Due to weather, we will be postponing Spirt Week to next week.
Door Decorating Contest is due by Friday Jan. 28th with the theme of "PHS Snows the Rivals" using red and white.
Also, spirit days next week:
Monday- Jersey Day
Tuesday- Marvel vs. DC
Wednesday - Anything but a Backpack
Thursday - Country vs. Country Club
Friday - Red and White and you can wear a hat and pay a dollar for a fund raiser as well.
Attention T-Club and Senior Women’s Club: Due to the impending weather we are canceling the trip to the Cavs game on Monday. All students who paid will be reimbursed in full.
NEW Parkersburg High School Health and Wellness Center Opening Monday January 17, 2022
On Monday, January 17th Wood County Schools, in partnership with Coplin Health Systems, will be opening a new primary care school-based medical facility for students, staff and community.
The Parkersburg High School Health and Wellness Center in the Mary Lou Hague Sports and Arts Complex on the Parkersburg High School campus, located at 2101 Dudley Avenue. Our new school-based health center (SBHC) will be open Monday through Friday from 7:30am- 4:00pm and will provide primary care, acute care and lab services.
Coplin Health Systems (CHS) accepts most health insurance plans, but also offers a wide array of payment assistance options for uninsured individuals, including a sliding fee discount program. CHS is a Federally Qualified Health Center.
How care may be accessed by WCS students:
A completed registration/ consent form will required to be eligible for services and will be sent home in the next few days with students for parents/ guardians to complete. Forms can also be picked up at the Parkersburg High School Health and Wellness Center. Students and staff can be seen for services such as well visits, sick child visits, immunizations, and sports physicals. Students and staff at PHS will be given priority for services to minimize time spent out of the classroom. All health care services are completely optional and by request only.
1. Students can see their school nurse to request services.
Once the school nurse assesses the student and determines further care is necessary and a registration/ consent form is on file, she will contact the parent/ guardian for permission to send student to the school-based health center. Then, the school nurse contacts the SBHC to coordinate a visit for the student. The student receives a pass and their attendance is excused during the time they are in the SBHC.
2. Parents/ guardians may contact the school nurse and request their child receive services when there is a concern. A registration/ consent form is required for the student.
3. Parents/ guardians may contact the Parkersburg High School Health and Wellness Center directly to request their child receive services. A registration/ consent form is required for the student.
If parents/ guardians and staff of WCS students have questions, they may contact Julie Bertram, WCS Health Services Coordinator at 304-420-9562 Ext. 0.
Community members are encouraged to contact Coplin Health Systems or the PHS Health and Wellness Center directly for questions regarding their care.
Seniors please order your red cap and gown by Jan. 15th; everyone needs one to walk. The price significantly goes up after the 15th. If you a have financial situation that prohibits you from ordering, please go to the Finance Office. If you are a senior that would have worn a white gown this year and still want one for pictures only, please go to the Admin Office by Friday the 14th.
SENIOR PARENTS: This Friday, Jan. 7 is the deadline to purchase senior grad ads for the 2022 yearbook. Click here for more information:
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1687350/2022_Senior_Grad_Ad_Ordering_Information.pdf
You may design and purchase your ad at yearbookordercenter.com. Use code 4982. Space is limited!
On behalf of the Staff and Administration at Parkersburg High School, we want to wish you a Happy Holiday weekend and an upcoming Happy New Year! Be safe and Go Big Reds!
Monday evening from 4-8 pm in the first floor computer lab we will have a FASFA workshop. Parents will need to bring 2020 income tax and W2's.
In honor of the National Day of Giving, our yearbook partner, Herff Jones, will make a $1 donation to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for every yearbook sold online today. Last year they donated $5,000. This is a great way to purchase your student's yearbook and support families of sick children. To order your yearbook today, visit yearbookordercenter.com and use order number 4982.
On behalf of the staff and students of PHS, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! Please remember to purchase new warm socks and “hot hands” for our next community drive that starts Monday! Stay safe!
#onceabigredalwaysabigred
Off-Campus Learning Enrollment for Second Semester Now Open – Enroll Today! – https://forms.office.com/r/Rkq6bfZsGA
Seniors the link in the Balfour page for “grad packs” is currently down. Please check back again later. Sorry.
Westbrook Health Services staff have been invited to Parkersburg High to discuss ways to cope with stressors affecting youth including pressure to try alcohol, peer conflict, or other unhealthy behaviors. Westbrook will also be providing individual counseling services to interested persons.
If you do not want your student to participate in classroom and/or small group socio emotional learning programs please complete and return the form located on the school counselor page. Please return before Dec. 12th to the lead counselor Maggie Ohneck at PHS.
If you are a Senior who would have worn a white gown and wants to discuss the “all red graduation”, please make an appt. to see me. Posting about it on social media does not allow me to clear up any confusion you may have about the decision. Please see me before Jan. 14th. KD
This is Parkersburg High School with an important message for Seniors. There will be a Financial Aid Workshop on Thursday, November 18th, in the Auditorium from 6 to 7 pm. All collegebound Seniors and their parents are encouraged to attend. Call if you have any questions.
Hello this is Kenny DeMoss Principal of Parkersburg High School with an important announcement. Starting this Monday, November 15th – Friday, November 19th, we will be conducting a cold weather clothing drive contest for our community in conjunction with the Salvation Army. So starting tomorrow, first period classes, which is also your homeroom, will be collecting some type of warm cap, not a baseball cap, but like a toboggan or skullcap; something that can keep someone warm on their head. We will also be collecting gloves and scarves. Now all of these items must be new in their package or with the tag still on them. Each item will count as one so at the toboggan or scarf would be counted as one and a pair of gloves would be considered one. The homeroom that collects the most items by Friday will win the contest and will be photographed with the Salvation Army on Friday will then donate all the belongings. I appreciate you helping out! Service to our community is a major component of our school culture. We as a school community like to give back to our community and this is what the need is right now. I’m looking forward to seeing the total number of items we actually bring in. This our last full week of school before Thanksgiving. After this coming Friday we will return on the 29th.
On a side not I wanted to say thank you to all parents and students who participated in school athletics this Fall. Volleyball just finished up their season on Saturday when they lost in the Elite 8 of States. Congratulations goes out to them for a job well done. Winter sports are in full swing. Swimming stared two weeks ago. Girls basketball last week, and boys basketball and wrestling start this Monday. Girls basketball practice is Monday 630-9 in the FH. Freshman Boys basketball Is after school until 530 in the Jack. 10-12 Grade boys basketball is 4-630 in the FH. Wrestling is 4-6 in the FH Wrestling room. Swim is 7-9pm.
Here is the Senior cap and gown order form from Balfour! Balfour will be having a senior assembly tomorrow in the morning around 3rd period.
Those students going down to support the volleyball team tomorrow at states, please understand that you must have your ticket signed by an admin while you’re down there and you will only be excused for 7-9 period. The first game is at 330. If you going to attend you must have a signed note to leave school and get a pink slip from the office in the morning in order to leave.
Kudos to the students of the Wood County Schools' Elementary Honor Choir for an excellent performance! Enjoy the recording of the live streamed event.
https://woodcountyschoolswv.com/honor-choir
The 2nd meeting of the Local School Improvement Council (PHS LSIC) will meet Tuesday, November 9th, at 5:00 in the PHS Auditorium. If you are not on the council and would like to attend, please email me at kdemoss@k12.wv.us
Registation for AP exams is extended through Tues, Nov 9th. Forms are in the student services center. Checks can be made to PHS.