🏆💥 Big Moves, Big Wins, and Big Smiles! 😄👟
Fitness Teams from elementary and middle schools across the state brought serious hustle to the 2025 WVDE Fit + Active Schools Face-Off 🌄🎽 Since January, these young athletes have been training hard—building strength, teamwork, and some seriously impressive stamina. 💪🔥
🏆 And a school from Kanawha County brought home the gold! 🎉 OVERBROOK ELEMENTARY took home 1st place in the Elementary Division! 🥇🐾 Way to represent, KCS! 🙌💙
This high-energy event wasn’t just about competition—it was also packed with fun, hands-on educational opportunities! 🧠➡️💡 In the Great Hall students learned the importance of living tobacco- and vape-free from RAZE 🚭, while Medical Assisting students from Ben Franklin Career Center checked vitals and shared health tips like real pros-in-the-making! 🩺💉📋
From flawless form to lightning-fast transitions ⏱️, teams were scored on everything from intensity and rhythm to stamina and communication. 🗣️🤝
Kanawha County kids showed up strong, supported each other, and inspired us all to keep moving and live healthy, active lives! 🥗🏃♂️❤️
Congratulations, Overbrook!
📱 New KCS App: Tips for Parents!
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. 👇
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. 👇
☀️ FREE Summer Meals for Kids! 🥪🍎
Kanawha County Schools is proud to once again partner with the WVDE and the USDA to provide free breakfast and lunch to children across the county this summer!
📍 There are 11 locations offering meals this year
📆 Each site has specific dates and times for meal service.
👉 Click the link below to find the full list of sites, dates, and meal times:
🔗 https://bit.ly/3FXlBHz
👏 It's the last day of school but our amazing students are still earning recognition for their talent! Overbrook Elementary student, Hayden Rolfe, was named one of 15 regional winners of the 2025 "When I Grow Up" essay contest! Hayden's winning essay earned the school $500.
🫸🫷Hayden, along with the 14 other regional winners, will be randomly selected to receive a total of $5,000 toward a SMART529 account during an awards ceremony at the state Culture Center in Charleston.
West Virginia State Treasurer, Larry Pack, stopped by the school today to present Hayden with the $500 check and congratulate him on his successful essay!
Iva Flanagan, a 4th Grade student at Holz Elementary is also one of the 15 regional winners and is in the running for the $5,000 SMART529 account!
Congratulations Hayden and Iva!
