
February 2, 2024
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Jefferson County Schools began its annual Math Field Day competition in January at the elementary and middle school levels. Students from 4th through 12th g...

February 2, 2024
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Jefferson County Schools is proud to highlight the unique contribution of school counselors to the public education landscape during National School Counsel...
December 21, 2023
Students from all four JCS middle schools have earned a place in the inaugural West Virginia Middle School All-State Band. It's the first time middle school musicians in West Vir...

December 11, 2023
The 2023-24 school year marked the creation of a new student-led Hispanic Club at Wildwood Middle School (WMS). WMS Aide Dalia Rodriguez said she got the ball rolling because she w...
December 7, 2023
Seven students from Jefferson County Schools will travel to Charleston in February for the 2024 West Virginia All-State Band. Six Washington High School (WHS) students and one Jef...

November 3, 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Governor Jim Justice announced a new partnership between the State and Tutor.com to provide expert online tutoring, test prep, and job support for West Virgin...
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...