Announcements for the week of 11/13/23

Jaclyn MickeyNovember 13, 2023 Announcements

Announcements

PAPA PTSO is meeting this coming Thursday (11/16) at 6:30pm on Zoom. Here’s the meeting info! PAPA PTSO November Meeting Nov 11, 2023 6:30 PM

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84852125187?pwd=b1ZaSkFBR3QreVE3U2N0Y201NWs3QT09     Meeting ID: 848 5212 5187 Passcode: papapanda

The NMPED’s Hispanic Education Bureau invites you to submit original art, essays, poems, videos, photos, collages, etc. that represent your family traditions celebrated this time of year. Work can be submitted by scanning the QR code here, click this link http://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/13paukRRzvKM_UPZksZScoqOQLyDapPMxFSp_yMizXz4/viewform?pli=1&ts=65497702&pli=1&edit_requested=true

In-service this Friday November 17th. This means no school for grades 6-11. There will be no school next week November 20th -24th. Classes resume November 27th, We wish all our families a happy Thanksgiving break.

Guys, gals, and enby pals! GSA’s Donation Drive for the Transgender Resource Center starts today and runs through December 1st. You can donate during middle school or high school lunch- just look for the GSA table by the cafe. You can also donate online, take a look at PAPA’s social media for a video to show you how! We will be keeping track of all donations by first period teacher and the class that donates the most will win a donut party, kindly provided by Krispy Kreme.

Kindness Challenge: This week we challenge students to submit a video interview of themselves and share how it felt when someone showed kindness to you. Upload your video in google classroom or tag our school on social media to be entered for a prize!

Intent to Return

Every year we get a count of how many students intend to return to PAPA next school year. The number of students that do not intend to return then determines how many seats we have available for the lottery. The Intent to return for is available on our website and here https://forms.gle/QeoUYPqDt7MTsyFq5

Please let us know if you will be returning to PAPA for the 24-25 school year. If we do not receive form we will mark you as declined and give your seat to another student. The deadline to submit is 12/15/23.

Health & Wellness

In addition to gratitude and kindness, November is Diabetes Awareness Month.  The American Diabetes Association estimates that over 37 million Americans have diabetes and nearly ½ of Americans are either diabetic or have prediabetes.  The group of diseases that impacts how your body uses glucose (blood sugar) is called diabetes mellitus.  Glucose provides energy for the cells in your muscles and tissues and is your brain’s main source of fuel. Diabetes can affect almost every part of your body including brain, heart, skin, kidneys, nerves, and ears.

All types of diabetes can lead to excess sugar in the blood.  Too much sugar in the blood can lead to serious health problems.  Types 1 and 2 are chronic diabetes conditions.

Warning signs of diabetes include: frequent urination, excess thirst, feeling hungry even though you are eating regularly, extreme tiredness/fatigue, blurry vision, slow healing cuts and bruises, weight loss, tingling, pain or numbness in hands and/or feet.

In many cases, it is possible to reverse the downward spiral from prediabetes to diabetes.

Prediabetes happens when blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but the blood sugar levels aren’t high enough to be called diabetes. This can lead to diabetes unless steps are taken to prevent it.

Below are steps you can take now to prevent diabetes: eat healthy foods, exercise regularly, and lose excess pounds.  Please take time to look at the resource below.