Student Interest Day at Calhoun Middle-High School, Friday, March 25, 2022. Student interest in a topic holds so much power. When a topic connects to what students like to do, engagement deepens as they willingly spend time thinking, dialoging, and creating ideas in meaningful ways. Making learning contextual to real-world experiences is a key learning technique with differentiating for student interests. Factoring for student interests works well with instructional planning based on readiness and learning profiles. Readiness combined with interest leads to students doing work at a respectable complexity level with the familiarity of a topic that they relate to.
Parent-Teacher Conferences at Calhoun Middle-High School, Thursday, March 24, 2022 from 4PM-7PM.
Come check out the Student Services Newsletter for the month of March.
West Virginia Nursing Scholarship Program
The West Virginia Nursing Scholarship Program application cycle for the 2022-2023 academic year will be open from April 15th through June 1st this year. This program provides scholarships to LPN, RN, LPN teaching certificate, and masters or doctoral nursing students. In exchange for agreeing to complete a service obligation in West Virginia, participants receive scholarship funds for their nursing programs. Your eligibility requirements for the program depend on what kind of nursing program you are enrolled within. Please see the details below to determine if you might be eligible to apply and learn more details about how the program works –
LPN and RN (including RN-bridge programs such as LPN-ASN, LPN-BSN), ASN-BSN, BA/BS – BSN, etc)
• Eligibility Requirements
o Be enrolled at least half-time in an accredited WV Nursing Program
o Be in good academic standing
o Have a cumulative and nursing GPA of at least the threshold established by the WVCFN.
GPA threshold is established after the application cycle closes. During the 2021-2022 academic year, the GPA was 3.0.
Nursing GPA includes only nursing coursework into its calculation. Cumulative GPA includes both nursing and pre/corequisite coursework.
o Meet a nursing midpoint date.
Nursing midpoint date is the date in which you have completed at least 50% of the nursing curriculum needed to obtain your nursing degree.
Pre-requisite or co-requisite coursework does not apply towards the purposes of calculating nursing midpoint date.
As long as you reach your nursing midpoint date during the academic year, you may be eligible for one or more awards.
• Awards
o Award amounts vary each year based on the availability of funds. The Governor’s Office has supplemented additional funds towards the program this year, so award amounts should be close to statutory maximums allowed for in W.Va. state code:
LPNs - $3,000 per year
RNs - $7,500 per year
o LPN awards are distributed once per award year once the student has reached their nursing midpoint date.
o RN awards are distributed on a per-semester basis once a student has reached their nursing midpoint date.
• Service Obligations
o LPNs must complete a one year service obligation for each year an award is received. The position must have a minimum requirement of an LPN license, be full-time, and must be located in WV.
o RNs must complete a two year service obligation for each year an award is received. The position must have a minimum requirement of an RN license, be full-time, and must be located in WV.
o Full-time work can be completed through more than one form of employment as long as the total work each week is 36 hours or more.
o All service obligations must be verified using employment verification forms found here: https://wvcenterfornursing.org/employment-verification-guide/
o If you cannot complete and verify the service obligation, you must repay the award back plus interest.
Graduate Nursing Students (MSN, DNP, PhD, etc)
• Eligibility Requirements
o Be enrolled at least half-time in an accredited WV Nursing Program
o Be in good academic standing
o Have a cumulative and nursing GPA of at least the threshold established by the WVCFN.
GPA threshold is established after the application cycle closes. During the 2021-2022 academic year, the GPA was 3.0.
Nursing GPA includes only nursing coursework into its calculation. Cumulative GPA includes both nursing and pre/corequisite coursework. If a graduate nursing student does not yet have a GPA, they may need to complete a semester of training before being awarded so that their GPAs can be evaluated prior to award.
o Be employed as a nursing educator at a WV school of nursing while enrolled in their graduate nursing program continuously.
• Awards
o Award amounts vary each year based on the availability of funds. The Governor’s Office has supplemented additional funds towards the program this year, so award amounts should be close to statutory maximums allowed for in W.Va. state code - $15,000 per year.
o Graduate nursing awards are disbursed on a per-semester basis.
• Service Obligations
o Graduate nursing recipients must complete a two year service obligation for each year an award is received. The position must be as a nursing educator at a WV school of nursing and must be full-time.
o Recipients may meet the full-time requirement through more than one form of employment as long as they are employed at least 36 hours or more per week but part of work must be as a nursing educator.
o All service obligations must be verified using employment verification forms found here: https://wvcenterfornursing.org/employment-verification-guide/
o If you cannot complete and verify the service obligation, you must repay the award back plus interest.
If you are interested in applying, please visit https://wvcenterfornursing.org/west-virginia-nursing-scholarship-program-application/ for more information. If you have questions about the scholarship program, please reach out to Jordyn Reed with the WV Center for Nursing at the contact information below.
For more scholarship and loan repayment programs you may qualify for visit https://wvcenterfornursing.org/other-scholarship-programs/.
Jordyn Reed
Administrator
West Virginia Center for Nursing
1018 Kanawha Blvd. East, Suite 700
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304.558.0838
nursing@wvhepc.edu
Free Community Event - Party with My Peeps
April 12, 2022, 4-6 PM at CMHS
The Region 5 Social Studies Fair has been rescheduled for March 19th, due to the impending winter weather. A letter will be going home to the students who have qualified for Regionals. You can also click here for the letter. https://5il.co/1719e
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.
