Hello, and welcome to Elkins High School. My name is Tom Pritt and I have been the principal of Elkins High School for nine years. During that tenure we have made many changes at our school. In the Fall of 1993 we moved into a new facility that contains 160,000 square feet of floor space. We are located adjacent to the Randolph County Vocational Technical Center which provides added curriculum opportunities to our students. This facility also serves as a community college for Fairmont State College with both evening courses and dual credit opportunities during the instructional day. We are a member school of the High Schools that work initiative and also maintain an accreditation with the North Central Association. We have approximately 945 students in grades nine through twelve as well as a Trainable Mentally Impaired program serving students age fifteen through twenty-one.

We are very proud of the curriculum offerings at our school considering the fact that we are located in a rather rural area. Students have the availability of honors and advanced courses as well as basic skills programs. We have a total of twenty-seven hours of college credit available during the junior and senior years. We plan to expand these offerings to include German and art in the near future. Students also have the opportunity to attend either Davis and Elkins College or Fairmont State College on a part-time basis while completing the graduation requirements. Our staff of sixty-one teachers has a great number of master's degrees as well as multi-certified personnel. We are proud of the fact that over the past five years, an average of sixty-one percent of our graduates have enrolled in college.

Should you have the opportunity to be in our area be sure to stop by and visit our school. Personnel is on hand during the summer months to provide assistance and tours of the facility. I am sure you will be impressed with the academic standards of our school as well as the scenic beauty of Randolph County and West Virginia.

Tom Pritt, Principal

Mission Statement

To prepare today's students for tomorrow's world.

Motto

Only the educated are free.
-Epictetus-

Goals

The ultimate goal of education at Elkins High School is to produce responsible citizens who can function effectively in a democratic society. The process of education emphasizes individual rights balanced with responsibility as well as the necessity for social order. Success at Elkins High School and later in life depends on our efforts in working together towards these goals.

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