![Wood County Schools Superintendent Will Hosaflook listens to a presentation during the Sept. 22, 2020, Wood County Board of Education meeting.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/wood_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_0abe0f06-e99c-4827-b278-505688843b95.jpeg)
September 23, 2020
Wood Schools moves away from color codes
PARKERSBURG - To help eliminate confusion, Wood County Schools will no longer use color codes when referring to the format of instructi...
![Wood County Board of Education President Justin Raber speaks during the Sept. 22, 2020, school board meeting](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/wood_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_b7f594d7-de43-481a-b722-76f22365b229.jpeg)
September 23, 2020
Wood Schools to remain on blended learning format
PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Board of Education Tuesday agreed to have Wood County Schools continue to operate on a blended l...
![Jefferson Elementary Center first-grader Noah Walters looks at a bag of cherry tomatoes Monday during the WVU Extension Service’s Pop-up Farmers Market.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/wood_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_621edb5c-1718-4733-b3bf-278768d3dcae.jpeg)
September 21, 2020
Farmers markets pop up at elementary schools
PARKERSBURG - Students had the chance to shop for fresh produce at Jefferson Elementary Center Monday as part of the WVU Extensi...
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September 18, 2020
COVID-19 case confirmed at Martin Elementary School
The Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department has notified Wood County Schools of a confirmed positive case of COVID-19 at Martin El...
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September 18, 2020
WCS Newsletter 3 now available
The Wood County Schools parent newsletter for Sept. 18, 2020, is available at https://5il.co/l5nl as a downloadable PDF or by going to the distr...
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September 18, 2020
Wood BOE meets Tuesday
PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Board of Education will meet in regular session Tuesday (Sept. 22) to discuss virtual school and the district’s re-entry pl...
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September 17, 2020
Wood Schools to continue blended learning
PARKERSBURG - Wood County Schools will continue its blended learning format next week, with students alternating days in class and wor...
![Martin Elementary School Principal Thomas Wheeler holds his book "Raising a Stink."](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/wood_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_81972e96-09a4-4412-800b-63668ad215b4.jpg)
September 16, 2020
Martin Elementary principal authors young adult novel
PARKERSBURG - A Wood County Schools principal has turned his love of storytelling and events from his own life into a book...
![A school zone sign warns motorists to slow down and take care to keep students safe.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/wood_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_fae71412-218b-49a0-b0e1-9562b3c870d3.jpeg)
September 15, 2020
Motorists reminded: Take care in school zones
PARKERSBURG - Wood County Schools officials are reminding motorists to take extra time and care during drop-off and pick-up times ...
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September 11, 2020
WCS Newsletter 2 now available
The Wood County Schools parent newsletter for Sept. 11, 2020, is available at https://5il.co/kwny as a downloadable PDF or by going to the distr...
September 11, 2020
Parent Schoology accounts available Sept. 28 Wood County Schools parent Schoology accounts will be available for distribution Sept. 28. Those accounts will allow parents acces...
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September 9, 2020
Three Wood Schools students named National Merit semifinalists
PARKERSBURG - Three Wood County Schools students have been named as 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program semif...
![Wood County Board of Education President Justin Raber listens to a presentation during Tuesday's Wood County Board of Education meeting.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/wood_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_bf5324d2-b9d0-43cf-adc9-35615e08c2f5.jpeg)
September 9, 2020
WOOD BOE SEPT 8 2020
PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Board of Education met in regular session Tuesday night, the first day students returned to classes.
Much of Tuesday’s m...
![Photo by Wood County Schools CMTA Energy Solutions named two students as the winners of the Wood County Schools Energy Art Contest for designing energy-conservation reminders. Madison Archer, left, won for Light Switch Cover, and Clayton Yeager, right, won for Art Poster. Tommy Myers, center left, and Tom Nicolas, center right, from CMTA presented the awards during Tuesday’s Wood County Board of Education meeting.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/wood_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_42fa3cbc-c0eb-430f-978e-52fb5444560d.jpeg)
September 9, 2020
Wood Schools students win CMTA Energy Art Contest
PARKERSBURG - CMTA Energy Solutions has announced the winners of the Wood County Schools Energy Art Contest.
The winners we...
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September 9, 2020
Welcome to Schoology. Wood County Schools has been working diligently to adapt to a quickly changing environment. We have partnered with PowerSchool, the creator of Schoology Stu...
September 8, 2020
Free SAT exam open to seniors this month
PARKERSBURG - The SAT exam will be provided free of charge to Wood County Schools seniors this month after COVID-19 forced the cancella...
September 4, 2020
Wood BOE meets Tuesday
PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Board of Education will meet Tuesday (Sept. 8) in regular session .
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Wood...
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September 4, 2020
WCS creates parent newsletter
PARKERSBURG - Wood County Schools has created a weekly newsletter to keep parents and community members updated during the coming school year.
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![Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia President James Fawcett, left, met Wednesday with Wood County Schools Superintendent Will Hosaflook, right, in the Wood County Board of Education boardroom to announce the donation of personal protective equipment for students and staff.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/wood_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_9294be7e-db7a-4187-a1be-29a490f8bc1a.jpeg)
September 2, 2020
Highmark donates protective equipment to Wood County Schools
PARKERSBURG - Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia has announced a donation of personal protective equipme...
![Williamstown High School sophomore Emily Bailey, left, listens as teacher Shannon Stewart goes through some of the printed materials which come with the student iPads distributed this week throughout the county.](https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/wood_county_schools_ar/article/image/large_5e6fd33d-d896-43e0-95e5-35ac773b22e7.jpeg)
August 31, 2020
Wood Schools iPad distribution begins
PARKERSBURG – Despite a rainy start to the week, officials Monday distributed the first of thousands of student iPads to area famili...