Quick Updates:

PMS Family Updates

• 25-26 Parental Opt Out Booklet

• 2025-2026 Student Rights and Responsibilities

• 2025-2026 PMS General Supply List

• 2025-2026 Student Fees

• 2025-2026 Secondary Course Guide

  • Click here to view the PDF version of the 25-26 Secondary Course Guide.

• 2026-2027 Secondary Course Guide

• Building Maintenance Updates

• Cardinal Care Coverage - Back to School!

• Solving Problems Together: Who to Contact?

• Updated PCPS Cell Phone Policy

• School Messenger: If you do not currently receive text messages from the school messenger program and you would like to OPT IN to receive TEXT messages. Text the words OPT IN to 67587.

• At the December 11, 2025 School Board meeting, the Board approved changing April 6, 2026, from a designated snow make-up day to an instructional day for students and staff. This change was made in response to the four instructional days already missed due to snow.

National Kindness Week

• National Kindness Week kicks off this week and is celebrated to focus on fostering empathy and positive actions in schools and communities. What does it mean to be KIND? 

  We will focus on one aspect each day this week using the acronym K.I.N.D. to explain and give examples that help us understand how we can make a positive difference in the climate of our community by being KIND. 

• K - Kind Words and Kind Actions

• I - Inclusion and Belonging

• N - Notice and Help

• D - Do the Right Thing - Have Integrity and Show Responsibility

• Studies have shown that acts of generosity not only benefit the recipients, but also boost happiness and well-being for the person offering kindness. Our Kindness week challenge for everyone is to look for an opportunity at Powhatan Middle School to BE KIND and DO something!

Spring Pictures Coming Soon

• Strawbridge Studios will be here on Thursday, February 19 to take Spring Pictures. Orders must be placed online before picture day. Only students who have purchased a Spring package prior to picture day will be photographed. 

• Please scan the QR code below or visit strawbridge.net and enter our school code  FM490316 to place your order.

  • If your students needs a hard copy of the order form, please have him/her stop by the main office. 

  • All students will not take Spring Pictures. Yearbook photos come from Fall Pictures. 

Spring Sports Tryout Information

• Softball, Baseball, Track & Field, and Girls' Soccer tryouts are just around the corner. All sports will start tryouts the week of February 23rd. 

• And remember, all sports require a current VHSL  physical form dated MAY 1, 2025 or later in order to try out . Please see the attached flyer for more information.

It's Scheduling Season!

• As we start the second semester, we are underway with the course scheduling process for the 2026-2027 school year. Please take some time now to explore our Powhatan Middle School Scheduling Website to learn more about the scheduling process, timelines, and available courses for your student.

  • Rising 9th Grade Families - Powhatan High School visited 8th grade classes this week. Be sure to check in with your rising 9th grade student to see what courses they selected. (Click here for slides from The PHS Experience.)

  • Rising 7th and 8th Grade Families - Our middle school counselors will be scheduling students during the week of February 2nd. Rising 7th and 8th grade students were given course request sheets to review with parents at home. Please see this video for more information regarding the course request process and an overview of courses available.  

• Here is an overview of our scheduling timeline. Please be sure to visit the Powhatan Middle School Scheduling Website to learn more about the scheduling process.

Interested in CodeRVA for high school?

• CodeRVA Regional High School's lottery for the 2026-27 school year is now open.  Interested students can apply on our website at coderva.org. 

• As a reminder, any rising (first time) 9th grader residing in a partner school division is eligible to apply, and the application only takes 15-20 minutes.  The lottery closes on February 20.

• If families would like to view recordings of our Open House presentations, those are also accessible via our website.  Additional questions?  Contact us at info@coderva.org or 804-968-1820.

Yearbook Update!

• 📸Call  for Yearbook Photos 📸

  Our yearbook staff is working hard on our Fall and Winter sections of the yearbook! 

  If you have photos from this fall or winter, please consider sharing them! We’re especially looking for:

  • ✏️ First Day of School

  •  🎃Halloween Celebrations

  • 🏈 Homecoming Events

  •  🍁Thanksgiving Break Moments

  •  🏆Special events, competitions, performances, or activities

  •  🎄Winter Break

  •  ❄️Snow Days

  •  🏀Winter Sports

  Photos that show students enjoying school life, participating in events, or celebrating milestones help make our yearbook more meaningful and complete.

• How to Share Photos: 

  • Email photos to pmsyearbook@powhatan.k12.va.us

  • Submit via eShare - https://yearbookshare.com/eShare/?code=pms2026   (School code is pms2026.)

  • Please  submit fall and winter photos by Sunday, Feb 22nd.

Powhatan Strong: Family Connection Series

• Powhatan County Public Schools Student Services Department welcomes you to our monthly Virtual Coffee Chats titled Powhatan Strong Family Connection Series. Each month, Student Services will present a different topic with strategies to support your students from home, policies and procedures at the division and school levels, and opportunities to ask questions of our Student Services Department members and guest panelists. Previous Coffee Chats can be found at the links below:

  • August Session- Attendance

  • September Session- School Safety

  • October Session- Bullying

  • November Session- Parent Burnout / Stress

  • January Session - Ways to Become Involved and Engaged in PCPS

• To log in, visit bit.ly/PowhatanStrong25-26. If you are unable to attend the Coffee Chat, we encourage you to submit your questions via the Coffee Chat Google Form.

Front Office Reminders

• Activity Bus: Students attending sports conditioning at the high school may not ride the sports shuttle bus; this bus is reserved for students who are in their current athletic season. Families must provide transportation.

• School Visits: When visiting or picking up your child during the school day, please bring a photo ID, ring the doorbell to the right, identify yourself, and state the reason for visiting the building. In preparation for dismissal, all early dismissal must be before 2:00 p.m. unless extenuating circumstances. Please give additional time for your child to be called down for dismissal. 

• Deliveries: We wanted to send a quick reminder that our school is not permitted to accept DoorDash or other outside food deliveries for students.

• Parent Drop Off Updates - In order to keep Old Buckingham Road clear during parent drop-off, we will be asking all parents to turn left when exiting our parent drop-off loop.

How to volunteer here at Powhatan Middle?

• Parent Teacher Organization

  • Love planning events for people? Our PTO is looking for more volunteers to plan appreciation events. Follow or message our PTO on Facebook for more information.

• Parent Positivity Patrol

  • Want to help out in our hallways and the cafeteria? See the inside of the school and keep an eye on your kid? 

• Watch DOGS

  • Calling all Dads of Great Students! We are ramping up our Watch DOGS program this year. 

• Lunch Buddies

  • If you are interested in participating as a mentor for the Lunch Buddies Program, we would be happy to have you! Please reach out to lunchbuddies@powhatan.k12.va.us for any questions.