Announcements for week of 8/28/23

Jaclyn MickeyAugust 28, 2023 Announcements

Announcements

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch Menu
  • PAPA is in search of crossing guard volunteers in the morning at 7:40 am and after school at 3:10. Please email info@paparts.org if you can help.
  • The office has free covid tests for you. If you would like one please stop by the front office.
  • The Spotlight series begins this week! Spotlight performances are held for PAPA students to perform and support one another.  Auditions will be held on Monday, August 28 in the South Dance Portable during MS and HS lunches. The show will be Thursday, August 31 on the Outdoor Dance Space outside behind the school during MS & HS lunches. Anyone can audition! Just make sure your act is well-rehearsed! What you auditon is what you will perform! We want to see Theatre! Dance! Music! Spoken Word!
  • If you are an avid gum chewer please either keep it in your mouth, don’t chew it at all, or throw it away in appropriate trash receptacles. There have been several incidents of gum stuck to windows, toilets , urinals, walls and on the floor. Please make sure you throw it away properly, we would like our school to remain clean and safe.
  • Friday 9/1 & Monday 9/4 NO SCHOOL for Students 
  • Seniors pay for the priviledge to paint and personalize their parking space. Please DO NOT park on any decorated spaces.
  • Free Shot Clinic 9/19/23 Metro Shot Clinic 9/19
  • Attention PAPA students and staff: Introducing PAPA Paw-sitivity awards! We invite you to notice students who are engaging in acts of kindness, helpfulness, and overall positivity. You can now nominate these students by completing and submitting a simple form, and at the end of each month, we will select one lucky winner and reward them handsomely! Nomination forms can be picked up from and dropped off to the front office. Catch each other being awesome; we’re so excited to hear all the wonderful things you’ll do!
  • Thank you parents for your growing awareness of other drivers as they pick up and drop off students. Please continue to turn right out of the gates. You can then turn right or left within the neighborhood or main streets. An extra 10 minutes and some kindness towards one another are keeping our students, families, and staff safe.
  • The drive in front of the school with the flag is a fire lane. Do not pick up or drop off students along the red curb even at the end near the dirt lot.  There are two designated parking spaces in the front of the school that are available for you to park in to pick up your child for appointments during the school day. Pick-up for dismissal needs to occur in the bus loop or the west parking lot.

Friday 9/1/23 Senior Paint Party

  • Seniors are invited to the Class of 2024 parking lot paint party Sept 1st, 8 am-11am bring your paint & crew to personalize your parking spot, make senior year memorable and literally leave your mark. Submit your design in the Senior classroom for approval.

Open House

Open House Experience 8/30/234:30 pm- 5:20 pm Social

  • Meet other parents, bring a pic-nic or bring money to buy snacks to support clubs.
  • $2 Pizza, $5 Frito Pie, Drinks, Ice-Cream, snacks, and pins
  • Check out performances from Modern Band, and Hip Hop

Open Classroom Visits 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm

  • Tour the Campus
  • Meet the Teacher
  • See the classroom

Workshops- 3 Sessions 6:00 pm/6:20 pm/6:40 pm

Choose your own adventure & pick from these topics:

  • 6th Grade News
  • Powerschool & Google Classroom
  • What is IXL and how does it help my kid?
  • Student Club Offerings
  • Senior Business
  • Flamenco Lesson (come learn how to dance)
  • Supporting Adolescent Health
  • Parent Organizations
  • How to support your student performer
  • Special Education Questions
  • What is a Charter School

Health & Wellness

PAPA’s social-emotional learning workshops started last week. Students expanded their emotional vocabulary, learned to recognize non-verbal cues that help them understand their own and others’ emotions, and learned multiple techniques to help them center and calm themselves.

Each of us has made decisions we are not proud of. Learning to pause and think prior to making a decision is helps us avoid making decisions we regret. The steps to responsible decision making include: 1. Identify the problem. 2. Analyze the situation. 3. Brainstorm solutions and consequences of each solution (be sure to consider ethical responsibility). 4. Make the decision. 5. Evaluate and reflect upon the outcome of the decision. Parents/guardians can help their children through these steps as they navigate their teen age years.

The five competencies are: Self Awareness, Self Management, Responsible Decision Making, Relationship Skills, and Social Awareness.