On Tuesday March 5th, Clay County Schools held the County Social Studies Fair. Students from Clay Elementary and Big Otter Elementary competed for a chance to move on the Regional Social Studies Fair. Below are those individuals and groups who placed either 1st, 2nd or 3rd. Those students who placed first will travel to the…

Attendance soared during the fifth school month; each school had an excellent average daily rate. Big Otter Elementary led the county with a 96.28%, followed by Clay County High School with a 95.51%. Clay Middle School was third at 95.04% and Clay Elementary School had a 94.49%. Shawn Krajeski’s students at Clay County High School…

On Tuesday, February 25th, CCHS held its annual National Honor Society induction ceremony. The following is a list of both new inductees and students who were originally selected last year: New Inductees: Brooklyn Anderson Gracelyn Bass Kadin Beck Olivia Berberich Caden Berry Caitlyn Boggs Jaxon Brown Christian Bryant Emma Burchett Rebekah Canfield Summer Corwell Alexander…

On February 13th, students from Clay Elementary, Big Otter Elementary and Clay Middle traveled to compete in the regional science fair. Every student competing from Clay County placed in the competition including 5 individuals who placed first and will go on to compete at the state science fair. Listed below are the students who placed…

On February 1, 2025, the Clay County High School Science Bowl Teams traveled to West Virginia University to compete in the Department of Energy’s State Science Bowl. Team members included: Avery Brouillard, Evie Young, Parker Taylor, Sophia Berberich, Jaxon Brown, Alivia Gilliland, Elijah Paxton, Keaira Asbury, Dylan Starcher (not pictured),and Kaden Fitzwater. Managers Makenzie Edwards…

Attendance is something we never stop working to improve. It is a specific indicator of success in the classroom and later in college and the workplace. We have found that good attendance brings about success in every part of a school day. Our county goal for the 2024-25 school year is 93% average daily attendance.…

Attendance in one of the three indicators of student achievement, along with grades and behavior. Students who attend well, usually read better, make better grades and are less likely to be involved in disciplinary behavior. They also tend to do better on required testing. The third school month is led in attendance by Shawn Krajeski’s…

Today’s classrooms provide much more than academic instruction for students. Teachers incorporate life skills into lessons every day that help students find new ways of thinking and learn to become independent. Each day of school missed is a day of learning, lost forever. Clay County School District has excellent student attendance for the first two…

The Clay County Middle and High School TSA teams recently traveled to Orlando, Florida to compete in the Technology Student Association National Competition. They earned the right to compete there based upon their success at the WV State Competition held in March.  At nationals, Clay High earned top ten finalist honors in two events and…

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Dr. Michael Fultz presents an award to CCHS Student, Eian Duffield On Thursday, May 16th, at the American Chemical Society banquet, CCHS student Eian Duffield was in attendance along with his chemistry teacher, Melody Hubbard, and her husband Jason. Eian was there to be recognized for achieving the highest score on the American Chemical Society…

Clay County Schools had excellent attendance for the 9th school month. Lizemore Elementary had the highest attendance in the county with a rate of 98.11% followed by Clay County High School with an attendance rate of 95.53%. Big Otter Elementary came in third with a rate of 93.42%. As far as individual classrooms are concerned,…

CCHS Teacher, Melody Hubbard, was recognized on Thursday, May 2nd, as the West Virginia Environmental Science Teacher of the Year.  Mr. Tom Aluise of the WV Department of Environmental Protection presented the award to Mrs. Hubbard along with $1500 with $1000 of the $1500 being earmarked toward future STEM projects. Mrs. Hubbard and her students…

Students at Clay Elementary recently competed in the school’s literacy fair. Students were tasked with reading a book of their choosing and developing a presentation to exhibit in front of a panel of judges much like the presentations displayed earlier this year at the Science Fair. Students created poster boards which were used to display…

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).…

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…