Preschool enrollment for the 2024 -2025 school year has begun. Applications are due March 27th. Please stop by Hillsboro Elementary school for your packet or call Maria at 653-4221 extension 3700.
Due to schools closing today, the Pocahontas County Board of Education's December 19 Board Meeting will be moved to the Board Office located at 404 Old Buckeye Road, Buckeye, WV. The meeting will begin at 5 pm instead of 4:45. The Local School Improvement Council Meeting presentation from Hillsboro Elementary School will be rescheduled.
Please be safe and stay warm tonight and tomorrow.
All Pocahontas County Schools will dismiss three hours early on Monday, December 18, 2023.
Good evening! The bowling trip scheduled for tomorrow will be postponed to January. Thank you!
Good news! The heat has been fixed. The Christmas program will proceed as originally planned on Tuesday December 12th at Hillsboro Elementary School at 1:30 and 7:00 pm.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience the changes may have caused.
All Pocahontas County Schools will be on a three-hour delay on Monday, December 11, 2023.
Good afternoon Hillsboro families! Due to heating issues in our gym the program schedule for Tuesday December 12th at 7:00 will be held at Marlinton Middle School. The day time performance will be canceled. We are sorry for the inconvenience and hope to see everyone at MMS Tuesday evening.
Hillsboro Elementary School Spelling Bee winners Zac Mason & Hunter Hefner.
Congratulations to three outstanding teachers! Stephanie Burns, Erin Murphy, and Melissa Walker were nominated for Outstanding Teachers of Reading awards at the 2023 West Virginia Reading Association Conference in November. Mrs. Burns is an instructional coach for Pocahontas County Schools, Ms. Murphy teaches English Language Arts at Marlinton Middle, and Melissa Walker teaches fifth grade at Marlinton Elementary School.
Join our team! Pocahontas County Schools plans to post new openings each Thursday evening. Give us a call if you would like more information on becoming a member of our team.
We hope you and your family will have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
November 13-17 is National Education Week and it is a time to be thankful for all those who work with students and families. I am especially proud to work for the staff of Pocahontas County Schools, a staff that holds children in their hearts and provides a service from the beginning of the day to the end and beyond.
To the 195 employees of Pocahontas County Schools, thank you for all that you do!
November has been filled with snow, rain, warm weather, and freezing temperatures. We all realize that winter is coming and with that, students will be wishing for snow days! We are providing this explanation of the steps that are involved in deciding a weather delay or early dismissal. It is not an easy task, but we strive to make the best decision with the information that we gather.
Thank you for your continued support of Pocahontas County Schools.
It is that time of the year!
On Friday, November 3rd we encourage everyone to wear blue in recognition of diabetes awareness month.
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An Open Invitation to Almost Heaven
Governor Jim Justice, the West Virginia Department of Tourism and the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History invite you to participate in the annual Governor’s Art Exhibition. Designed to showcase student creativity and the arts,
this year’s exhibition is a call for one-of-a-kind postcard designs illustrating star gazing at your favorite West Virginia park or public lands. Selected postcard artwork will later be used by the Department of Tourism to personally invite travelers to Almost Heaven
Please share the word and invite all military to our schools and the Opera House dinner.
Monday October 30th Hillsboro Elementary students that have earned the PBIS reward trip will be going to the corn maze. Please dress your child in warm layers and comfortable walking shoes. We are monitoring the weather closely and if it is raining in the morning we will cancel the trip and have a reward movie instead.