Page County Public Schools

Shenandoah Families - Please read this important letter from Division Superintendent, Dr. Antonia Fox - https://5il.co/1rq6s Thank you

This is an important message from Page County Public Schools. Tomorrow, Friday, March 31, 2023, school will be CLOSED for Shenandoah Elementary School students. All other schools in the division will operate as normal. Shenandoah Elementary School staff should report by 9 am.

Shenandoah Parents and Guardians, All Shenandoah Elementary students will be dismissed at 12:30pm. All students are being transported to Fields United Methodist Church - 412 Third Street in Shenandoah. Please access the church from Third Street off of Virginia Avenue. To pick up your child, you will need to present staff with a valid picture ID. Please follow the directions of PCPS Staff and Law Enforcement when on site. PCPS will hold all students who cannot be immediately picked up by a parent and they will ride their regular bus route home. School counselors and other division staff are onsite to assist students and staff. Lunch will be provided to all students

Shenandoah Parents and Guardians, All Shenandoah Elementary students will be dismissed at 12:30pm. All students are being transported to Fields United Methodist Church - 412 Third Street in Shenandoah. Please access the church from Third Street off of Virginia Avenue. To pick up your child, you will need to present staff with a valid picture ID. Please follow the directions of PCPS Staff and Law Enforcement when on site. PCPS will hold all students who cannot be immediately picked up by a parent and they will ride their regular bus route home. School counselors and other division staff are onsite to assist students and staff. Lunch will be provided to all students.

Shenandoah Families, At this time, everyone is safe and okay. Law enforcement remains on site and are conducting room by room checks and moving students to the auditorium. The area around the school has been blocked off from all traffic. Anyone who is traveling to the school will be diverted at this time by law enforcement. Parents and Guardians - Fields United Methodist Church is the designated site for you to go if you want to be in the area. Please be prepared for the possibility of an early dismissal from school for our Shenandoah students.

Dear PCPS Community, We are notifying you of an ongoing situation at Shenandoah Elementary. Shenandoah Elementary School went into a school-wide lockdown at about 10:30 a.m. due to a report of a suspicious individual in the community. The Page County Sheriff’s Office and the Shenandoah Police Department are currently on site and conducting a full sweep of the area. We will remain in a lockdown until there is confirmation that all is clear from law enforcement. No other schools are implementing lockdown procedures as this incident is isolated to the Shenandoah school area. We will continue to update everyone as new information is available. Thank you.

Good morning Shenandoah Elementary School Families, Shenandoah Elementary School went into a school-wide lockdown at about 10:30 a.m. due to a report of a suspicious individual in the community. The Page County Sheriff’s Office and the Shenandoah Police Department are currently on site and conducting a full sweep of the area. We will remain in a lockdown until there is confirmation that all is clear from law enforcement. At this time, all students and staff are safe and continuing with instruction. PCPS will continue to update you as we receive new information. Thank you.

Important Bus Route Information: NOTICE TO PARENTS IN THE LURAY AREA-- LATE BUS- Bus 55 will be approximately 30 minutes late this afternoon. Please share.

Important Bus Route Information: Notice to Parents in the Stanley Area-- Bus 64 is running approximately 25 minutes late this morning Thank you. Please share.

Important Bus Route Information: Notice to Parents in the Luray area: Bus 30 will be approximately 35 minutes late this afternoon. Thank you, Please share.

Important Bus Route Information-- Notice to parents in the Shenandoah Area-- Bus 10 will be approximately 30 minutes late this afternoon. Thank you, please share.

Notice to parents in the Shenandoah area Late bus Bus 48 will be covered as a double run this morning. The bus will be approximately 40 minutes late. Please share.

This is a reminder that tonight, Thursday, March 23, 2023, is the regularly scheduled school board meeting . The meeting will be held at the Central Office Board Room at 6:30 p.m. and may be viewed LIVE on our YouTube Channel. Comments are due by 4 p.m. Thank you. Agenda: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/pcss/Board.nsf/Public Comments: https://forms.gle/QCs2FxcRhm6nZgCz8 View LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/c/PageCountySchools/live

This is an important Bus Route message from PCPS: NOTICE OF A LATE BUS ON THURSDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON-- Notice to parents in the Stanley Area--Bus 68 will be approximately 30 minutes late on Thursday, March 24th for the MORNING run and 30 minutes late for the EVENING run. Bus 35 will be doubling up to cover Bus 68's route. Thank you, and please share.

Page County Public Schools is offering a free evening event for parents and students in PreK - 5th grade at Page County High School on April 4th from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm. This event will provide parents and students with hands-on learning opportunities, entertainment, and dinner. Please take a look at the flyer below for more details.

Page County Public Schools is hosting the Virginia Repertory Theatre on April 3rd and April 4th during the school day. The Virginia Repertory Theatre will be performing Tales as Tall as the Sky for students in PreK - 5th grade. Parents are welcome to join their student(s) for the performance. Please take a look at the flyer below for more details.

This is a reminder from PCPS that school will resume tomorrow, Monday, March 20, 2023. We hope everyone has had an enjoyable and relaxing Spring Break. Thank you. Please share.

This is a reminder that it is now officially Spring Break! School is CLOSED Monday, March 13th through Friday, March 17th, and will reopen on Monday, March 20th. Enjoy !!

Congratulations to Ms. Kristin Cornell, Agriculture teacher at Luray High School, for being selected by her colleagues as the 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year! Thank you, Ms. Cornell, for all you do for Luray High School and the community. LHS and PCPS are proud to have such a great educator.

Congratulations to Ms. Jo Ann Tawose, custodian at Luray High School, for being voted as Support Staff of the Year 2023. Thank you, Jo Ann, for all you do for our school community. LHS and PCPS are lucky to have you!