Putnam County Schools - Achieving Excellence

🎓✨ Graduation Season is complete—and what a season it was! ✨🎓 Last week, Putnam County Schools proudly wrapped up our final graduation ceremony for the Class of 2025. Across Buffalo High School, Hurricane High School, Poca High School, Winfield High School, and the Putnam Career & Technical Center, we celebrated hundreds of outstanding seniors who are ready to take on the world. 🌟 And this year’s Class of 2025 earned nearly $17 million in scholarships to help fuel their next steps in college, career, and beyond! To all of our graduates—we are so proud of you and excited to see where your journeys will take you. Your hard work, heart, and determination inspire us all. 💫 Congratulations, Class of 2025! 🎉🎓
#PutnamProud #Classof2025

🎉📚 Today marks the LAST DAY of school for students across Putnam County Schools! 🎉 We’re so proud of all our students for their hard work, growth, and resilience throughout the year. Thank you to our incredible teachers, staff, and families for supporting every step of the journey. Have a safe, fun, and relaxing summer — you’ve earned it! ☀️🌈 #PutnamProud

This Memorial Day, we honor and remember the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. Their courage, dedication, and selflessness will never be forgotten. As we enjoy the freedoms their sacrifices made possible, let us reflect with gratitude and teach the next generation the importance of service, remembrance, and unity. 🇺🇸🙏 #PutnamProud

🎉 Celebrating Excellence in Education! 🎉   On May 1st, 2025, we proudly honored the heart of Putnam County Schools at our 2025-26 Employee of the Year Banquet - a celebration of dedication, service, and the incredible impact our staff make every single day. Please join us in congratulating Putnam County Schools honorees and our 2025-26 Employee of the Year recipients ⬇️ https://www.putnamschools.com/article/2214167

🚍 NOW HIRING: Bus Operator Candidates! 🛑
 Putnam County Schools is offering a Bus Operator Candidate Class beginning June 16, 2025 — and we want YOU on board! 🗓️ Class Dates: June 16–20 (Monday–Friday)
 ⏰ Class Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
 📍 Location: Putnam County Schools Transportation Department 💼 Interview Date: June 4, 2025
 🕣 Time: 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
 📍 Location: Putnam County Board Office Looking for a rewarding career that makes a difference? Join our team and help safely transport the future of Putnam County! 📞 For more information, call 304-586-0500 ext. 1103 #PutnamProud

📚✍️ Celebrating Our Young Authors! ✍️📚 Putnam County Schools is proud to recognize the outstanding creativity and talent of our students who were named winners in the County-Level Young Writers Contest! These young authors used their imaginations and voices to craft powerful, original stories—and we couldn’t be prouder. Grades 1–2
🏅 First Place: Hendrix Pauley – Lakeside Elementary
🥈 Second Place: Cole Norton – Rock Branch Elementary
🥉 Third Place: Norah Sheldon – Scott Teays Elementary Grades 3–4
🏅 First Place: Ronny Linville – Eastbrook Elementary
🥈 Second Place: Samuel Bradbury – Rock Branch Elementary
🥉 Third Place: Tori Bailey – Poca Elementary Grades 5–6
🏅 First Place: Eva Sturm – Hurricane Middle
🥈 Second Place: Ivy Ware – West Teays Elementary
🥉 Third Place: Kynlee Dunlap – Poca Middle Grades 7–8
🏅 First Place: Tamara Rader – Winfield Middle
🥈 Second Place: Caroline Hender – Teays Valley Christian
🥉 Third Place: Jasey Green – George Washington Middle Grades 9–10
🏅 First Place: Abbie McGhee – Winfield High
🥈 Second Place: Ali Bailes – Buffalo High
🥉 Third Place: Kaiden King – Teays Valley Christian Grades 11–12
🏅 First Place: CG Stone – Buffalo High
🥈 Second Place: Matthew Halburn – Winfield High
🥉 Third Place: Mackenzie Scott – Teays Valley Christian 🎉 A special congratulations to our first-place winners who represented Putnam County at West Virginia's Young Writers Day on May 2nd! Your work inspires creativity and excellence across our schools and our state. Keep writing, dreaming, and sharing your stories. The future is bright with voices like yours! 🖋️📖 #PutnamProud

🩺💙 Happy School Nurse Day! 💙🩺 Today, we proudly celebrate the compassionate and skilled professionals who are always there when our students and staff need them most. Putnam County Schools is incredibly grateful for our dedicated school nurses who work tirelessly to promote health, safety, and well-being in every school building. From soothing scrapes to managing complex health needs, your care makes a difference every single day. Thank you for being the heartbeat of school health. We appreciate you! 🍏📚 #SchoolNurseDay #ThankYouNurses #PutnamProud

WV State Assessments have begun and for students in grades 3 -8, parents may view results online by visiting https://wv.portal.cambiumast.com/ . These results should populate 24 hours after the student has tested in math and science, and once both reading and writing are complete, an ELA score will populate. Reading and writing are combined into the ELA score. If your child is missing an ELA score, please wait 10 days from the date of testing before contacting the school. One in ten essays is randomly sent to hand-scoring, and this can delay the results. Once on the View My Results site, enter the student's 6-digit access code he/she received a few weeks ago attached to the WVDE testing letter and the child's birthdate. This will give you immediate access to your student's results along with helpful information. If you have misplaced the access code, you may contact your student's school.

🎉✨ Happy Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week! ✨🎉 This week, we proudly celebrate the heart of Putnam County Schools—our incredible teachers, support professionals, and service personnel. 💙🍎 From the classroom to the cafeteria, from the front office to the bus stop, your dedication, compassion, and excellence inspire and uplift our entire school community every single day. Thank you for the passion you bring, the difference you make, and the love you share with our students. You are the reason we continue "Achieving Excellence" together. 🙌📚 Help us celebrate by sharing a message of thanks to a Putnam County Schools employee who’s made a lasting impact! 👇 #PutnamProud

📣 Good luck to Winfield High as they compete in the 4th annual WV Academic Showdown competition tomorrow! 🏆🎓 WHS will face Grafton in the first round. Congrats to all PCS teams for a successful year, and let’s go, Gens! 💚 Show off that knowledge and make #PutnamProud! 💙💛

On Saturday, April 12, 2025, 28 students from Region 3, including 15 from PCS, dedicated their day to mathematics at the State Math Field Day competition held at West Virginia State University. Congratulations to all students who qualified and participated! What an outstanding achievement! A special congrats to the following PCS students on receiving top honors!  6th Grade Division - 5th Place Lucas Houdyschel, Hurricane Middle 
 8th Grade Division - 4th Place Blaise Liu, Hurricane Middle  High School Division, Upperclassmen, Grades 10-12 (Top 30) 13th Place: Erin Walls, Winfield High
 20th Place: Cole Whittington, Buffalo High 
 24th Place: Allison Hoffman, Winfield High  Additionally, Region 3 was awarded the highest-scoring region in the state for grades 10-12! Incredible job, students! #PutnamProud

🚍💛 It takes heart to be a school bus driver — and we are so thankful for the dedication, patience, and care our drivers show every single day. From early mornings to late afternoons, they ensure students get to and from school safely with a smile. Today, we celebrate and appreciate our incredible bus drivers who are the first and last friendly faces many students see each day. Thank you, PCS Drivers, for being the HEART of our schools! #PutnamProud

🔧 Join Our Team! 🔧
 Putnam County Schools is now hiring for a General Maintenance – HVAC Specialist position! PCS seeks a skilled and reliable professional to help maintain and support our school facilities. If you have experience in HVAC systems and are ready to make a difference in our schools, we want to hear from you! ✅ Full-time
 ✅ Great benefits
 ✅ Supportive team environment 💻 APPLY NOW: https://putnamschools.tedk12.com/hire/Admin/JobPostingPrintView.aspx?JobID=3693&Internal= #PutnamProud

Last week, Governor Patrick Morrisey participated in Read Across America Week at West Teays Elementary School! Governor Morrisey stopped by Ms. Painter’s second-grade classroom to read “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr. Seuss. Students enjoyed the visit and engaged in a fun Q and A! “A strong foundation in early literacy is key to success in life, said Governor Morrisey. “A student with a strong reading ability in the third-grade has improved future educational and behavioral outcomes. Thank you to educators across the state who are ensuring the next generation of West Virginians can achieve their full potential.” #PutnamProud

Good Luck to Putnam County Schools' 2025 Regional Math Field Day Team! 🍀👏 #PutnamProud

📢 SAVE THE DATE! 🗓 Mark your calendars for Putnam County Schools Kindergarten Registration for the 2025-2026 School Year! It’s almost time! More details to come! 🏫 #PutnamProud Buffalo Elementary - March 18 Confidence Elementary - March 19 Conner Street Elementary - March 18 & 19 Eastbrook Elementary - March 18 George Washington Elementary - March 20 Hometown Elementary - March 18 Hurricane Town Elementary - March 18 Lakeside Elementary - March 20 Mountain View Elementary - March 19 & 20 Poca Elementary - March 19 Rock Branch Elementary - March 19 Scott Teays Elementary - March 19 & 20 West Teays Elementary - March 18 & 19 Winfield Elementary - March 19 & 20 

UPDATE: Putnam County Schools will be CLOSED on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. ❄️ #PCSalert

Putnam County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. ❄️ #PCSalert

UPDATE: Putnam County Schools will be CLOSED on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. ❄️ #PCSalert

Putnam County Schools will operate on a two-hour delay on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. ❄️ #PCSalert