We will be celebrating Veteran's Day tomorrow with our veterans as special guests. Our celebration will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a flag ceremony with and by our veterans. With space being limited, this is not open to the public but just the veterans, staff and students. We encourage staff and students to wear red, white, and blue tomorrow in honor of Veteran's Day. Thank you and have a great evening.
We will be celebrating Veteran's Day tomorrow with our veterans as special guests. Our celebration will begin at 9:00 a.m. with a flag ceremony with and by our veterans. With space being limited, this is not open to the public but just the veterans, staff and students. We encourage staff and students to wear red, white, and blue tomorrow in honor of Veteran's Day. Thank you and have a great evening.
This is just a reminder that we are still having parent-teacher conferences going on this evening, This evening is also our evening shopping event at our Scholastic Book Fair from 5:30 pm to 7 pm. The theme tomorrow for our Red Ribbon Week is "Follow Your Dreams", so wear your pajamas. Also, our School Store fundraiser started today, look for an envelop coming home. Register on Schoolstore.net, fill out the envelope and return with you child for them to get a prize. Thank you and have a good evening!
Dear families, welcome to Wiley Ford for the 2023 school year. We are having an open house on Thursday, August 17 from 4-6 pm. Please come tour the school and meet our staff. Our first PTO meeting will be held on September 7th at 5:30 pm in the school cafeteria. We look forward to seeing you. Have a great evening. Ms. Paula Athey
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The 2023 Mineral County Art Show will be held this year at the Keyser High School gymnasium Monday, May 1st and Tuesday May 2nd from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Come and see the beautiful art displays representing students from all grades in the Mineral County schools. Admission is free and all are welcome. Hope to see you there!
Don't forget! The Mineral County STEM Festival is happening on Saturday, March 25 from 12 to 4 on the Potomac State College Campus. Free activities for all ages.
Mineral County STEM Festival is March 25 from noon to 4:00 pm at WVU Potomac State College. All activities are FREE! Bring your family for a great afternoon of hands-on activities.
Good evening. The Holy Cross after-school program will be canceled, tomorrow, January 25, 2023, due to impending weather. Thank you and have a good evening.
The First Mineral County Pre-K Head Start Policy Council Meeting of the school year will be held on Monday, September 26th @ 5:00 pm online using Microsoft Teams. Classroom representatives and all interested parents are invited to attend. The link to join the meeting is on a flyer that was sent home with your child. You may also contact your child's teacher or Wesley Stullenbarger at 304-788-5788 to receive the link to join the meeting or instructions on how to join by phone. We hope to see you Monday, September 26th at 5:00 pm!
Good evening. Flu shot consents will be coming home with your child this week from the Mineral County Health Department. The Health Department is scheduled to arrive at your child's school on Monday, October 3, 2022. Completely fill out the form, sign bottom and return to school ASAP, or no later than Friday Sept 30th. The flu shot is the only vaccine being offered in our schools at this time. Also, the PTO meeting scheduled for this Thursday is rescheduled for Wednesday, September 28 at 5:30. Thank you.
Good evening Wiley Ford families. This is just a reminder that tomorrow is picture day. If you are ordering pictures, please send in the order form with payment with your child. If you no longer have an order form, or did not receive one, you are able to order pictures at a later date. Thank you and have a good evening.
Good evening Wiley Ford Primary families. The Holy Cross After School program begins tomorrow. This program is every Wednesday after school until 6. If you would like for your child to attend, please send in a note for both your child's teacher and the bus driver. Please include a note for Holy Cross with an emergency contact person and number listed. You will receive a paper to fill out tomorrow that will need to be returned next Wednesday. If you have any questions, please contact the school. Have a great evening.
Good evening Wiley Ford families. Last week Bedford Candies fundraiser forms were sent home with students. Order forms and money are due on or before September 30th. In addition, Strawbridge picture order forms were also sent home. Picture day is September 20th. If you have any question, please contact Wiley Ford Primary School. Thank you!
Good evening Wiley Ford Parents. It has come to our attention that Kindercenter will be closed the rest of this week. Please send a note with your child with his or her bus number and drop off location.
Good evening Wiley Ford Parents. This is just a reminder for second grade. All of second grade will be going to tour Frankfort Intermediate School tomorrow, May 6th. Students will be leaving the school at 8:30. This tour is for students only. Please ensure your second grader is at Wiley Ford on time.
Reminder for ALL families, there will be no school next Tuesday, May 10th for Election Day.
Thank you and have a good evening.
Good evening Wiley Ford Families. This is just a reminder for those who signed up for Healthy Hearts. It will be at the school tomorrow, May 4 from 2:30 to 3:30. Thank you.
Dear Wiley Ford families,
Wiley Ford will be participating in a school wide money drive to help some of our veterans. Students may bring in their spare change and donate it to their classroom jar from May 4th through May 20th. The money that is collected will be donated to the GI Go Fund for jeans for troops. The classroom with the most change collected at school will get extra fun time. Also, if you would like to make a donation through the Wiley Ford page, please see the link on the letter that was sent home with your child. The website will also give you information on what the fund does for our troops. Thank you and have a good evening.
The 2022 Mineral County Art Show will take place in the Frankfort High School gymnasium on Monday April 25th and Tuesday, April 26th. The show is open to the public from 6:00 to 8:00pm both evenings. Student artwork will be featured from every school and grade level in Mineral County. Bring the family and enjoy the wonderful exhibit created by our amazing students.
Dear parents, last evening I provided updates to the BOE regarding the issues of carbon monoxide at Wiley Ford Primary last week. Below is the update, which includes some updated information and clarifications.
On Wednesday Dec 1, around noon, the principal had concerns of carbon monoxide in the building coming from the boiler room as she had received staff complaints of headaches. She immediately called the fire department and evacuated the building. When tested, levels were found to be high in the boiler room, but the classrooms measured zero.
I understand these measurements could have been different at an earlier time, so I’m not insinuating the levels were consistently zero—we can only speak to measurements at the time of testing.
The school was closed Thursday and Friday to tear down/repair the boiler. The boiler repairs were completed last Friday and inspected again on Sunday, this included testing levels of Carbon Monoxide throughout the building.
It was inspected/tested again Monday and Tuesday morning. We also placed additional Carbon Monoxide detectors throughout the school as an added measure to supplement our current system.
I am still working to get the details from our alarm company to confirm if alarms did/did not malfunction. I can confirm the system is fully functional along with the additional detectors placed throughout the building.
In my first message Wednesday, I stated the evacuation was triggered by an alarm going off—this was my understanding at the time. I’ve since learned it was triggered by the principal’s concerns based on the number of staff complaining of headaches.
I apologize, in my haste to communicate, I misunderstood what prompted the actions.
With these types of incidents, our first priority is the safety of the kids/staff, then we look to get the issue fixed, and the last thing we do is figure out the details of what happened, what worked or didn’t work, and what can we do to avoid it in the future at this school or any other school.
I apologize for any miscommunication or lack of communication. We will can and will do a better job communicating with issues such as this.
To close, I would like to thank our principal and staff along with our first responders for their rapid response and efforts to ensure student safety.
Thank you