At Mercer County Public Schools, "I ❤️ WV Public Schools" isn't just a slogan—it's what we see every day. From nationally recognized STEM programs and career pathways to award-wi...

🍎🚚 MCS Express is on the Move! 🚚🍎 Mercer County Schools is excited to partner with the City of Bluefield and Kathryn Kandas to bring meals, games, and fun to students during Ju...

Summer Learning Spotlight! Mercer County Schools wants to see how our students are continuing to learn and grow over the summer! Whether you’re exploring a museum, hiking in ...

Order your Yearbook by May 31st! www.strawbridge.net Code: YB31057

We’re excited to share that the Smile Program Mobile Dentist will be visiting Athens on Monday, May 19, 2025! This is a wonderful opportunity for students to receive professiona...

Congratulations to Athens Elementary School's 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Andrea Barr!

Mercer County Schools has created a universal link for parents and guardians to upload absence excuses. This form is the same for all schools in the county. A new laminated card ...

Click the link for the BIG reveal of our "Masked Readers"! Did you get any of them correct? https://wvk12-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/hlfarley_k12_wv_us/ERTh0EZX1JBIm3avVrH...

For Read Across America week, the whole school played a little game called "The Masked Reader"! Students listened to someone in our school with a mask on read a little part of The...

Spring individual and Class group Pictures are scheduled for March 10th. Students were sent home with order forms today. You must order before March 10th to have an individual pi...

Athens School is excited to announce Audra Shrewsbury has been selected as our Service Personnel of the Year. As a speech therapy aide, Audra is a calm and patient individual, alwa...

Athens School is applying for the West Virginia Department of Education Purple Star Award. This is a designation assigned to schools which display a special commitment to supporti...

Our Battle of the Books team worked so hard! They had been reading and studying all six novels since the beginning of October. They placed 3rd overall in the Mercer County Battle....

Peyton Justice competed in the Regional Math Field Day competition and finished 2nd place overall for 4th grade!! He will compete at the state level! Great job, Peyton! We are so ...

CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs. Charlotte Reynolds. She was chosen as our Service Person of the Year! Mrs. Reynolds is our Pre-K ECCAT. She is an 'all-around' staff member who helps where...

We are SO proud of each of the following students who participated in the Mercer County Social Studies Fair: US History- 1st Place- Max Adkins World History- 1st Place- Hunter L...

Congratulations to the following students for their First Place writing for our Young Writer competition: 1st Grade-Rowan Davis 2nd Grade-Bailey Yahya 3rd Grade-Emmett Pettus ...

Our Student Council held a canned food drive to help people in need and to help fill our blessing food box near our school. We are very thankful for all that helped support this p...

We are SO proud of our Math Field Day team! They all did AMAZING and represented Athens very well! Quantity estimation- 1st Place- Olivia Brown Mental Math estimation- 2nd Place...