Wayne County Schools

Four teams representing WCS tested their knowledge in the 3rd Annual West Virginia Academic Showdown. The showdown is an academic head-to-head competition that brings more than 90 West Virginia High Schools together to compete for the top spot. Spring Valley Teams 1 & 2 and Wayne Teams 1 & 2 competed in their Academic Showdown regional tournament at Marshall University over the weekend. All four teams competed well through several tough matchups. Congratulations to all those who took part!

Wayne County Schools will be closed Wedesnday, Jan. 17th. Snow Packet 2.

Wayne County Schools will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday 1-16-2024. Snow Packet #1

Happy MLK Day from Wayne County Schools! Let's take a moment to remember the indelible impact Dr. King made on society through his actions!

If you are interested in becoming certified in CPR, Kim Mills is teaching class at Wayne Elementary School on January 25th. The class will begin at 4:30 p.m. We hope to see you there!

We are looking for a substitute LPN in Wayne County. If interested you can apply here; https://mountainstateesc.com/licensed-practical-nurse-wayne-county-schools-substitute/

Tolsia High School's drama department, led by Mrs. Teresa Muncy, recently had their holiday production with The Island of Misfit Toys, the Musical. They performed three showings of the musical and entertained local elementary schools, their own student body, and the community. As always, Mrs. Muncy’s students did a great job!

We hope everyone had a wonderful and relaxing break, we'll see you tomorrow morning!

Santa makes the trip around the globe, so 3rd grade students at Lavalette Elementary did the same this week! Each student researched a country and created ornaments highlighting that countries culture. Then they presented their countries holiday culture to their class!

Today at Kellogg Elementary Wayne County graduate and Amazon Gives Coordinator Michael Perry and his team presented a truckload of supplies to students from Kellogg, Vinson Middle, and Spring Valley High School! These supplies will be distributed throughout the county where they are most needed. We would like to thank Amazon for supporting education in Wayne County as they continue to look for ways to support initiatives like this in the future!

We often say WCS is blessed to have immensely talented employees that are always willing to step up for their students. Recently, the Wayne County Board of Education acknowledged several of those dedicated professionals as part of the Employee Recognition Program. These employees were chosen by colleagues because of their hard work and dedication to their school and students. Being selected by their peers speaks to how hard these individuals work. Congratulations to the following employees: Flora Perry, Delores Clark, Don Porter, Sean Adkins, Kimberly Queen, Deputy David McGlothin, Gary Nelson, Allison Hatfield, Jessie Ward, Diane Pierce, Stephanie Blake, Hester Scaggs, Tina M Hazlett, Tina L Hazlett. 🔵🔴 Any employee of the Wayne County School system can submit a name of a deserving colleague under the "Staff" section on our website.

All Wayne County Schools will be operating on a 2 hour delay tomorrow, 12-19-23.

PK through 2nd grade teachers would like to thank all the parents that attended Family Fun Night this past Thursday at Crum PK-8! Families had the opportunity to make two different ornaments using paint, stencils, jewels, and feathers while snacking on pizza, cookies, and cake!

We are looking for a substitute LPN in Wayne County, for more details you can see the job posting here: https://mountainstateesc.com/licensed-practical-nurse-wayne-county-schools-substitute/

The Wayne County Board of Education Team wants to congratulate all the Wayne County School’s Social Studies Fair Students for participating in this awesome educational experience. All of the students did a fantastic job with their projects and presentations. The students hard work and dedication to their education does not go unnoticed and we highly commend their efforts towards academic success! The Wayne County Board of Education Team is proud to announce the first-place winners of the Wayne County Social Studies Fair and we are so excited these young ladies and gentlemen will be advancing to the Regional Social Studies Fair Competition on Thursday March 18, 2024 at the Mason County Board of Education Office. We wish everyone well in this event! Division III High School Anthropology Individual 1st Place • I Am Mayan – Brayden Hill – Tolsia High School Group 1st Place • Chupacabra- Mara Christian, Samantha Lester – Wayne High School Sociology Group 1st Place • The Jones Town Massacre – Bryanna Jude, Chase Thompson – Tolsia High School State and Local Studies Group 1st Place • Wayne County Poor Farm - Gavin Motter, Brady Ross, Bryson Edwards – Wayne High Us History Individual 1st Place • Ronald Reagan – Reagan Bragg – Tolsia High World History/Intl. Individual 1st Place • The Investiture Controversy – Oliver Griffith – Tolsia High Group 1st Place • The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – Amber Stevens, Kyleigh Justice, Mariya Brandon – Tolsia High Division II Middle School Anthropology Group 1st Place • Ching-shih – The Pirate Princess – Mia Cheung, Makynlee Bragg – Crum PK8 Economics Group 1st Place • New Heights Ft. Swiftonomics – Weston Arms, Jake Gregg – Buffalo Middle Political Science Group 1st Place • Conviction or Conspiracy – Ainsley Brumfield, Bentley Ord, Scout Maynard – Buffalo Middle Psychology Individual 1st Place • Effects of Foster Care – Emelia Harris – Buffalo Middle Group 1st Place • Michael Jackson vs. Elvis Presley – Greenlee Vance, Carly Johnson – Crum PK8 State and Local Studies Group 1st Place • The Jones Diamond – Olivia Chatterton, Madalyn Wilson – Buffalo Middle Us History Group 1st Place • Rosie The Riveter – Nora McCormick, Alyvia Adkins – Buffalo Middle World History/Intl. Group 1st Place • Zimmerman Nate – Bentley Roark, Jace Hager – Buffalo Middle Division I Elementary School Anthropology Individual 1st Place • Sacagawea – Scarlett Sager – Buffalo Elementary Economics Individual 1st Place • Elvis – Jase Hatfield – Buffalo Elementary Group 1st Place • How Covid 19 Affected the Economy – Kinley Slayton, Khloe Slayton – Ceredo Kenova Elementary Geography Group 1st Place • The Pumpkin House – Mason Spurlock, Kaylen Spurlock, Dalilah Fonner – Buffalo Elementary Political Science Individual 1st Place • Carved in Controversy: The Untold Story of Mount Rushmore – Henry Harris – Lavalette Elementary Psychology Individual 1st Place • Tom Brady: The Mind of a Champion - Sean “Hammer” Maynard – Buffalo Elementary Group 1st Place • The Winning Benefit of Pitches – Abram Gonzales, Declan Perry – Ceredo Kenova Elementary Sociology Individual 1st Place • Family Tree DNA – Paislee Bailey – Buffalo Elementary Group 1st Place • ASL: American Sign Language – Pierce Karr, Gracin Bailey – Buffalo Elementary State and Local Studies Individual 1st Place • Pepperoni Rolls: WV ‘s Coal Miner’s Sandwich – Myranda Wilson – Lavalette Elementary Group 1st Place • Mothman and the Silver Bridge – Alona Hill, Lilly Parsley, Brilee Prince – Crum PK8 Us History Individual 1st Place • Henry Ford – Jaxson Hounshell – Prichard Elementary School Group 1st Place • Women’s Basketball - Cashlor Hundley, Kyndall Beckett – Crum PK8 World History/Intl. Individual 1st Place • How the Weapons of WWI Changed Modern Warfare – Cooper Henderson – Ceredo Kenova Elementary Group 1st Place • The History of Barbie – Marlee Damron, Lucy Ball – Buffalo Elementary School

The Marshall University HATS program recently visited Fort Gay PK8 for a special lesson with the 7th grade class. The HATs program teamed up with members of the Japanese community for a lesson on Japanese culture. Students learned a little bit about the countries language, geography, tea ceremony, and music! The lesson was wonderful, and the students enjoyed learning more about another culture. through the language, geography, the tea ceremony and music. I think the students that a magical time and everyone was so impressed with them. We were also very excited to find out FGPK8 was the pilot for the program on Wayne County.

Wayne County Schools had the Math Field Day competitions on December 5, December 8, and December 11, 2023. Each school sent their top math students to compete with the winning students going on to represent WCS in the Regional MFD Competition at Marshall University in March 2024. The winning students in grades 4-12 are as follows: 4th Grade - Grayson Osborne - Wayne Elementary School Dylan Napier - Prichard Elementary School Kyle Adkins - Ceredo-Kenova Elementary School Alternate - Quincy Davis - Kellogg Elementary School 5th Grade - Braxton Perdue - Ceredo-Kenova Elementary School Lymar Lahouel - Kellogg Elementary School Jace Falls - Ceredo-Kenova Elementary School      Alternate - Logan Fraley - Prichard Elementary School 6th Grade - Scout Maynard - Buffalo Elementary School Jeffrey Moore - Ceredo-Kenova Elementary School Jace Hager - Buffalo Elementary School Alternate - Jarred Hanshaw - Ceredo-Kenova Middle School 7th Grade - Brayden Davis- Ceredo-Kenova Middle School Ashton Muncy - Crum Pk8 School Piper Lewis - Buffalo Middle School Alternate - Jude Lynch - Buffalo Middle School 8th Grade - Michael Braylen Stumbo - Fort Gay Pk8 School Nathan Do - Ceredo-Kenova Middle School Zander Gwinn - Vinson Middle School Alternate - Brody Wolfe - Buffalo Middle School 9th Grade - Noah Ramey - Spring Valley High School Katherine Dowis - Spring Valley High School Colton Davis - Spring Valley High School Alternate - Cameron Chase Napier - Tolsia High School 10-12 Senior High Team - Aiden Taylor - Spring Valley High School Alex Ringkamp - Spring Valley High School Ava Coburn - Spring Valley High School Gavin Motter - Wayne High School Jacob Mitchell - Spring Valley High School Aiden Perdue - Spring Valley High School Jackson Holbrook - Spring Valley High School Ava Edmonds - Wayne High School Evan Watts - Spring Valley High School Emily Jarrell - Spring Valley High School 1st Alternate - Marshall Adkins - Wayne High School 2nd Alternate - Owen Queen - Wayne High School

Link to the "Internet Safety and Cyber Bullying Presentation" with West Virginia State Police Trooper Tyler McFeeley: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_MWU3NmJiOTMtZTM5NS00MGY2LTk1MDEtM2U5OWMyMGI0MTUy%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%2522e019b04b-330c-467a-8bae-09fb17374d6a%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%25222abb49bd-8878-485d-b26d-b9c58b5c61d7%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=30f45589-49a0-4fc9-b06d-f541cd5e05d9&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true For audio only, you can call here: (304)553-7794

East Lynn Elementary recently finished up an after-school coding camp! To host the camp, the school received a $2,000 Country Roads Codes grant through the WVDE. For three days, 15 students and their families took part in the camp where they learned how to code a computer game character. This activity allowed students to collaborate with fellow students and their families while working through various stages of the project. The grant also provided enough funding for two STEM kits and two student-friendly coding books for each student who attended the camp. Thank you to the WVDE for providing the grant money, and to all of the parents/guardians who attended the coding camp with their students!

It does not get much more fresh than Wayne Middle School's breakfast this morning. The scrambled eggs were made using eggs from the school's Chicken Tender Club chickens. They look delicious!