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
Thanks to Wood TV8 for helping us share the word about the good things going on in Paw Paw Public Schools: https://www.woodtv.com/news/southwest-michigan/paw-paw-touts-stronger-pack-after-mascot-change/
Last night's Parent Chat program focused on help for struggling students is now available. If you couldn't make it, you can still check out the information for parents about helping students find academic success: https://pawpawmi.sites.thrillshare.com/page/behavioral-resources
Reading Month is upon us! Tomorrow your student will be sent home with March's Reading Month packet. This is full of fun activities for your student to participate with at home and at school. So, make sure to take good care not to misplace the calendar, at home activity sheet and Tech Free Tuesday sheet. Mark the important due dates on your calendars at home too. You don't want your student to miss out on the fun rewards! One more thing...the Early Elementary dress up days are slightly different than the Later Elementary's. Get ready for some reading month fun!!!
