Did you know that nearly 1 in every 33 kids lives in a home with someone other than their parents, and that includes many families in the Paw Paw district? (The AARP estimates the number of children being raised by grandparents has more than doubled in recent years, for instance.)
Paw Paw PS wants to partner will all the families in our district, so the next Parent Chat will focus on the experiences of Nontraditional Families, including information and resources that can help these families support students towards health, happiness, and success.
The next Parent Chat is Thursday, January 14, at 7 PM on Zoom. To register and get a Zoom link, please visit the PPPS webpage, at ppps.org. During this session there will be information for all families, including District and local resources available for support.
Meal pickup Monday!
1:00pm to 6:00pm
Paw Paw High School
7 days worth of breakfast and lunch.
All students under 18.
Please pick up on the west side of the high school opposite the tennis courts.
Paw Paw Later Elementary Morning Announcements. https://youtu.be/pqia0ZF7Fro
Good evening Later Elementary families. This is just a reminder to all of our families that all students will be learning from home tomorrow Monday, January 4th through Friday, January 8th. Chromebooks and all necessary materials were sent home with students on winter break. Please make sure that you carefully review information and schedules sent out by your child's teacher that give the schedule for live instruction. If you haven’t already done so, it would be a good idea to have your child to log into their Chromebook with their Clever badge this afternoon to check for instructions in their Google classroom. Your child will need to log on at 8:50am tomorrow for our morning announcements and then live instruction begins at 9:00am and goes until 12:30pm. Students have a 30 minute lunch break and then the afternoon is for the completion of assigned work until 3:00pm.
We are asking for our families to sit down today with your children to remind them that attendance is required, participation is expected, and all we ask from each of our students is their best effort throughout the day. Make sure they have an appropriate space at home where they can productively participate throughout the moring during live instructiom. Our office will be open from 7:30am until 3:30pm if you have questions or need assistance.
Once again, Happy New Year. We can’t wait to see the kids on Monday!
Special guest outside of the Later Elementary this morning!!!
Because every child deserves a village, the next PPPS Parent Chat program (Thursday, January 14, @ 7 PM) will focus on raising kids in any kind of family, with special focus on non-traditional families, with information, resources, and time to chat. Go to ppps.org for more info.
Because every child deserves a village, the next PPPS Parent Chat program (Thursday, January 14, @ 7 PM) will focus on raising kids in any kind of family, with special focus on non-traditional families, with information, resources, and time to chat. Go to ppps.org for more info.
At the 12/14/2020 PPPS School Board Meeting, Executive Director of Business Operations Stephanie Walker shares details of many of the extra and unexpected costs of conducting school business during the COVID pandemic.
At the 12/14/2020 PPPS School Board Meeting, Executive Director of Business Operations Stephanie Walker shares details of many of the extra and unexpected costs of conducting school year during the COVID pandemic.
Congratulations to our Students of the Month– Carter Buhl (5th Grade), Aaron Garcia (6th Grade), Aili Shaughnessy (7th Grade), and Lily Imus (8th Grade).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKAgkRKi3BA
PPPS Parent Chat 3 addressed the topic of "Students and Anxiety". The presentation by social workers Jen Krause and Deb Doyle can be found here, and has information/strategies for individuals experiencing anxiety: https://pawpawmi.sites.thrillshare.com/page/behavioral-resources
Good Afternoon Paw Paw Families,
Due to a shortage in drivers tomorrow, Wednesday, December 9th we are unable to transport the children on the Bunny & Dino bus to and from school. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Thanks!
Paw Paw Families,
Due to a shortage in drivers today, Tuesday, December 8th we are unable to transport the children on the Dog & Butterfly bus to and from school. I apologize for the inconvenience.
Thanks!
Tuesday, December 8th we are unable to transport the children on the Butterfly bus to and from school. We apologize for the inconvenience.
This Thursday, December 10, at 7 PM, PPPS will hold its next Parent Chat Session to share information/strategies about students/families and anxiety.
The program is virtual. To have the Zoom link emailed to you, please click on this link: https://forms.gle/wXaVuck4ZKMgsyhA8
The next Paw Paw Public Schools Parent Chat will take place Thursday, December 9 @ 7 PM via Zoom. The focus will be on providing support and working with students who are experiencing anxiety. Look for details to be posted here on Monday for a link to the meeting.
It's a great time to review guidance from the CDC that our district follows for when students, staff or family members test positive. Please make sure that you keep our office informed about positive cases in your household. We are here to help you identify a return date for your child if they have to quarantine. Our goal is to keep our pack safe, while ensuring that your child can return to school as soon as possible once their quarantine is finished. Please do not hesitate to call our office at (269)415-5400 if you ever have questions. Thank you!
The Later Elementary has begun their annual food collection to support the Paw Paw Lions's Club Christmas Basket Program. This program helps to provide food and gifts to families in need. With COVID and job loss, it is more important than ever for us to step up and work together to take care of those families in our community that need our help. Be sure to review the flyer that went home. We have less students in the building right now and less time to collect donations, so your effort is greatly needed for us to be successful. The most needed items are syrup, jelly, peanut butter, canned fruit, and spaghetti sauce. Donations must be dropped off to school no later than December 2nd. Thank you for helping our kids make a difference in our community!
Good afternoon Later Elementary families. This is Mr. Davison reminding all of our families that we are returning to in-person learning tomorrow morning. I hope your children enjoyed the last three days. I think that our teachers and support staff did a great job providing some quality, live instruction for our students. We are extremely happy with the attendance numbers from our virtual days and we look forward to continuing to improve what we can and will offer in the event that we have to provide more days of virtual instruction for our kids.
As we prepare for school tomorrow morning, we need to ask all of our families for their help. Our students took home a lot of stuff on Friday and we need you to help us make sure that it all comes back tomorrow, so that kids don't miss out on instruction in their classroom.
Please help us make sure that the following things come back tomorrow:
a Chromebook, a Chromebook charger, their clever badge, their student planner, their math workbook, any textbooks that were sent home. specifically Wonders for English Language Arts and Impact for Social Studies, their reading notebook, and any homework that they were asked to complete and turn in as they return to school.
As always, we appreciate your help with making sure that our kids are ready for their school day.
Please remember to send a clean mask with your child. Be sure to take their temperature, and if they are showing symptoms or if they have a fever or have vomited in the past 24 hours, keep them home to help keep the rest of our pack safe.
Thanks again for a great three days of virtual learning and we'll see you tomorrow!
Join us for our Parent Chat session this Thursday, November 19, at 7 PM, when we talk about and share strategies & resources for reducing the stress of holidays that will look different than ever this year for all families. The session will be led by PPPS staff members and provide information and a chance for conversation between parents and families of Paw Paw Public Schools. It is drop-in, friendly, and a way for parents to support one another through the trials and tribulations of the 2020-21 school year.
To join the conversation and to get the Zoom link for the program, please sign up here:
https://forms.gle/mPhco5MFV2YUZTFF9
