Calhoun County Schools received a $20,000 grant from the Sisters Health Foundation to provide tobacco prevention/intervention and mental health awareness & wellness: Train Your Brain; Help, Hope, Live in Calhoun for students through a brokered partnership with Westbrook, Minnie Hamilton Health Systems, Communities in Schools, 21st Century Learning and the Brother Up Foundation. We appreciate the additional support to continue our focus of help by creating a framework for connectedness and improvement in the lives of our students and families.
Calhoun County Schools and the West Virginia Department of Education is honored to announce the 2023 Golden Horseshoe winners for Calhoun County.
Cooper Morris & Orion Swearingen
Since 1931, students have been honored as knights of the Golden Horseshoe having demonstrated exceptional knowledge of West Virginia history on the state administered exam. This year, 226 winners will join the ranks of WV citizens who have won this prestigious award. Your county winners will have an opportunity to be recognized at our Golden Horseshoe ceremony on June 13, 2023 at the West Virginia Culture Center in Charleston, WV.
2023 Horatio Alger Career and Technical Scholarship
Application Deadline: June 15, 2023
Scholarships are awarded to students who have faced and overcome great obstacles in their lives who wish to pursue a career or technical education at an accredited non-profit post secondary institution in the United States.
WVU's S-STEM Scholarship Program
Application Deadline: First consideration is given to application submitted before May15, 2023.
WVU's Department of Physics and Astronomy received an NSF S-STEM grant to support WV students to study physics with a computational area of emphasis at WVU with a scholarship of up to to $10, 000 a year for up to 4 years.
See Ms. Sampson for assistance in submitting your application.
HEALTH CARE PATHWAY INITIATIVE PROGRAM (HCPI)
The Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine brings a glimpse into the care settings and structure of workplaces in science, research, health care, pharmacy, nursing, health informatics, technology, and engineering to HCPI in a fun and innovative way. Program participants will interact with medical students, faculty, and other health professionals.
This program offers highly motivated underrepresented high school students (grades 9-12) interested in a career in STEM the opportunity to experience those careers first hand.
Program dates are June 4-June 29. The deadline to apply is May 7, 2023.
Please see Ms. Sampson for assistance in registering.
Good luck at the state Social Studies Fair today! #calhounproud
Attention Seniors!
Good evening,
Calhoun County students will be off on Friday, April 14 for Faculty Senate and professional development. Staff will report as scheduled.
Please join us at CMHS in the Library for these informative workshops! These are beneficial for parents, guardians, foster parents, mentors, coaches, and community leaders.
Fine Arts students 🎶
March 31st is the deadline to apply for the American Legion Auxiliary WV Rhododendron Girls State.
Girls State is for rising Seniors and will be held June 11-16 at the campus of Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, WV. The cost to attend is $300.
Purpose:
to know the duties, privileges, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship
to recognize the need for honesty, integrity, and responsibility in private and public life
to understand that the very life of democracy depends on informed and concerned citizens
to realize the increasingly importance role of women in public life.
to be responsible, active participants in the communities in which they live
Eligibility:
Be a member in good standing (minimum of 2.75 GPA) of the current Junior class of West Virginia
Be a resident of West Virginia
Be single
Be in attendance for the full week of the program
Be attending Girls State for the first time
See Ms. Sampson for more details.
3rd 9 weeks report cards are coming home today.
Announcements
Friday, March 17, 2023
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
Lunch:
General Tso's Chicken 🐓
Sweet and Sour Chicken 🐔
Egg Rolls
French Fries 🍟
Fruit and Salad Bar 🥗
ATTENTION JUNIOR GIRLS:
Calhoun High School Junior Class Girls--- this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to for you. Please consider being in the Queen Flora Pageant on Saturday, May 6, 2023. This opportunity is only available to you your junior year of high school. I’m asking that you step out of your comfort zone and give this pageant a try. You can be part of a tradition that has been going on for over 60 years. Don’t regret missing out on this! We have a growing prize package for the winner and the more contestants the more runner ups that will be named. The runner up contestants will be awarded a custom plaque. Other prizes include Miss Photogenic, Miss Congeniality and People’s Choice. We will have practice sessions the week of the pageant. The panel of judges will include a variety of people from outside of Calhoun County and will not know any of the contestants. If you would like to look at the application or get more information, contact Patty Haught at woodfestivalpageant@gmail.com or talk to Marlee Hall, Queen Flora LX. Deadline to enter is April 23, 2023.
There are applications available in the office!
The clinic now has flu shots available. If you are interested stop in and see Brandi. More information and forms will be going home this week.
2023 Yearbook Order forms are in the office. Stop by and get one if needed.
PLEASE VISIT THE LOST AND FOUND IF YOU ARE MISSING CLOTHING OR OTHER ITEMS!
NO AFTERSCHOOL NEXT WEEK!
Parenting Workshops beginning in April. Don't miss out!
Local Scholarship
See Ms. Sampson for more details.
Bus #30 is running about 30 minutes behind its regular schedule.
March 12, 2023. A reminder to change the time on your clocks (spring forward one hour).
Summer is just a few short months away! Calhoun County Schools, Save the Children and our ASPIRE 21st Century Program have an exciting summer planned for students and families.
Stay tuned for more details about enrichment and remediation opportunities, summer camps, field trips, and much, much more.
Registration forms will be available in April.
We are looking forward to Summer FUN!!!!!
