuse and the importance of family engagement. We hope to see you there!

226 8th grade students from all over West Virginia have earned the right to become a Knight of The Golden Horseshoe Society. Five of those students are from Wayne County! Their Knighting Ceremony is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on June 13th at the WV Culture Center. Congratulations to Julia, Alexa, Isabella, Hunter, and Trenton on this tremendous honor!

Teachers show up early and stay late, put others before themselves, lend an ear or hand, and the list goes on. This week, we are honoring our incredible WCS Teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week. If you have a favorite teacher, past or present, reach out this week and let them know how they have helped you along the way! Thank you WCS Teachers, for always going the extra mile for your students! We are blessed to have you.

WV Ambassadors Camp is an interactive educational summer camp for 8th grade students in West Virginia. Students from all over West Virginia spend four days in Charleston learning more about the state with programs at the WV State Capitol and the University of Charleston. County Superintendents are responsible for nominating two students, and two alternates, from their county to attend the WV Ambassadors Camp. If you would like to nominate a WCS 8th grade student for this program, please email wprince@k12.wv.us. Please include the 8th grade student's name, address, phone number, email address, and the school the student attends. If the parent/guardian contact information is different from the student's contact information, please provide the parent/guardian contact information as well. Camp Dates: June 19th-22nd Accommodations: Students attending the camp will stay in an on campus dorm at the University of Charleston. Chaperones will be on duty 24hrs a day for the duration of the camp.

During their board meeting on April 25th, the Wayne County Board of Education and WCS Superintendent Todd Alexander recognized several of our students for their outstanding achievements in various educational contests and competitions! Those events include: Wayne County Regional Math Field Day Team & Winners Wayne County Regional and State Social Studies Fair Winners West Virginia Young Writer's Contest County & State Winners MU Scores Competition Winners Congratulations to all of these students for their hard work and determination and representing Wayne County and your schools with pride.

On Monday students from Spring Valley, Tolsia, and Wayne High School were able to learn about the legal process while participating in a mock trial. Wayne County schools would like to thank 24th Judicial Circuit Judge Jason Fry, Circuit Clerk Regina Thompson, and Prosecuting Attorney Matt Deerfield for taking the time to give our students a memorable learning experience.

Mrs Gibbs' and her students at Vinson Middle School recently held a Project Lead the Way Showcase. For this project, students put their programming knowledge to use by designing and building their own app. Students presented their research and design process during the showcase, and showed what their app is capable of doing! Thank you all for sharing your hard work!

Mrs. Elkins' 3rd graders at CKES recently did T-shirt book report presentations. The presentations covered a wide range of interesting and important topics and the shirts all look great! Great job!! 📘 📕

Breakfast and lunch menus can now be viewed, downloaded, and/or printed from the Wayne County Schools website! The May, and first week of June, menus have been posted. Head over to wayneschoolswv.org and click on the MENU button in the top right corner, and School Menus is the first link under the Parents & Students section. All menus for the 23-24 school year will be uploaded in this format. We hope this gives families easier access to their student's breakfast and lunch menus.

As the school year comes to a close, it is time to announce the 2024 Wayne County Schools Teacher and Service Person of the Year. On Thursday, April 20th, WCS Superintendent Todd Alexander announced this year's recipients of the award during a ceremony held at Wayne United Methodist Church. 2024 WCS Teacher of the Year - Sharon Cole, Ceredo-Kenova Elementary School 2024 WCS Service Person of the Year - Tiffany Brunty, Wayne High School Congratulation Sharon and Tiffany for this well deserved award! WCS, and your respective schools, are fortunate to have you both. Sharon and Tiffany are now in the running for the 2024 West Virginia Teacher and Service Person of the Year award. It was a tremendous evening celebrating all of our school level Teacher and Service Person of the Year recipients. CTE students from all three high schools donated some great door prizes, and the Tolsia and Spring Valley ProStart students served up a delicious meal. All WCS Teacher and Service Person of the Year Finalists are listed below! WCS Teacher of the Year Finalists - Dawn Baumgardner, Justin Brooks, Kristi Booten, Charles Davis, Kristan Davis, Angela Diamond, Katie Ferguson, Jamie George, Brooke Hartman, Kimberly Kahle, Shelby Kitts, Lynn Knopp, Teresa Muncy, Victoria Ramey, Kevin Salmons, Kelsey Sobczak, Ashely Williamson WCS Service Person of the Year Finalists - Sean Adkins, Vicky Adkins, Stephanie Blake, Steven Brewer, Valerie Cline, Yvonne Courtney, Jackie Day, Tina Fortner, Jola Froble, Pamela Johnson, Ruth LeMaster, Selena Maynard, Kathy Miller, John Prince, Pauletta Robinson, Dustin Sloan, Barney Smith, Charles Spaulding, Ruth Spaulding, Chasiti Stacy Congratulations to everyone once again, and thank you to all WCS Teachers and Service Personnel. Your hard work and commitment to education ensure our students receive a quality education!

Yesterday, Wayne County Schools celebrated receiving the Soteria National Leadership Award. Working in tandem with the Prestera Center, the school has been on the frontline of battling addiction in teens by installing Anti-vape technology in all of their restrooms. We appreciate CEO Derek Peterson, Mirko Notarangelo, and Don Miller from Soter Technologies for presenting the award to our faculty and students! None of it would have been possible without the hard work of principal Sara Stapleton, her staff, and the student body.

The ability to read is the foundation for learning. The West Virginia Department of Education has introduced a new initiative called Ready. Read. Write. The goal of this program is to help all students in West Virginia become proficient readers. Ready. Read. Write. uses the science of reading to build literacy skills. The WVDE has several videos highlighting their new initiative. The introduction video below has important information about the Ready. Read. Write. initiative. Want to know more about the program? The department's website has the entire video series available. We are also going to be sharing the videos here over the next few weeks. https://youtu.be/gKdyxl4z6Ls

Mrs. Eastham's SVHS Anatomy Class had a dissection lab last week. The lesson was designed to give students a deeper understanding of how the body works. The students were professional and asked insightful questions throughout the lab!

Spring Valley High School JROTC members took a trip to Kellogg Elementary this week to talk to third grade students about patriotism and the flag. JROTC students presented the colors and taught students how to properly fold the American Flag. The SVHS students were fantastic throughout the entire lesson, and the Kellogg students had a great time and asked some great questions!

The calendar for the 2023-2024 school year is here! A few important dates to know are listed below: 🗓 First day for staff - August 18th 🗓 First day for students - August 24th 🗓 Thanksgiving break - November 20th-24th 🗓 Christmas break - December 22nd (half day) - January 2nd 🗓 Spring break - April 1- April 5th 🗓 Students last day - May 27th 🗓 Staff last day - June 7th Full calendar and a breakdown of early release, faculty senate, and staff only days, etc 👇👇👇

Dunlow Elementary Kindergarten Students are beginning to learn nonstandard units of measurements. In this lesson, students laid down on the ground and used chalk to make a mark by their feet and head. Then students stacked pop cubes from one line to the other to figure out how many pop cubes tall they are. Great job! Kindergarten students are beginning to learn about measurement using nonstandard units of measurement.