Princeton Primary

🐯PPS Families: It's Red Ribbon Week! Help us solve the puzzle and be DRUG FREE! On Monday, Team up against drugs and wear your favorite sports team! ⚽️🏀🏈⚾️🥎

🐯PPS Families: PTO is seeking donations of CANDY 🍭🍫🍬 for treat bags. Please turn in candy by Friday, October 24.

🐯PPS Families: Don't forget! We have a PTO meeting Tuesday night at 5:30 in the cafeteria. We can't wait to see you there.

🐯PPS Families: Don't forget to come to our Title I night with Mercer and Straley. No worries, we have moved the event inside PPS because of the forecast. Join us anytime between 5-7! Don't miss the FUN!!

PPS Families: 🎉 Tomorrow's the day! We’re thrilled to welcome our second-grade families! 📸✨ Capture the moment with pictures—bring cash, check, or scan our QR code! Times are set with each teacher. Who’s ready to make memories?

📣 Parents & Guardians!
Mercer County Schools has a NEW communication tool called Rooms 🎉. This easy-to-use feature lets you connect with all your child’s teachers—in one convenient spot!

✅ Download the Mercer County Schools app
✅ Access all teacher messages in one place
✅ Have kids in different schools? No problem—you can manage it all through the app!

Check out the graphic below for step-by-step instructions on setting up your account. 💬📲

#MercerCountySchools #StayConnected

FIRST Day TOMORROW! 🍕Cheese Pizza for lunch 🚙Morning Drop of in parent loop and kindergarten lot. 7-7:30 🚗Pick Up ✔️Kindergarten Lot- walk to door and use K lot ✔️First Grade- use first grade loop off of Old Bluefield Princeton Road ✔️Second grade - use lot beside the softball Field off of Tiger Drive ⭐️⭐️First and Second grade parents, please stay in your car and have your car tag visible. ⭐️⭐️

🐯🐯PPS Families: Don't miss the MCS Food Truck today at First Christian Church on Straley Avenue!! Food and fun guaranteed!! 11:00-12:30

Come see us at the First Christian Church in Princeton today from 11:00-12:30! Lots of fun activities and delicious food for students!

Don't forget about the MCS Express Food Truck this week! Today they're in Bluefield at the Greater Mt. Zion Pentecostal Church. Tomorrow at the First Christian Church across from Straley School, Wednesday at Matoaka Summer Day Camp at the Matoaka Fire Department, and Thursday at the Montcalm Volunteer Fire Department. Each day is from 11:00-12:30. Bring your kids for food and fun!

Today, members of the West Virginia Department of Education Communications Team, Harrison Evans and Stuart Frazier, and Marshall University's Region VI Literacy Specialist Josie Groves, visited Princeton Primary School and Oakvale Elementary to witness the Science of Reading in action! The team explored how the LETRS program (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) is equipping our educators with the knowledge and tools to transform reading instruction in the early grades. LETRS is grounded in decades of scientific research and empowers teachers to help every student become a confident, skilled reader. At Princeton Primary, the WVDE team interviewed Assistant Superintendent Dr. Ernie Adkins, Principal Kelli Stanley, 1st grade teachers Amber Woods and Rebekah Robinson, and Title I Reading Specialist Tara Pairgin. At Oakvale Elementary, they spoke with Principal LaCosta Hodges and Kindergarten teacher Cartney Schoolcraft. In Mercer County Schools, we are committed to staying at the forefront of research-based instructional strategies—ensuring students learn to read so they can eventually read to learn. Our teachers continuously engage in professional development and collaborate to be the best educators they can be for our students. 🎥 Stay tuned! A behind-the-scenes video of the interviews is coming soon, and we’ll share the WVDE’s finished feature at the end of the month. #ScienceOfReading #LETRS #MercerProud #WVPublicEd #LiteracyMatters

🐯PPS Families: We will have pepperoni cheese rolls for lunch tomorrow, Thursday, May 15 instead of Friday. Tomorrow's scheduled menu will be served Friday! 😋😋

🐯PPS Families: We need to change our lunch menu for tomorrow, Friday April 25 and Monday, April 28 ✅Friday- cheese bites ✅Monday- pepperoni and cheese rolls

🐯🐯PPS Families: Lunch menu for the week: Wed, April 23 Chicken Fajitas Corn Refried Beans Thurs, April 24 Chicken Tenders Veggies w/dip Carrots Friday, April 25 Pepperoni Cheese Rolls Caesar Salad Baked Beans Monday, April 28 Cheese Bites Corn Green Beans

🐯PPS Families: 💙TOMORROW is WEAR BLUE DAY!💙 Let’s come together and wear BLUE in support of Child Abuse Prevention Month. Wearing blue is a simple yet powerful way to show that we stand for the safety and well-being of every child.💙💙

🐯PPS Families: You have another chance to visit the Book Fair. Come to our PTO meeting tonight at 5:30 and visit the Book Fair afterwards! We look forward to seeing you! 📚

🐯PPS Families: Exciting news! Spring pictures and class photos will take place on Tuesday, February 25! 📸 All students photographed will receive proofs with a unique online ordering code for easy ordering at www.strawbridge.net. The deadline for orders will be clearly indicated on the proofs, so keep an eye out! For class pictures, use the group code FM458289 on strawbridge.net. 📅 Are you ready to capture these moments?

🐯🐯PPS Families: Lunch for tomorrow: chicken sandwiches, veggies with dip and baked beans.

🐯PPS Families: We will have our 100th day celebrations, tomorrow, February 13 as planned! We can't wait to see our students and staff!! 💯💯💯💯 🐟We will have fish nuggets for lunch! 🐟

🐯PPS Second Grade Parents: At tonight’s tree lighting ceremony, we will be singing inside due to the cold temperatures. Please meet Ms. Bradley in the lobby of the Chuck Mathena Center at 6:45. 🎄🎶🎄🎶🎄