Wise County Public Schools

All WCPS Schools and Offices will be closed tomorrow, Monday, September 5, 2022!

Virginia Department of Social Services Statement on Summer 2022 P-EBT The U.S. Department of Agriculture has authorized the Virginia Department of Social Services to provide Summer P-EBT to K-12 students. All school-age children who attended a school last year, school year 2021-2022, that was approved to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) or who were determined eligible to receive free or reduced-price meals are eligible for Summer 2022 P-EBT. All eligible students enrolled during the last month of school year 2021-2022, including new high school graduates, can expect to receive a one-time summer benefit of $391 beginning on August 25, 2022 on their previously issued P-EBT or SNAP EBT card.  If you do not have an existing P-EBT card, or your information has changed since you last received P-EBT, a card will be mailed to the address provided in your student's school record within 7 to 10 business days. To request a replacement for a lost or discarded P-EBT card, contact ConnectEBT at 1-866-281-2448 or logon to https://www.connectebt.com/ or download the ConnectEBT app on a mobile device. Contact VDSS with questions about P-EBT at one of the following contact points. Do not contact your child’s school or central office for P-EBT information. P-EBT Call Center 7 a.m. - 7 p.m Monday - Friday and Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. at 866-513-1414 or 804-294-1633 or use the P-EBT Online Inquiry Form.

The Special Education Advisory Committee will have a virtual meeting on Thursday, September 8, 2022 @ 10am. This meeting is open to the public. All staff and parents of private school students, as well as parents of home-schooled students, are invited to participate. Please Contact Cari Braddock at 276-328-8017 for information on how to join the meeting.

Does your child like mountain music? Do they want to learn to play a traditional Appalachian musical instrument? Pro-Art is partnering with Wise County Public Schools for the Junior Appalachian Music School, a program that teaches children grades 3-8 to play traditional mountain music. Students can choose between guitar, fiddle, and banjo! To register your child for Wise JAMS, please visit www.proartva.org/wisejams and fill out the registration form. Pro-Art also has a limited number of instruments available for semester-long loan. To request an instrument, please fill out the form on our website. Open to grades 3-8 from Wise Primary School, L.F. Addington Middle School, and J.W. Adams Combined School. Lessons this semester will be held at L.F. Addington Middle School each Wednesday 3:45-5:45, beginning September 7 and ending December 7. Bus transportation will be provided from J.W. Adams Combined School to L.F. Addington Middle School. Parents or guardians will be responsible for picking up their children from the lessons. Full tuition is $10 per lesson, half tuition is $5 per lesson. Discounts are available for parents who wish to pay in full. Scholarships and tuition waivers are also available. There will be a short meeting for parents at L.F. Addington Middle School on Tuesday, September 6, at 4:00 PM at L.F. Addington Middle School, to discuss the program and to address any questions and concerns. For more information, please contact Lloyd Tomlinson at pro-art@uvawise.edu, or at (276) 376-4882.

Our division has consistently ranked in the top 10 in academic performance across the state for nearly a decade. This is a direct reflection of the people we have in our school system. We are extremely proud of our hard working students, faculty, staff, and communities and celebrate our most recent raking of 3rd in the state!

Wise County Public Schools is participating in the ViSSTA Testing Program offered through the Virginia Department of Health. For your child(ren) to participate in this program, please review the information via the link below and complete the consent form that is linked within and also provided below. ViSSTA Program Information - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xmBM8rsNo1iPlwXyzhMvuAUMLJ1n36Vb/view?usp=sharing

Due to a power outage at the school, St. Paul Elementary School will dismiss at 11am today, Friday, August 12, 2022! St. Paul Elementary is the only school that will be dismissing early! While all students are receiving breakfast, students will not have access to lunch before dismissal.

Central High School is currently seeking their next Head Baseball Coach. Interested parties can access the application at the link below. https://wiseva.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=100

Eastside High School is seeking their next Head Coach in Track! Those interested can access the job description and application at the link below: https://wiseva.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=101

From our Early Childhood Special Education Program:

Wise County Public Schools are pleased to announce that all schools in our division will be receiving breakfast at lunch at no charge during the 2022-2023 school year. More information is available in the document linked below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IMzErrNlFdCnLV2DdxY-Tcvm-JP4H4LG/view?usp=sharing

We are EXCITED to welcome our students back to school tomorrow (8.4.2022). There will be students at bus stops and a lot of traffic around our schools so we ask that everyone be alert in the morning! We are looking forward to a great school year!

Thank you to everyone that donated to our relief efforts for our neighbors in Eastern Kentucky! Our buses delivered the donated items to Letcher County Central High School this afternoon!

The Health Department has rescheduled the vaccination clinic at Union Middle School! The clinic will now be held from 4:00pm to 6:30pm on Thursday, August 4, 2022!

*Annual Notice* The Wise County School Board Policy Manual is available on our website via the link below. Copies of the policy manual are available for those without online access.

Wise County Public Schools invites you to join us in supporting our neighbors of Eastern Kentucky in this time of need. We will collect supplies Monday-Wednesday 8:00 am-3:30 pm this week at our high schools and then stuff our buses to take the supplies over on Wednesday evening. Needed items include: -Water by the gallon -Cases of bottled water -Mops -Brooms -Laundry detergent -Clorox or equivalent wipes -Buckets -Food such as; pudding cups, crackers, juice boxes, vienna sausage, potted meat, plastic spoons/forks (any such food that does not require can openers, heating or refrigeration) The drop off location for each high school would be as follows: Eastside- Gymnasium Union- Cafeteria Central- Chorus Room Thank you for helping us to help others!

The vaccination clinic that was being held at UMS this afternoon has been cancelled. The Health Department will let us know when it can be rescheduled. Thank you for your understanding as their staff responds to flooding emergencies in our area.

New Teacher Orientation for Wise County Schools has been postponed to a later date due to the current conditions in our area. Teachers involved in the orientation will be notified when rescheduled. Thank you for your understanding and everyone stay safe!

Due to the flooding that we are experiencing in some areas, Wise County Public Schools will be delaying its New Teacher Orientation that was scheduled for this morning at 9am. The orientation will now begin at 1pm today, Thursday, July 28, 2022.

The Wise County School Board will hold a special called meeting on Monday, July 18, 2022. The meeting will begin at 6:00pm and will be held in the Education Center, Room A.