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
Good evening! It was a great first day! Keeping our students safe is our number one priority, we appreciate you being patient as we get the bugs worked out of our new dismissal procedures. From start to finish it took us 14 minutes today. We will get faster and more efficient as we go.
🚸📚 School starts tomorrow in Wood County! Please be mindful of changing traffic conditions as buses return to the roads and students walk to school. Safety must be our top priority—slow down, stay alert, and help keep our children safe! 🚌👣
Attention: New Dismissal Procedure
All K-5th grade parent pickup students will now be picked up at Door 2 (on the playground side) @ 2:50.
Parents will line up in the two designated spots. Students will be called by two staff members following the line order. Families will be called together to exit the building. Please line up in a straight line so that there is no question to our staff who is next in line. Once your student’s names are called, please step off to the side. We will call for a few at a time, then take a break to allow those families to clear out. To prevent congestion, please collect your students and exit the area.
Unless you have a pre-k student, please be courteous to not park in the parking lot until at least 2:30pm. This will allow families that only have pre-k students to access to parking so they can collect their student and exit before dismissal for the other grades begin.
***Please be patient with us as we learn the new procedures. We will get faster as we learn families and the procedures. *****
All K-5th grade parent pickup students will now be picked up at Door 2 (on the playground side) @ 2:50.
Parents will line up in the two designated spots. Students will be called by two staff members following the line order. Families will be called together to exit the building. Please line up in a straight line so that there is no question to our staff who is next in line. Once your student’s names are called, please step off to the side. We will call for a few at a time, then take a break to allow those families to clear out. To prevent congestion, please collect your students and exit the area.
Unless you have a pre-k student, please be courteous to not park in the parking lot until at least 2:30pm. This will allow families that only have pre-k students to access to parking so they can collect their student and exit before dismissal for the other grades begin.
***Please be patient with us as we learn the new procedures. We will get faster as we learn families and the procedures. *****
Reminder: Tomorrow is our Community Mulch Spreading Event. 10am-1:00pm Light Refreshments will be provided for lunch. Bring wheelbarrow, shovels, and rakes, if you have them. Thanks for your help getting our school ready for students return.
Kanawha Community,
We need your help! Our mulch has been delivered and we could use some help spreading it.
Join us this Saturday, August 16 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Please bring shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrow, if you have them.
Howdy Families! 🤠
We’re kickin’ off the 2025–2026 school year with a Western Theme: “Saddle Up for Success!” 🐎🌟
Class Lists have been posted on the front doors. Placement decision are made by a team of educators who consider a variety of factors including learning styles , peer relationships, and classroom dynamics. Due to this lengthy process, we are unable to accommodate changes.
We’d love to invite you to our Open House on Monday, August 18th. Join us in the gym at 4:00pm for the Title I Kick Off Meeting. If you need to stop by later. We will have a table setup where you can get the information as well as other community resources. Open House for elementary school ends at 6 pm.
So dust off your boots, round up the family, and mosey on over to a great start! We can’t wait to see y’all there!
We’re kickin’ off the 2025–2026 school year with a Western Theme: “Saddle Up for Success!” 🐎🌟
Class Lists have been posted on the front doors. Placement decision are made by a team of educators who consider a variety of factors including learning styles , peer relationships, and classroom dynamics. Due to this lengthy process, we are unable to accommodate changes.
We’d love to invite you to our Open House on Monday, August 18th. Join us in the gym at 4:00pm for the Title I Kick Off Meeting. If you need to stop by later. We will have a table setup where you can get the information as well as other community resources. Open House for elementary school ends at 6 pm.
So dust off your boots, round up the family, and mosey on over to a great start! We can’t wait to see y’all there!
Good afternoon Kanawha Staff and Families, we just wanted everyone to be aware that our parking lot is closed today, 7/28 and possibly tomorrow for resurfacing.
Office Hours for the remainder of the summer 8am-3pm.
Open House is August 18 from 4:00-6:00.
Students start back on August 20th.
Office Hours for the remainder of the summer 8am-3pm.
Open House is August 18 from 4:00-6:00.
Students start back on August 20th.
Heavy rain and flooding are affecting student transportation. Our team is working on rerouting where possible. Expect delays for bus riders in flood-prone areas. Safety is Wood County Schools' first priority.
Summer Meals
Wood County Schools Special Education Office will be destroying special education records of all former special education students with a graduation date prior to and including 2019. Files prior to 2018 have already been shredded. Former students or legal guardians who would like to obtain the student file may contact Wood County Schools Special Education Office, 1210 13th Street, Parkersburg, WV 26101, at (304) 420-9655, no later than Monday, September 8, 2025.
