Wayne County Schools

The Marshall University HATS program recently visited Fort Gay PK8 for a special lesson with the 7th grade class. The HATs program teamed up with members of the Japanese community for a lesson on Japanese culture. Students learned a little bit about the countries language, geography, tea ceremony, and music! The lesson was wonderful, and the students enjoyed learning more about another culture. through the language, geography, the tea ceremony and music. I think the students that a magical time and everyone was so impressed with them. We were also very excited to find out FGPK8 was the pilot for the program on Wayne County.

Wayne County Schools had the Math Field Day competitions on December 5, December 8, and December 11, 2023. Each school sent their top math students to compete with the winning students going on to represent WCS in the Regional MFD Competition at Marshall University in March 2024. The winning students in grades 4-12 are as follows: 4th Grade - Grayson Osborne - Wayne Elementary School Dylan Napier - Prichard Elementary School Kyle Adkins - Ceredo-Kenova Elementary School Alternate - Quincy Davis - Kellogg Elementary School 5th Grade - Braxton Perdue - Ceredo-Kenova Elementary School Lymar Lahouel - Kellogg Elementary School Jace Falls - Ceredo-Kenova Elementary School      Alternate - Logan Fraley - Prichard Elementary School 6th Grade - Scout Maynard - Buffalo Elementary School Jeffrey Moore - Ceredo-Kenova Elementary School Jace Hager - Buffalo Elementary School Alternate - Jarred Hanshaw - Ceredo-Kenova Middle School 7th Grade - Brayden Davis- Ceredo-Kenova Middle School Ashton Muncy - Crum Pk8 School Piper Lewis - Buffalo Middle School Alternate - Jude Lynch - Buffalo Middle School 8th Grade - Michael Braylen Stumbo - Fort Gay Pk8 School Nathan Do - Ceredo-Kenova Middle School Zander Gwinn - Vinson Middle School Alternate - Brody Wolfe - Buffalo Middle School 9th Grade - Noah Ramey - Spring Valley High School Katherine Dowis - Spring Valley High School Colton Davis - Spring Valley High School Alternate - Cameron Chase Napier - Tolsia High School 10-12 Senior High Team - Aiden Taylor - Spring Valley High School Alex Ringkamp - Spring Valley High School Ava Coburn - Spring Valley High School Gavin Motter - Wayne High School Jacob Mitchell - Spring Valley High School Aiden Perdue - Spring Valley High School Jackson Holbrook - Spring Valley High School Ava Edmonds - Wayne High School Evan Watts - Spring Valley High School Emily Jarrell - Spring Valley High School 1st Alternate - Marshall Adkins - Wayne High School 2nd Alternate - Owen Queen - Wayne High School

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East Lynn Elementary recently finished up an after-school coding camp! To host the camp, the school received a $2,000 Country Roads Codes grant through the WVDE. For three days, 15 students and their families took part in the camp where they learned how to code a computer game character. This activity allowed students to collaborate with fellow students and their families while working through various stages of the project. The grant also provided enough funding for two STEM kits and two student-friendly coding books for each student who attended the camp. Thank you to the WVDE for providing the grant money, and to all of the parents/guardians who attended the coding camp with their students!

It does not get much more fresh than Wayne Middle School's breakfast this morning. The scrambled eggs were made using eggs from the school's Chicken Tender Club chickens. They look delicious!

While our students were away yesterday, our staff had a successful day of professional development. WCS is fortunate to have so many talented educators who are passionate about what they do.

Four years ago, Rhonda Adams, a teacher at Wayne Elementary, lost her son Colt. At the time of his passing, Colt was a student at Wayne High School where he was known for always helping others. To honor her son’s memory and his love of giving back, Rhonda established a program called Colt’s Season of Giving. The purpose of this mission is to raise money to assist the homeless in the Wayne County area. This year, the WES Leadership Team asked students and staff to donate $1 to help raise money for the 2024 Colt’s Season of Giving…and the WES community delivered, raising $400. The school’s 5th grade Leadership Team, along with Ms. Adams and Mrs. Criswell, recently went to Wal-Mart to purchase items to distribute to people in need. Thank you, Ms. Adams for continuing Colt’s memory with this mission, and thank you to all who donated to make this year’s Colt’s Season of Giving a successful one.

Buffalo Middle School took home the top spot in the first six weeks of MATHia. Mr. Alexander stopped by BMS to present students with their trophy! Congrats BMS! What school will take home the MATHia Trophy for the second six weeks?

CKES recently had college and career day! These students have dreams and goals and work hard daily to achieve them.

Buffalo Middle School's Special Education Classroom recently received a renovation! A kitchen and laundry area with brand new appliances were added to help students learn vital life skills; A Treatment/Therapy table was also added to better serve staff as they assist students who have physical disabilities!

Students at Genoa have been earning Economy Dollars this year. They earn the money for various reasons like good grades or lending a helping hand. Students have been saving up their Economy Dollars all year and recently had the chance to spend big at the GES Bookstore. The students had a blast looking through all of the books, we hope you enjoy the ones you bought! Thank you to Mrs. McBride and Ms. Queen for organizing this event! Also, thank you to Mrs. Lana from the Wayne Library for her assistance!

Update: Kenova PD has finished their investigation and the lockdown at CKES has been lifted. Parents & Guardians, Ceredo-Kenova Elementary is conducting a lockdown at the request of the Kenova Police Department. The Kenova Police Department is involved in a non-school related investigation in the vicinity of the school and requested the school lockdown for a period of time. We will inform parents as soon as the lockdown is lifted.

We are excited to announce our newest partnership with Solar Holler! Over the next few years, more than 10,000 solar panels are going to be installed in the district. In a press release, Solar Holler said the following about this partnership 👇👇 "The agreement represents the largest Power Purchase Agreement signed in West Virginia to date and the largest single demonstration of solar on public schools anywhere in Appalachia." When the solar panels are operational, it is estimated to save more than $6-million in energy costs over a 25-year period. To find out more about this partnership, check out Solar Holler's announcement below ⬇️ ⬇️

The future of BETA in WCS is in great hands! Congratulations to all the students who competed in the 10th Annual West Virginia Elementary/Junior BETA Convention! The students/schools listed below placed in their respective categories.

Earlier this month, students from across the state traveled to Charleston to compete in the 32nd Annual Senior BETA State Convention. Students work tirelessly preparing for this competition, and the results speak for themselves! Congratulations to all of our students and their sponsors for a great convention and good luck at the National Convention! We will post Elementary and Middle School Winners this afternoon!

The WVSPA recently named Wayne County's own Jessica Martin the 2023-2024 School Psychologist of the Year. Congratulations Jessica and thank you for all you do for Wayne County's students!

Robotics season is officially underway. The team from Kellogg came in second place at a recent tournament. We are looking forward to many great competitions this year!

Third graders at Fort Gay PK8 just finished up their potato parade projects. They look awesome!

THS 9th graders visited MountWest to learn more about what programs offered there and take a tour of the school! It is never too early to planning for your future.

Crum PK-8 recently attended the West Virginia State Beta Convention in Charleston, W.V. and brought back fifteen awards. We are very proud of the students who represented the Crum Middle School Beta Club and displayed great character, outstanding academic achievement, and superb talent. Way to go Mountaineers! 1st Place Robotics (Mia Cheung, Makynlee Bragg, Tanner Ratcliff, Steeler Salmons, and Haylee Dearnell) 1st Place Musicology-(Mia Cheung, Emily Marcum, Makynlee Bragg, and Haylee Dearnell) 1st Place Performing Arts Solo, Duo, Trio- Greenlee Vance 7th Grade ELA 3rd place- Makynlee Bragg 8th Grade ELA 2nd place-Mia Cheung 6th Grade Math 1st place- Haylee Dearnell 7th Grade Math 3rd place- Steeler Salmons 8th Grade Math 2nd place- Carly Johnson 6th Grade Science 2nd place-Colton Vance 7th Grade Science 3rd place-Tanner Ratcliff 8th Grade Science 3rd place- Emily Marcum Spelling Bee 1st place- Bailey Thompson 3D Design 2nd place- Makynlee Bragg and Mia Cheung Drawing 2nd place – Ella Perry Sculpture 3rd place- Bailey Thompson