We will be open TODAY, Tuesday March 23rd from 8 am to 6 pm for material pickups. Your teacher will be communicating with you your child's learning schedule for Wednesday-Friday.
If you can not pick up materials in our pickup window please reach out to our main office at 269-415-5300.
We are still holding virtual conferences Wednesday and Thursday and keeping to our half-day schedule those two days.
The Paw Paw Early Elementary staff and teachers are working hard at getting all at home learning materials ready.
Student chromebooks will be ready for parent pickup tomorrow, Tuesday March 23rd, 8am-6pm at the Early Elementary building.
Your child's teacher will reach out to you if they will be distributing materials from their exterior classroom doors. Please continue to check your emails/classroom communication for information stating where you need to collect your child's learning material.
Dear Paw Paw Families-
Due to concerns regarding the spread of COVID in the building, Paw Paw Early Elementary School (grades Y5/K-2) will be closed to in-person learning this week, Monday, March 22 through Friday, March 26. After a positive COVID case in the building was reported this weekend, the EE administration began contact tracing, which uncovered at least 5 other probable COVID cases, indicating that the infection was likely spread to these individuals in the building. After consulting with the local health department, it was decided that a building closure was warranted to avoid the potential for further spread.
Wednesday through Friday this week will be remote learning days for Early Elementary students. There will be no remote instruction on Monday and Tuesday.
Parents will be able to pick up Chromebooks and other materials that students will need for their remote learning between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23 in the Early Elementary office.
Please note that meal pick up this week will take place on Monday between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m.at the high school. All Early Elementary families are welcome to pick up meals for the week for their Y5/K-2nd graders during this time.
We are extremely sorry for any inconvenience that this closure causes our families. Thank you for your continued understanding and support.
Sincerely,
Rick Reo
Superintendent
Spring Conferences are next week Wednesday & Thursday, March 24th & 25th. Paw Paw Early Elementary will dismiss at 12:25pm. There is a full day of school on Friday, March 26th.
Lucky Charms math fun in Mrs. Tapper's class!
Mrs. Thorpe's class enjoyed spelling words with shaving cream!
Today in Ms. Luma’s class we had a surprise reader, Mrs. Lettow!! Thank you Mrs. Lettow, the class loved the story!
We also grew rainbows using the capillary action!! St. Patrick’s Day Scientists!
Ms. Glidden's Young 5's classroom is very festive for St. Patrick's Day/Reading Month's Hulk Day!
Mrs. Lindsay's 1st grade class made Magical Leprechaun Pudding! The pudding started out white and turned green with gold pieces!!!
Mrs. Thorpe's 2nd grade class is celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a fun art project!
Mrs. Tapper's class explored different properties of materials used for clothing such as texture, flexibility and absorbency. In this activity students used this information to build a hat that protects them from the sun. This science activity is part of their properties and phases of matter topic.
Our PTO Online Book Fair continues this week. We are slowing making our way to our goal for the book fair. By reaching our goal, we then qualify for a Buy One, Get One Free sale for the week of May 31st to kick off our summer reading program.
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=pawpawlaterelemschool
Did you know that maintaining interest in reading 20 minutes throughout the summer helps us avoid the "summer slide" with our kids. This summer is more critical than ever to motivate our kids to read regularly throughout the summer to guarantee a strong start to what he hope will be a more traditional school year in the fall. Be sure to look at the book fair for some great deals on books.
If you haven't had a chance to sign up with your child's teacher, here is the list of Early Elementary School Teachers' links for Spring Conference Signups!
Today 2nd grade teacher Melissa Shugg led a short, age-appropriate lesson on Anne Frank, including important concepts like empathy and hope.
A reminder that our Parent Chat tonight (7PM on Zoom) is a Mental Health Check-Up & Check-In. Emails with Zoom link were sent March 7.
Mrs. Albertson is our Superhero!!! I'm sure her kindergarten class loved this fabulous cape she made!
Visit the Paw Paw District Library webpage for the fun Kids Programs. Here is a link to their Virtual Storytime Room:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTGPw4GtaBATEPPLuBdlX_bAbD7d3FUE_RQK-57lMWI1ZKJQqhAnyvTeG1C67h-Gw/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.gad15cd89ca_0_3
The next Paw Paw Public Schools Parent Chat program is an opportunity for a Mental Health Check-Up & Check-In. Paw Paw Public Schools Mental Health Clinician Stacey Coon-Ballard will lead a session with information that can help students, parents, and families take stock of how things are going mentally, especially for those who may be struggling at this time.
The program will be held Thursday, March 11, beginning at 7 PM via the Zoom platform. There will be information for parents of students in all grade levels, K-12, shared by staff people from across the District and also time for questions and the sharing of strategies between parents and school staff people.
If you would like to pre-register for the program, you can do so by signing up at this link: March 11 Pre-Registration Link.
If you fill out the pre-registration you can help us better plan for the event by sharing the grade level of your student and any topic you are wanting us to be sure to cover during our presentation.
An email will be sent out to all parents in the School Messenger system on Sunday, March 7, that will have the link for the program as well.
If you have questions or ideas for this program or for future Parent Chat programs, please be in touch with Corey Harbaugh, Paw Paw PS Director of Curriculum & Instruction, at 269-415-5211 or corey.harbaugh@ppps.org.
Paw Paw P.R.I.D.E. Bands Presents:
Cocoa & Canvas
Taught by Paw Paw Band Alumni
Maile (Fooy) Whipple
"Just Paint Painting Parties and Face Painting"
Saturday, March 27th
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Virtual Class
$20 per kit
Support our school and shop our online fair! The Scholastic Online Book Fair will run March 8th - 25th, with free shipping on orders over $25.
Visit our Book Fair homepage to get started:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/pawpawlaterelemschool
