Putnam County Schools - Achieving Excellence

🇺🇸 In memory of many, in honor of all, THANK YOU. Your bravery and service will never be forgotten. #MemorialDay

🚌 🚌 🚌 PCS JUNE 2022 BUS DRIVER TRAINING CLASS Putnam County Schools is accepting applications for bus operators for its June 2022 Driver Training Class. Applicants may apply online at putnamschools.com or visiting the Putnam County Schools Central Office located in Winfield prior to the submission deadline. 📝 Application Deadline: June 17, 2022 Driver training classes run approximately 6-weeks (40 hours total training, including 12 hours behind the wheel). Upon class completion, drivers will receive their CDL license. ☎️ For more information on becoming a school bus operator or questions about applying, please contact Putnam County Schools at 304-586-0500 ext. 1103.

Congratulations Winfield High School Softball! WHS is the 2022 WVSSAC Class AA State Softball Runner Up! W2G Lady Gens! Congratulations to the WVSSAC All-Tournament Team: Maci Boggess, Kennedy Dean, and Georgia Moulder! 🥎 #PutnamProud

🏆🏆Winfield Generals Sweep State Track Titles! 💚 Congratulations Winfield High School Girls and Boys Track and Field Programs - Class AA 2022 Girls and Boys State Champions!   Allie Germann earned High Point Winner for Girls Class AA with 36 points, and Matthew Scheneberg was the Boys Class AA High Point Winner with 32 points! 👏👏   Way to go, Generals! #PutnamProud

Congratulations to Putnam County Schools Track & Field Programs and Student-Athletes! Last weekend the WVSSAC hosted the WV State Track Meet. Congratulations to all the PCS Students from Buffalo, Hurricane, Poca, and Winfield, placing in the top ten in the state! What a tremendous list! Congratulations to all! #PutnamProud Girls Class A – Buffalo (Team Ranking - 11th Overall) 🏅State Runner-Up, Girls Discus Throw A - Lilly Wyant 6th Place, Girls High Jump A - Chloe Hale Boys Class A – Buffalo (Team Ranking - 5th Overall) 🏅State Runner-Up, Boys 800 Meter Run A - Nick Pitchford 3rd Place, Boys 1600 Meter Run A - Nick Pitchford 3rd Place, Boys 200 Meter Dash A - Bradley Harris 3rd Place, Boys 4x800 Meter Relay A - Nick Pitchford, Patrick Reilly, Jackson Mallett, Justus Harris 4th Place, Boys 100 Meter Dash A - Bradley Harris 5th Place, Boys Shot Put A - Drew Clendenin 5th Place, Boys 300 Meter Hurdles 36" A - Bradley Harris 5th Place, Boys 110 Meter Hurdles 39" A - Gunner Fertig 5th Place, Boys 4x200 Meter Relay A - Connor Pickens, Cole Whittington, Evan Smalley, Bradley Harris 6th Place, Boys 3200 Meter Run A - Patrick Reilly 7th Place, Boys Pole Vault A - Gunner Fertig 7th Place, Boys High Jump A - Gunner Fertig 9th Place, Boys Discus Throw A - Drew Clendenin 9th Place, Boys 4x110 Meter Shuttle Hurdle A - Austin Morlechetta, Gunner Fertig, Justus Harris, Malachi Webb 10th Place, Boys 100 Meter Dash A - Cole Whittington Girls Class AA – Poca 7th Place, Girls 300 Meter Hurdles 30" AA - Bella Skeens 9th Place, Girls 100 Meter Hurdles 33" AA - Bella Skeens 9th Place, Girls 4x102.5 Meter Shuttle Hurdle AA - Bella Skeens, Ryleigh Wilkinson, Maya Wick, Mariah Mobley 10th Place, Girls 4x100 Meter Relay AA - Lola Vance, Maya Wick, Kaitlyn Farley, Reagan Gladwell 🏆Girls Class AA – Winfield (Team Ranking – State Champions, 1st Overall) 🏆State Champion, Girls 100 Meter Dash AA - Allie Germann 🏆State Champion, Girls 400 Meter Dash AA - Allie Germann 🏆State Champion, Girls 300 Meter Hurdles 30" AA - Nikki Walker 🏆State Champion, Girls 1600 Meter Run AA - Rachael Withrow 🏆State Champion, Girls 3200 Meter Run AA - Rachael Withrow 🏆State Champion, Girls Pole Vault AA - Emerson Vanscoy 🏅State Runner-Up, Girls Pole Vault AA - Nikki Walker 🏅State Runner-Up, Girls 100 Meter Hurdles 33" AA - Nikki Walker 🏅State Runner-Up, Girls 200 Meter Dash AA - Allie Germann 🏅State Runner-Up, Girls Long Jump AA - Allie Germann 🏅State Runner-Up, Girls High Jump AA - Emerson Vanscoy 🏅State Runner-Up, Girls Discus Throw AA - Mallory McGinnis 3rd Place, Girls Shot Put AA - Mallory McGinnis 3rd Place, Girls 4x100 Meter Relay AA - Makaila Armstrong, Carli Boggess, Madi Arthur, Emma Pendlebrry 3rd Place, Girls 4x200 Meter Relay AA - Makaila Armstrong, Carli Boggess, Madi Arthur, Emma Pendlebrry 3rd Place, Girls 400 Meter Dash AA - Emma Pendlebrry 3rd Place, Girls 800 Meter Run AA - Rachael Withrow 4th Place, Girls 4x102.5 Meter Shuttle Hurdle AA - Mia Duterte, Lily Moss, Abby Jarrell, Nikki Walker 5th Place, Girls 800 Meter Run AA - Mariam Al-Zoubi 5th Place, Girls 1600 Meter Run AA - Mariam Al-Zoubi 6th Place, Girls 300 Meter Hurdles 30" AA - Mia Duterte 7th Place, Girls 4x400 Meter Relay AA - Emma Pendlebrry, Mariam Al-Zoubi, Ashley Ferguson, Mia Duterte 7th Place, Girls 100 Meter Dash AA - Carli Boggess 8th Place, Girls 100 Meter Dash AA - Makaila Armstrong 8th Place, Girls Discus Throw AA - Brianna Browning 9th Place, Girls Discus Throw AA - Cassidy Harper 9th Place, Girls Long Jump AA - Emerson Vanscoy Boys Class AA – Poca (Team Ranking - 6th Overall) 🏆State Champion, Boys Long Jump AA - Nathan McVey 🏅State Runner-Up, Boys Discus Throw AA - Shane Presley 3rd Place, Boys Shot Put AA - Anthony Dunbar 4th Place, Boys Shot Put AA - Benjamin Cox 4th Place, Boys Discus Throw AA - Anthony Dunbar 6th Place, Boys Discus Throw AA - Anthony Belcher 6th Place, Boys 3200 Meter Run AA - Landon Brumfield 7th Place, Boys Shot Put AA - Shane Presley 9th Place, Boys 1600 Meter Run AA - Landon Brumfield 9th Place, Boys 4x400 Meter Relay AA Jacob Farley, Jonathan Garlow, Thomas Taylor, Nathan McVey 🏆Boys Class AA – Winfield (Team Ranking – State Champions – 1st Overall) 🏆State Champion, Boys Pole Vault AA, Ian Johnson 🏆State Champion, Boys 800 Meter Run AA - Matthew Scheneberg 🏆State Champion, Boys 1600 Meter Run AA - Matthew Scheneberg 🏆State Champion, Boys 3200 Meter Run AA - Matthew Scheneberg 🏆State Champion, Boys 4x800 Meter Relay AA - Justin Lipscomb, Landen Bach, Adam Criser, Brayden Marshall 🏅State Runner-Up, Boys 4x400 Meter Relay AA - Marshall Villers, Landen Bach, Justin Lipscomb, Matthew Scheneberg 🏅State Runner-Up, Boys 3200 Meter Run AA - Brayden Marshall 🏅State Runner-Up, Boys 300 Meter Hurdles 36" AA - Tyler Weiford 3rd Place, Boys 300 Meter Hurdles 36" AA - Aaron Verno 3rd Place, Boys 4x110 Meter Shuttle Hurdle AA - Aathan Pongsugree, Cristian Penaloza, Aaron Verno, Tyler Weiford 3rd Place, Boys Pole Vault AA - Cristian Penaloza 3rd Place, Boys 1600 Meter Run AA - Brayden Marshall 4th Place, Boys 1600 Meter Run AA - Justin Lipscomb 4th Place, Boys Pole Vault AA - Marshall Villers 4th Place, Boys 4x200 Meter Relay AA Seth Eads, Marshall Villers, Ian Johnson, Aaron Verno 4th Place, Boys 800 Meter Run AA - Justin Lipscomb 5th Place, Boys Shot Put AA - Brock Basham 6th Place, Boys 800 Meter Run AA - Brayden Marshall 9th Place, Boys Discus Throw AA - Brock Basham 10th Place, Boys 4x100 Meter Relay AA Isaiah Wikel, Seth Eads, Ian Johnson, Marshall Villers Girls Class AAA – Hurricane (Team Ranking - 3rd Overall) 🏆State Champion, Girls 100 Meter Hurdles 33" AAA - Lily Haught 🏆State Champion, Girls 300 Meter Hurdles 30" AAA - Lily Haught 🏅State Runner-Up, Girls 1600 Meter Run AAA - Audrey Hall 3rd Place, 800 Meter Run AAA - Audrey Hall 4th Place, Girls 4x800 Meter Relay AAA - Asha Bora, Shannen Adkins, Ella Hardin, Audrey Hall 4th Place, Girls 4x102.5 Meter Shuttle Hurdle AAA - Madison Francis, Lily Haught, Maliah McCann-Coles, Kayson Burns 5th Place, Girls 3200 Meter Run AAA - Ella Hardin 6th Place, Girls 4x100 Meter Relay AAA - Maliah McCann-Coles, Alyson Long, Lauren Dye, Lily Haught 7th Place, Girls 3200 Meter Run AAA - Asha Bora Boys Class AAA – Hurricane (Team Ranking – 10th Overall) 🏅State Runner-Up, Boys 1600 Meter Run AAA - Nick Kennedy 🏅State Runner-Up, Boys 3200 Meter Run AAA - Ty Steorts 5th Place, Boys 4x800 Meter Relay AAA - Case Hanshaw, Brady Dawkins, Chris Hall, Nick Kennedy 5th Place, Boys Shot Put AAA - Ethan Chill 5th Place, Boys 3200 Meter Run AAA - Nick Kennedy 6th Place, Boys 3200 Meter Run AAA - Aaron Kidd 7th Place, Boys 1600 Meter Run AAA - Aaron Kidd 9th Place, Boys 1600 Meter Run AAA - Ty Steorts 9th Place, Boys 4x110 Meter Shuttle Hurdle AAA - Justin Tate, Max Tidd, Jai'Den Smith, Renick Vaughn

Spring celebrations are pouring in for our Putnam schools and students! 👏☔️🌸   Last month, Putnam County Schools Regional Social Studies Fair Winners participated in the WV State Social Studies Fair at the Charleston Collusion and Convention Center. The following PCS student projects earned top honors and state-level recognition!   🥇1st Place - Psychology, Group George Washington Middle: Mylee Simpkins & Madison Rhodes  “Beyond the Green Pastures Mental Health in Farmers”   🥇1st Place - State & Local Studies, Group George Washington Middle: Ashtyn Johnson & Bailey Raynes “Farm Fresh, Fun-West Virginia Agritourism”   🥈2nd Place - Sociology, Group    Winfield Middle: Larson Barkey & Lucy Smith                                       “Salem Witch Trials”   🥉3rd Place - Economics, Group George Washington Middle: Sarah Landers & Sophie Randolph “How Covid Affected the Local Meat Industry”   Congratulations Putnam County Schools Middle School WV State Social Studies Fair winners and participants! #PutnamProud

📢 Summer Employment Opportunities PCS is looking for educators for our Elementary Summer SOLE Foundational Skills Program (Grades 1 and 2)! Foundational Skills will focus on early foundational reading and math skills.📚 ☎️ If you are interested, please consider applying! Questions? Contact PCS Personnel Department at 304.586.0500 Job opportunities, including the Foundational Skills role(s), will post from May 19th through May 25th. 👇👇👇 🌐 https://putnamschools.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx

HURRICANE HIGH BOYS & GIRLS 2022 CLASS AAA STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONS! 🏆 🎉 Congratulations to Hurricane Boys and Girls Tennis! HHS wins the class AAA title for the school’s first tennis state title! Hurricane High Tennis Singles & Doubles State Champions Girls AAA 🎾 #1 Singles State Champion, Lexi Smolder #2 Singles State Champion, Katy Limanen #3 Singles State Champion, Savannah Allen #1 Doubles State Champs Lexi Smolder and Katy Limanen Boys AAA 🎾 #3 Singles State Champion, Curry Taylor #4 Singles State Runner-Up, Domenick Hoh #1 Doubles State Runner-Up, Jacob Smolder & Zach Giertz #2 Doubles State Runner-Up, Curry Taylor & Domenick Hot #3 Doubles State Champions, Elias Kave & Kellen Pauley 🎾🏆❤️ #PutnamProud

💛 🍽 Happy School Lunch Hero Day, PCS! 🤍 💪 Friday, May 6th, is School Lunch Hero Day! There is no question that the PCS Café Managers / Cooks / Hot Lunch Secretaries are all heroes! Between preparing healthy meals, adhering to strict nutrition standards, navigating food allergies, and recording thousands of meals each month, our child nutrition workers are truly amazing and have a lot on their plate! Join us today as we celebrate School Lunch Hero Day! PCS is honored to have so many Child Nutrition Employees who make a difference in students' lives each day! #PutnamProud #SchoolLunchHeroDay22

Congratulations to the 2022-23 Employees of the Year! Last night the Putnam County Board of Education honored the 2022-23 School and County Employees of the Year with a celebration reception and recognition during the Monday night meeting! ⭐️ School Service Personnel of the Year (Names Pictured) ⭐️ Putnam County Service Personnel of the Year, Tawney Landers, Putnam Career & Technical Center ⭐️ Putnam County Schools Counselor of the Year, Alysen Bryant, Putnam Career & Technical Center ⭐️ School Teachers of Year (Names Pictured) ⭐️ Putnam County Elementary Teacher of the Year, Amy Blackwell, Scott Teays Elementary ⭐️ Putnam County Middle School Teacher of the Year, John Shawler, Winfield Middle ⭐️ Putnam County High School Teacher of the Year, Brittany Harper, Winfield High After the group recognition, Superintendent Hudson announced the 2022-23 Putnam County Schools Teacher of the Year recipient (selected from the PCS Elementary, Middle, and High School Teacher of the Year awardees). PCS is proud to announce … 🎉🎉Mr. John Shawler, Winfield Middle School, Putnam County Schools Teacher of the Year!🎉🎉 Mr. Shawler is a music educator and band director at Winfield Middle School. As PCS Teacher of the Year, he will represent Putnam County during the West Virginia Department of Education’s 2022-23 State Teacher of the Year competition. Congratulations, Mr. Shawler! A special thanks to Stella Young and PCS Child Nutrition for a lovely reception and Hurricane Trophy for the beautiful rosewood plaques.💙 Congratulations to all PCS Employees of the Year for the 2022-23 school year. We are grateful to have you a part of our team!👏 #PutnamProud

👏👏👏Putnam Students Achieve at WV State Math Field Day🏆   Last Saturday, April 23, 2022, Putnam County Schools Regional Math Field Day Winners contended for top math honors at the WV State Math Field Day competition in Morgantown, WV.   Awards were given to the top 5 students in grades 4-9, as well as the top 30 in grades 10-12. High school students in grades 10-12 placing in the top 10 received scholarships to West Virginia University. Additionally, the top 20 will advance to represent WV at the American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) National Competition in June at Penn State!   PCS 2022 West Virginia State Math Field Day Participants, Placements, & Awards:   4th Grade Liam Shuler – Mountain View Elementary – Participant   5th Grade 🏅Cruz Berry – Winfield Elementary – “Gamemaster”   6th Grade Madison McDavid – Winfield Middle – Participant   7th Grade 🏅Conner Westfall – Hurricane Middle – 5th Place Nikolaus von Wulffen – Winfield Middle – Participant   8th Grade 🥇Erin Walls – Winfield Middle – 1st Place 🥈Robby Kyer – Hurricane Middle – 2nd Place   9th Grade Mason Dailey – Winfield High – Participant Cole Whittington – Buffalo High – Participant   10th-12th Grade 🏅Domenick Hoh – Hurricane High - 8th Place 🏅Presley Lucas – Hurricane High - 12th Place 🏅Carter Leadmon – Hurricane High - 17th Place 🏅Tommy Moore – Winfield High – 22nd Place 🏅Walker Killian – Winfield High - 26th Place Audrey Hall – Hurricane High – Participant 
Team Award 🏆The Region 3 (Boone, Clay, Kanawha, and Putnam) Team was the highest scoring region/team winners for High School Division!   Congratulations PCS Math Field Day State Participants and Winners! We are so PROUD of you! 🎉 #PutnamProud

⬇️ Registration is NOW OPEN for PCS Summer Learning Programs! ⬇️ https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=S7AZ4AwzekaLrgn7FzdNaoDBVZl1tbxHvRD-Zj373ytUNkYxWkRUVTE2MDU1S1A0MUUzQUhCQjY1VS4u

Congratulations, Poca Elementary - PCS Good News Winner! PES shared the most "GOOD NEWS" social media stories during March! Thank you, Dots, for highlighting your outstanding students, staff, & school community! 🔴⚪️📰👏 #PESLeaders #PutnamProud

✍️📝🏆Congratulations to West Teays Elementary 2nd Grader Ivy Ware! Ivy was recently selected as the 2022 West Virginia Young Writers Winner at the Grade 1-2 Level of the Contest for her outstanding entry, “A Magical Day!”   Ivy will be recognized at the state level on May 13, 2022, at the Young Writers Day celebration and ceremony at the University of Charleston! 👏 Phenomenal job to this young author! 🌟Way to go, Ivy! 🌟 #WTELeaders #PutnamProud

🔴⚪️🏀Putnam County Schools would like to CONGRATULATE the 2022 WV AA Boys Basketball State Champions, THE DOTS of Poca High School!🏀⚪️🔴 The Dots claimed their well-earned state title Saturday in Charleston with a victory over Bluefield. In addition, Poca Seniors Jackson Toney and Isaac McNeely were named WVSSAC All-Tournament for Boys Class AA, and PHS walked away with the WVSSAC School Spirt Award! CONGRATULATIONS! 🏆👏🏀❤️ MetroNews will broadcast all 4 WVSSAC Boys State Basketball title games on AT&T Sportsnet Pittsburgh today, March 23, beginning at 3 pm and Saturday, March 26. You can watch the Poca Boys Basketball State Championship Game at 5 pm (both days). WAY TO GO, BOYS! We are so proud of THE DOTS! STATE CHAMPS! 🏆🏆🏆 #PutnamProud 🌐 MetroNews: https://wvmetronews.com/2022/03/19/we-left-no-doubt-mckneely-goes-out-on-top-helps-poca-defeat-bluefield-65-48-for-class-aa-crown/

This past weekend DECA students from Hurricane, Poca, and Winfield High School competed at the WV DECA Career Development Conference! The Career Development Conference is a 2-day conference held in Charleston, WV, featuring motivational speakers, competency-based competitive events, and state officer elections. Event winners (first and second place) represent West Virginia at the International Career Development Conference next month in Atlanta, GA! Congratulations to our Putnam DECA student leaders and event winners! Hurricane High School 2nd Place: Chase Steorts – Business Service Marketing Series 1st Place: Sam Warner, Alex Oliverio, & Brady Dawkins – Finance Operations Research 2nd Place: Erin Dempsey – Hospitality & Tourism Operations Research 3rd Place: Josh Gooden & Brady Rigney – Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision 1st Place: Cason Bird, Preston Fox, & Emma Odell – Independent Business Plan 2nd Place: Philina Daetz – Human Resource Management Series 2nd Place: Kate Williams & Stephanie Fischer – Hospitality Services Team Decision Making 2nd Place: Tommaso Guarnaccia – Entrepreneurship Series Poca High School Chapter of Distinction Winners: Hermilee Myers & Kaitlyn Barkley Thrive Academy Winner: Poca High School Virtual Business Simulation: 4 First Place(s), 4 Second Place(s), 2 Third Place(s) 1st Place: Nathan McVey & Conner Thayer – Financial Services Team Decision Making 2nd Place: Arianna Thames, Kaitlyn Barkley, & Elizabeth Blankenship – Integrated Marketing Campaign Event 2nd Place: Hermilee Myers – Personal Financial Literacy Winfield High School 1st Place Winners: Brayden Marshall, Kaleb Frye, Matthew Duncan, Kambri Henry, Isabella Boehm, Grace Foster, & Megna Pillarisetti 2nd Place Winners: Kennedy Dean & Vaishnavi Mangalampalli 3rd Place Winners: Aaron Wireman & Lakin Patton Wow, wow, wow! Amazing job, PCS DECA Students! #PutnamProud

✍️📝🏅Congratulations Putnam County Schools 2022 County-Level Young Writers Contest Winners!   Grades 1-2: Ivy Ware, West Teays Elementary, 2nd Grade Grades 3-4: Maddie Beckett, Scott Teays Elementary, 4th Grade Grades 5-6: Aubree Williams, Poca Elementary, 5th Grade Grades 7-8: Braylie Smolder, Winfield Middle, 8th Grade Grades 9-10: Allie Ferrell, Teays Valley Christian, 9th Grade Grades 11-12: Elainna Scarlato, Hurricane High, 11th Grade These PCS Young Writers’ creative works have advanced to state-level judging! Students will have the opportunity to represent their school and county at Young Writers Day in May at the University of Charleston.   Good luck to our 2022 Young Writers, and congratulations on your phenomenal academic achievement! 🎉👏💙 #PutnamProud

🎶 2022 WV Music Teacher of the Year! 🎶 This past weekend Conner Street Elementary Music Teacher, Rebecca Harrison, was awarded WVMEA's Music Teacher of the Year! Ms. Harrison is a phenomenal teacher dedicated to each student. She consistently writes grants for her music program and goes out of her way to provide instruments in the hands of her students. As a result, many of her students go on to be successful in band, chorus, and beyond. Way to go! #CSELeaders #PutnamProud

Good Luck to Winfield High School’s Maddie Erwin as she competes at the West Virginia Science & Engineering Fair today! 🎉 #PutnamProud

Save the Date for Putnam County Schools Summer Learning Programs! Putnam County Schools will offer summer learning opportunities for students at the elementary, middle, and high school grade levels. 🗓 Registration for summer programs will open Monday, April 11, 2022, and close Friday, May 6, 2022. Families may register students by visiting putnamschools.com (Under the MENU Tab > Parents > Summer Learning 2022) or scanning the QR code featured on grade-level brochures. Preview Summer Learning Program overviews today by following the link below! 🌐 https://www.putnamschools.com/page/summer-learning-2022