Powhatan County Public Schools

A year ago work began to create a new Strategic Plan for PCPS. Staff presented the completed plan to the School Board on September 11th. The plan is the culmination of hundreds of hours of work by community and staff members to chart the course for Powhatan Schools for the next 6 years.

The attached presentation includes the new Vision and Mission Statement, Core Beliefs, as well as four broad goals that the School Board has had a chance to review previously. The presentation also includes Key Performance Objectives (KPOs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that will be used to track success in achieving our goals and realizing our Mission and Vision.

The School Board is scheduled to approve the Strategic Plan at the September 25, 2018, School Board meeting.

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! 

The PCPS Transportation Department has published bus routes for the 2018-19 school year. The bus routes are attached below. Please note the following potential impact to some of our routes:

Parents,

Please note we are in direct communication with VDOT at this time as they work to make repairs to a bridge on Rocky Ford Road before schools open. In the event repairs are not completed in time, routes PMS 70 and  PHS 4 will be directly impacted by the situation. We will contact those households with updated information at that time. Thank you for your patience as we work with VDOT to ensure the safety of your children.  

Please be reminded that not every address is listed. If you don't see your exact address, locate the address closest to your home address for a bus number and arrival time. Arrival times are approximate and we ask you to allow 5-10 minutes either way as the routes solidify. Thank you.

The Powhatan Community Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Day Breakfast Committee is sponsoring its 8th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Day Community Breakfast Celebration. This event will be held on Monday, January 21, 2019, at Powhatan High School, from 8:00 – 11:00 a.m.

There is an opportunity for students to receive volunteer hours by participating as a server and/or provide assistance to guests. If you are interested please fill out the volunteer application attached below and return it to the address on the application. Applications must be postmarked no later than December 7, 2018.

Powhatan Middle School will host an evening of “Non-traditional High School Options” with representatives from the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies, Appomattox Regional Governor’s School for the Arts and Technology, Code RVA High School and Reynolds Community College for Advanced College Academy Program on October 2, 2018. The purpose of this evening is to allow each program an opportunity to share information about their school and its academics and extra-curricular offerings, eligibility to apply, how to obtain an application and much more. This one-night event will be conducted in a round-robin format with students will be able to obtain information about more than one program in which they are interested. We will present an overview of the programs at 5:00 PM. Maggie Walker Governor’s School and the Advanced College Academy programs will begin their first presentation at 5:15 PM, Appomattox Regional Governor’s School, and CodeRVA High School will have a staggered first session which will begin at 6:15 PM.
Although this presentation is designed to recruit 8th-grade applicants, 5th, 6th and 7th graders are welcome to attend so there are sure to be on the correct pathway to applying during their 8th-grade year.
Applications will be available beginning on October 15 from Mrs. Haskins in the Gifted Services office (B210) and Mrs. Cosner in the Counseling office. Applications will be available to students currently enrolled in Algebra I. Private and homeschool families seeking applications will need to schedule an appointment with Mrs. Haskins to come in and pick up an application

Schedule
5:00-5:15 Regional Programs Overview
5:15-6:00 ACA & Maggie Walker GS Sessions
6:00-6:45 ACA & Maggie Walker GS Sessions
6:15-6:45 Appomattox GS & Code RVA Sessions
6:45-7:15 Appomattox GS & Code RVA Sessions

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

The Powhatan County School Board invites interested citizens to join one of its advisory committees for the 2018-2019 school year.  Advisory committees are voluntary and serve to offer suggestions to the School Board on a variety of topics.  Generally, the committees meet three to four times during the school year.

By policy, the School Board advisory committees are appointed for one year terms.  The School Board has the following advisory committees:

Special Education Advisory Committee
Gifted Education Advisory Committee
Title I Parent Advisory Committee
School Health Advisory Committee
Career and Technical Advisory Committee

Please complete the application attached and send to Mrs. Michele H. Wilson at michele.wilson@powhatan.k12.va.us or by mail: 2320 Skaggs Road, Powhatan, Virginia 23139.  Applications are due by October 4, 2018.