
Congratulations to the Rebel Boys Basketball Team for Winning the Cowan -Spangler Memorial Basketball Tournament vs. Lincoln County 37 to 32. Way to go Rebels!!




Rebel girls Won the Cowan -Spangler Memorial Holiday Tournament with a 54 to 41 Victory over Lincoln County in the tournament final game today in Ellenboro! Congratulations Lady Rebels.




Smithville Elementary Welcomes Ritchie Regional Health Center!! Opening January 5, 2023.





Smithville Students and Staff participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Ritchie County Primary Care Wellness Center that will open January 5th in Smithville Elementary School.





Senior Rebekah Rupert scored her 1000th career point! Congratulations Rebekah!!





Join us in celebrating our Food Service Super Heroes!



Congratulations Coach Haught for being recognized as the 2021-22 State Football Coach of the Year!


Senior Ethan Haught scored his 1000th career point! Congratulations Ethan!





Little ones having fun in prek



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SMART529 20th Anniversary Scholarship Sweepstakes
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the SMART529 program, State Treasurer Riley Moore and the Board of Trustees of the West Virginia College and Jumpstart Savings Programs would like to announce the SMART529 20th Anniversary Scholarship Sweepstakes. Treasurer Moore will announce the winners of three (3) $20,000 SMART529 scholarships in October 2022, November 2022 and December 2022 respectively. Children age 14 or younger as of August 10, 2022 are eligible to win. See Official Rules for more details.
Prize: Three (3) $20,000 SMART529 college savings scholarships
For additional information go to https://www.wvtreasury.com/20years

Don’t forget…Ritchie County Middle School Open House tomorrow, Tuesday, August 23rd,
from 4-7. Several fun prizes your child could win!



During our opening day program, I had the honor of recognizing Rachel Parsons as the 2023 Teacher of the Year.


During our opening day program, I had the honor of recognizing Michelle Clark as the 2023 Service Personnel of the Year.


During our opening day program, I had the honor of recognizing Frank Hall, Transportation Department Mechanic as the recipient of the Jeff Sheets Award.


Smithville Elementary School ranked 2nd out 375 elementary schools in the state according to SchoolDigger.com. Congratulations to all of the SES students and faculty!


Today, SchoolDigger.com published WV School Rankings for 2022. As a district Ritchie County Schools Ranked 6th!


Recently, the West Virginia Department of Education released 2022 Summative Assessment Results and our district ranked 8th in the state. Our elementary schools collectively were ranked 6th and our high school was ranked 5th. As a united team, I am confident that we will continue to build on our successes
and the future is very bright for our school system.


On Saturday, Field Turf began installing turf on the football field. If the weather stays dry the install should be completed this week. The prep work on the softball field is scheduled to be finished on Wednesday and they will begin installing the turf by weeks end. Next, they will begin the baseball phase of the project. There was a setback with paving the track and there is a new company on-site who will be completing this work. We remain on track for our opening home game. During this phase of the project it’s imperative that we maintain the worksite. We’re happy that people are excited about the project and want see it firsthand but physical access is limited to construction personnel only. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation.



