Parents

Coronavirus Updates for Schools

MEAL DELIVERIES (Updated November 16, 2020)

For students currently attending virtually, you will continue to receive meal delivery on Mondays and Thursdays. The meal delivery on November 19th will have additional meals for the following week.

Backpack families will continue to receive food on Thursday.

Those attending school in-person will have 5 meals delivered on Friday, November 20th, and will also receive meals on Monday November 30th, Tuesday December 1st, and Wednesday December 2nd.

CHANGE OF STUDENT ADDRESS/PHONE

If you have moved this school year, have changed your home phone number, or cell number(s), please complete a CHANGE OF ADDRESS/PHONE NUMBER REQUEST FORM. Request forms can be located on the "Parents" tab, on the right hand side. This is vital so that you and your student can receive mailings and School Messenger information in a timely manner.

MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

If you have a mental health need, please complete the MENTAL HEALTH CHECKUP form. This form can be found on the right hand side of the "Parents" page. You can also contact the Crisis Text Line by texting SHARE to 741741.

We appreciate all the offers of help from the community and now, more than ever, we live out our mission statement: “Now is the Time: United to Make a Difference.”

School Polar Packets

Doddridge County Schools Coronavirus Plan for Schools

Talking to Children about COVID-19

Stop the Spread of Germs

Managing Fears and Anxiety around Coronavirus

Flu Prevention Letter

Flu Prevention Flyer

Flu Prevention Letter

Doddridge County Offering Safe Schools Hotline

Safe Schools Helpline

For information regarding the Safe Schools Helpline, click on the subject above. You can also visit the Safe Schools Toolkit for more useful resources at the West Virginia Department of Education.

McKinney-Vento Act

If your family lives in any of the following situations:

In a shelter
In a motel or campground due to the lack of an alternative adequate accommodation
In a car, park, abandoned building, or bus or train station
Doubled up with other people due to loss of housing or economic hardship

Your school-age children may qualify for certain rights an dprotections under the federal McKinney-Vento Act.

For more information, click the logo below.

Student Insurance

K12 Enrollment Instructions

WV Insurance Flyer

WV Claim Form

Health Promotion and Immunization Information

Doddridge County Schools support and assist students in being healthy learners throught promoting annual well-child examinations, biannual dental examinations by licensed dentist, up-to-date immunizations, emergency information, and preventive health care. The school nurse is the school health expert who is qualified to lead the coordination and monitoring of health promotion through school screenings examinations.

HealthCheck: New enterers in any West Virginia public school at first entry of either pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) or Kindergarten and all student progressing to grades 2, 7, and 12 should have on file within 45 days of enrollment/entry or prior to the first day of school attendance a record of a HealthCheck screening, or other comprehensive helath screening comparable to the HealthCheck protocol. All screening forms shall be signed and dated by the child's licensed health care provider and completed within the prior 12 calendar months.

Oral Heath: New enterers in any West Virginia public school at first entry of either pre-kindergarted (Pre-K) or Kindergarten and all students progressing to grades 2, 7, and 12 should have on file within 45 days of enrollment/entry or prior to the first day of school attendance a record of an Oral Health examination. All examination forms shall be signed and dated by the child's dentist and completed within the prior 12 calendar months.

Tuberculin Skin Test: West Virginia continues to be a state with low incidence rates of tuberculosis hence the removal of tuberculosis skin testing for out-of-state student transfers and new school employees.