Monroe County School is honored to be one of eleven counties with school facility projects funded by the School Building Authority of WV. This project will expand and renovate the JM Technical Center. We appreciate the support of Governor Justice and State Superintendent Blatt.
Please come out and support Peterstown Middle School basketball. 🏀 the location is Summit Christian Academy in Princeton, West Virginia.
PES 4th graders “Ran with the Herd”. They have been participating in a 5 weeks program that centers around goal setting, sportmanship, and being a good team mate. Today, they were able to attend a basketball game at Marshall University.
James Monroe High School nursing, business, and law/public safety classes visited The Greenbrier. They received a phenomenal history tour by renowned historian Dr Bob Conte. After learning some of the history of The Greenbrier, each class was able to tour the facility with respect to their program. nursing visited the Clinic and met with the doctors and nurses. They also were able to see first hand a diagnostic clinic. Law/public safety received a behind the scenes tour of the security programs of the Resort, including fire rescue, casino operations, and general guest safety. The business program visited with the sales team, saw meeting space, and learned tips on customer service.
Thank you to The Greenbrier for hosting us!!
On Thursday December 12, 2024 from 4:00-6:00, Mrs. Cottle, Technology Integration Specialist and STEM teacher, hosted a community open house for students and families in the Peterstown PK8 STEM Lab to showcase Computer Science Education and Coding. Many people attended the event which featured a variety of hands-on coding and robotics materials for students and families to explore. Several teachers assisted such as Janet Haag and Amy Miller, and several PMS Robotics Club members assisted with robot activities and let students try out the robots they have built for competition. Mrs. Cottle would like to thank the families who brought their children and participated in the event as well as those who helped! This is the second year she has hosted this event. This annual event will be held the second Thursday in December each year for National Computer Science Education Week and Hour of Code.
Good luck to our boys and girls basketball teams as they travel to play in the Narrows Athletic Fund Christmas Tournament. The girls play Thursday night at 6pm vs. Floyd County and the boys play Friday night at 6pm vs. Jefferson Christian Academy. Just a reminder that NO coaches passes are accepted for the tournament as it is a fundraiser for the athletic programs at NHS. Come on out and support our basketball teams and cheer them on!
Mrs. Newberry and her students celebrated Hanukkah today through the eyes of Anne Frank.
Monroe County Schools will operate on a 2-hour delay for Thursday, December 12, 2024.
Tara Etter from First Community Bank stopped by to discuss credit and budgeting to Mr Gardinier’s Personal Finance class. The students were able to hear from a leader in our community about the importance of credit, maintaining good credit, how to get credit; as well as begging r budgeting topics, income, expenses. We thank our community for partnering with our students
Menu change for this week: switching Wednesday, Dec. 10 to Thursday, Dec.11 so will be having Popcorn Chicken tomorrow and the Local Beef Patty Cheeseburger on Thursday.
Here is the link to live stream Tuesday’s game at James Monroe against Narrows. Game time is around 7pm or 20 minutes after the JV game. If fans can’t make it to the game, It’s only $5.99 to watch it after you create an account 👍🏻
https://webca.st/257881
After reading a Christmas book together, the Educator’s Rising company made personalized elf crafts to complete with kindergarten students. Practicing colors, hand eye coordination, and cutting with scissors were a few of the skills highlighted.
Due to a shortage of bus operators, bus 201, Aaron Hill, will be making the run 45 minutes late for the morning run. This affects the morning run only.
Monroe County Schools will
operate on a 3-hour delay for Friday, December 6, 2024.
Monroe County Schools will
operate on a 2-hour delay for Thursday, December 5, 2024.
James Monroe staff will be reporting at 10 o'clock this morning.
James Monroe High School will have a virtual learning day for Monday, December 2, 2024. This affects high school only.
Monroe County Schools will operate on a 2 hour delay for Monday, December 2, 2024.
Future Business Leaders of America Vice President, Maizy Boggess, welcomes Peterstown’s new custodian, Darlene Carter by giving her a custom Pirate shirt made by FBLA club members.
Congrats to PES November leaders of the month!
