IMPORTANT DATES
OPEN HOUSE: Monday, August 17
Elementary hours: 4-6 p.m.
Middle, High, and WCTC/Caperton hours: 5-7 p.m.
STUDENTS' FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: Wednesday, August 19
(Arrival and dismissal times - see below)
HELPFUL BACK-TO-SCHOOL INFORMATION
All of the information below is also available in the WCS app—your easiest way to stay connected to Wood County Schools and access important school information.
DOWNLOAD WCS APP (includes Rooms):
https://uqr.to/1sf4f
ARRIVAL & DISMISSAL/BUS INFORMATION
https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/page/arrival-dismissal
WCS CALENDAR
https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/events?view=cal-month
SCHOOL CALENDARS
https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/page/events
CONTACT YOUR SCHOOL
https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/page/visit
DINING MENU
https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/page/daily-school-menu
PARENT RESOURCES
https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/page/parents
SOCIAL MEDIA · FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/WCSWV
WCS WEBSITE
The website also includes links to all local schools.
https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/
If you have any plans to be a classroom volunteer, school volunteer, PTA volunteer, or possibly be a chaperone on a class trip, you must have a current Wood County Schools Background check on file with our school's office.
To complete a background check, go to woodcountyschoolswv.com, then click PARENTS, click VOLUNTEER/CHAPERONE BACKGROUND CHECK, click SUBMIT BACKGROUND CHECK, then follow the prompts as well as pay $16.45 on your credit card. This is a requirement to volunteer each year. Please don't wait to do this and provide our office with a paper copy of the certificate/card, or you may email the proof of completion.
Letters are being sent out via USPS Monday, July 27, 2026 with each student's classroom teacher and class information. If you have not gotten your child's letter by Friday, July31, please call our school's office at 304-420-9544. Greenmont Open House is scheduled for August 17, 2026 from 4pm-6pm! We hope to see you soon!
QUALITY EDUCATION. NO EXTRA COST.
WE PROVIDE THE iPad. YOU FOCUS ON THEIR FUTURE.
At Wood County Schools, every student has access to the tools they need to learn, grow, and succeed.
FREE iPad FOR ALL STUDENTS
We provide a school-issued iPad for every student to use while enrolled.
NO DEVICE PURCHASE REQUIRED
Families don't have to worry about the cost of buying a device.
FOCUSED ON LEARNING
We invest in technology so students can focus on what matters most—their education.
Wood County Schools will resume normal operations for all summer programs on Wednesday, July 8.
The following programs will operate on their regular schedules:
Parkersburg South High School Summer School
Parkersburg High School Summer School
Extended School Year at Parkersburg South High School
Summer Learning at Jefferson Elementary Center
Jump Start at Emerson Elementary School
Energy Express at Martin Elementary School
Summer Speech at Martin Elementary School
The Wood County Schools Summer Feeding Program
Wood County Schools will continue to closely monitor conditions related to the Peoples Cartage Warehouse fire and any potential impact on our school campuses. The safety and well-being of our students and staff remains our highest priority, and we will continue working with local and state agencies to evaluate conditions and provide updates if necessary.
We appreciate the patience, understanding, and support of our families throughout this situation and look forward to welcoming students back to our summer programs on Wednesday.
Report cards for grades 3-5 will be mailed to homes the week of June 15. Class/teacher lists will not be sent home until mid-late July. Our staff painted the main hallway the past few days and our gymnasium is being painted later this month. The front landscaping/grass is being removed in a couple of weeks to make room for a new bus/car loop with more parking. Parents are permitted to dig up any of the flowers/shrubs/bushes at this time with the understanding you clean up when you are done. WCS is installing new playground mulch this summer. Please keep students reading over the summer and practicing basic math facts. Best wishes. Enjoy your summer!
Join us for the Golden Ticket Summer Reading Challenge Kick-Off Event on Thursday, June 4, from 4:00–5:00 PM at Jefferson Elementary School!
This FREE event is open to all children in grades PreK–12 and is the perfect way to kick off summer reading. Every child who attends will receive a free book and one extra Golden Ticket!
Enjoy activities and resources from our community partners, including:
🎨 ArtCart
📚 Parkersburg & Wood County Library Bookmobile
📖 Read Aloud West Virginia
💙 The Health Plan
🌱 WVU Extension
🤝 Parkersburg Area Community Foundation
The Golden Ticket Summer Reading Challenge encourages students to read throughout the summer and exchange Golden Tickets for free books at special summer book fairs. Learn more at https://woodcountyschoolswv.com/goldenticket.
We can't wait to see you there and celebrate the start of another great summer of reading! 📚☀️
We are almost there!!!! If any student had medications taken at school, please stop in the office and collect them from our school's nurse today at dismissal or tomorrow at drop-off.
Students have received an email in their Wood County Schools student email account containing a personalized link to access their GSA score reports. Parents and guardians are encouraged to work with their child to retrieve the email and review the results together.
The score report provides detailed information about your child's performance and can help identify academic strengths as well as areas for continued growth.
If your child cannot locate the email or is experiencing difficulty accessing their score report, please contact your child's school for assistance.
We encourage all families to review these results and discuss them with their child as part of supporting continued academic success.
Parents,
Our talent show start time today has been moved from 8:30 am to 9:00 am. Our senior walkthrough is slated for 1:00 pm. Our 4th/5th performance begins tonight at 6:30 pm.
Our third grade trip is scheduled to return to Greenmont at 3:30-3:45 pm today. Please pick your child up from their teacher upon their return.
Our fourth grade field trip is due back today between 3:30-3:45. Parents will pick their children up from the teachers at that time.
We have a few yearbooks remaining for sale on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED basis. Please send $20 in the form of a check (Greenmont Elementary School) or cash ($20) and have your child see our secretary, Stacy Allender, as soon as they arrive in the morning. Again, not many are left so act fast!
A reminder that parents wishing to OPT-OUT of the Senate Bill 466 training (CyberSWAT) must do so NLT Wednesday morning (May 13, 2026) as we will be completing the trainings for those who wish to participate. The OPT-OUT information is located on the Wood County Schools website and on the Greenmont Elementary School website.
A reminder that TALENT SHOW FORMS are due Friday, May 8. We hope to have a ton of kids participating this year! The last part of the county track meet is tonight at PHS Stadium. Thank you PTA for a wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week!
We have a special Art Show today after school from 3:15-5:00. As you know, Art Cart provides art instruction to our 2nd-5th graders and the Art Cart staff has put up lots of artwork from our students. As soon as the 3-5 grades dismiss we will allow parents to come in and walk the halls checking out all of the amazing artwork! Please take a few minutes to see what our amazing artists have been working on!
Grizzlies!
FRIDAY’S COOK’S CHOICE IS…. PIZZA!
Our third nine weeks reward activity for all grades will take place tomorrow during specials’ times. The reward activity is tie-dyeing T-shirts. We ask that parents send their child(ren) to school in a T-shirt that’s okay to get paint on as we don’t want to ruin good shirts. We are supplying the T-Shirts being used for this activity. Our fifth grade will have their time in the afternoon due to an Arts Awareness trip early in the morning. Thank you to our staff and PTA for making this possible.