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
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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.
