![Kim Yahya Teacher of the Year 2025](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_c86e7afd-7b07-4e15-8921-4de1d856c64a.jpeg)
May 2, 2024
April 30, 2024, Princeton, WV: Mercer County Schools held a banquet on Tuesday night at the Chuck Mathena Center to celebrate the Teacher of the Year nominees from each school. Th...
![last days of school](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_47951c63-2d92-46e3-992d-8021b3cdc03c.jpeg)
April 11, 2024
Due to the adjusting of the last days of school, students will have only the following days off between now and June 6, 2024: April 26, 2024 - Faculty Senate/PD/Collabora...
![Battle of the Books](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_78927df1-ad9d-4774-aef4-6c3c7cd23981.jpeg)
March 26, 2024
Our Battle of the Books team worked so hard! They had been reading and studying all six novels since the beginning of October. They placed 3rd overall in the Mercer County Battle....
![Math Field Day](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_c128bbe4-7aea-4e1d-9399-15eba265afb0.jpeg)
March 7, 2024
Peyton Justice competed in the Regional Math Field Day competition and finished 2nd place overall for 4th grade!! He will compete at the state level! Great job, Peyton! We are so ...
![Service Person of the Year!](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_24e2acb9-f001-4fe5-9c1c-aae792425d7a.jpeg)
March 7, 2024
CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Charlotte Reynolds. She was chosen as our Service Person of the Year! Mrs. Reynolds is our Pre-K ECCAT. She is an 'all-around' staff member who helps where...
![SS Fair](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_6839dbbc-46bf-411b-bed7-422aa62ce7cd.jpeg)
March 7, 2024
We are SO proud of each of the following students who participated in the Mercer County Social Studies Fair: US History- 1st Place- Max Adkins World History- 1st Place- Hunter L...
![Young Writer Winners](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_843267fc-a7ce-4250-9eb1-a26059af9518.jpeg)
March 7, 2024
Congratulations to the following students for their First Place writing for our Young Writer competition: 1st Grade-Rowan Davis 2nd Grade-Bailey Yahya 3rd Grade-Emmett Pettus ...
February 26, 2024
Our Student Council held a canned food drive to help people in need and to help fill our blessing food box near our school. We are very thankful for all that helped support this p...
![Very Proud!](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_e4cf65ba-6adf-4f18-91fd-7eabc0dcd9d9.jpeg)
February 26, 2024
We are SO proud of our Math Field Day team! They all did AMAZING and represented Athens very well! Quantity estimation- 1st Place- Olivia Brown Mental Math estimation- 2nd Place...
![Reading Bee](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_e0501625-9cdb-437e-a17b-1aa7b9e479a3.jpeg)
February 26, 2024
Congratulations to our Reading Bee Team and Mrs. Yahya! They won Frist Place at the county competition. We are so proud of the hard work and dedication that each student and Mrs. ...
![Peter Pan](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_fd2186b5-3c41-4c0d-a63a-fc3ac9713524.jpeg)
February 28, 2022
The following link will direct you to all of the current readings of Peter Pan! Please read and/or listen to the chapter assigned each night. There is a special guest every evenin...
![Mercer County Schools app graphic](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_3d181cdf-9e5b-4d79-a22a-7a7db1913f6c.png)
February 23, 2022
Mercer County Schools is excited to introduce a one-stop information hub for Mercer County Schools. Parents, students, and community members can access the latest information fro...
![Mrs. Yahya's 4th grade class](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_a7e7671c-8039-4173-bd95-5916c321ee51.jpg)
February 17, 2022
Fourth graders in Mrs. Yahya’s class have been studying the American Revolution. Today, they learned about the Boston Tea Party by “dumping” tea from the third floor windows while...
![Pre-K students writing on chalkboard](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_316d118f-3546-47c7-8601-638929b5462c.jpg)
February 17, 2022
Calling all Preschoolers! We are enrolling 2022-2023 Preschoolers. Children who will be 4 before July 1st are eligible for our preschool program. Please pick up an application fro...
![Community Helpers cartoon](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/mercer_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_ac6d393d-8ac9-403b-9700-a0ad92358b6a.jpg)
February 17, 2022
Pre-K students dressed up as their favorite community helper today. We had some police officers, construction workers, nurses, doctors, and so many more. ...