Quick Updates

• 25-26 Parental Opt Out Booklet

• 2025-2026 Student Rights and Responsibilities

• Cardinal Care Coverage - Back to School!

• Solving Problems Together: Who to Contact?

• Updated PCPS Cell Phone Policy

• Welcome Back Newsletter from Resource Teachers

• Helpful Emails & Links for Parents

  • For any transportation changes, email pocespass@powhatan.k12.va.us and your child’s teacher.

  • To report absences, email pocesattendance@powhatan.k12.va.us and your child’s teacher.

  • Parent Volunteer Sign Up Link to assist teachers with prep and special projects

  • Parent Lunch Sign Up to come eat with your child. Please review the detailed information at the top of the sign up link. 

  • Parent Guide

  • Breakfast & Lunch Menus

  • MySchoolBucks for lunch accounts

  • SchoolCashOnline for field trip and other payment

Parent Teacher Conferences, Tuesday, Nov. 4

• Please mark your calendars that both Monday, November 3rd & Tuesday, November 4th are student holidays. Parent-teacher conferences are on Tuesday, November 4th, between 11:00 AM and 6:30 PM to connect with your child’s teachers.

• You can schedule your conference using this link: Parent-Teacher Conference Scheduling Link.

• Need help? Check out our step-by-step instructions.

Upcoming Important Dates 

• Monday, October 27th: Students in grades 3rd through 5th will take their Reading Student Growth Assessment (SGA) state assessment.

• Thursday, October 30th: Make-up Fall picture day. 

• Friday, October 31st: Superhero dress up day to celebrate that we are all everyday heroes against bullying every day. Students can dress up as their favorite superhero (no masks) or wear their favorite super hero-themed outfits. 

Powhatan Strong Family Connection Series

• Powhatan County Public Schools Student Services Department welcomes you to our monthly Virtual Coffee Chats titled Powhatan Strong Family Connection Series. Each month, Student Services will present a different topic with strategies to support your students from home, policies and procedures at the division and school levels, and opportunities to ask questions of our Student Services Department members and guest panelists. To log in, visit bit.ly/PowhatanStrong25-26. We look forward to seeing you!

  • September Coffee Chat (Attendance)

  • October Coffee Chat (School Safety)

Pocahontas PTO

• November 4th is Parent/Teacher conferences. We love to spoil our teachers on long days and could use your help! Click on the link to sponsor a teacher lunch! https://square.link/u/w29Cs8bw?src=sheet

• Charleston Wrap sales start Wednesday October, 15. Get a jump start of Holiday planning with some of the best wrapping paper available!! Be sure to order early, some designs will sell out.

Announcements and Additional Information

• A reminder for all of our parents who pick up or drop off your student, please remember to pull forward as far as possible to the cone/person standing at the front of the drop off line and do not pass vehicles in the drop off area for any reason. Make sure you are following the directions of the adults in the drop off area for the safety of all of our students and staff. 

• We are collecting donations to support stockings for the Christmas Mother. Please see the list of items here. All donations can be brought to the front office. Christmas Mother Stocker Donations

  • Applications are available for families to get support from the Christmas Mother. Families can find more information and applications here: Christmas Mother Applications for Support

• The Fall 2025 Tab Contest is underway! Join us in collecting aluminum pull tabs to benefit our local Ronald McDonald House. The contest runs through December 15th. Students bring their tabs to turn into their classroom. This is a competition between schools and we are the reigning champions. Let’s work to keep the trophy while supporting the community.

• The Lunch Buddies Mentoring Program has been in place in Powhatan County Public Schools for over 10 years. The goal of the program is to help foster strong relationships among our students and the positive adult role models in the community. Whether at any of our 3 elementary schools or our middle school, you would meet with a student once a week and ultimately act as another advocate for them. It can be anything from academic support to conversation, playing games, making crafts, and so much more. The program is planned to begin the first week of October and will last until mid-May, when SOL testing begins in our upper grade levels. If you are interested in participating as a mentor for the Lunch Buddies Program, we would be happy to have you!

  Please reach out to lunchbuddies@powhatan.k12.va.us for any questions.If you are interested in applying, please visit this page to apply.  Feel free to share the flyer with others.  We appreciate your support with our schools. 

• Are you interested in participating in the Pocahontas ES WatchDOGS (Dads Of Great Students) program this year? WatchDOGS are fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father-figures who volunteer for at least one day each year at an official WATCH D.O.G.S.® school. During the day, WatchDOGS may read and work on flash cards with students, play at recess, eat lunch with students, watch the school entrances and hallways, assist with traffic flow and any other assigned activities where they actively engage with not only their own students, but other students as well. Many school principals have reported that the mere presence of a WatchDOG dramatically reduces reports of bullying. On the day of their participation, WatchDOGS are given a brief review of their involvement and they wear a disposable ‘Dog Tag’ identifying them as WatchDOGS. For more information visit: https://dadsofgreatstudents.com/about/

  To sign up look for the WatchDOGS Information table at Back to School Night!