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    Winter 2020 Adult Education Class Preview

    Powhatan County Public Schools has just released its preview of adult education classes for Winter 2020 (attached PDF document).  Any member of the community, who is eighteen years of age or older (out of high school), may enroll in a variety of exciting evening classes. Individuals who are sixty-two years of age or older may take classes free of charge. This is called the “Gold Card” program. Anyone who is interested in obtaining a “Gold Card” should contact Linda Hockaday at 804-598-5700.

    Winter courses will begin on February 3, 2020. Course registration will begin January 6, 2020 - look for the mailer in January. Registration may be made by mail with a check or money order payable to Powhatan High School.  

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    Nominate an Employee for the Helping Hands Award

    Do you know a Powhatan County Public Schools employee who is Inspiring, Empowering, or Innovating? We want to hear from you! Tell us about any staff member who is making a difference in the lives of our children by inspiring, empowering or innovating. Please use the online nomination form linked here to tell us about a Powhatan Schools staff member who deserves to be recognized. We welcome suggestions from students, families, co-workers or community members.

     

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  • 2019-2020 Powhatan County Preschool Application Available

    Applications are now being accepted for the 2019-2020 school year Preschool program. Children must be 3- or 4-years old by September 30, 2019. An application does not guarantee enrollment in the programs. All information provided is confidential and is used in determining eligibility.

    Proof of income, original birth certificate, proof of residency, and current school health form are required for all programs. Additional information may be required for eligibility.

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  • 2019-2020 School Calendar Approved

    At its February 12, 2019 meeting, the Powhatan County School Board approved the proposed 2019-2020 School Calendar which is attached below in PDF format.

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  • 2019-2020 Secondary Course Guide Approved

    At its February 12, 2019 meeting, the Powhatan County School Board approved the proposed Secondary Course Guide which is attached below in PDF format.

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  • Powhatan Welcomes Sodexo School Food Services

    Powhatan County Public Schools and Sodexo School Food Services have partnered to provide the most innovative, nutritional, fun School Food Service Program. 

    Attached below is a welcome letter from Sodexo to the Powhatan community. Now is the perfect time to encourage your children to choose school breakfast and lunch! 

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  • Powhatan County School Board Approves School Attendance Area Variance Guidelines

    At its January 9th meeting, the School Board approved  a revision to its policy on school attendance areas. School Board members requested this revision to the policy so that parents may request a variance for their children to attend a school other than their assigned school. The variance must meet the following specific circumstances:
         >In-home before or after school care provided in the requested school zone; daycare that does not service the home school; or a documented hardship (i.e. financial, work schedule for which reasonable child care is difficult to obtain)
         >Residents planning to move to a new school zone, with a legally binding contract signed by all parties which is free of contingencies and to be completed within 90 days
    Parents requesting this variance must provide transportation to and from school. Any parent that wishes their child to attend a school other than their assigned school must complete the variance request form and submitted it to their child’s principal for approval.

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Legionella Bacteria Precautions

Powhatan County Public Schools currently has one building with cooling towers as the source of air conditioning for Powhatan Elementary School.  PCPS entered into an Energy Performance Contract with TRANE in the spring of 2019.  As part of this contract, TRANE installed a brand new cooling tower system for Powhatan Elementary School.  PCPS HVAC Staff also works on a schedule to ensure the system is running as efficiently as possible.  Some of those actions include Yearly cleaning of all baffles within the system to remove any and all buildup. Chemical treatments each quarter to limit scale build-up within the towers. PCPS is installing constant flow pumps to allow the water within the system to be chemically treated to ensure contamination does not occur.   Given the age of the cooling towers and the proactive actions of the staff, PCPS has no concerns about the presence of the legionella bacteria within the system.  PCPS will continue to work with ChemTreat to ensure our systems are running effectively and efficiently.

Adaptive Physical Education in PCPS

Division Highlights

  • 2019 Helping Hands Award Recipients: Donia Spott & Christine Bowen
  • 2019 Innovative Grant Recipients
  • Pocahontas Elementary receives Powhatan Education Foundation/Curtis Family Grant
  • Powhatan Elementary receives Powhatan Education Foundation/Curtis Family Grant
  • Pocahontas Middle receives Powhatan Education Foundation/Curtis Family Grant
  • Powhatan High receives Powhatan Education Foundation/Curtis Family Grant
  • 2019 PHS FFA Awards
  • 2019 Division Teacher of the Year: Katrisha Little

    2019 Division Teacher of the Year: Katrisha Little

  • 2019 Teachers of the Year: Jenny Easter, Catherine Bowles, Katrisha Little, Kristen Bentzen, and Bill Wasosky

    2019 Teachers of the Year: Jenny Easter, Catherine Bowles, Katrisha Little, Kristen Bentzen, and Bill Wasosky

  • 2019 Retirees: Judy Ringgold, Sandra Cleveland, Debra Spence, Barb Otte, Pat Denoon, Elaine Lonon, Nancy Bennett, Karen Utt, Michele Wilson, Alice Locke, Jim Callear, Patricia Butler, Patricia Trojanowski, Victor Pena, Dale Goodman, Linda Cliborne, Susan Dean, Sada Hill, Teresia Neece, Ronald Mack

    2019 Retirees

  • Instructor and student sewing at the Quilting Summer Camp
  • School Board Members and Board of Supervisors Members cutting ribbon at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of Transportation Maintenance Facility

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    2019-2020 1st Nine Weeks Honor Rolls

    Congratulations to all students that achieved honor roll for the first nine weeks of the 2019/2020 school year! Keep up the great work! Honor Roll lists for each school are attached below in PDF format and available in text and PDF on the PCPS Honor Rolls page linked here.

     

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    Helping Hands Award Recipients

    Please visit our Helping Hands web page linked here where we recognize some of our outstanding staff members.

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    All Powhatan Schools Accredited

    On Tuesday, October 8th the School Board received the linked report on accreditation for the 2019-2020 school year. We are thrilled that each school in Powhatan is accredited. Moreover, we celebrate the hard work of our students and staff in closing achievement gaps. It is important to note that accreditation is almost entirely based on SOL test performance. In Powhatan County, our teachers and students teach and learn deeply well beyond SOL level knowledge. While we are proud of our SOL performance, we assess student learning in many more authentic ways to insure that our students are college and career ready.

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  • Welcome Back!

    2019 Welcome Back Video Montage

     
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  • Best Communities for Music Education Award

    For the third consecutive year the Powhatan County Public Schools has been recognized with the Best Communities for Music Education designation by the NAMM Foundation, the education wing of the National Association of Music Merchants.  Powhatan is one of only seventeen divisions in Virginia to be recognized for the efforts by teachers, students, administrators, parents and the community to make music education a critical part of a well-rounded education.  The designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students.  To qualify Andrew Snead, Lead Teacher for Performing Arts completed an extensive survey, which included questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities and support for music education; responses are verified by the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. The following music faculty was recognized:  Terrell Dean, Cami Graham, Gina Dickerson, Joshua Wright, Chris Thomas, Linda Utt, Sandra Parker, Nicholas Snead, Neil Landini, Andrew Snead, Tom Beekman (not pictured).  

     

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  • Recognition of Achievement for Schools with Continuous Improvement

    The Virginia Department of Education presents this award to schools for actively being Accredited or Accredited with Conditions and significantly improving academic and school quality indicators for the past three years.  Congratulations to Powhatan Elementary School (Mrs. Constance Deal), Pocahontas Elementary School (Mr. Tom Sulzer) Flat Rock Elementary (Mrs. Tanja Atkins-Nelson) and Powhatan Middle School (Dr. Samantha Martin).

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  • Welcome Back Message from the Superintendent

    A welcome-back message from Dr. Eric Jones, Superintendent is linked here http://www.powhatan.k12.va.us/superintendent

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  • PMS Students Thank Community

    The students at Powhatan Middle School are loving their beautiful new school and created a video to express their appreciation to our community. PMS Students Thank Community video linked here to wevideo.com site

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