McDowell County Schools

Welcome!

Suzette Cook
Superintendent

Welcome to the McDowell County Schools web site. In keeping with our motto, "Preparing Students for Today and Tomorrow", we believe that opening the communication lines between school, home, and the community is essential.

Our Mission

The mission of McDowell County Schools is to facilitate the intellectual, social, and emotional development of each student; to achieve his/her maximum potential through excellence in the 21st Century teaching and learning.

Notice: All McDowell County Schools are open
and operating on a regular schedule.

MEMORANDUM: Seasonal Flu and H1N1 Flu

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Email Scams

Beware of fraudulent email scams that ask for your email password. The WVDE or McDowell BOE will NEVER request that information. People are attempting to hack into your account to gain access to personal information.

Latest Events

Spelling Bee
December 15, 2009 (9:00 am)
(Events) Registration at 9:00 a.m., Event at 10:00 a.m. at Welch Elementary
Alt. Spelling Bee
December 17, 2009 (9:00 am)
(Events)
Alternate date for Spelling Bee if weather, etc., forces a reschedule.

Registration at 9:00 a.m., Event at 10:00 a.m. at Welch Elementary
Golden Horseshoe Test
March 31, 2010 (8:00 am)
(General) Contact Howie Mitchell (hmitchel@access.k12.wv.us) for more information

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Report Card Data

Click below for AYP/accountability, testing, and other data for School Year 2006-07. Go there...

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Central Office

McDowell County Schools
30 Central Ave., Welch, WV 24801

Tel: (304) 436-8441

Fax: (304) 436-4008

Open 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m., Mon.- Fri.

Outstanding techSteps Teacher

The McDowell County Technology Department would like to announce that Mrs. Ingrida Barker of Sandy River Middle School has been named as an Outstanding techSteps Teacher by the West Virginia Department of Education. She utilizes techSteps to develop and assess her students' technology literacy in an integrated, 21st century context.
Last Updated ( Monday, 20 July 2009 )

Teacher Appreciation

As Superintendent of Schools, I would like to take this opportunity to express my appreciation to all McDowell County Schools’ teachers, not only during this week of teacher appreciation – but every day. Helen Adams said, “Teacher appreciation makes the world of education go around.”

Teaching is the profession that teaches all other professions. According to Plato, “The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.” What you do matters. Teachers can never tell where their influence stops.

Lily Tomlin, well-known actress/comedienne, said, “I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” Good teachers don’t just give the right answers; they ask the right questions.

I believe there is no higher calling than the education, care and well-being of our young people. Please accept my gratitude for what you do for the students of McDowell County and always keep in mind the words of Christa McAuliffe, teacher/astronaut, “I touch the future; I teach.”

Last Updated ( Thursday, 07 May 2009 )

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