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November - Coaching for Parents from ParentGuidance.org.
What is Teamwork?
Teamwork is the ability to work in unity with others towards a common goal. For us to learn how to become team players, it is important that we learn to listen, encourage our peers, and allow and invite others to contribute their talents and skills.
Why focus on Teamwork?
Teamwork improves communication: Teamwork helps us improve our verbal and non-verbal communication skills, conveying that we care and a relevant message.
Teamwork builds interpersonal awareness: Growing a great team requires us to first build strong relationships through a better understanding of ourselves and others.
Teamwork celebrates diversity. Teamwork thrives from diverse ideas that come from a mixture of different genders, cultures, expertise, experience, and problem-solving approaches.
Teamwork in Action:
Call them a team, not a class or group. A group consists of many different people. A team, however, has a common purpose and a shared responsibility for success.
Require teams to set expectations for and manage their own behavior. Do not tell teams what type of behavior is expected—let them decide for themselves with a Social Contract.
Teach and encourage affirmations. Giving affirmations helps connect the team, builds trust, promotes engagement, and boosts a positive culture.
School Picture day will take place on Wednesday, November 6th this will include individual pictures, class pictures and senior pictures. Seniors will have extended order time.
The Paw Paw Fall Sports, Clubs, and make up pictures will take place on Thursday, January 16th.
School Bus Safety Week
School Bus Safety Week
Paw Paw Schools Parent Teacher Conference will take place on October 29th from 3:30-5:30pm. The Title 1 PAC meeting, LSIC, and PTO meeting will begin at 3:00pm.
The annual Halloween Costume Parade will take place on October 31st at 1:00pm. At noon Parents and/or Guardians will be allowed to enter the building to help their student with their costume. Parents/Guardians will then report to the front loop for viewing. After the parade parents will be allowed to sign out their student.
School Bus Safety Week
Play it S.A.F.E.
School Bus Safety Week
Red Ribbon Week is next week! October 28-November 1.
The dress up days are as follows:
Please use the following link for submitting your students absences
https://hipaa.jotform.com/220043798261051
October 21-25, 2024, is School Bus Safety Week!
Important dates and tips for 1st Semester Assessments.
The Parent Advisory Council Meeting will be on October 9, 2024 at 3:30 pm
Morgan County Board of Education. All are welcome to come and learn about Title 1 in our schools.
Title 1 Kindergarten Night is on Oct. 17, 2024 from 6 to 7 pm. Please RSVP to Rebecca Miller rebecca.k.miller@k12.wv.us or call 304-947-7425
What does it mean to Self-Direct?
Self-Direction is the ability and learned skill to cast a vision of future goals and then take intentional steps toward who, where, and what we want to be. Instead of focusing on things to control or avoid, we emphasize our responsibility to make positive choices related to our emotions, attitudes, and actions.
Why focus on Self-Direction?
Self-Direction strengthens relationships. Self-Direction helps to grow social skills and develop meaningful, positive relationships with others.
Self-Direction teaches personal responsibility. Learning to Self-Direct teaches students to take responsibility for their own actions.
Self-Direction helps us to regulate emotions: Self-Direction empowers students to regulate their impulses and emotional responses to situations and circumstances in their life.
Self-Direction in Action:
Practice goal setting and action planning. When we establish goals and develop action plans, we learn to take intentional steps to successfully achieve goals.
Monitor and adjust. Provide students with regular feedback and opportunities to self-assess progress toward goals to make adjustments and improvements in their behaviors.
Reflect and evaluate. Facilitate discussions and reflection to prompt students to examine what they do, think, and say against their goals and vision for their life and learning.
The 11th grade will take the PSAT on October 2, 2024 with Mr. Arthur at the Paw Paw Schools campus. They will need to arrive to school on time on this day. Please make sure your 11th grader gets a good nights rest the night before.
Thank you
There will be a Blood Drive tomorrow, September 26, 2024, from 1-6 pm at the Fire Hall. The total number of blood donations will add up toward a scholarship for a senior Student Council member.
Statement from Morgan County Schools and Local Law Enforcement:
We consider the safety of our students and staff as our top priority. Along with all other State Superintendents, a conference call was completed late this morning with members of the West Virginia Department of Education and Homeland Security. During that meeting, a social media post with a list of high schools was shared with Superintendents. Neither Berkeley Springs High School or Paw Paw High School was listed on that social media post with 40+ high schools throughout the state of West Virginia. There have been NO specific threats received or reported to local law enforcement or Morgan County Schools.
We will continue to monitor this situation and will continue to communicate with local law enforcement. If you see something on social media (including snapchat) do not re-share it, call 911. Again, the safety of our students and staff is our top priority.