February 21, 2023
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. – C.W. Shipley Elementary School (CWS) celebrated the life of former student Logan Kenney during the first-ever Logan’s Lego Fair on February 21. More than ...
February 13, 2023
Elementary school students participated in the Jefferson County Schools Math Field Day Competition on February 9. Students competed as individuals and teams at the fourth and fift...
December 20, 2022
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. - C.W. Shipley Elementary School (CWS) celebrated its designation as a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School on December 20 with a school-wide assembly. The Nati...
October 19, 2022
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- The best part of the workday for Penny Smoot comes when she looks in the rearview mirror. But it's not because the day is over. On the contrary, her job h...
October 14, 2022
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A pair of Jefferson County Schools students placed in the Fifth Annual State Fire Marshal Fire Safety Poster Contest. C.W. Shipley Elementary School’s Maev...
September 16, 2022
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Jefferson County Schools is excited to announce that C.W. Shipley Elementary School has been named a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School. The U.S. Department of...
September 14, 2022
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. – The Jefferson County Board of Education (JCBOE) adopted a resolution from West Virginia Governor Jim Justice proclaiming Friday, Sept. 23, 2023, as West Virg...
August 8, 2022
RANSON, W.Va. -- The staff at Jefferson Medical Center helped students with the start of school by hosting a school supplies drive. Development Director for WVU Hospitals East F...
August 8, 2022
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. -- C.W. Shipley will welcome a familiar face as its new principal for the 2022-2023 school year! Dr. Brooks Kursey has assumed the role after serving as the s...
August 4, 2022
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. -- Jefferson County Schools (JCS) hosted the FBI Pittsburgh’s Martinsburg Resident Agency, multiple federal, state, and local law enforcement agency p...
July 25, 2022
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Jefferson High School agriculture education teacher Charity Marstiller is among ten finalists for the 2023 West Virginia Teacher of the Year. The West Virginia...
June 9, 2022
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. - Fourth-grade students at C.W. Shipley Elementary received a lesson in patriotism when one of their classmates became a U.S. citizen in the final days of the...
March 31, 2022
WDVM VIsited Wright Denny Intermediate School and did a great story about Black Men Read! Check it out here: https://www.localdvm.com/news/...
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. – A new ...
March 30, 2022
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- The Jefferson County
Board of Education (JCBOE) appointed Justin P. Brown, Sr. as an interim board
member during their meeting on Monday. Brown began hi...
February 16, 2022
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- After 16 years of service to the families of Jefferson County, Mr. Gary Kable submitted his retirement notice to the Jefferson County Board of Education on...
February 15, 2022
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- The Jefferson County Board of Education (JCBOE) voted to adopt a policy to make masking in school optional during their regular meeting last night. The new ...
December 17, 2021
Dear Jefferson County Schools Community,
We appreciate your patience and calm in the face of recent threats made on social media. We recognize that tensions are high in light...
October 6, 2021
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- Staffing shortages are impacting school systems across the country. For Jefferson County Schools (JCS), the shortages have significantly affected our staff ...
August 12, 2021
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. -- The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce hosted their annual new teachers' luncheon on Tuesday, officially welcoming new educators starting their careers ...
July 27, 2021
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. -- The Jefferson County Board of Education has appointed Mary Beth Group as the new principal of Jefferson High School (JHS).
The lifelong Jefferso...