Paraprofessional Day was on April 3 but we were on Spring Break. Take time to say THANK YOU to our NCPS Instructional Assistants for their hard work and support for our students, teachers, schools, and community. We appreciate all that you do!
#OneNelson #ThankYouIAs
Have a safe and happy Spring Break!
#OneNelson #SpringBreak2024 #34DaysofSchoolLeft
Please join us at Tye River Elementary School on Thursday, April 18th from 5:30 - 7:00 for Family Fun Fitness Night! This event is hosted by the Piedmont Region Educational Program Parent Resource Center and will include activities for children and youth of all ages and abilities. To register/ RSVP, please click the link on the form or scan the QR code. We hope to see you there!
Congratulations to our BRVGS Seniors who presented their Senior Projects this past Friday. You all did an amazing job on the presentations and your projects were thoughtful and supportive of your community! You had a packed room to support you and your work. Thank you to all who put this day together and evaluated the projects! Seniors, you make us proud!
#OneNelson #BRVGSSeniorProjects
Don't forget, Tuesday, March 26 is the Youth Mental Health and Substance Abuse Awareness presentation. This is a great opportunity for families to learn more about ways to support our students as one in five teens will experience a mental health challenge by the time they are 18 years old. The event will begin at 5:30 pm located in the NCHS Auditorium. Dinner and childcare will be provided. Please see the flyers attached to RSVP.
The NCHS Cosmetology Salon is open and accepting appointments. Please see the flier for details. Go GOVS!
Did you know that the USDA SNAP provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of families so they can purchase healthy foods? See flier for more details.
Congratulations to NMS student Lailee Pollard! Lailee won 1st place in the Middle School Division for the Central Region Virginia School Board Association Art Contest.
Her piece is titled “Blue” which is a pet portrait done on Bristol board -
Medium: pen and ink - micron pens and various shades of Staedtler pens!
The style is done in stippling ( thousands of tiny dots by hand! )
Her framed, winning piece of art will be on display at the VSBA offices throughout the next year and then rotate to our School Board Office.
Way to go, Lailee! We are proud of you!
#OneNelson #BlueWon
Please join us on Tuesday, March 26th at 5:30 in the NCHS Auditorium for a presentation on youth mental health and substance abuse awareness. Dinner and childcare will be provided! Please RSVP if you can attend the event!
National Nutrition Month® is an annual campaign during the month of March created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The campaign was developed to help everyone learn about making informed food choices and developing healthful eating and physical activity habits.
March 4-8, 2024 is National School Breakfast Week!
Established in 1989, National School Breakfast Week (NSBW) celebrates
how school breakfasts can set students up for daily success. By observing
this special week every year, we are recognizing the importance of a healthy start to the day with breakfast to fuel children’s academic success.
Congratulations to the following NCPS students who participated in the All-District Choir Performance! Way to represent Nelson County and your schools!
NCHS: Annelise Tabor and Jasper Cober-Lake
NMS: Juan-Carlos Antonio-Monrroy, Noah Brantley, Faith Caputi, Sabrina Caputi, Orion Dettweiler, Gavin Monroe, Mari Mullins, Sophia Piedra, Dallas Rigby, and Andrea Stump
#OneNelson #AllDistrictChoir
We need all of our students fueled and ready to learn each day.... during the 23-24 school year breakfast and lunch are on us each school day!
We want to THANK our School Resource Officers (SROs) for all they do to support, serve, and protect our staff, students, families, and community. February 14, 2024, was National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day. We appreciate the partnership with the Nelson County Sheriff's Office for supporting this opportunity.
#OneNelson #ThankYouSROs
Congratulations to our 2024 NCPS Spelling Bee Winners! Sadie Perry was our winner for this year. Juan Booyan took second place and Orion Dettweiler was third. Well done! All of our participants represented themselves and their schools well! Thank you to all who organized this great event!
#OneNelson #NCPSSpellingBee2024
A big THANK YOU to our NCPS School Counselors! You are instrumental in the success of our students, schools, and community! Thank you for all that you do!
TRES: Ashley Bryant
RRES: Bethany Caldwell
NMS: Ricki Perry
NCHS: Shamane Day, Marin Tettlebach, Taylor Mullens (Intern), and Zack Wingate
#OneNelson #SchoolCounselingWeek #ThankaSchoolCounselor
Congratulations to the following students who were selected to participate in the All-District Band Performance this past weekend in Culpeper. Way to represent Nelson County!
NCHS: Erin Hatfield, Hannah Hatfield, Cady Marrs, Anthony Giacona-Spry, John Campbell, Alex Raynes, Odin Clark-Cearley
NMS: Caroline Hatfield, Ava Berry, Fern Eckles
#OneNelson #AllDistrictBand
February is Career and Technical Education Month! NCPS offers a variety of opportunities for students to participate in CTE courses. For more information about CTE and what it is, click on the images.
#OneNelson #CTEMonth
A big CONGRATULATIONS to Bethany Grooms! She is the NCPS Division Teacher of the Year! Ms. Grooms serves as a CTE teacher at Nelson Middle School working with the Agriculture Science classes and supervising our FFA students. We appreciate her dedication to our students and community and her contribution to building and sustaining the agriculture and FFA programs. She is not only recognized for all that she does by her peers in Nelson County but also nationally through the National Association of Agriculture Educators (NAAE) Teachers Turn the Key Professional Development Scholarship.
We are thankful for all that you do and we are proud of you!
Again, Congratulations, Bethany Grooms, the NCPS Division Teacher of the Year for 2024-2025.
#OneNelson #NCPSTeacheroftheYear2025
Know a Student, Staff, or Community Member who is amazing and doing things to support the success of others? Nominate them for a #OneNelson Award!
With so many great students, staff/employees, community members, and organizations involved with and supporting Nelson County Public Schools, we want to celebrate them on our Pathway to Success! Every month, NCPS will highlight individuals who exemplify the #OneNelson spirit.
The #OneNelson spirit embodies the understanding that it takes a collective effort to make our school division and community the best that it can be. We appreciate what our students, staff/employees, families, and community members and organizations do for us and want to celebrate it!
This is an opportunity to nominate #OneNelson members (students, employees, and community members and organizations) who demonstrate the #OneNelson spirit. Simply fill out this form and tell us who you are nominating and why.
Monthly winners will be recognized at the School Board Meeting, division-wide announcement, and through social media.
Thank you so much for your support of Nelson County Public Schools!
#OneNelson
Click on this link to submit a #OneNelson nomination: https://forms.gle/MtAnvooXcvqvxDRP6
