Due to winter weather conditions Fayette County Schools will be operating on a 2-hour delay Tuesday February 13, 2024. Safe travels!
Students and staff at New River Primary got to break out their best moves for their second Valentine’s Dance. Everyone dressed in their best and had a great time! A special shout-out to New River Primary’s PTA members, Student Support Team, and all other staff members!
Our sweet Ms Pannell from FIT. She has been helping students get into college and jobs left and right plus she has to keep Mr McGraw and Mr Keaton all focused and on the right path!! Our school counselors serve so many and we love everyone of them. Come on by FIT and let Holly show you around!
Ms Hamm is beyond fantastic! She has 2 schools at AES and DES. She love loves her littles and we love her. Happy School Counselor week, Ms Hamm
Ms Richmond works at OHMS for our middle school children. She loves her job and it shows. Her middle school kids smile when they see her!! Come by and ask her about the amazing kids at OHMS
Mr Li and Mr Adkins the two other counselors at OHHS work diligently every day to help our high school students and their parents navigate schedules, SAT scores and find great jobs!! We love our team at OHHS show them some love!!
Ms Banks and Ms Heatherly are our FPK8 counselors. They make sure all of our littles and middle school kids from Fayetteville are ready to move up to the high school. They are amazing and would love to hear from you!!
Our counseling team at NRI, Ms. Lester and Ms. Pack, greet the students with a smile everyday and then teaches our littles how to be nice to each other and how to study, then they encourage student leaders!! Come to the school and see what they can do!
Reba, Reba, Reba…we love you and all that you do for MBHS and our littles at MBES. This lady really is a rock star. She helps EVERYONE. Drop in at either school and give Reba a high 5!
Science of Reading information.
Engaging Phonological Awareness Activities
Below are some fun, engaging activities for families with students in grades K-2.
Say or listen to nursery rhymes. Point out words that rhyme.
Play "I Spy" using the prompt "I spy something that starts with the sound..."
Play hopscotch. Have children say a sentence and hop one time for each word.
Make up silly sentences that include words with the same beginning sound.
At dinner, have children name the food items on their plate and use silverware to tap the number of syllables.
Here are two lovelies at Midland Trail High. Ms Persinger and Ms Burton are so fabulous. They are a dynamic duo. They help middle school kids during those trying teen times and then move on to those high school years where they help our young adults become actual adults. We love the Trail counselors. Come to the school and see what they do.
Your calls are important to us! We are currently having an issue with our main phone number at the board office. We are working with the provider to resolve the issue. Thank you for your patience.
Counselor Ms Jean English is so amazing we can’t find the great words to share how fantastic she is. She has a partner in crime at Oak Hill Middle Ms. Kim Richmond. This dynamic duo can help your child in grade 6 with the transitions and then deliver PEPs for grade 8. Call the school for more information
Our two counselors at Valley PK8 with the amazing Greyhound. Just like the speed of this greyhound Cara and Tammy will race around to find solutions to the challenges we face. They have a smile on their face and love in their heart for our Valley PK8 kids. Happy Counselor week Valley!
Baby dog is sporting his new Hail Trail jacket. Pictured is Gov Justice, Superintendent Gary Hough, Ansted Principal Marchelle Bowling and Divide Principal Shannan Hedgecock.
We are proud to announce the SBA award of the new Midland Trail Elementary School. Babydog says smile every day and be nice. Thank you Gov Justice, the School Building Authority and McKinley architects.
This is the fabulous Michelle Wolfe, counselor extraordinaire from OHHS. Today we share only a peek into the life of a counselor in anticipation of counselor week February 5-9. Michelle is an amazing counselor who knows where the college money is, how to do a schedule, and how to get us ready to be a big girl and a big boy. When I grow up, I want to be like Michelle!!! Join us in celebrating National Counselor week and learn more about their teams at each school and how they can best support Fayette County Students.
Seniors and students in college looking for a summer job and a tuition scholarship? Consider applying to work at Energy Express.
Science of Reading: Pillar One. Phonological Awareness. A fun parent activity is to simply have "rhyme time" with your children. Think of a short, simple word, like "cat," and encourage your child to come up with as many rhymes to the word as they can. Fun for "car time".
What is the all the excitement about the Science of Reading? The “Science of Reading” is evidenced-based reading instruction including phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension plus writing. BOLO for Science of Reading (SOR) parent activities coming soon.
