Powhatan County Public Schools

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.

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.

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

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! 

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.

2019 Welcome Back Video Montage

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).  

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).

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