Good evening. On January 19, 2021, students will return to in-person instruction in our schools. However, I fully understand that some students and families are uncomfortable about returning to school in-person. To provide more opportunities for our students, WCS is requesting all students wishing to be instructed in an off-campus learning model, outside of our schools for the second semester, complete the form attached in this correspondence or visit the Wood County Schools website for more information. Depending on the number of students wishing to be instructed off-campus, we may have the ability to offer families and students different choices rather than just the WV Learns- Virtual School program. Once again, if you wish for your child to be instructed off-campus second semester, please complete the enrollment form. The form is due by 3:30 p.m. on Friday, January 8, 2021.
Thank you and have a great evening.
Click here to complete the form https://tinyurl.com/y5r337nx
School picture have been delivered to the school. We will be sending these home with students on January 19th. If you would like to pick your pictures up earlier, please call the school to let us know your child's name and the time you will be coming to get them.
Good Evening,
Today, Governor Justice announced that school districts in WV will be in remote learning until January 15, 2021. Beginning January 19, students in grades pre-K through 8th will be instructed in our schools through in-person learning regardless of the color on the WVDHHR map. High Schools will still be governed by the WVDHHR map, but local decisions will be made for in-person learning based on the color of the map.
If your child is utilizing WV Virtual School for instruction, nothing will change for the next few weeks.
Please visit the Wood County Schools website for more information related to our re-entry on January 19, 2021, or click on the following two links - https://5il.co/o8fs https://5il.co/o8fr
Please stay safe and healthy
Have a Happy New Year!
Good Evening.
This is Will Hosaflook Superintendent of Wood County Schools
Today, Governor Justice announced that school districts in WV will be in remote learning until January 15, 2021. Beginning January 19, students in grades pre-k through 8th will be instructed in our schools through in-person learning regardless of the color on the WVDHHR map. If Wood County is Green, Yellow, Gold, or Orange on the daily map, High School students will attend school in-person as long as we do not reach the “Red” status.
If your child is utilizing WV Virtual School for instruction, nothing will change for the next few weeks.
Please visit the Wood County Schools website for more information related to our re-entry on January 19, 2021……. or click on the following two links - https://5il.co/o8fs https://5il.co/o8fr
Please stay safe and healthy
Have a Happy New Year
Mid-terms are Monday, December 14. All missing work needs to be completed and submitted by Monday.
Mid-term grades can be viewed on Schoology.
If you need a parent access code for Schoology, contact Mrs. Mendez at amendez@k12.wv.us or 304-863-3356.
Mid-Term Reminder
Mid-term ends December 14th. Students need to have any missing assignments completed and turned in by December 13th to receive credit for them. Any missing assignment not turned in after December 13th will be a zero.
If your child is having trouble with an assignment, please have them contact their teacher.
The Mrs. Miller and the Journalism students are trying to collect data while they are out of the building. Please take some time to complete the short surveys today for them!
Favorite teacher survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V62YXK8
Cafeteria food survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/V6XTKDH
Fast food survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7JPMSXW
Good Evening!
I wanted to share with you the schedule that Blennerhassett Middle School will follow in the event we have a Snow Day tomorrow. Teachers will follow this schedule and have TEAMS meetings the same as Full Remote Instruction Days. If you have any questions, please feel free to call the school.
Good Evening! We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Just a reminder that Monday - Thursday this week (Nov 30- Dec 5) are full remote learning days. Teachers will have TEAMS meetings and students should follow their schedule. We understand that not everyone can access TEAMS due to internet capabilities. If your child cannot access TEAMS, please have them message their teachers and complete the assignments on Schoology. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher or the school. We hope to see everyone soon! Stay safe Bobcats!
Phones and internet are down at Blennerhassett Middle School. MIS is currently working on the problem. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Wood County Schools: Good morning. Please click the following link to view the instructional plan for the next two (2) weeks beginning November 23. https://5il.co/n906 . This is also a reminder that November 23-November 25 are Non Traditional Instructional Days (NTID), in which teachers will have assignments pre-loaded into Schoology by 9:00 a.m. for students to complete. Also, I have made the decision to make December 3rd a "Full Remote Instructional Day". If there is a significant drop in our infection and positivity rates, our plan is to bring all Elementary students back beginning December 7th for 4 days of in-person learning. We will closely monitor many data points before a decision is made. Ultimately, if the WVDE Saturday map has Wood County as Red or Orange, we will continue Full Remote Instruction. Please stay safe and healthy. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving
Internet and phone service has been restored at Blennerhassett Middle School. We apologize the text message did not go out the first time the message was sent. Students will not be marked absent if they did not attend a TEAMS meeting. Students should continue to complete work in the classes that they did not attend a TEAMS meeting for. Again, we apologize for the technical difficulties we were having this morning with the messages not going out.
BMS internet has been restored. TEAMS meetings will continue this morning as scheduled. 2nd period starts at 8:57.
The internet at Blennerhassett Middle School is currently out. Teachers will not be able to have TEAMS meetings this morning. We will notify everyone when the internet is working.
Pre-Order Meal Delivery Bus Hub & Curbside
Tuesday, November 17th - Friday, November 20th
Meal pre-orders for Nov. 17-20 are now open at https://tinyurl.com/yyndu3tl
As we transition our students to remote learning in orange during the week of November 16th, WCS will be providing students' with meals curbside at your school for walkers and drop offs as well as providing meal delivery via bus routes.
School buses will travel to their afternoon stops carrying pre-ordered meals (Breakfast and Lunch) Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Bus routes are 3 1/2 hours before the normal afternoon drop off time. Meals will need to be reheated. There will be instructions for reheating. For information regarding bus times, please call 304-420-9636 extension 101.
If you are picking up curbside at a school. Pickup times are from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Please complete the pre-order form for the the Week of November 16th (Tuesday - Friday) for all bus deliveries and curbside . Deadline for pre-order is 2 p.m. on Monday, November 16th.
You will need to place an order separately for each student. If you are requesting for bus delivery and your student currently rides a bus, please place the bus number that your student rides home.
This program is solely for the pick-up of meals; meals will not be consumed on site. We encourage families to continue to be proactive in reducing the risk of COVID-19 by not congregating at the pick-up locations.
Allergy Disclaimer: During this remote and curbside feeding situation, Wood County Schools Child Nutrition Department will be operating under a special waiver for distribution of meals. This option does not allow us to identify students by names and therefore we are not able to identify special food allergies.
Please contact the Child Nutrition Department if you have any questions, 304-420-9631 extension 103.
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Per Governor Justice’s executive order, all winter sports will be postponed until January 11th. All practices scheduled for today (Nov 13) until further notice are cancelled. We will keep you updated as we receive more information.
Full Remote Instruction Schedule
Good Morning ! This is Mrs. Arthur, Principal at Blennerhassett Middle School. According to the WVDE weekly COVID map, Wood County is in Orange for the week of November 9 – 13. When a county is designated as Orange, that means students attend school remotely for the entire week. Blennerhassett Middle School students will attend all classes through Microsoft TEAMS this week. Teachers have spent the last week teaching student how to log in to TEAMS and access their courses. Teachers will be on TEAMS to provide instruction to students and help with assignments. Students are required to follow their normal schedule of 1st – 7thperiod on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Wednesday is a holiday and Friday will be a normal remote day. 1st period begins at 8:08, 2nd period begins at 8:57, 3rd period begins at 9:45, 4th period begins at 10:33, 5th period begins at 12:45, 6th period begins at 1:33, and 7th period begins at 2:21. If you do not have internet capability to join a TEAMS meeting, please have your child message all their teachers through Schoology.
Staff will be at Blennerhassett Middle School from 8am – 3:30pm each day if you need assistance with Schoology.
Boys basketball tryouts will still take place next week at BMS following WVSSAC guidelines of drills and conditioning only. 6th Grade boys will have try outs on M, T, TH, and Friday at 3:30. 7th/8th Grade boys will have try outs on M and T at 6:30. All students trying out for basketball must have a current physical on file or bring one on the first day of try outs.
Buddy Bags will be available for the Middle and High School students on Thursday, November 5th. The link will open on Wednesday, November 4th at 8 a.m. and close on Thursday, November 5th at 9 .m.
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Blennerhassett Middle School students who have been attending in person 2 days a week and learning remotely 3 days a week will transition to in person learning 4 days a week November 16th. If your child will begin coming 4 days per week nothing is required for the change as WCS as a district is transitioning to this instruction method. Parents who do not want their children to attend 4 days a week and would like to have their students utilize Schoology 5 days a week remotely until January 22nd, 2021 may contact Mrs. Arthur or Mrs. Mendez to set up a meeting this week to review the COVID -19 Learning Commitment form. Please understand if parents select the remote option this learning delivery method will continue to January 22nd, 2021. Once again, if your children will be transitioning from 2 days a week in person to 4 days a week in person learning, nothing is required for this change.