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Student Attendance Winners 7th Month

By jkrauklis | April 11, 2024

Clay County Schools currently has a 92.24 attendance rate for the 2023-2024 school year. Leading the way for the 7th school month is Shawn Krajeski’s classroom at Clay County High School (pictured top left) with a rate of 95.74%. Closely following in second place is Megan Sears’s classroom at Big Otter Elementary (pictured top right).…

CCMS & CCHS Students Succeed at WV TSA Competition

By jkrauklis | March 26, 2024

Students from CCMS and CCHS competed at the WV TSA competition. When all was said and done, a total of 28 students qualified for the national TSA competition. CCMS had 16 students qualify for nationals while being named the Middle School Outstanding Chapter. CCHS will send 12 students to nationals and was the 2nd place…

CCHS Students Find Success at Skills USA Competition

By jkrauklis | March 26, 2024

This past weekend, eleven CTE students from Clay High School competed in the Skills USA competition, showcasing their skills in carpentry, electricity, welding, baking and pastry, wedding cake decorating, and teamworks. It was a refreshing sight seeing young people heading out to work in uniforms, completing complex projects and performance tests. Overall, 7 CCHS students…

WWII Veteran Receives CCHS Diploma at 99

By jkrauklis | March 18, 2024

Charles “Birdy” Edward Bird was set to graduate from Clay County High School, but before he could do so, he was called to serve in WWII at the age of 18 in 1943. Through the Operation Recognition Program (ORP), a collective effort from the West Virginia Board of Education (WVBE) and the West Virginia Veterans’…

Clay County School and Class Attendance Winners

By jkrauklis | March 5, 2024

Student Attendance Matters!!!            County wide student attendance for the 6th month was 91.97%. Clay Elementary School led the county with a 94.09% attendance rate, followed by Big Otter Elementary School with a 93.775 rate. Clay Middle School was third at 93.09%. The best classroom rate in the county was at…

CCHS Student Named Finalist for National Merit Scholarship

By jkrauklis | February 22, 2024

Clay County Schools would like to congratulate a student at Clay County High School for becoming a finalist for the National Merit Scholarship. “The National Merit Scholarship Program is an annual academic competition among high school students for recognition and college scholarships that began in 1955. The program is conducted by National Merit Scholarship Corporation…

Clay County Math Field Day

By jkrauklis | February 22, 2024

On February 9th, students from the four area elementary schools competed in the annual county Math Field Day. After a fierce day of competition, four students from both grades 4 and 5 would advance to the Regional Math Field Day. At the 4th grade level, two students from Big Otter Elementary would claim 1st and…

Students Participate in Adulting Day at CCHS

By jkrauklis | February 7, 2024

On Friday, February 2nd, Clay County High School, in conjunction with Project Aware WV, hosted their annual Adulting Day. Students began preparing for this competition at the start of January in their Links Advisory Groups. That preparation culminated in the adulting day competition where the advisory groups faced off. These groups competed against each other…

CES and HEWES Students Advance to State Science Fair

By jkrauklis | February 7, 2024

H.E. White and Clay Elementary each sent a group of three students to the Regional Science Fair. Both groups would go on to claim first prize and advance to the State Science Fair in March The group from HEWES would leave a mark on the judges with their project studying whether different surfaces affect the…

CCMS Students Claim First Prize at Regional Science Fair

By jkrauklis | February 6, 2024

Three Mustangs claimed first place at the Regional Science Fair. Their projects on “What Drinking Water is the Healthiest?” and “Do White Candles Burn Faster than Colored?” impressed the judges and earned themselves a trip to the State Science Fair in March. Clay County Schools would like to congratulate these impressive young students. We would…