📱 Weekly Update – October 26
Good evening, and happy Sunday October 26th, Central Buffaloes! This is Mrs. Canada with your weekly update. 🦬💚
🎉 Attendance Shout Out
Way to go, 2nd grade! You took the top spot again this week with a 99% attendance rate! Keep up the great work!
🎃 Spirit Week
Spirit Week is happening this week! Check the Spirit Week flyer attached to this update for all the fun dress-up day details.
🍬 Fall Festival & Halloween Fun
This Friday is our Fall Festival, Halloween Parade, and Halloween Parties!
☔ In the event of rain, the festival will move indoors, the parade will be canceled, and parties will still begin at 1:30 p.m.
👻 Halloween Costumes
Students may wear their Halloween costumes to school on Friday!
Please remember — no face paint, masks, or weapons of any kind are allowed.
🍭 Candy Donations
We’re still accepting bagged candy donations for the Fall Festival! 🍫
Your Buffaloes will get plenty of treats at the event, so no extra classroom candy is needed. However, if you choose to send in treat bags, please label them clearly to let us know what’s for the classroom and what’s for the festival.
🥫 Scare Away Hunger Food Drive
Our Scare Away Hunger Food Drive is also happening this week! The homeroom collecting the most items to help our neighbors will win a surprise party from Mrs. Canada!
Please, only participate if you’re in a position to do so — every bit helps! 🩶 See the flyer attached to this update for details.
🏫 Tuesday Highlights
✨ Tuesday is Club Day for students who earned at least 85% positive behavior on Class Dojo this month!
🚨 It’s also our second county-wide lockdown drill of the year.
Charge those iPads, Buffaloes, and I’ll see you before the tardy bell rings at 7:45 a.m. Have a great rest of your day, because every day is a great day to be a Buffalo! 💚
Fall Festival Volunteer Sign-Ups
Like being called “Mr.” or “Ms.” by everyone in the room? ☕🍎
You might just be the substitute teacher we’re looking for!
Join KCS and help keep learning going strong while having fun along the way.
🔗: Apply Today ➡️ https://bit.ly/KCSSubs
📱 Weekly Update – October 19
Good evening, and happy October 19, Central Buffaloes. This is Mrs. Canada with your weekly update. 🦬💚
🎉 Attendance Shoutout
Congrats to 2nd grade for winning this week’s attendance competition with 90%! Keep showing up, Buffaloes—we can’t wait to see who takes the lead next week!
📸 Makeup Picture Day
Tuesday is makeup picture day! Be sure your Buffaloes bring their best smiles.
📅 No School Wednesday
Students do not have school on Wednesday. Staff will be participating in a Professional Learning Day and Faculty Senate Day.
📄 Report Cards
Report cards go home on Friday. Celebrate your child’s successes and talk about ways to grow even more this year!
👻 Halloween Spirit Week
Our Halloween Spirit Week is just around the corner! Check the flyer below for next week’s schedule!
🎪 Fall Festival Volunteers & Candy Donations
We are looking for volunteers to help make our Fall Festival amazing! If you can help, please sign up by clicking the attached link. We also need bagged candy donations. Your Buffaloes will get plenty of candy at the festival, so extra classroom treats aren’t necessary—PTO provides a snack and drink for every student.
🍬 Optional Treat Bags
Some families enjoy sending treat bags. That’s perfectly fine! Just make sure to tell your child’s teacher which donations are classroom-specific, and which are for the Fall Festival so nothing gets mixed up.
💚 Spirit Reminder
Don’t forget, every Friday is Central Spirit Day! Wear your favorite Central spirit wear or anything green to show your Buffalo pride.
Charge those iPads, Buffaloes, and I’ll see you before the tardy bell rings at 7:45 a.m. Have a great rest of your day, because every day is a great day to be a Buffalo! 🦬💚
Fall Festival Volunteer Sign-Ups
The KCS Office of Exceptional Students is excited to host a Trunk or Treat for all students with disabilities and their families! 🧡
📅 Date: Thursday, October 16th
📍 Location: Capital High School
🕔 Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM
Come out for an evening of fun, candy, and community! 🍬✨ We can’t wait to see your costumes and celebrate together.
There will be no school for students on Monday, October 13th — it’s Parent/Teacher Conference Day! 🍎
Parent/Teacher conferences are a great opportunity to connect one-on-one with your student's teacher, learn more about how they’re growing, and hear ways you can support their success at home.
If you haven’t already, reach out to your student’s school or teacher to schedule your meeting. Every conversation helps strengthen the partnership that makes learning possible! 💬✨
🌟 Academic Support for Everyone
Every student deserves the tools to succeed.
Kanawha County Schools has launched a new webpage — Academic Support for Everyone — highlighting the ways we help students stay on track and graduate with their classmates.
From social and emotional learning and personalized education planning to mentoring, tutoring, career readiness, and dropout prevention — this page is your one-stop resource for student success.
If you’re a parent or guardian who simply wants to explore the built-in supports already woven into the KCS curriculum, this page also offers a great overview of what all students receive as part of their education.
Whether your student needs additional support, a mentor, or guidance for life after graduation, KCS is here every step of the way. 💙💚❤️ You can find the page by clicking the link below, or by going to the KCS website ➡️ click menu on the homepage ➡️ look under the Parents/Guardians section ➡️ click on Academic Support Opportunities.
🔗 Explore all available supports (including a list of certified KCS tutors):
https://bit.ly/KCSAcademicSupport
(This page will continue to grow as new programs and supports are added or expanded!)
In 2021—on Pearl Harbor Day—the West Virginia Department of Education and Common Ground Partners proudly recognized the first class of Purple Star Schools and Districts across the Mountain State. What began with 130 schools and 3 districts has now grown to 315 schools and 17 districts dedicated to supporting military-connected students and families. 💜
Kanawha County Schools is honored to be among them as a Purple Star District, continuing our commitment to helping students thrive—no matter where their family’s service takes them.
The Purple Star Award is one of many ways the Common Ground Partnership helps make West Virginia one of the best places in the nation to live, work, and raise a family. 🌄
🔗: https://5il.co/3qi3h
Content includes:
🚗 A trip to Safety City
📅 Important October events and reminders
🛠️ Two Roofing Project Updates
... and more!
The KCS Office of Exceptional Students is excited to host a Trunk or Treat for all students with disabilities and their families! 🧡
📅 Date: Thursday, October 16th
📍 Location: Capital High School
🕔 Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM
Come out for an evening of fun, candy, and community! 🍬✨ We can’t wait to see your costumes and celebrate together.
At Herbert Hoover High School, teacher leaders and administrators from every school launched the brand-new KCS Instructional Playbook. This playbook has six “plays” (lessons) designed to boost student confidence, spark engagement, and get everyone involved in learning. These leaders will share the plays back at their schools on the next PL Day so all teachers can put them into action. 🙌 As the year goes on, more "plays" will be added to the playbook!
Meanwhile, our Student Support Services team met at South Charleston High School to collaborate on best practices and strategies that help ensure every KCS student has a healthy, safe, and successful education.
👩🏫👨🏫 PL Days are all about sharpening skills, sharing ideas, and building stronger schools — When our teachers grow, our students win. 💙💚❤️
📸 Check out today’s collaboration in action:
No school for students tomorrow, Wednesday, September 10th.
We’ve added a “Bus Changes” quick link at the top of the KCS website!
✅ This link will take you to a page with all AM and PM bus changes, organized by terminal.
✅ Beginning Tuesday(9/2), district-wide bus changes will ONLY be posted on this page by the KCS Transportation Department.
✅ Some schools may still share their own school-specific bus changes on Schoology, but district-wide updates will not appear on Schoology anymore.
👉 Be sure to check the “Bus Changes” link daily for the most up-to-date information.
We hope this makes it easier for families to quickly find the information you need!
Our new KCS app makes staying connected with your child’s school easier than ever! Here are a few quick tips to get the most out of it:
1️⃣ Favorite Your Student’s School – Make sure your child’s school is marked as a favorite so you can access it quickly. You can favorite multiple schools so you can easily flip back and forth between multiple schools.
2️⃣ Set the Default School – Change your default school so when you open the app, your child’s school appears first instead of the district page.
3️⃣ Explore the Menu – Find important info like documents, lunch menus, the school calendar, and the online attendance excuse form—all in one place!
Check out the images below for step-by-step instructions. 👇
