October 25, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va -- The Jefferson County Schools (PERC) Parent and Educator Resource Center hosted its second annual Sensory Trunk-or-Treat on October 24. Held at Charles Town Mi...
October 20, 2023
Jefferson County Schools (JCS) puts the physical and psychological safety of students first in everything we do. Since the start of the 2023-2024 school year, three (3) JCS studen...
October 4, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- The WVSSAC (West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission) named Washington High School (WHS) boys tennis coach Chris Walter the 2022-2023 WV Coach...
September 29, 2023
Sept 29, 2023 -- The Friends
of Music has donated a set of African drums to Wildwood Middle School in
Jefferson County.
The set includes
three nesting tubano drums and six n...
September 28, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Local Rotarians got a chance to meet the new Superintendent of Jefferson County Schools (JCS) when Dr. Chuck Bishop spoke to the Shepherdstown and Charles...
August 25, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Jefferson County Schools (JCS) welcomed more than 8,200 students back to school on August 21, the first day of the 2023-2024 school year. JCS Superintende...
August 1, 2023
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Six middle school students from the JCS FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) Chapter represented Jefferson County Schools this summer at...
May 10, 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Jefferson County School (JCS) middle school student placed first in the WVDE's (West Virginia Department of Education) annual Young Writers Contest. Macie W...
May 4, 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Six Jefferson County Schools eighth graders have been named 2023 Knights of the Golden Horseshoe. The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) honors stud...
March 3, 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Established in 2023 by the West Virginia Executive Secretaries Association (WVESA), and with support from regional law firm Bowles Rice, the inaugural West Vi...
February 8, 2023
Charles Town Middle School placed first for JCS Math Field Day this year! Congratulations to all of this year's winners! We are so proud of our students.
Middle School student...
December 22, 2022
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Jefferson County Schools middle school students received a message of kindness and positivity heading into the winter break. Author and educator Jefferson...
October 19, 2022
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- The best part of the workday for Penny Smoot comes when she looks in the rearview mirror. But it's not because the day is over. On the contrary, her job h...
September 14, 2022
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. – The Jefferson County Board of Education (JCBOE) adopted a resolution from West Virginia Governor Jim Justice proclaiming Friday, Sept. 23, 2023, as West Virg...
September 2, 2022
As a student at Wildwood Middle School, Eleanor Kearney became inspired watching a video of a NASA space shuttle launch. Now she's assisting in the final preparations for Saturday...
August 8, 2022
RANSON, W.Va. -- The staff at Jefferson Medical Center helped students with the start of school by hosting a school supplies drive. Development Director for WVU Hospitals East F...
August 4, 2022
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. -- Jefferson County Schools (JCS) hosted the FBI Pittsburgh’s Martinsburg Resident Agency, multiple federal, state, and local law enforcement agency p...
July 25, 2022
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Jefferson High School agriculture education teacher Charity Marstiller is among ten finalists for the 2023 West Virginia Teacher of the Year. The West Virginia...
June 16, 2022
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Jefferson County Schools is pleased to accept two generous donations from the Friends of Music. The Shepherdstown-based non-profit group donated seven Diamon...
April 8, 2022
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. – Middle school students from across Jefferson County participated in a hands-on learning experience this week, thanks to a program by the Office of West Virgi...