⚙️ MCPS is celebrating Engineering Month! Students across our division are participating in a wide variety of projects and lessons that showcase the diverse world of engineering and technology. This week, some of our middle school students have been hard at work creating their own rockets 🚀 and building robots 🤖!
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
Two middle school girls hold paper rockets
Two paper rockets sit on a desk
A group of middle school students hold the paper rockets they created
A group of middle school students sit at tables in their classroom, holding up their paper rockets
Two middle school students work on building a robot from a kit
A middle school student sits at a classroom table holding a screwdriver next to a box of robotics parts
Three middle school students sit and stand around a classroom table with tools and parts of a robot-building kit in their hands
Our youngest learners dressed in their best today for Clearview's Valentine's Day Gala! 💕 Students celebrated both Valentine’s Day and Kindness Week with one epic, balloon-filled dance party! 🎈
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
Preschool student in front of Valentine’s Day backdrop
Preschool student smiles at the camera while holding a balloon
preschool student smiles while holding a balloon
Preschool students at a Valentine’s Day dance party
Preschool students at a Valentine’s Day dance party
Preschool class poses in front of a Valentine’s Day backdrop
Preschool class poses in front of a Valentine’s Day backdrop
Preschool girl smiles while playing with a balloon
Happy Valentine's Day from our Clearview students!
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
A group of preschool students smile in front of a Valentine’s Day backdrop
A student-made heart
A student-made heart
A preschool student in a hat, suit, and bow tie smiles as his classmates dance in the background behind him.
Kindergarten students at AHES have been having a BLAST 💥 celebrating Black History Month and Engineering Month! Students were inspired by Katherine Johnson, an aerospace technologist, and Mae C. Jemison, a doctor, engineer, and NASA astronaut. In this interactive lesson, Kindergarten students experienced first-hand how big pushes caused their juice pouch rockets to soar! 🚀 Engineers make the world a better place!
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
A group of Kindergarten students gather around their juice pouch rockets
A group of Kindergarten students gather around their juice pouch rockets
A group of Kindergarten students gather around their juice pouch rockets
A group of Kindergarten students gather around their juice pouch rockets
At tonight's school board meeting, we celebrated our school board members! This month is School Board Appreciation Month, and in recognition of their diligence and service to our schools, our students, and our community, board members were presented with gifts from each of our schools and certificates from Superintendent Dr. Zebedee Talley. Our schools and board also recognized our school board clerks with gifts in honor of School Board Clerk Appreciation Week. Thank you, board members and clerks, for all you do for our schools and your commitment to our mission of empowering success one learner at a time.
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
Three members of Martinsville City School Board stand with MCPS Superintendent in Martinsville city council chambers. Each school board member holds a certificate acknowledging school board appreciation month.
Members of the Martinsville City School Board and the MCPS superintendent stand with the school board clerk and assistant clerk. the clerks are holding gift baskets and certificates
Last week at PHES, 3rd grade classrooms underwent Titanic transformations! 🚢 Students marked the end of their unit of study on the Titanic with some first class celebrations, including snacks, sparkling juice, and more. Students enjoyed watching a documentary on the famous ship, while others presented their research on the ship's passengers to parents, guardians, and other special guests. Classes constructed their own Titanic in the hallway alongside more passenger histories and student essays on whether or not they would choose to sail on Titanic II, a planned ocean liner built to replicate the original ship.
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
A student presents to a room of parents
A sign on a classroom door reads "Welcome to Ballroom 204"
A table covered in a black tablecloth holds silver buckets with bottles of sparking grape juice, a tray of cheese, crackers, and grapes, and other snacks
A student presents her research on a Titanic passenger
A construction paper replica of the Titanic taped to a school hallway
A sign above a classroom door reads "Welcome aboard, Tea on the Titanic"
Student reports on passengers on the Titanic are hung in a hallway
A student report hangs in the hallway
A student report hangs in the hallway
A student report hangs in the hallway
MCPS families, Normal processes for enrolling in Medicaid will begin soon. If you are currently enrolled in Medicaid, please see the attached flyer and make sure your contact information is up to date so you do not miss important communications. For more information, visit https://coverva.org/en/phe-planning
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Medicaid information flyer
Medicaid information flyer
MCPS parents, guardians, and students, As we approach Valentine's Day, please remember MCPS policy regarding gifts and deliveries: 💌 Schools cannot accept deliveries of Valentine's Day gifts as we do not have staff available to receive the deliveries. 🎈 Students are not allowed bring balloons to school, as they can obstruct staff's ability to see on buses, in hallways, and in classrooms. 💐 Glass vases are not permitted in schools as they can pose a danger if dropped and broken. Thank you for your understanding and your cooperation!
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
The words "A Valentine's Day Reminder" sit above a gift box, slightly open, with heart balloons coming out of the box.
Did you know that February is National Children's Dental Health Month? 🦷 This week at Clearview, Nurse Turner has been visiting classrooms to help students learn about the importance of taking good care of their teeth. Students learned that "Clean Teeth are Happy Teeth" 😁 and participated in fun activities learning how to clean their teeth properly. Each student also received a new toothbrush! 🪥
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
Two preschool students smile while holding up coloring pages of a smiling mouth with the phrase “Clean teeth are happy teeth!” printed on it
A preschool boy smiles while coloring a coloring page of a smiling mouth with the phrase “Clean teeth are happy teeth!” printed on it.
Clearview nurse Ms. Turner stands between two preschool girls. all are smiling. The two students are each holding cutouts of a smiling mouth
A preschool boy with glasses looks at the camera while holding a cutout of a smiling mouth
Attention Bulldog basketball fans, Attendance restrictions for our basketball games have been lifted. Please remember that under no circumstances are spectators allowed onto the basketball court. Anyone who comes onto the court without prior authorization will be suspended indefinitely from future MHS events. We look forward to our community coming out to support your Bulldogs tonight as they take on Tunstall at home! 🏀 #BulldogPride
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
Photo of a Martinsville basketball player dunking the basketball in the background. Overlaid on foreground are the words “attendance restrictions lifted."
MCPS EL department along with Coordinator of STEM, Math, and Science Jill Collins and Coordinator of Academic Interventions, Title III, Foreign Language, and Mentoring Dr. Tamra Vaughan (not pictured) presented at last week’s Virginia EL Supervisors Association (VESA) conference! Their presentation, “Vocabulary Instruction, What’s the Point?” detailed how this amazing team of educators pulled together a variety of strategies to create a comprehensive vocabulary instruction plan for our district. This plan allows our EL teachers to better meet the needs of our students, helping them to empower success, one learner at a time!
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
MCPS EL instructors and STEM Coordinator stand smiling in a large conference hall in front of a large screen that reads “multilingual learners."
MCPS families, Please remember that MCPS will dismiss students 2 hours early on Wednesday, Feb. 1 for parent-teacher conferences. Thank you!
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
A white post-it note that reads "MCPS 2 Hour Early Dismissal Wednesday, Feb. 1" sits on a red background with a yellow schoolbus in the lower right corner
Parents of MHS Juniors and Seniors, MHS needs your assistance with After Prom! 📆 The next After Prom meeting will be held Monday, February 6, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the MHS Media Center. Please consider helping if you are able!
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
Gold string lights hang on black background with the phrase "After Prom" written in cursive next to the lights
Last week, MMS students in Mrs. Woody’s 6th grade history class created salt dough relief maps of the US! 🌎 The class has been studying the 8 geographical regions of the US, and this project was designed to help them understand the topography of the US before they begin learning about explorers, land acquisition, and early American battles.
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
Two sixth grade students looking at and pointing to a globe in their classroom
A young girl in a red shirt stand smiling while painting a salt dough relief map of the US
3 students look at the camera while holding up a completed salt dough relief map of the US
Two students work on making a dough ball for their salt dough relief map of the US
Congratulations to PHES student Archer Deatherage, who is the first runner up in the final round of the Henry County-Martinsville 4-H public speaking contest!
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Public Schools
A young boy stands smiling behind a podium
Young boy smiling and holding a large trophy next to an older smiling man in a long black coat
Welcome to our new website!
almost 2 years ago, Martinsville City Schools
stack of books with a tablet on top