Due to a water line break all students for Calhoun County Schools will be dismissed at 9:30Am to return home. Please note we understand there is a current phone outage. We are monitoring social media messages, and Please contact for questions and concerns Pleasant Hill Elementary 3043546022 or Arnoldsburg Elementary at 3046558616.
Horatio Alger State Scholarship Opportunities for Juniors, Deadline March 15, 2022
Entrepreneurship Summit at Camp Horseshoe. This camp is available to any rising 7-12 grade students who want to learn and build their futures. There are scholarships available. Interested students please see Mrs. Brittney Carter for the registration form.
2022 Disability History Essay Contest for Seniors Only. For more information and a printed application, please contact Mrs. Brittney Carter.
Good morning,
CMHS has extra security this morning. No direct threat has been made, but we are concerned about an individual. If you need to enter the building please use the buzzer. Thanks
Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center
The Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center would like to extend this invitation to all students to participate in a College/Career Day on Wednesday, February 23, 2022.
Parents are also welcome to accompany their students.
The purpose of this Career Day is to provide our students with potential post-secondary education and job opportunities that are available to them. This information is invaluable to our students, and the paths they choose once they have completed their high school careers.
We will have colleges, labor unions, military, construction/pipeline companies, health care facilities, Job Corps, manufacturing plants, and Regional Jail Representatives.
We are extending this invitation to all high school students and their parents regardless of them being enrolled at the Career Center or not.
Please join us on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 9:00-11 and 12:30-3:00.
Good Evening Parents and Guardians:
There have been positive Covid-19 cases identified in each of our schools. Please continue to monitor your students for symptoms. Contact Nurse Trudi with any questions or concerns.
Good Evening,
The Calhoun-Gilmer Career Center would like extend this invitation to all students to participate in a College/Career Day on Wednesday February 23, 2022.
Parents are also welcome to accompany their student.
The purpose of this Career Day is to provide our students with potential post-secondary education and job opportunities that are available to them. This information is invaluable to our students, and the paths they choose once they have completed their high school careers.
We will have colleges, labor unions, military, construction/pipeline companies, health care facilities, Job Corps, manufacturing plants, and Regional Jail Representatives.
We are extending this invitation to all high school students and their parents regardless of them being enrolled at the Career Center or not.
Please join us on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, 9:00-11 and 12:30-3:00.
HOBY Leadership Conference in May https://hoby.org/about/history/#
Multiple Scholarship Opportunities
WV Solutions Seekers Student Leadership Conference
FAFSA Workshop
Good Afternoon,
This is a reminder students will be off on Monday, February 21st. This is a Professional Learning Day for teachers. Students will return on Tuesday, February 22nd. Thanks,
15th Annual WV Scholar Program - WV Metro News will award a full scholarship to West Virginia Wesleyan.
Good Afternoon,
This is a reminder students will be off on Monday, February 21st. This is a Professional Learning Day for teachers. Students will return on Tuesday, February 22nd.
Thanks,
Congratulations to the following winners for Calhoun County Young Writers Fair. The judges loved the stories and wished there was more to read, another chapter perhaps? The Writers were able to help the judges visualize and feel the story. The students did not make their job easy. The Winners will have their entries submitted to the State Young Writers competitions.
Grade 1-2- “A Mermaid Friend” by Rylan Arnold, AES, 1st grade
Grade 3-4 “ The Beach Vacation” by Paisley Harper, PHE 4th grade
Grade 5-6 “The Tale of the Scorpion Temple” by Jude Walker, LKVCS 5th grade
Grade 7-8- “Expedition to Egypt” by Cameron Cottrill, LKVCS, 8th grade
Grade 9-10- “The Red Eyes” by Nyla Warner, CCMHS 10th grade
Grade 11-12 “ A Father’s Love” by Chase Marks, CCMHS 12th grade
Calhoun County Schools Universal Masking Policy Effective February 15, 2022
Calhoun County Board of Education voted to support my recommendation that Calhoun County Schools have a mask optional policy for students and staff effective February 15, 2022. Calhoun County Schools will no longer contact trace close contacts. Students and staff that test positive will be required to quarantine for 5 days and wear a mask for days 6-10.
I recommend that we continue to notify parents if we have positive students in the schools so parents can monitor their students for symptoms. If a student or employee has symptoms of COVID-19, they need to be tested for COVID-19.
I have copied the following from Wood County BOE. I found the information from Superintendent Hosaflock very relevant to Calhoun County. I spoke to him last week and also emailed him.
It is the intent of the Board of Education to comply with laws while promulgating the following universal mask policy:
• In the West Virginia Department of Education Updated COVID-19 Protocols dated January 31, 2022, it is stated that “Given the quick spread of the Omicron variant and its rapid clinical course, it has made contact tracing in schools impracticable when combined with the newly reduced timelines for quarantine and isolation set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).”
• Quarantining shall be in accordance with DHHR written directions/state code. The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department has the quarantine authority as quarantining is a codified jurisdiction of the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department.
• Employees of the Calhoun County Board of Education are not required to perform duties outside of regular school hours or required to work overtime to assist the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department with contact tracing. Calhoun County Board of Education Employees will not perform contact tracing on behalf of the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department.
• The policy passed by the Calhoun County Board of Education does not preclude anyone from wearing a proper health mask as long as the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department continues to recommend universal mask-wearing.
• The Superintendent may make other necessary actions and may implement practices, including but not limited to mitigation measures that she deems necessary in response to the COVID-19 pandemic/endemic, provided such actions and practices are consistent with the rules and policies of the Board.
Good Afternoon,
Bus 3 is running 20 minutes late due to a mechanical issue.
Calhoun County Schools will be on a three hour delay. Mechanics maintenance, custodians and administrators report at their normal time.
Please take a few minutes to complete the following survey below about the School Counseling program in Calhoun Schools. Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey to best prepare our department to serve student needs. The survey is confidential. If you have further questions, please contact your child's school counselor.
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