What is Respect?
Respect is the willingness and ability to act professionally and thoughtfully with ourselves and others. Leaders can deal respectfully with opposition and provide space for both dignity and differences to coexist.
Why focus on Respect?
Respect contributes to a positive culture. People feel safe, supported, and engaged in the context of thoughtful social, emotional, civic, and intellectual interactions.
Respect decreases conflict. Respect helps us, and others, to be able to express ourselves without fear of being judged, humiliated, or discriminated against.
Respect encourages empathy. Respect helps us to understand each other and put ourselves in someone else shoes.
Respect in Action:
Teach students words have power. How we talk to others and ourselves can motivate or discourage, connect or destroy, hurt or heal. We should choose our words with care.
Create opportunities for group decision-making. Open dialogue engages students in a process where compromise is crucial to making decisions.
Vary protocols for classroom sharing. Frequently use open-ended questions, partner sharing, and small group activities to connect and promote understanding between students.
As a reminder, there is a two-hour early dismissal for students on Friday, December 20 for Faculty Senate. Additionally, there is no school for students from Monday, December 23 through Friday, January 3 for Winter Break.
Morgan County Schools are operating on a two-hour delay for students tomorrow, Monday, December 16. Employees follow Reporting Code D.
Morgan County Schools will transition to Non-Traditional Instructional/Remote Learning Days to continue learning from home starting with the 6th inclement weather day. Internet hotspots are available for students without internet access to complete their schoolwork. If you require an internet hotspot (for educational use only), please contact the main office of your child's school. These hotspots can support multiple students within the same household.
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It is a quick survey with less than 20 questions.
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This is a reminder that Morgan County Schools offers free 24/7 online tutoring through Paper for all K-12 students. Students can easily access Paper from Classlink.
Morgan County Schools are operating on a two-hour delay for students today, Thursday, December 5. Employees follow Reporting Code D.
The Student Awards Program will take place tomorrow evening, December 3, 2024, during our school board meeting. Please be aware that our board meetings are livestreamed with both audio and video. If your child participates, they will appear on the livestream. This complies with West Virginia regulations, specifically W. Va. Code R. § 126-12-6, which requires the live streaming of local board meetings.
Coaching opportunity for parents through ParentGuidance.org.
What is Responsibility?
Responsibility is the willingness and ability to take ownership of our thoughts, words, and actions. We have a responsibility to our school, family, and community to be accountable for our choices and how they impact ourselves and others.
Why focus on Responsibility?
Responsibility teaches resilience. It is not possible to persevere and achieve our dreams without taking personal responsibility seriously.
Responsibility empowers us to own our actions. There is great power in being able to make conscious, calculated choices to reach goals and manage those things in our control.
Responsibility teaches us to manage our time and resources. Responsibly organizing and prioritizing needs is an executive function of the brain that improves with practice.
Responsibility in Action:
Give students roles and responsibilities. When students have a leadership role in class, they are accountable for contributing positively to the classroom culture.
Empower students with self-management tools. Provide students with tools to help manage stress and impulsivity while motivating them to meet goals.
Clearly communicate consequences. Empower students to make choices and experience the consequences of their actions, both positive and negative.
At the November 12 Board Meeting, the Board approved a plan for how we will handle inclement weather days this school year:
The first 5 inclement weather days will be traditional snow days, meaning schools will be closed with no instruction.
Starting with the 6th inclement weather day, we will transition to Non-Traditional Instructional/Remote Learning Days to continue learning from home.
We hope this plan provides clarity and helps families prepare for the winter months ahead!
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
MCS Technology Department Presents Prep for Parents: Navigating Childrens' Digital Beginnings
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.
November - Coaching for Parents from ParentGuidance.org.
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
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.
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.
