Families are invited to join PREP for a FREE Family Fun Building Night at Tye River Elementary School!
This special one-night workshop is designed for children with diverse abilities and their parents/guardians. Families will have an opportunity to unleash their creativity, meet new friends, and have fun together while exploring a variety of building materials appropriate for different ages.
While the kids are busy creating and having fun, the activities will also help encourage social interaction and fine-motor skill development.
📅 Tuesday, October 27
⏰ 5:30–7:00 p.m.
📍 Tye River Elementary School
💲 FREE for students and parents/guardians
Space is limited, so families are encouraged to register early!
For questions, contact shicks@piedmonteducation.org or 434-218-4496.
We appreciate our partners at PREP for providing this fun and engaging opportunity for our students and families! 💚💛
October is NCPS Kindness Month!
Today is the Kickoff to Kindness Month. Throughout October, NCPS will shine a spotlight on KINDNESS across our schools and community! We’ll celebrate acts of kindness, share inspiring quotes, and highlight pictures and videos that show what kindness looks like throughout #OneNelson.
Kindness doesn’t have to be a grand gesture to make a difference. A smile. An encouraging word. Inviting someone to join you. Helping a classmate or colleague. Listening when someone needs to talk. EVERY act of kindness, no matter how big or small, matters.
While kindness is something we strive to practice all year long, October gives us a special opportunity to recognize it, celebrate it, and remind one another just how powerful it can be.
Let’s spend this month supporting one another, lifting each other up, including others, and celebrating the kindness happening all around us. Together, we can make a difference, one kind act at a time.
Be Kind. Include Others. Support One Another. Make a Difference.
#OneNelson #NCPSKindnessMonth #ChooseKindness #KindnessMatters #BeKind
1% SALES TAX PROPOSAL: KNOW THE FACTS
On November 3, 2026, Nelson County voters will decide whether to authorize an additional local retail sales tax of up to 1% to provide a dedicated funding source for eligible school capital projects.
We know there are questions about what this proposal means for our families, residents, businesses, and community. Over the next several weeks, NCPS will share information to help everyone understand the proposal, ask questions, and make an informed decision.
Here are a few important facts to get us started:
What does 1% mean?
For purchases subject to the additional tax:
$10 purchase = 10¢
$50 purchase = 50¢
$100 purchase = $1
Where could the money go?
The revenue would be legally restricted to qualifying new school construction, major school renovations, and associated bond and loan financing costs. It could not simply be redirected to other County purposes or used for ordinary school operating expenses. NCPS has several projects identified as eligible for this money. The HVAC replacement at Rockfish River Elementary School (estimated at $1.9 million) is an immediate need to support our students, staff, and community.
How much could it generate?
Current conservative estimates project approximately $1.9 million annually after required exemptions.
Would visitors help contribute?
Yes. Residents would contribute through applicable taxable purchases, but so would the many people who visit Nelson County. Based on the County's current conservative estimate, approximately 22% of the revenue (~$418,000) is expected to come from visitors and non-residents.
What purchases could be affected?
Examples include clothing, electronics, furniture, restaurant meals, taxable alcoholic-beverage purchases, hotels and inns, taxable short-term lodging, campgrounds, and other taxable retail purchases. Groceries for home consumption and qualifying essential personal hygiene products would not be subject to the additional 1%.
Over the coming weeks, we will take a closer look at what is taxed, who contributes, how the revenue can—and cannot—be used, and potential NCPS facility needs.
Our goal is simple: provide information to assist informed decisions.
Our Students. Our Schools. Our Community. Our Future.
#OneNelson | Empowering Generations Through Excellence in Education
💚 Tomorrow is NCPS Celebration Day / Green & Gold Day! 💛
Wear your Green & Gold on Friday, August 14, to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of our students and schools and show your #OneNelson spirit!
From the classroom to the stage or stock market, from the playing field to the FFA arena, our students achieve amazing things every day, and we can't wait to celebrate them all year long.
Have a fantastic school year, NCPS!
#OneNelson
Do you want to make a difference in our community? Consider becoming a substitute teacher to help us make a positive impact on our students' lives! Substitute teachers are vital to our school instructional program. WE NEED YOU! #OneNelson
🍎🥞 Great News, NCPS Families! 🥪🍎
All Nelson County Public Schools students will receive FREE breakfast and lunch during the 2026–2027 school year through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP)!
✅ No application or sign-up is required. Every NCPS student is automatically eligible to receive nutritious school meals at no cost.
💚💛We're excited to help fuel our students for a successful year of learning!
#OneNelson
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 and support of NCPS. Simply fill out this form and tell us who you are nominating and why.
Monthly winners will be recognized at the School Board Meeting, through a division-wide announcement, and on social media.
Thank you so much for your support of Nelson County Public Schools!
Click on this link to submit a #OneNelson nomination: https://forms.gle/kSXU65biLEAM5NFv5
First-Ever NCPS Transition Day for Pre-K, Kindergarten, 6th-grade, and 9th-grade Students Information
Tuesday, August 11 is our first-ever NCPS Transition Day, and it is only for Pre-K, Kindergarten, 6th-grade, and 9th-grade students.
On Transition Day, students will ride their regular school bus, enjoy breakfast and lunch, meet their teachers, experience their daily schedule and classes, and become familiar with their new school before all students return.
Pre-K and Kindergarten students will attend from 7:50 a.m. to 12:10 p.m., and
6th- and 9th-grade students will attend from 8:05 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Bus transportation will be provided for these students.
Again, Transition Day is only for Pre-K, Kindergarten, 6th-grade, and 9th-grade students, and it is a school day for these grades only. All other students will begin school on Wednesday, August 12. We look forward to welcoming our students for a great start to the school year. Thank you, and have a wonderful day!
