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🍕🎉 In September, our Community-Based Instruction (CBI) students had a blast celebrating National Pepperoni Pizza Day with a fun pizza party! 🎈🍽️ Combine good food and tunes, and you have a fantastic party. 😋❤️ A big shoutout to our amazing teachers and instructional assistants for making every day special for our students! 🍕✨ #wearepcps #teampowhatan
📚✨ Ms. Moss’s kindergarten class at Flat Rock Elementary was all in during this lesson. The students were super focused as they practiced their letter formation with the new Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) reading curriculum. ✍️❤️ It’s amazing to see their developing young minds at work. Keep up the great effort, kiddos! 🌟👏#wearepcps #teampowhatan
📅 On this final day of September and in honor of Attendance Awareness Month, we want to take a moment to recognize the dedicated attendance secretaries at Powhatan County Public Schools! 👏 Thank you to our amazing team for working to ensure that our students are present and accounted for every day. Your hard work plays a crucial role in supporting student success and fostering a strong school community. Special shoutout to our attendance secretaries: Heather Barnett (FRES); Denise Overton, (PMS); Berkeley Richter (POCA); Wendy Tye, (PHS); and Tiffany Yarbrough (POWES). A big thank you also to Sheryl Jackson-Wade, the division’s attendance interventionist. 🌟 Remember, every day in school counts! Regular attendance helps students succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. Let's keep encouraging our students to show up and make the most of their education! #wearepcps #teampowhatan
Due to inclement weather, all after-school activities for Powhatan County Public Schools are canceled for Friday, September 27th. This includes all school activities and all activities scheduled in school facilities.
📚✨ Exciting things are happening with Mrs. McCue’s first graders at Pocahontas Elementary. Recently, they dove into the new Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) reading curriculum and focused on structured literacy. This lesson was a combination of phonics and writing skills that saw them listening for sounds, writing letters, and building sentences. We love to see them growing their skills as they focus in on finding the right answers. #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🌟 In Mrs. Barnes' AP Physics 1 class at Powhatan High School, we had a fantastic moment today! A student asked if he could explain a problem on the board to help his friend understand forces better. 📝💡 It’s amazing to see students supporting each other like this! 🤝💬 Peer-to-peer learning is so important, and it really enhances our understanding of the material. Keep up the great teamwork, everyone! 🙌✨ #wearepcps #teampowhatan
Mr. Peyton's Family and Consumer Science class at Powhatan Middle School whipped up some delicious chocolate chip cookies using the creaming method! 🍪 🍪 🍪 This technique, one of the three fundamental methods for making quick breads, involved beating butter and sugar together until light and fluffy—perfect for creating a tender, melt-in-your-mouth cookie! 😋 The students couldn’t wait to sample their creations and explore this method, which can be applied to a variety of other recipes they will make in the class! 🎂🧁What’s your favorite cookie recipe? Let’s share some culinary inspiration! 👩🍳👨🍳 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
Game date change - Friday night’s Varsity football 🏈 game will be on Saturday at noon. Please spread the word.
🌟🎉 There are always so many wonderful, engaging activities going on in our schools that it is difficult to share them all. Take a few weeks ago, when Mrs. Senger’s kindergarten class at Pocahontas Elementary rocked the Alphabet Song and got super creative by making letters with their bodies! 🤸♂️📚 They danced along to the “Body Alphabet” video by Jack Hartmann with so much energy! 💃🕺🎶✨ The day was also extra special because many of the students wore yellow for Color of the Day, which was an activity the school held to help the youngest students practice their colors. 💛🌼 It was amazing to see them all shine brilliantly as they sang a cheerful yellow song and colored the picture of the day: a big, bright yellow sun! 🌞 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🎉 The Powhatan High School JROTC was thrilled to receive a generous check for $2,602 from a fundraiser the Moose Family Center held in August! This donation will help support the JROTC program and provide valuable resources for our cadets. A huge thank you to everyone who supported the fundraiser and made this possible! PCPS loves engaging with and building such strong relationships with our local community. 💙 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🎉 A huge thank you to our amazing community for coming out to support the first enrollment event for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Powhatan last week at Powhatan County Public Library! 📚✨ The local program had an incredible launch, with 41 new registrations bringing Powhatan’s total by the end of the event to 225 children—representing 17% of the kids under age 5 in Powhatan! 🎈 That’s an amazing achievement, especially since the Dollywood Foundation projected the program would reach that milestone by Month 10. Powhatan did it in just the first month! A huge shoutout to the Powhatan Education Foundation, which spearheaded bringing this wonderful program to our county and found the community partners to help sponsor it. 🙌💖 It’s heartwarming to see so many families eager to kickstart their children’s reading journeys. Each month, these little ones will receive free, age-appropriate books right in their mailboxes, fostering a love of reading from an early age. Let’s keep this momentum going and ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive! 🌟
🌟🎉 Throwback to an amazing day in Mrs. Smith's fifth-grade class at Pocahontas Elementary! 📚✨ They dived deep into the math lesson about data cycles and explored creative ways to graph information. 📊✏️ The students really showcased their academic excellence, sharing ideas and collaborating with enthusiasm! 👏 Keep up the great work, everyone! 🙌 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
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 the Powhatan High School/Reynolds Community College for Advanced College Academy Program on October 2, 2024. This meeting aims to provide interested students and their parents with information regarding the curriculum, graduation requirements, and extracurricular activities, as well as answer questions regarding the application process for each high school option. Although the application process is open to current eighth grade students, fifth, sixth, and seventh grade students, their parents are also invited to attend to assist in course planning before they reach the eighth grade.
The evening will kick off with a review of Powhatan County Public Schools’ participation in these schools and answer some of the basic questions students and parents have about student participation in these high school program options.
Applications will be available on the PCPS website beginning on October 1. Students can also request the application link from Mrs. Haskins in the Gifted Services office (B210) and Mr. Winkler in the Counseling office. The application 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 to Powhatan Middle School and provide proof of residency for their student’s application to be verified and accepted. The deadline for 8th graders to submit an application is December 1, 2024.
🖍️ Flashback to a fun-filled day in Ms. Dewey’s second-grade class at Flat Rock Elementary School! 🎉 They had a blast with a hidden picture game that focused on vocabulary, noticing and wondering, and making connections! 🕵️♂️✨ Does anyone else remember those times flipping through Highlights Magazine in the doctor’s office waiting room—searching for hidden treasures! 🔍 The best part? The kids gave a great cheer when one of their peers found the last item! 🎉🙌 It was so heartwarming to see their excitement and engagement in learning. Keep shining, little learners! 🌟💖 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🔧 Exciting things are happening in Mr. Roberts’ STEM elective class, Energy and the Environment! The students recently visited Dr. Spott’s Innovation Lab at Powhatan Middle to dive into the engineering design process by building and testing bridges. They used plastic strips, wires, screws, and nuts from TeacherGeek (@theteachergeek) and had a fun challenge: to create either the longest or the strongest bridge. And guess what? The longest bridge came in at a whopping 75 cm, while the strongest held an impressive 2.25 lbs! 💪 And this was only the course's first visit to the Innovation Lab of the school year. We can’t wait to see what they come up with next! 🌉 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🌟 Happy Monday everyone! We just wanted to take a moment to celebrate the amazing connections between our community and our classrooms. It’s always a joy to have community members visit and share their experiences with our students. Last week, we were thrilled to have former PCPS teacher Gail Timberlake visit Mrs. Dillon's fifth-grade social studies classes. She shared her fascinating story, “The Rescue of the Lady Slipper,” and talked about the history and rediscovery of bateau boats—such an important part of Powhatan’s local history! Thanks for being a part of our learning journey Mrs. Timberlake!
As you might know, community engagement is a big deal for us at PCPS, so much so that it’s one of our Strategic Plan goals. Last year, we revamped our curriculum to fill the gap left when we moved the Virginia Studies course down a grade. Now, our fifth graders are diving into a rich geography curriculum that includes a mandatory unit on local history, all aligned with state standards.
We’re still super proud that this new curriculum received a 2024 Achievement Award from the Virginia Association of Counties (VACo) in August! 🎉 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🔥🎉 We’re gearing up for Homecoming at Powhatan High School, and we’d love for you to join us for a Community Bonfire! Bring your own chair and come enjoy a fun evening on Tuesday, October 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the high school. It’s going to be a great night with performances by the PHS Band, appearances from our JV and Varsity football teams, cheerleaders, and dancers. Plus, there will be food and games for everyone to enjoy! Just a quick note: all middle and elementary students need to be accompanied by an adult. Can’t wait to see you there! #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🌍✨ In honor of International Day of Peace, which takes place on Saturday, September 21 this year, Flat Rock Elementary School participated in the Pinwheels for Peace project. This project is sponsored by the FRES Equity and Diversity committee. Students were encouraged to self-reflect on the importance of peace in our world and how we can contribute to a peaceful society. Each class in grades 1-5 was provided with enough pinwheel templates, push pins, and pencils for each child to complete a pinwheel customized to fit their personality. Preschool, CBI, and Kindergarten were provided with premade pinwheels for this project. These beautiful creations were proudly displayed today in front of the school and inside, reminding us all of the importance of peace. It’s wonderful to see our students embracing this meaningful day! 💖 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
📚✨ Exciting things are happening in Mrs. Miller’s fourth-grade class at Pocahontas Elementary! Recently, they dove into the new Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) reading curriculum and had a good time reading “Flora and Ulysses.” The kids were engaged, answering questions using clues from the story. It’s so great to see them exploring new adventures in reading! #wearepcps #teampowhatan
