
🎓✨ Today, 1,261 KCS juniors and seniors took their next steps toward the future at our annual KCS College Fair, hosted at the University of Charleston!
Students had the chance to connect with representatives from 52 colleges, universities, and post-secondary organizations across five states. From asking about majors and financial aid to exploring career paths, this event was all about discovering possibilities. 💡📚✈️
A huge thank you to our incredible school counselors and staff who prepared students to make the most of this opportunity, and to the organizations who showed up to support our students’ dreams. 👏
Together, we’re helping our students see just how many doors are open to them after graduation! 💙💚❤️
Students had the chance to connect with representatives from 52 colleges, universities, and post-secondary organizations across five states. From asking about majors and financial aid to exploring career paths, this event was all about discovering possibilities. 💡📚✈️
A huge thank you to our incredible school counselors and staff who prepared students to make the most of this opportunity, and to the organizations who showed up to support our students’ dreams. 👏
Together, we’re helping our students see just how many doors are open to them after graduation! 💙💚❤️











🎃👻 Trunk or Treat with KCS! 👻🎃
The KCS Office of Exceptional Students is excited to host a Trunk or Treat for all students with disabilities and their families! 🧡
📅 Date: Thursday, October 16th
📍 Location: Capital High School
🕔 Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM
Come out for an evening of fun, candy, and community! 🍬✨ We can’t wait to see your costumes and celebrate together.
The KCS Office of Exceptional Students is excited to host a Trunk or Treat for all students with disabilities and their families! 🧡
📅 Date: Thursday, October 16th
📍 Location: Capital High School
🕔 Time: 5:00 – 6:30 PM
Come out for an evening of fun, candy, and community! 🍬✨ We can’t wait to see your costumes and celebrate together.


🌟🏆 KCS Takes the Pinnacle! 🏆🌟
The WVDE CTE Pinnacle Award honors the top-performing high schools, career and technical centers, and districts in six areas:
🔵 Student participation
🔵 Concentrators
🔵 Completers
🔵 Work-based learning
🔵 NOCTI performance
🔵 Teacher endorsements
We’re excited to share that Kanawha County Schools earned the Pinnacle Award for the Class IV Division AND Ben Franklin Career Center was named one of the Top 5 CTE Centers in West Virginia! 🎉👏
This recognition shines a spotlight on the incredible work of our students, teachers, and staff! 💙💚💛
📸 Check out some highlights from this special day!
The WVDE CTE Pinnacle Award honors the top-performing high schools, career and technical centers, and districts in six areas:
🔵 Student participation
🔵 Concentrators
🔵 Completers
🔵 Work-based learning
🔵 NOCTI performance
🔵 Teacher endorsements
We’re excited to share that Kanawha County Schools earned the Pinnacle Award for the Class IV Division AND Ben Franklin Career Center was named one of the Top 5 CTE Centers in West Virginia! 🎉👏
This recognition shines a spotlight on the incredible work of our students, teachers, and staff! 💙💚💛
📸 Check out some highlights from this special day!






💡📘 Students out — teachers in.
At Herbert Hoover High School, teacher leaders and administrators from every school launched the brand-new KCS Instructional Playbook. This playbook has six “plays” (lessons) designed to boost student confidence, spark engagement, and get everyone involved in learning. These leaders will share the plays back at their schools on the next PL Day so all teachers can put them into action. 🙌 As the year goes on, more "plays" will be added to the playbook!
Meanwhile, our Student Support Services team met at South Charleston High School to collaborate on best practices and strategies that help ensure every KCS student has a healthy, safe, and successful education.
👩🏫👨🏫 PL Days are all about sharpening skills, sharing ideas, and building stronger schools — When our teachers grow, our students win. 💙💚❤️
📸 Check out today’s collaboration in action:
At Herbert Hoover High School, teacher leaders and administrators from every school launched the brand-new KCS Instructional Playbook. This playbook has six “plays” (lessons) designed to boost student confidence, spark engagement, and get everyone involved in learning. These leaders will share the plays back at their schools on the next PL Day so all teachers can put them into action. 🙌 As the year goes on, more "plays" will be added to the playbook!
Meanwhile, our Student Support Services team met at South Charleston High School to collaborate on best practices and strategies that help ensure every KCS student has a healthy, safe, and successful education.
👩🏫👨🏫 PL Days are all about sharpening skills, sharing ideas, and building stronger schools — When our teachers grow, our students win. 💙💚❤️
📸 Check out today’s collaboration in action:











📚💡Calendar Reminder — PL Day
No school for students tomorrow, Wednesday, September 10th.
No school for students tomorrow, Wednesday, September 10th.


🚍 New Way to Find KCS Bus Changes 🚍
We’ve added a “Bus Changes” quick link at the top of the KCS website!
✅ This link will take you to a page with all AM and PM bus changes, organized by terminal.
✅ Beginning Tuesday(9/2), district-wide bus changes will ONLY be posted on this page by the KCS Transportation Department.
✅ Some schools may still share their own school-specific bus changes on Schoology, but district-wide updates will not appear on Schoology anymore.
👉 Be sure to check the “Bus Changes” link daily for the most up-to-date information.
We hope this makes it easier for families to quickly find the information you need!
We’ve added a “Bus Changes” quick link at the top of the KCS website!
✅ This link will take you to a page with all AM and PM bus changes, organized by terminal.
✅ Beginning Tuesday(9/2), district-wide bus changes will ONLY be posted on this page by the KCS Transportation Department.
✅ Some schools may still share their own school-specific bus changes on Schoology, but district-wide updates will not appear on Schoology anymore.
👉 Be sure to check the “Bus Changes” link daily for the most up-to-date information.
We hope this makes it easier for families to quickly find the information you need!


📱 New KCS App: Tips for Parents!
Our new KCS app makes staying connected with your child’s school easier than ever! Here are a few quick tips to get the most out of it:
1️⃣ Favorite Your Student’s School – Make sure your child’s school is marked as a favorite so you can access it quickly. You can favorite multiple schools so you can easily flip back and forth between multiple schools.
2️⃣ Set the Default School – Change your default school so when you open the app, your child’s school appears first instead of the district page.
3️⃣ Explore the Menu – Find important info like documents, lunch menus, the school calendar, and the online attendance excuse form—all in one place!
Check out the images below for step-by-step instructions. 👇
Our new KCS app makes staying connected with your child’s school easier than ever! Here are a few quick tips to get the most out of it:
1️⃣ Favorite Your Student’s School – Make sure your child’s school is marked as a favorite so you can access it quickly. You can favorite multiple schools so you can easily flip back and forth between multiple schools.
2️⃣ Set the Default School – Change your default school so when you open the app, your child’s school appears first instead of the district page.
3️⃣ Explore the Menu – Find important info like documents, lunch menus, the school calendar, and the online attendance excuse form—all in one place!
Check out the images below for step-by-step instructions. 👇





Back to School!


😎 Don't look now but high school administrators are meeting 🏫 for the first time in the 2025-2026 school year!
🗓️ 36 days and counting until a brand new school year full of opportunity begins!
🗓️ 36 days and counting until a brand new school year full of opportunity begins!




🎉 Congratulations to two KCS students who have been awarded the 2025 Albert Yanni Scholarship from the West Virginia Department of Education! 🎓👏
🔹 Knowlen Baskin
🔹Natalie Nesselrotte
Natalie and Knowlen are among 30 students across the state to receive this 💲2,000 scholarship, which supports education or training connected to their career goals. The award is open to West Virginia seniors in Career Technical Education (CTE) programs who maintain strong academics 📚 and attendance 📅.
We’re proud of their hard work and wish them the best in their next steps! 🙌


🎉 Shoutout to students at Ben Franklin Career Center!
👩⚕️👨⚕️ Medical students just wrapped up their externships with WVU Medicine and CAMC and got their certificates of completion this week! 🎓 — Many of them are now starting jobs at the hospitals where they trained! 🙌
🔧 Over in the 4T program, students finished their hands-on training at the Toyota Manufacturing Plant in Buffalo and also got their certificates! 🎉 Some are heading straight into jobs at Toyota, and one student is even continuing their education through a program and is being sponsored by Toyota! 👏📚
We’re so proud of all of you! Your hard work is taking you to amazing places — and this is just the beginning. 💪💙