Congratulations to JMHS for receiving the Jennings Randolph Award for registering over 85% of the Senior Class to vote. Thank you Luke Jackson and Braydie Carr for all your hard work in making this feat a reality.
MCTC’s Maverick Battalion JROTC held their annual Military Ball on Saturday. Cadets were presented awards earned throughout the year, guest speaker Mark Scott (WV Governor’s Secretary of Administration) delivered an inspirational speech, and Battalion Commander Jacob Proffitt passed his leadership to next year’s BC, Eli Thomas.
Congrats to PES leaders of the month for April!
Mrs. McGlothlin’s class at PES loves word wars! Learning to read is a blast.
May 1 is National Principal's Day and we would like to take today to recognize Monroe County's spectacular leaders. These seven ladies make daily sacrifices and work very hard to support their staff and students. They always put children first and we appreciate their dedication.
MVS-Pam Dunford, Principal;
Melissa Griffith, Assistant Principal
PMS- Leslie Ferguson, Principal
PES- Brooke Wills, Principal
JMHS-Angie Mann, Principal
Debbie Sams, Assistant Principal
MCTC-Tricia King, Director
We are so proud of you Braydie Carr and wish you the best of luck in your future.
2023 Golden Horseshoe Winners
The West Virginia Department of Education is honored to announce the 2023 Golden Horseshoe winners for Monroe County. Since 1931, students have been honored as knights of the Golden Horseshoe having demonstrated exceptional knowledge of West Virginia history on the state administered exam. This year, 221 winners will join the ranks of WV citizens who have won this prestigious award. Your county winners will have an opportunity to be recognized at our Golden Horseshoe ceremony on June 13, 2023 at the West Virginia Culture Center in Charleston, WV.
2023 Monroe County Winners
Kegan Sablack, Mountain View Elementary & Middle School
Brayden Fox, Peterstown Middle School
Bridget Brooks, Peterstown Middle School
James Monroe High School was blessed with a visit from First Lady Cathy Justice on her All in for Kids CIS Spring Road Trip. She along with the WV Forestry Service planted a tree in honor of WV Arbor Day. In addition, she spoke to the students of JMHS about the Communities in School Initiative and the resources they have at their fingertips. Thank you Mrs. Justice for your dedication to the children of West Virginia.
May Menus
Congratulations MVS Golf Team on placing second yesterday. Of five teams, Monroe County took first and second place. Great job for their first year as a team!
The PMS golf team is excelling as a first year team under the guidance of Mr. Chris Booth. They not only won their tournament today, but Kolton Dowdy placed first and Jaden Miller placed second. Way to go boys!!!
Students in 4th grade at PES got the privilege to meet local author, Cheryl Kula, as she spoke with them today about writing.
Mrs. Long’s class at PES worked in reading centers today. The student led each center and completed the each reading skill task.
College Choice Day at JMHS!
JMHS in WV Envirothon
Two JMHS Envirothon teams participated April 20-21 at Cacapon Resort State Park in the WV Envirothon. The Mavericks Purple team placed 10th and the Mavericks Black (rookie) team earned 21st place in a field of 32 teams.
The teams competed in field tests requiring knowledge in aquatics, soils, wildlife, and forestry and presented an original project showcasing a potential community program that was eco-friendly. The Mavericks Purple team scored highest in aquatics. Their project was a commercial composting facility. The Mavericks Black team scored highest on their presentation which was a community garden and playground. Their highest field test area was also aquatics.
Students participating on the Mavericks Purple team were Liz Adkins, Billie Dicken, Madison Noonkester, Wyatt Thornton, and Bryceson Whitt. The Mavericks Black team consisted of Michael Balboa, Amaris Gutjahr, Madisen McMillion, Parker Noonkester, and Eli Thomas. The teams are coached by JMHS Science teacher Becky Crabtree.
The community’s role in supporting these students is greatly appreciated. Financial support for the teams was provided by the Greenbrier Conservation District. Support through instruction was provided by WV Rivers (Autumn Crowe), WV Forestry (Joey Harless), New River Gorge National Park rangers, Monroe County Extension Office (Brian Wickline), and Bowers Lumber Yard buyers. The teams are also very grateful for administrative support from JMHS and MCTC.
For more information on this event, check out the website: https://www.wvca.us/envirothon/ or the WV Envirothon page on Facebook.
Flag Retirement Ceremony
JMHS students from the Environmental Science class and members of the Envirothon teams traveled to the Dunglen Day Facility on Friday to learn more about water quality. New River Gorge National Park Rangers Jacob Hartsog and Eve West led instruction on benthic invertebrates and water quality testing. The group also visited historic Thurmond.
PMS 7th Grade Science students are learning about energy transfer. While studying different types of energy, we created our own workable windmills. Each windmill had to pass the test by spinning for at least one minute.
Students in Mrs. Jackson’s 4th grade class are reading Wonder. They choose a character from their book and described all the characteristic of the person and used them to design a character picture.
For the month of March, Brandon Eggleston (Communities In Schools Site Coordinator) at Mountain View Elementary/Middle School held a Read-a-Thon. Each student was tasked with setting their own goal for the amount of books read throughout the month of March and each student was also tasked with finding sponsors to pledge a total of $5.00 if their goal was completed by the end of the month. The class that raised the most money will be given a pizza party. The student that raised the most money was given a $50 Walmart gift card. We were able to raise a total of $1,817 dollars!!
The winners for the gift cards and pizza party are as follows...
Elementary winner for the $50 Walmart gift card - Azalea Nelson (Raised $200)
Middle School winner for the $50 Walmart gift card - McKenzie Grimmett (Raised $110)
The Elementary Class Pizza Party winner - Mrs. Megan Wikle's class (raised a total of $410)
The Middle School Class Pizza Party winner - Mrs. Jackson's class (raised a total of $251)
We also had a total book goal of 566 books, which surpassed our goal of 500 books read for the month of March!!
