Peach Springs Unified School District
PSUSD Jan & February 2017 Newsletter
Jan. February 2017 Www.psusd8.org
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Celebrate student successes PBIS
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Parent training
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After school events
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MMHS events
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attendance, grades, and having TIGER pride
Community partner
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following ROARS
calendar
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Be Responsible.,
Indian education
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K-8 Students received awards in January 2017 for perfect
Taking Ownership, Awesome Attitude, Be Responsible, Be SAFE
Celebrating teachers that demonstrate awesome teaching strategies every day
Special points of interest: ROARS Student Quarterly awards Kagan Teaching strategies Parent training events and ways to get involved Use of Music Mountain High School STEM and gifted program PAC and Indian Education Policies and Procedures
We welcome back Ms. Walema as she is teaching art classes and helping in kindergarten
Ms. Shi is timing her kids for Kagan strategy where kids partner to give their ideas to a question in the lesson
PBIS and conscious discipline parent training sessions every Wednesday 4– 5pm PBIS is positive behavior intervention support and we invite all community members to attend our weekly video training sessions for parents, training classes, community, and anyone interested in changing behavior for the better. Our kids are awesome and we need to work to bring out the best in kids!!! “What we focus on is what we get more of” Dr. Becky Bailey
AS a result, student discipline has dropped drastically. A few years ago, over 100s of referrals of our youth went to the detention center, courts, or prosecutor’s office. Now, we have no students attending the detention center. That is GOOD in the BEST INTEREST of KIDS-FIRST as their future depends on positive social skills, interactions, and communication skills. Keep up the great work STUDENTS!!!!
Goal: Increase student engagement
Helping staff
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2017
Use of Music Mountain HIGH SCHOOL for educational purposes this year
June Summer 2015-2017 camp for kids focusing on physical exercise, mental math, science and writing. Thank you!! October 2016- Fall carnival focusing on educational enrichment, social emotional games and community service December 2016- Winter program during school day where students sing and maintain performance for community. More space at MMHS
Dec. Students use math and writing educational skills to prepare for stage, backdrops, and written songs (reading and writing)
September– Jan. 2016-2017 After school enrichment basketball practice and games focusing on educational social /emotional / physical enrichment
May 2016-2017– 8th grade educational promotional program celebration
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) hands on project programs
Professional development for teachers at the Music Mountain High School
This year we are expanding our use of the Music Mountain High School for educational use as we will be promoting additional parent, professional development, and educational opportunities including Indian Educational Policies and Procedure review seeking community input for the benefit of students and their future.
STEM and gifted classes will be served in both locations.
Educational with community involvement– students
Students learn how to build a computer from scratch in their STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) class
completed surveys from the planning dept. at the high school to give input on community design projects!!!
PSUSD
Goal: Increase two way communication Every Month, all students receive a copy of our newsletter, calendar of events for the month, breakfast/lunch menus, and weekly updates on the radio Thursdays
PO Box 360 Peach Springs, AZ 86434
928-769-9034
[email protected]
PEACH SPRINGS SCHOOL
Live at 5. Check it out for weekly updates. In addition, we have a weekly all call for updates to provide written, verbal, radio, community updates trying to find all different modes that works for families. If you are not receiving ALL CALL updates and would like to be included on the weekly phone log; please call 928-769-2202 or 928-769-9034 to be added to the list or you may email
[email protected] We are also providing quarterly surveys to gain parent and community feedback when we make decisions that impact your students. Upcoming decisions include:
Www.psusd8.org
We are on the web too!
Indian Education Policies and Procedures
PAC (Parent Advisory Committee) and Tiger’s PBIS store
Science curriculum and calendar dates for next year
Seeking parent volunteers to vote on most creative hallway work displayed
