🤖🏆 What an Incredible Day for Mercer County Robotics! 🏆🤖
We are so proud of our middle school robotics teams who competed at the WV State Robotics Championship! 💙 Our students showed resilience, perseverance, and outstanding teamwork all day long.
👏 Five Mercer County teams finished in the TOP 16! What an amazing accomplishment!
🎉 Special congratulations to Princeton Middle School Team 18386F – Robo Tigers!
🏆 Design Award Winners
🤝 Teamwork Challenge Champions
Because of their incredible performance, Team 18386F is headed to the VEX IQ World Robotics Competition in St. Louis! 🌎🚀
We could not be more proud of these students and the hard work they’ve put in all season. Way to represent Mercer County! 💙⚙️
#WVStateRobotics #VEXIQ #WorldsBound #MercerCountySchools #STEMinAction
Great news for Mercer County families! 🎉
The West Virginia Department of Education has approved Mercer County Schools’ waiver request, and Spring Break for students has been restored for April 6–10. 🌴☀️
Here is the updated schedule:
📅 Friday, April 3 – Faculty Senate/Collaboration Day (No students)
🌴 April 6–10 – Spring Break for students
👩🏫 Staff Schedule:
• Monday, April 6 – Staff off
• Tuesday, April 7 through Friday, April 10 – Staff report to work
📚 Students will return to school on Monday, April 13.
The last day of school for students for the 2025–2026 school year is now June 12, 2026.
🤖🏆 Today is the Day!
Our Mercer County middle school robotics teams are headed to the WV State Championship in Fairmont today! 🎉
Good luck to our amazing teams from:
🔴Glenwood Middle School
🔵 Princeton Middle School
🔴PikeView Middle School
These students have worked hard all season designing, building, coding, and competing — and we are so proud to cheer them on at the state level! 🚀⚙️
📺 Catch the action live starting at 9:00 AM:
https://youtube.com/@wvrobot?si=Eq4HnyQbpal-sQMa
Stay tuned for updates throughout the day as our teams represent Mercer County! 💙👏
#MCRL #WVStateRobotics #VEXIQ #STEMinAction #MercerCountySchools
Princeton Primary Principal Kelli Stanley and Assistant Superintendent Dr. Ernie Adkins attended the WV Milken Summit today in Charleston to celebrate West Virginia’s newest Milken Award winner. They also attended the West Virginia Board of Education meeting while there.
This afternoon at Princeton Primary, teachers are diving into Grades 3–5 Testing Tactics: Tips and Tricks, sharing strategies to help students feel confident and prepared for upcoming assessments. We appreciate our educators’ commitment to helping every student succeed! Thank you to Shelley Weiss, Kim Yahya and Katie Carter for leading the training. 💡📚
#MercerCountySchools #publicschoolproudwv
Bus 644 is running 10 minutes late this morning, Tuesday, March 10th. This affects Princeton Primary, Mercer, Princeton Middle and Princeton High.
Bus 629 (formerly 659) is running 20 minutes late this morning, Tuesday, March 10th. This affects Bluefield Primary, Bluefield Intermediate, Bluefield Middle and Bluefield High.
Bluefield Intermediate and Mountain Valley Elementary shared the great things happening in their schools at tonight’s board meeting! From building strong relationships to supporting students and staff, increasing achievement, and connecting with the community, these schools are doing amazing work for our kids. We’re proud of their commitment to student success! 💙📚
Mercer County Youth Art Show April 1-30, 2026
Bus 690 is running 30 minutes behind this morning, Monday, March 9th. This affects Straley, Princeton Primary, Princeton Middle and Princeton High.
TWO Mercer County Academic Bowl teams from Region 5 will move on to the State Academic Showdown in May! Way to go!
Press release from the WVDE:
Charleston, W.Va. – The 2026 Academic Showdown Region 5 competition was hosted by the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) at Concord University and featured a day of fierce matchups with Bluefield High School (Mercer County) winning first place. Princeton Senior High School (Mercer County) placed second in the event. Both teams will advance to compete in the Showdown finale in Charleston on May 1.
The competition showcases students’ knowledge of numerous topics, including mathematics, science, social studies, literature, pop culture and more.
The WVDE hosted teams from the following schools:
PikeView High School
Westside High School
James Monroe High School
Bluefield High School
Princeton Senior High School
Liberty High School
Shady Springs High School
Greenbrier East High School
Woodrow Wilson High School
The next regional competition is scheduled for Friday, March 27, at West Virginia State University.
The Showdown is a partnership between the WVDE, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, the West Virginia Culture Center and West Virginia Public Broadcasting.
A huge thank you to the MCTEC Grow Your Own students who volunteered their time at today’s Readiness Roundup! Your help made the day run smoothly and created a welcoming experience for our youngest learners and their families. We couldn’t do it without you! #FutureTeachers
Additional photos from today's Pre-K and Kindergarten Readiness Roundup! We'll be at the Chuck Mathena Center until 2:00. Come on out and see us!
Mercer County Schools Superintendent Ed Toman enjoyed connecting with families at today’s Pre-K & Kindergarten Readiness Roundup alongside Michelle Lawson, Admissions Counselor at Bluefield State University.
We appreciate our community partners who help support our youngest learners as they begin their educational journey! 🎒📚
Don't miss out on the Pre-K and Kindergarten Readiness Roundup happening NOW at the Chuck Mathena Center until 2:00 p.m.
The following buses will run this morning, but NOT this afternoon March 6th:
Bus 639 which affects Athens, PikeView Middle and PikeView High.
Bus 653 which affects Melrose, Princeton Middle, PikeView Middle, Princeton High and Pikeview High.
Bus 648 will not run today, March 6th. This affects Athens, Pikeview Middle and Pikeview High
Bus 659 will not run today, March 6th. This affects Bluefield Primary, Bluefield Intermediate, Bluefield Middle and Bluefield High.
🧠✨ Best of luck to our incredible Academic Bowl teams from Bluefield High School, PikeView High School, and Princeton Senior High School as they compete this Saturday at Concord University in the Region 5 Academic Showdown!
These students have worked hard preparing their knowledge, teamwork, and quick thinking. We’re proud to cheer them on as they represent Mercer County!
The top two teams will advance to the State Academic Showdown in Charleston. Go get ’em! 📚 @wvlearning
These students have worked hard preparing their knowledge, teamwork, and quick thinking. We’re proud to cheer them on as they represent Mercer County!
The top two teams will advance to the State Academic Showdown in Charleston. Go get ’em! 📚 @wvlearning
Superintendent Ed Toman and Assistant Superintendents Rosemary Mitchell and Dr. Ernie Adkins are attending the West Virginia Association of School Administrators training in Fairmont today.
The session focuses on two critical areas for our schools: school safety and effective communication. We appreciate our leadership team continuing to learn and bring back valuable strategies that support safe, strong schools across Mercer County. 💙
#SchoolSafety #WVASA #MercerCountySchools
