Quick Updates:

Thursday, Oct. 16th ends the 1st Quarter of the year so please reach out to your child’s teacher(s) to make sure all work is made up if your child has been absent. Also check in to make sure they have completed any graded work that they may not have finished in class. There could still be time to bring grades up!

“Dollars for Dolly” sponsored by the Powhatan High School English Honor Society takes place from Oct. 6-17. Please click HERE to read more about it!

• 25-26 Parental Opt Out Booklet

• 2025-2026 Students Rights and Responsibilities

• Cardinal Care Coverage - Back to School!

• Counseling Topics

• Elementary Assessment letter

• PCPS Elementary Attendance Procedures

• 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.

• State mandated vision screenings will be performed this week for new students, Pre-K students, and Kindergarten students (who did not have it done on their school entrance exams), and all Third grade students. Please contact Nurse Sloan with any questions.

October is National Bullying Awareness Month

• Please talk with your child(ren) about the importance of doing the right thing…If you see something…Say something! Later this month we will have more specific activities taking place in classes and at POWES. Please continue to talk with your child about being kind and respectful to one another!

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. Links to our previous Coffee Chats are below: 

  • September Coffee Chat (Attendance)

  • October Coffee Chat (School Safety)

• Our next session will be held on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 10 AM. During this session, we will explore the topic of bullying. We will host some of our school principals and school counselors as guest panelists to answer your questions. To log in visit bit.ly/PowhatanStrong25-26. We look forward to seeing you on the 16th

Powhatan PTO

• Fall Festival is approaching on Thursday, October 16th from 6:00-8:00pm. Flyers and ticket purchasing should have come home with your students on Friday. We are still looking for candy donations so don’t forget to have your student feed our very hungry candy monster, Monty, outside the front office. Please volunteer for this big event! If you know any middle schoolers or high schoolers who would like to volunteer or who need volunteer hours you can sign up at the link below. https://m.signupgenius.com/...

• Feed Monty the Candy Monster: Send in candy to feed Monty, our Candy Monster! Click HERE to see him!! Candy will be used for the upcoming Fall Festival on October 16th!

• Fall Book Fair will be Monday October 13th-Thursday October 16th. You should see materials coming home with your students this week in preparation for Book Fair. Here is the link to our Fair’s homepage if you’d like to get a jumpstart. https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/powhatanelementaryschool2 If you would like to volunteer to help with running the Book Fair, you can sign up to volunteer at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B4BA9A628A4FD0-58415808-scholastic/60413788#/

• Have you joined our FABULOUS PTO? If not, click here to join! CHECK OUT THE POWES PTO NEWSLETTER!

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

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. - information will be available during our Open House night on Tuesday, Sept., 16th. Please stop by the counseling table to learn more about this exciting experience here at POWES! If you want to get a jumpstart, please fill out this form.

Announcements & Additional Information

• Families by now your child should have received their September Student of the Month yard sign if they were chosen to represent their class. Please let Dr. Gill know if your child has not yet received their sign (an email was sent out to those families who had a child selected). Remember to send an email to Dr. Gill that includes a picture of your child with their sign for our bulletin board outside of our cafeteria!

• REMINDER…if you sign your child in tardy OR sign in to eat lunch with your student PLEASE do not walk down to your child’s classroom. Permission from admin or your child’s teacher has to be verified in the office before you can enter the building. This is a safety concern when we do not know who is in the building. Thank you for your support as we keep our POWES kiddos and staff safe.

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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.