Good morning, Kanawha Elementary families. Due to a gas line break on campus, school will be closed today, Friday, December 5, for all students and staff. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as crews work to repair the line. The safety of our students and staff remains our top priority.
Update: Tuesday, December 2, 2025, Wood County Schools will be closed, Code A.
Wood County Schools will be on a two-hour delay this morning, Tuesday, December 2. Please stay tuned for updates.
New NTID Days (Non-Traditional Instructional Day) may be used for winter weather. Students complete work at home (packets for elementary, Schoology for grades 3 - 12). Attendance = work turned in. Families notified via WCS app, calls, website & social media. Meal boxes available. Learn more: https://woodcountyschoolswv.com/ntid
Wood County Prevention Coalition · Promoting Positive Youth Development! - Bowling Bash to Strike Out Drugs - This event is directed towards our youth and student aged populations. Prizes awarded to the top elementary, middle, and high school bowlers. Free bowling, pizza, drinks, and T-shirts. 4 to 6 bowlers per Lane. Limited two adults per Lane. The event will be held on November 15 from 1 PM to 3 PM. Registration opens at 12:30 PM. The event will be held at Pike Street Lanes at 2605 Pike Street in Parkersburg.
Maintenance has begun a project to address the standing water around the edges of the new pavement. This work will take several days to complete. During this time, there will be no access to the back parking lot and no place to turn around on the side where dismissal is occurring.
Please be patient and understanding with our staff and one another as we adjust to this temporary change. We appreciate your cooperation while these improvements are made to keep our campus safe and in great condition.
Please be patient and understanding with our staff and one another as we adjust to this temporary change. We appreciate your cooperation while these improvements are made to keep our campus safe and in great condition.
Unfortunately, the weather is not going to cooperate for our outdoor parade for our families tomorrow. Students will still parade for their peers inside the building, but do to space limitations we will not be able to allow families inside the building. We are going to try to stream the video for our families of the indoor parade using the following link: https://shorturl.at/XnXpq
Kanawha Families,
Information about help for the holiday season and spirit wear orders will be coming home in your students' folders today. In addition, we are exploring implementing dinner kits to support our families in the coming months and would love your feedback. Please complete the following survey: https://forms.office.com/r/NxRR6SxGaq
Information about help for the holiday season and spirit wear orders will be coming home in your students' folders today. In addition, we are exploring implementing dinner kits to support our families in the coming months and would love your feedback. Please complete the following survey: https://forms.office.com/r/NxRR6SxGaq
Tomorrow kicks off Red Ribbon Week. We have spirit days planned for each day:
Monday- Wear Red
Tuesday- PJ Day
Wednesday- Wear Favorite Sports Team
Thursday- Wear Costumes. No Scary or Blood/Gore Join us around the track at 1:45 for our parade.
Friday- School Spirt Day House Shirts or Kanawha Shirts
Monday- Wear Red
Tuesday- PJ Day
Wednesday- Wear Favorite Sports Team
Thursday- Wear Costumes. No Scary or Blood/Gore Join us around the track at 1:45 for our parade.
Friday- School Spirt Day House Shirts or Kanawha Shirts
Join us for Spirit Night tonight at Texas Roadhouse from 4-8. Show the attached flyer to your server and they will donate 10% of your food total our new Kanawha Elementary PTO!
It was a Top Secret Day today! Make sure you're at school everyday and on time so you don't miss out. Special thanks to Chemours Emergency Response and Safety Team and Blennerhasset Fire Department for teaching our students about fire safety.
They gave students home work tonight:
1. Check for Smoke Detector and Check the Battery
Let the teacher know if you need don't have a fire detector.
2. Create a Fire Escape Plan with their family.
Students returning a Fire Escape Plan to their teacher tomorrow with their name on it will receive a house point for the completion. Brave Event is Friday, get those points!
Tomorrow is the last day of the book fair. The fair will be open for families to shop afterschool from 3:00-3:45.
We'd love your input! Please share your thoughts on next year's school calendar to help us plan a schedule that works best for everyone. https://forms.office.com/r/JaRaWAEVQB
Join us for the next PTO Meeting Tuesday, October 7 @ 5:30 in the Cafeteria.
House shirts should have come home with your student today. If you needed a youth XS, the smallest they came in was small. As you can imagine, ordering shirts for the whole school is cumbersome. If you received the wrong shirt/size, please return it to school with a note. Tomorrow is our House Party Day, can't wait to see everyone in their new shirts tomorrow.
Tomorrow is our first Brave House Event. Students wear your house colors to support their house. New shirts have been ordered. Students who have earned at least 6 House Points will get to participate in the House Event of Inflatables. Students can earn points by showing BRAVE ways and characteristics, having no tardies and perfect attendance for the week, returning homework and many more ways. House Events take place at midterm and the end of the nine weeks.
September is Attendance Awareness Month. To celebrate we are kicking off our "Give me Five" Challenge. For every student who is at school and on time for all five days this week, they will be entered into a drawing for a large pizza from Maka Mia Pizza. There will be one winner per grade level.
Reminder tomorrow is Picture Day! Retakes will be taken on October 15th.
Our first House Meeting is tomorrow! Don't forget to wear your house colors and add a little western flair if you dare. Students who don't have an assigned house will spin the wheel to see what house chooses them.
Please be sure to send in your information sheets that include contact and medical information ASAP. We still have several students who need their AUP. Please click the link to fill it out online: https://shorturl.at/H1NPk