Your Board of Education wants you to know about the great things they see happening in and around Paw Paw Public Schools! #buildtogetherpawpaw
Good Morning Paw Paw families. Paw Paw Schools will be closed today, Friday, November 18, due to hazardous road conditions.
The senior citizens luncheon for today is canceled.
Please be aware that the Elephant bus is running late today for both High School and Elementary routes. Thank you for your patience!
November 15 Deadline to Claim Your Child Tax Credit!
Families with no income or low income could get at least $3,000 per child with the Child Tax Credit, plus $1,400 with the third stimulus payment - even if they have never filed taxes before (and if they have not yet already filed taxes this year).
It is estimated that at least 65,000 children in Michigan could miss out on this money if their parent/guardian has not yet filed. There is an easy form for people to file on their mobile devices in 15 minutes or less in English or Spanish.
People have until November 15 to sign up this year at Get CTC. Outreach materials are available in 11 languages, including flyers, template emails, texts, and robo calls.
Families can be directed tohttps://www.getctc.org/en to sign up. Se habla espanol.
All Paw Paw area senior citizens are welcome to join us next Friday, November 18 for a special "Give Thanks Luncheon" hosted by Paw Paw Public Schools! Guests are asked to park and enter on the west side of Paw Paw High School by the tennis courts or on the south side near the Performing Arts Center. #Community
Nominations are being accepted for the PPHS Hall of Fame through Monday, November 21. A person or a team may be selected in one of three categories: - Performance in school related activities (athletics or academics) - Contributions to Paw Paw High School - Contributions to society
To nominate an individual or team, please complete the appropriate page of the application (link attached), attach any supporting documentation, and return it to Paw Paw HS. Completed applications can be emailed to tammy.southworth@ppps.org or returned by mail or in person.
Link to application forms: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10XRchD_o7Ir8gakqauffEMblvbz45Q3V/view?usp=sharing
Important Announcement: The yellow flashing lights on the speed limit signs near the Paw Paw High School entrance are currently not working properly. The PPPS Maintenance Department is aware of this issue, and they are working to have it resolved by Thursday, at the latest. Please exercise caution in this area, and thank you for your patience.
Monday, October 31 will be a half day of school in the morning.
We are running all 5 classes on a shortened schedule. We will not be sending students to Tech on this day.
Students should check their email for the bell schedule for the day.
Thank you to our community partners at Paw Paw Area Chamber of Commerce for offering to host a candidate forum tomorrow at Freshwater Church in Paw Paw! This is your opportunity to learn more about the candidates running for office and make an informed decision. #community #buildtogetherpawpaw
Picture retakes will be Tuesday, October 25. Any student who did not get their picture taken last month should do so. Parents wanting retakes for their child should send in the picture packet on Tuesday to return it to the photographer.
We hope to see our Paw Paw area senior citizens at tomorrow's "Fall into Paw Paw Luncheon" at 1:15 p.m. in the H.S. cafeteria! Guests are asked to park and enter on the west side of the high school by the tennis courts or on the south side near the Performing Arts Center. Thank you! #Community #RelationshipsMatter
Nominations are being accepted for the PPHS Hall of Fame.
A person or a team may be selected in one of three categories:
- Performance in school related activities (athletics or academics)
- Contributions to Paw Paw High School
- Contributions to society
To be considered this year, nominations are due by Monday, November 21.
Nominations stay in the active file for 10 years after they are received.
To nominate an individual or team, please complete the appropriate page of the application (link attached), attach any supporting documentation, and return it to Paw Paw HS.
Completed applications can be emailed to tammy.southworth@ppps.org or returned by mail or in person.
Link to application forms:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10XRchD_o7Ir8gakqauffEMblvbz45Q3V/view?usp=sharing
Senior parents- stay up on information important for the class of 2023 by reading the Senior Newsletter, which is updated regularly.
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nx8lOYhQLrCxF0PdAhFhaIBz_87WqT_znh4Krw_AzmY/view
The District Semi-Final soccer games that were scheduled for tonight have been moved to Thursday, beginning at 5:00 p.m.
The finals will take place on Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m.
Come support your Red Wolves on Thursday evening!
Congratulations to the Paw Paw Middle School Students-of-the-Month: Brynn Cummings, Dakota Martorell and Kylah Jacobs for being recognized at last night's Board of Education Meeting. Well done! #PackPride #Success #Integrity
A reminder that the Parent Chat originally scheduled for this evening (Thursday, October 6) has been postponed, and a date will be identified and communicated in the next week. Thank you for your interest in Parent Chats and the topic of Self-Efficacy. We look forward to getting to this important topic in the very near future.
Parent Teacher Conferences for first semester will be held on Monday (10/10) and Wednesday (10/12) next week, from 4:00 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. each date. These will be in-person conferences. Any parent who needs to change their conference to a phone or video conference is asked to contact the teacher directly to set that up.
Please use the following link to schedule your conferences appointments.
https://www.schoolbookings.net/code/87jps
National Custodian Day is Sunday, October 2, and we would like to recognize the excellent work that is done every day by the PPPS Custodial Staff! Your work is appreciated and does not go unnoticed. We are so thankful for our WONDERFUL team and everything they do to keep our schools and facilities looking great!
#CustodianAppreciationDay #PackPride #pawpawproud
On October 6 Paw Paw Public Schools will host its first Parent Chat program for the 2022-23 school year with a focus on our District-wide improvement goal of raising self-efficacy and teacher collective efficacy.
If you are able, we hope you'll join us to learn more about this important goal, how it leads to student success, and how you can help from home.
For those who cannot make it, the session will be recorded and available on the PPPS.org website, in the Parenting Resources area (click on the menu at the top of the homepage.)
The meeting will be held on the Zoom platform, and parents can join through this link: https://bit.ly/3xVX1iS.
A $25 gift card will be raffled as part of the program, and everyone who attends will be entered into a drawing to win one.
Please contact Curriculum Director Corey Harbaugh for more information at corey.harbaugh@ppps.org or (269) 415-5211.
We have several fun activities planned for a week of Homecoming festivities.
We start the celebration with the HoCo Week Kick Off Dance on Saturday, Sept 24, followed by a week of dress up days, the Games Day Assembly for students on Thursday, Friday night's parade and football game, and capping off with the Rising Stars Talent Show on Saturday, Oct 1.
We hope to see all our students participating in the events,!
We look forward to our community joining us for the parade and the game, and supporting our very talented students at the RSTS!
