Mrs. Beach's third-grade class at Powhatan Elementary recently engaged in partner activities during math, working on mastering place value and boosting their fact fluency. It was wonderful to see them collaborating and learning together! 📚✨ #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🌟 This week, Mrs. Smith’s fifth graders at Pocahontas Elementary are all about spreading kindness! ❤️ They’re writing heartfelt letters to first responders and those affected by Hurricane Helene, joining in on a letter drive organized by the North Carolina Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program. It’s so inspiring to see our students come together and show compassion for others. Every little bit helps, and we couldn’t be prouder! Keep shining, team! ✨ #wearepcps #teampowhatan @NCFarmBureauAgInTheClassroom
🎉 On Friday, several members of the Powhatan High School National English Honor Society came together to make treat bags for tonight's Homecoming Community Bonfire! 🔥 We’re all set for a fun evening, and we want YOU to join us! Bring your own chair and come out tonight, October 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the high school. Enjoy performances by the PHS Band, cheer on our JV and Varsity football teams, and watch our amazing cheerleaders and dancers! There will also be food and games for everyone! Just a quick reminder: all middle and elementary students need to be accompanied by an adult. Can’t wait to see everyone there! Let’s make it a night to remember! 🧡 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🎉🍿 Mrs. Barnes' third-grade class at Powhatan Elementary recently dove into place value with task cards that got them up and moving around the classroom. Each time they completed a card, they earned a delicious piece of popcorn! 🍿📚 It was a fantastic way to pop into learning! Keep it up, third graders! 🌟 🌟👏#wearepcps #teampowhatan
🌟 Mrs. McGrady’s and Mrs. Price’s third graders at Flat Rock Elementary teamed up with Ms. Adcock, the division’s awesome STEM coach, to tackle their Science Performance Assessment Task (PAT). They conducted a fun experiment to see if lemonade dissolves faster in cold or warm water. 🍋💧 The kids worked in pairs, made observations, and recorded their data. Then, they turned their findings into bar graphs! 📊 It was fantastic to see them collaborating, using science tools, and discussing the best temperature for dissolving lemonade. What a great way to connect real-world experiences to our classroom learning! Keep up the great work, everyone! 🙌✨#wearepcps #teampowhatan
📚✨ Exciting News for Adult Learners! ✨📚 Powhatan County Public Schools is thrilled to promote our Adult Education program, offering a variety of courses designed to help you gain new skills and advance your career! Whether you’re looking to start a new journey or enhance your existing skills, we have something for everyone! Check out some of the courses available:
• Dental Assistant Certification 🦷
• Arboriculture and Tree Care 🌳
• Chadwick and Son Orchids 🌺
• Organic Vegetable Gardening 🥕
• ServSafe® Manager Certification 🍽️
• Starting Your Own Business in Powhatan County 💼
• A Painting A Night 🎨
• Cooking - Breads 🍞
• Cooking - Super Soups 🍲
• GED® Preparation and Test (Rolling Enrollment) 📖
• Basic Computer Skills through Northstar Digital Literacy 💻
• Community College Workforce Alliance Courses 🎓
• Welding 🔧
Ready to take the next step? Join us and discover new opportunities! For more information and to enroll, visit our website!
🌟 Happy National Custodian Day! 🌟 Today, we want to sing the praises of the amazing custodians from HES who keep PCPS schools clean and safe for our students! ✨ Our facilities staff presented gift baskets to them today to show their appreciation for the hard work and dedication these individuals put in every day. Here are some of the day shift crews, but we have a great night shift that we want to honor as well. We know a clean school environment is essential to keeping our students and staff healthy. 💝🍎 Thank you for all that you do! 🙌❤️ #wearepcps #teampowhatan
Powhatan County Public Schools is hiring homebound instructors. Be the guiding star in our students' education journey. Join us now! #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🍕🎉 In September, our Community-Based Instruction (CBI) students had a blast celebrating National Pepperoni Pizza Day with a fun pizza party! 🎈🍽️ Combine good food and tunes, and you have a fantastic party. 😋❤️ A big shoutout to our amazing teachers and instructional assistants for making every day special for our students! 🍕✨ #wearepcps #teampowhatan
📚✨ Ms. Moss’s kindergarten class at Flat Rock Elementary was all in during this lesson. The students were super focused as they practiced their letter formation with the new Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) reading curriculum. ✍️❤️ It’s amazing to see their developing young minds at work. Keep up the great effort, kiddos! 🌟👏#wearepcps #teampowhatan
📅 On this final day of September and in honor of Attendance Awareness Month, we want to take a moment to recognize the dedicated attendance secretaries at Powhatan County Public Schools! 👏 Thank you to our amazing team for working to ensure that our students are present and accounted for every day. Your hard work plays a crucial role in supporting student success and fostering a strong school community. Special shoutout to our attendance secretaries: Heather Barnett (FRES); Denise Overton, (PMS); Berkeley Richter (POCA); Wendy Tye, (PHS); and Tiffany Yarbrough (POWES). A big thank you also to Sheryl Jackson-Wade, the division’s attendance interventionist. 🌟 Remember, every day in school counts! Regular attendance helps students succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. Let's keep encouraging our students to show up and make the most of their education! #wearepcps #teampowhatan
Due to inclement weather, all after-school activities for Powhatan County Public Schools are canceled for Friday, September 27th. This includes all school activities and all activities scheduled in school facilities.
🌟 In Mrs. Barnes' AP Physics 1 class at Powhatan High School, we had a fantastic moment today! A student asked if he could explain a problem on the board to help his friend understand forces better. 📝💡 It’s amazing to see students supporting each other like this! 🤝💬 Peer-to-peer learning is so important, and it really enhances our understanding of the material. Keep up the great teamwork, everyone! 🙌✨ #wearepcps #teampowhatan
Mr. Peyton's Family and Consumer Science class at Powhatan Middle School whipped up some delicious chocolate chip cookies using the creaming method! 🍪 🍪 🍪 This technique, one of the three fundamental methods for making quick breads, involved beating butter and sugar together until light and fluffy—perfect for creating a tender, melt-in-your-mouth cookie! 😋 The students couldn’t wait to sample their creations and explore this method, which can be applied to a variety of other recipes they will make in the class! 🎂🧁What’s your favorite cookie recipe? Let’s share some culinary inspiration! 👩🍳👨🍳 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
📚✨ Exciting things are happening with Mrs. McCue’s first graders at Pocahontas Elementary. Recently, they dove into the new Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) reading curriculum and focused on structured literacy. This lesson was a combination of phonics and writing skills that saw them listening for sounds, writing letters, and building sentences. We love to see them growing their skills as they focus in on finding the right answers. #wearepcps #teampowhatan
Game date change - Friday night’s Varsity football 🏈 game will be on Saturday at noon. Please spread the word.
🌟🎉 There are always so many wonderful, engaging activities going on in our schools that it is difficult to share them all. Take a few weeks ago, when Mrs. Senger’s kindergarten class at Pocahontas Elementary rocked the Alphabet Song and got super creative by making letters with their bodies! 🤸♂️📚 They danced along to the “Body Alphabet” video by Jack Hartmann with so much energy! 💃🕺🎶✨ The day was also extra special because many of the students wore yellow for Color of the Day, which was an activity the school held to help the youngest students practice their colors. 💛🌼 It was amazing to see them all shine brilliantly as they sang a cheerful yellow song and colored the picture of the day: a big, bright yellow sun! 🌞 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🎉 The Powhatan High School JROTC was thrilled to receive a generous check for $2,602 from a fundraiser the Moose Family Center held in August! This donation will help support the JROTC program and provide valuable resources for our cadets. A huge thank you to everyone who supported the fundraiser and made this possible! PCPS loves engaging with and building such strong relationships with our local community. 💙 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
🎉 A huge thank you to our amazing community for coming out to support the first enrollment event for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Powhatan last week at Powhatan County Public Library! 📚✨ The local program had an incredible launch, with 41 new registrations bringing Powhatan’s total by the end of the event to 225 children—representing 17% of the kids under age 5 in Powhatan! 🎈 That’s an amazing achievement, especially since the Dollywood Foundation projected the program would reach that milestone by Month 10. Powhatan did it in just the first month! A huge shoutout to the Powhatan Education Foundation, which spearheaded bringing this wonderful program to our county and found the community partners to help sponsor it. 🙌💖 It’s heartwarming to see so many families eager to kickstart their children’s reading journeys. Each month, these little ones will receive free, age-appropriate books right in their mailboxes, fostering a love of reading from an early age. Let’s keep this momentum going and ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive! 🌟
🖍️ Flashback to a fun-filled day in Ms. Dewey’s second-grade class at Flat Rock Elementary School! 🎉 They had a blast with a hidden picture game that focused on vocabulary, noticing and wondering, and making connections! 🕵️♂️✨ Does anyone else remember those times flipping through Highlights Magazine in the doctor’s office waiting room—searching for hidden treasures! 🔍 The best part? The kids gave a great cheer when one of their peers found the last item! 🎉🙌 It was so heartwarming to see their excitement and engagement in learning. Keep shining, little learners! 🌟💖 #wearepcps #teampowhatan
