Quick Updates:

• 25-26 Parental Opt Out Booklet

• 2025-2026 Students Rights and Responsibilities

• School Supply Lists

• Solving Problems Together: Who to Contact?

• Updated PCPS Cell Phone Policy -This policy INCLUDES Smart watches so please make sure if your child wears one they understand it MUST be put in their backpack when they arrive at school. SEE PG 2 OF THE POLICY FOR ELEMENTARY students

• This Parent Guide has additional information about the school year, including the parent/student handbook, important school contact information, meal prices, and more detailed information about parent drop off and pick up.

• As the year begins and needs arise which calls for you to pick up your child early from school, you MUST bring your ID into the building in order to sign your child out.

  • Visitors: As we are still focusing on school routines and procedures we will not welcome volunteers or parents for lunch until September 15th!

• Transportation Changes: For any transportation changes, please email powespickup@powhatan.k12.va.us AND your child’s teacher.

Color of the Day Celebration

• Beginning on Monday August 25, the Kindergarten classes will begin reviewing and celebrating the colors. Your child can participate by wearing the color for the day!

  • Monday 9/8: Black/White

  • Tuesday 9/9: Rainbow

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.

• To log in, visit bit.ly/PowhatanStrong25-26.

Powhatan PTO

• Please join us Thursday, Sept., 11th for our 1st PTO meeting of the year in our cafeteria from 6:30pm to 7:30pm

• If you have any questions please feel free to email them at powhatanespto@gmail.com 

• PowES PTO Newsletter

Volunteer With Us!

• The Lunch Buddies Mentoring Program has been in place in PCPS for over 10 years. The goal of the program is to help foster strong relationships among our students and the positive adult role models in the community. Whether at any of our 3 elementary schools or our middle school, you would meet with a student once a week and ultimately act as another advocate for them. It can be anything from academic support to conversation, playing games, making crafts, and so much more. The program is planned to begin the 1st week of Oct. and will last until mid-May. If you are interested please reach out to lunchbuddies@powhatan.k12.va.us for any questions.

  Visit this page to apply.

• Watch D.O.G.S. will be starting soon! Information will be available at Open House on Tuesday, Sept., 16th…STAY TUNED for more information! To get an early start on applying, visit this page.

Announcements & Additional Information

• Drills: In accordance with Virginia Code §22.1-137.2, Powhatan Elementary School will be conducting a lockdown drill this week (8/25), as part of the mandatory safety drills for the 2025-26 school year. Preschool and kindergarten classes will not participate in this drill, as they are exempt from drills of this nature during the first 60 days that school is in session.  Our teachers will be talking with the students regarding the purpose and procedures of this drill. During the drill, you will receive a practice lockdown message via SchoolMessenger.

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  arent Drop Off/Pick Up Zone: For safety reasons and to speed up our parent drop off/pick up zone, please stay in the car. If your child is in a carseat please have them get out of it while in line and move to the PASSENGER side of the car so they can just get out without your assistance on the PASSENGER side of the car.

• Vacations: Remember family trips/vacations MUST be approved by the principal ahead of time. Last minute communications can result in an unexcused absence. Even though a vacation may be approved, it does not mean the absence goes away...an absence from school is an absence from school.

• 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.

• Our 2nd Graders will begin participating in “Learn to Swim” at the YMCA on Tuesday, Sept., 9th. The 2nd graders will participate in 5 sessions starting this Tuesday, running on Tuesdays and Thursdays until Sept. 23rd. PLEASE make sure you have returned your permission slip and if you have any questions please reach out to your child’s teacher.