Paw Paw High School

News from Food Service: 1. All PPHS students will be able to eat breakfast at no charge this year. They can pick up a breakfast on their way to first hour. 2. Families can apply for the Federal Lunch program at this link to apply for free or reduced cost lunches. http://www.lunchapp.com/ 3. Here's a menu of lunches for the month of September

PPHS Quarter 1 Full Day schedule. Remember we are focusing on 3 classes per quarter. Please be on time and ready to learn. We only have two days together in person, so let's make the most of our time together! Can't wait to see you!

Wednesday Google Meet schedule. All RED and WHITE team members are expected to join their Google Meets ON TIME and remain in the meet until dismissed by their teacher. We have built in breaks for snacks, restroom use, and other needs. Please be fully dressed and camera-ready. Google Meet codes are available in Google Classroom- join your classes by using the invitations sent by your teachers.

Reminder that face coverings are required to enter PPHS and must remain properly worn at all times.

Welcome Back pamphlet for PPHS 2020-21

Click here to access the PPHS Student Handbook. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16qVmmllX6UzX7Yt2frtcHFpkSkyMjqNy/view?usp=sharing Click here to access current addendums to the handbook regarding Covid-19 related issues. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pWMxFRjT01xZzHGzRnjnLChB2Gvh7VY-/view?usp=sharing

Parents- An email was just sent regarding the first week of school to all students and parents who are scheduled to do IN PERSON classes. Please check your email accounts and read through the information we provided. We did not send this email to students and parents who are participating in eLearning at this time, as much of the information is not relevant. If you did not get an email from us and believe you should have, please contact tammy.southworth@ppps.org with a current email address, your students name and grade.

Here is the link to access Welcome videos from our staff as well as Google meet links for tonight's Virtual Open House. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11zAEp9EuuhQt6LEubPE_l7exlxdNteRLkiIoimb5kcY/edit?usp=sharing Remember that Open House begins at 6:00, so the Goole Meets will not begin until then. Please watch the welcome video before joining a Google Meet, as many of your questions will be answered in the videos.

Tours available for New PPHS Students- 8th grade, 9th grade, and all other new enrollees. Tuesday, August 25 or Wednesday August 26, from 4:00pm - 6:00pm Click here to schedule an appointment: bit.ly/3g9dCUL Small groups. Masks required. Students only, please.

Students were sent emails today with their team assignment (Red=M/T, White=Th/F) as well as directions to check Powerschool to see their schedule. *If your student is doing eLearning, please disregard this. We built schedules over the past few weeks for everyone, but your eLearning schedule will be different. More information will be coming to these families next week.* We may need to make a few schedule adjustments, especially for students with IEPs, and will communicate those when they happen. We have worked very hard to gather your input for electives, etc, and then to build a balanced master schedule for everyone. At this point will not be doing schedules changes to accommodate a change in electives, hours, teachers, or to be with your friends. Adjustments will only be made to fill incomplete schedules or make corrections to mistakes in core requirement placements. Thank you for your understanding.

We know that you are eager to see your schedule for the upcoming school year, and we are eager to release those. We will send an email tomorrow when they are ready to go- we’re putting final touches on them right now. Rumor has it that a few kids were able to see their schedule when they happened to log in at the exact time we were testing the system, but we have taken it back offline while we finish adjusting. Thank you for your patience. We will send an alert when it’s ready to go tomorrow.

Check out our new Paw Paw Athletics Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PawPawREDWOLVES/

Parents of students in grades 8-12: As Mr Reo's letter informed you last week, students in grades 8-12 will be physically present in the building two days per week. We are splitting the students into two teams: Red team- present in the building Monday/Tuesday, work from home Wednesday-Friday OR White team- present in the building Thursday/Friday, work from home Monday- Wednesday Some students have already been assigned to a team as determined by which tech center program a student is enrolled in. As we build schedules and split the kids into these two groups, it is our intention to keep kids from the same household on the same team. If for some reason your family would like to have your kids put into opposite groups, please email Mrs Southworth at tammy.southworth@ppps.org this week.

Parents of upcoming 10th-12th grade students: Your child was sent an email regarding elective offerings in the fall. Please ask them to check their school email and complete the linked survey. Replies are needed by Wednesday. Thanks in advance for encouraging them to take care of this.

Reminder to our Class of 2020 Grads about the Gathering of Grads tomorrow. Bring your contribution to the time capsule and listen to your commencement speeches. Bring your grad cap for the cap toss and a beach towel or lawn chair to sit on. See you at 8:00 pm at Falan Field. Rain location- Paw Paw Performing Arts Center. Watch here for weather updates. Reminder that this event is limited to Grads to keep our attendance under the allowed gathering limit. Thank you.

Welcome to Mr. Alan Farnquist, who will begin July 1, as our new Athletic Director. https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2020/06/alan-farnquist-named-new-paw-paw-ad-after-5-year-run-at-bloomingdale.html

The Daily Update for today (6/9) has been posted to ppps.org. Please note that this week is the end of school and the end of the COVID-19 shutdown food distribution program. The summer Meet Up & Eat Up program will launch in a few weeks. Details on materials/technology returns, and GSRP enrollment.

Counselor Corner: This will be the final Counselor Corner for this school year. Included is a resource for mental health services over the summer. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f0QM-HPdpwMqrcbKITw8U21juwWAf007/view?usp=sharing

The Daily Update for today (6/4) has been posted to ppps.org. It includes information about a full Summer Reading Program offered for students of all ages at Paw Paw District Library. Be sure to also read the update on the nickname process: the final ranking process takes place next week, June 8-10.

The Daily Update for today (6/3) has been posted to ppps.org. It includes a link to a memo explaining the CREDIT vs. NO CREDIT system being used by the MS and HS levels for final report cards, and it also contains several important updates from the MS on end-of-year procedures.