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.
Updated Statement from Morgan County Schools and Local Law Enforcement:
Upon further investigation, law enforcement has concluded that the Morgan County student’s threat on social media (on 9/10/2024) has been deemed not credible. Our investigation concluded that the student had taken a screenshot of a threat posted by a student in a neighboring state. Unfortunately, there have been a series of social media threats throughout the region and country the past 2-3 days. Social media threats occur frequently and law enforcement is actively investigating each and every threat reported and providing us with ongoing updates. We take the safety of our students and staff as our top priority. There is no reason to believe that any school in our area is in danger and students should feel safe attending school tomorrow.
September's Capturing Kids Hearts message is Empathy.
What is Empathy?
Empathy is the ability to be aware of, understand, and be sensitive to another person’s feelings. Instead of focusing on how these feelings impact ourselves, empathy motivates us to focus on others and respond with care and compassion.
Why Focus on Empathy?
Empathy builds a positive classroom culture. Empathy empowers students to learn to understand each other to build trust and safety in the classroom.
Empathy strengthens community. Empathy helps students strengthen their relationships with classmates, other students and adults at school, and at home.
Empathy prepares your students to be leaders in their community. The best leaders understand the people they lead and are able to show they care.
Empathy in Action:
Take a different perspective. When you take a different perspective, you put aside your own feelings and reactions to see the situation through another’s eyes.
Put aside judgment. Take a pause, and rather than express conclusions about a situation based on what you see, step back and consider other things you may still need to know or understand.
Communicate that you understand. Instead of giving advice, respond with reflective phrases like, “It sounds like you...” or “I hear that you...” to express that you understand and care.
Morgan County Schools offers tutoring and writing support 24/7. Access Paper Online Tutoring from your student's Class Link dashboard.
Coaching opportunity for parents through ParentGuidance.org.
Paw Paw Schools would like to thank the Bank of Romney for their school supply donation! Thank you for always supporting us!
You can also find school lunch menus using the following link https://www.morganschools.net/documents/departments/child-nutrition-department/lunch-menu/194121
Title 1 Parent Right to Know Letter
Paw Paw Block Party information
