Kanawha County Schools

Curriculum Board Meeting - Different Meeting Location

The Kanawha County Schools Board of Education will host its monthly curriculum board meeting at 4 p.m. today. The meeting is open to the public.

This meeting will be held at the Edison Staff Development Center in South Charleston.

This meeting will be livestreamed, and can be viewed at the link here 👇

https://kcs.kana.k12.wv.us/o/kcs/page/kcs-live-stream

The agenda can be found using the link below👇

https://aptg.co/VnKlBs

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

❄️ 2-Hour Delay - Monday, February 2nd ☀️

KCS will operate on a two-hour delay tomorrow, Monday, February 2nd.

Temperatures aren’t expected to warm much during the delay, the purpose of the delay is to allow travel in daylight rather than early morning darkness.

Our maintenance staff has been working all weekend to clear parking lots and sidewalks, but icy spots may still be present. Please use caution getting in and out of vehicles and entering school buildings.

Some areas of the county may still have unsafe roads. Families should use their best judgment, and if travel isn’t safe, please don’t risk it. Bus route changes will be posted on the KCS website this evening and text messages will be sent out in the morning.

Staff, please report at your normal time. If you are not able to safely do so, please contact your supervisor.

We’re excited to see everyone back!

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

KCS is on a two hour delay, Monday, February 2nd.

❄️ Remote Learning – Friday, January 30 ❄️

5-for-5 is great… when you’re at the plate.
This week? Not so much.

It’s been a long and chilly week, and we know everyone is ready for clearer roads and more familiar routines. We truly miss seeing our students in our classrooms and hallways!

Due to ice still covering roadways in parts of the county, KCS will continue with remote learning tomorrow, Friday January 30th. Students have offline work available, with assignments also accessible in Schoology. If power or internet is an issue, work can be completed and turned in later.

Here’s hoping the ice gives us a break this weekend so we can welcome everyone back on Monday. Stay warm and safe, KCS families 💙

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

KCS closed and remote learning due to ice on Friday, January 30th, 2026.

❄️ Remote Learning Day – Weather Update ❄️

Due to weather conditions, Kanawha County Schools will have a remote learning day tomorrow, Thursday, January 29th.

Students should have been assigned work that can be completed offline. If students do not have their work downloaded, it is available to download in Schoology. Teachers will be available during school hours to help and answer questions.

If you are without power or internet, students can complete and turn in their work later as makeup work.

Thank you for your flexibility, and please stay safe.

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

KCS closed and doing remote learning on Thursday, January 29th, 2026 due to weather.

❄️ Remote Learning Day – Weather Update ❄️

Due to weather conditions, Kanawha County Schools will have a remote learning day tomorrow, Wednesday, January 28th.

Students should have been assigned work that can be completed offline. If students do not have their work downloaded, it is available to download in Schoology. Teachers will be available during school hours to help and answer questions.

If you are without power or internet, students can complete and turn in their work later as makeup work.

Thank you for your flexibility, and please stay safe.

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

KCS is closed on Wednesday, January 28th due to weather. This is a Remote Learning Day.

🎓 FAFSA FAIR for KCS Seniors & Families 🎓

Getting ready for college? We’re here to help! Kanawha County Schools seniors and their parents are invited to attend a FAFSA Fair on Thursday, February 5, 2026, anytime between 3:00–7:00 p.m.

Choose the location that works best for you:
📍 Marshall University – South Charleston Campus (Room GC-135)
📍 University of Charleston (Clay Tower Building, Room 210)
📍 West Virginia State University (Wilson University Union)
📍 BridgeValley CTC (Building 2000, Testing Center)

Financial aid experts will be on hand to walk you through the FAFSA and answer questions one-on-one.

📝 Parents & students, please bring:
✔️ FSA ID (must be completed at least 3 days prior)
✔️ Social Security numbers for parent and student
✔️ Cell phone and email access

🔗 Appointments are encouraged. Sign up using the QR code on the flyer or use the link below to sign up online!

FAFSA Fair Appointment Link 👉 https://forms.gle/joUuJTnDGc2GrquU6

This is a great step toward making college more affordable and less stressful—we hope to see you there!

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

❄️ Weather Update - KCS Closed ❄️

Kanawha County Schools will be closed and observing a snow day tomorrow, Tuesday, January 27th. This is a true snow day and students do not need to log in to Schoology.

🔵 Tomorrow is our last true snow day for this school year. All future snow days will be remote learning days.

🔵 Non-261 and school based employees do not report unless contacted by your supervisor for an essential duty.

🔵 261-employees report on a two-hour delay. Please contact your immediate supervisor if travel is not possible.

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

KCS closed Tuesday, January 27th, due to weather. True snow day.

Kanawha County Schools will be closed and observing a snow day tomorrow, Monday, January 26th. This is a true snow day and students do not need to log in to Schoology.

All school-based and non-261-day employees should stay at home unless contacted by a supervisor for an essential duty.

All 261-day employees may arrive anytime within two hours of their normal start time, or contact their immediate supervisor if travel is not possible.

If your job is essential for snow removal, please check with your supervisor.

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

KCS closed tomorrow, January 26th, due to weather. This is a true snow day.

👏 State Champion ✍️🇺🇸

Congratulations to Gianna Desper, a student at Dunbar Middle School, who earned the state championship in the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest.

The contest gives middle school students a chance to share their thoughts on a patriotic theme through writing, and Gianna’s essay really stood out. This year's theme was, "How Are You Showing Patriotism and Support for Our Country?"

Gianna's powerful essay is a great example of the thoughtful writing and strong skills our students are building every day.

Nice work, Gianna! And well done on reading your essay in front of your entire school! 💙📚

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

Gianna smiling at the camera, while holding her oversized check for 500 dollars that she got for winning the state title.

Gianna reading her winning essay to the entire school in the gym.

🎨✨ Level Up, West Side Middle! ✨🎮

Take a walk through West Side Middle School and you’ll see creativity around every corner! Art students, along with their teacher, have transformed the hallways into a gallery full of imagination and school pride. One of our favorite touches? A small Mario, a classic level-up mushroom, and then a larger Mario showing just how creativity grows with confidence and practice 🍄⭐

This is more than artwork on the walls, it’s students taking pride in their school, and turning everyday spaces into something fun.👏🎨

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

One large Mario character and a small Mario character, and a level up mushroom from the Nintendo Video Game Series Mario, have been painted on stretch of ceiling tiles at West Side Middle School by art students.

Four pieces of student art hanging on a wall at West Side Middle School.

A ceiling tile in the hallway at West Side Middle School has been painted with picture Mrs. Smurf by art students.

Two pieces of student art hanging in the hallway at West Side Middle School.

🐝 Spelling Bee Update
Due to predicted weather, the spelling bee scheduled for Saturday, January 24 has been postponed.

The new date is Saturday, February 7, 2026. Time and location remain the same.

Thanks for understanding — we’ll see our spellers soon!

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

The KCS Spelling Bee, scheduled for January 24th, has been postponed due to weather. The spelling bee will now be held on February 7th at South Charleston High School. Registration begins at 9:15 a.m. and the Bee beings at 10:00 a.m.

🚀 STEM in action at STARBASE! 🚀

Kanawha City Elementary students recently took learning to new heights at the West Virginia STARBASE Academy! Through hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math activities, students explored, experimented, and had a blast learning in a dynamic, high-tech environment.

Even better—they were inspired by positive military and civilian role models from the West Virginia National Guard, showing them that big dreams and bright futures start with curiosity. ⭐️🔬✈️

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

A student is holding an item that can't be seen over a flame.

Two students at starbase sitting at a table with instructions for the experiment on the table. One student is holding up a dispenser while talking to the other student. The other student is smiling.

Three students look on while while another is writing in a lab book. One student, that is sitting on the far side of the table and in full view of the camera has a shocked or surprised look on her face.

Four students sitting at a table getting ready to do an experiment. Two students have iPads. In the center of the table there is a red serving tray that has molecule figures on top of it.

A student sitting at a table holding a plastic baggie that is a quarter of the way filled with a yellow substance. The student is wearing lab gloves and googles and has an excited look on his face.

Four students sitting at a table, holding up a thin, long, and clear tube that has liquid in it. There are four lab notebooks on the table along with their lab gloves and goggles.

Two students, slightly out of focus, sitting at a table with black lab gloves on writing in their lab notebook. Just in front of them is a clear cylinder filled halfway with different liquids. A pair of lab glasses and three small, empty, plastic containers are sitting in front of the cylinder.

A room full of students working on an experiment at starbase. There are four students closest to the camera, and they are all using droppers to put liquid onto another substance.

A student is using a dropper to put liquid onto another substance that is sitting on the bottom of the plastic bowl. Black lab gloves and lab instructions are to the left of the student.

Three students are watching an employee at Starbase drop something into a clear glass cylinder. All three students are looking intently at the cylinder.

✨📊 Cheering Each Other On! 📊✨

Students in Mr. Herrald’s class at Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary put their creativity (and kindness!) to work by making encouraging posters for their fellow 3rd–5th graders ahead of a math test. 💙

From positive words to big smiles, these students reminded their peers to believe in themselves, try their best, and tackle math with confidence. That’s teamwork—and school spirit—at its finest! 👏➕➗

We love seeing students lift each other up!

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

Students at Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary School standing at the entrance of the school holding encouraging signs for students to do well on their upcoming math test.

📅 Reminder: No school on Monday, January 19th, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

No school for students, Monday, January 19th, for MLK Jr. Day.

👏 Student Voice in Action at the Board of Education Meeting 👏

At Thursday night's KCS Board of Education meeting, our newly formed KCS Student Leadership Team was officially introduced to the Board. This group includes student leaders from across the district, with two students representing each middle school and each high school.

High school co-presidents Blake Leavitt (Riverside HS) and Miley Mullins (Nitro HS) shared the team’s goals, followed by introductions from each student leader representing their school.

We’re proud of these students for stepping into this role to help shape the future of KCS. 👏🎓

**Due to athletics and other prior obligations, some members of the Student Leadership Team could not attend last night's meeting and are not pictured here.

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A group picture of the KCS Student Leadership Team taken in the KCS Board Auditorium.

The KCS Student Leadership Team co-presidents speaking at the podium during a KCS Board meeting while kcs staff and audience members look on behind them.

Student Leadership team members lined up at the podium to introduce themselves at the board meeting. Behind them, kcs staff and student's family members are smiling.

The KCS Student Leadership team co-presidents speaking at the podium during a board meeting while KCS superintendent Dr. Potter and board members Jim Crawford Sr. and Kate White listen.

Big goals don’t start someday — they start with seeing what’s possible. 💙✨

At Elk Center, teacher Alison Douglas and school counselor Amber Lipscomb created a hallway display with college and university flags that’s sparking great conversations with students about college, careers, and future plans. Seeing these reminders every day helps goals feel real and within reach.

Thanks to Alison and Amber for showing our Elkhounds what’s possible and cheering them on along the way. 🐾🎓

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

A blue and white wall with flags of universities on it arranged to look like wings. Above the flags stylized letters spell out "Let Your Dreams Take Flight." A young student is standing in front of the wall smiling with his arms stretched out wide.

KCS will operate under a two-hour delay today, Thursday, Jan. 15th due weather. All students will begin their day two hours later than normal. Buses will pick up students two hours later than the normal pick-up time. All morning secondary career and technical classes will be canceled. Schools will dismiss at normal time in the afternoon.

All employees are to report to work at their normal time if they can do so safely. Please notify your immediate supervisor.

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

KCS is on a two hour delay today, Thursday, January 15th.

Before Christmas break, Capital High School JROTC Cadets spent time giving back by helping the Healing House distribute food in our community. ❤️

The Healing House team was welcoming and kind, and the CHS Cadets were awesome...as always! We’re proud of their heart for service and the way they represent Capital every chance they get.

Cougar Nation! 🐾💙

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

Three Capital High School JROTC students posing for a picture behind a table stacked with a variety of canned food.

🤖🌍 A first for Kanawha County Schools!
We’re excited to celebrate the first-ever International Robotics Honor Society Induction Ceremony for KCS on Tuesday, January 13 at 6:00 p.m. at the WV Culture Center.

This special evening will honor our outstanding robotics and drone students who have demonstrated excellence both in competition and in the classroom. We’re proud of their hard work and innovation. We are looking forward to recognizing them! 🚀👏

5 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

Kanawha County Schools International Robotics Honor Society Induction Ceremony is on Tuesday, January 13, 2026 at 6:00 pm at the West Virginia Culture Center.

✨ KCS Alumni Spotlight! ✨

From St. Albans High School to nearly 30 countries around the world, KCS alum Ciara Pinckney is living her dream as Princess Jasmine with Disney On Ice! 🌍⛸️

This weekend, she brings that magic home as Disney On Ice: Road Trip Adventures takes the ice in Charleston. We love seeing our alumni doing amazing things — on stages, ice rinks, and everywhere in between. 💙

📖 Read her story below ⬇️
https://bit.ly/KCSAlums

6 months ago, Kanawha County Schools

Ciara Pinckney, a KCS Alumni, skating as Jasmine for Disney on Ice.

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