Tiger Insider
November 9. 2020
October Terrific Tigers
November's PAWS-itive Character Trait...
IS RESPECT!
Tiger Point Weekly Tallying
WOW! We are really racking up the Tiger Points around here!
Kindergarten - 5,463
Grade 1 - 3,853
Grade 2 - 2,744
Grade 3 - 3,691
Grade 4 - 3,291
Grade 5 - 5,141
Grade 6 - 3,325
For a grand total of 27,508 Tiger Points so far this school year Keep up the great work, MES!
2020-2021 PBiS Goal
Did you know that as of November 6, 2020, 98% of our students have one or fewer behavior referrals? 391 out of our 400 students have received one or fewer behavior referrals for discipline thanks to our school-wide support and commitment to PBiS (Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports)! Our students are making great choices and learning quickly to avoid repeating bad ones!
Our overall goal is to have 85% or more of our kids receive one or fewer minor/major behavior referrals this school year. We are on track to meet that ambitious and worthwhile goal!
Tiger Tuesdays
Why Promote PBiS?
Frequently, the question is asked, "Why should I have to teach kids to be good? They already know what they are supposed to do. Why can I not just expect good behavior?"
In the past, school-wide discipline has focused mainly on reacting to specific student misbehavior by implementing punishment-based strategies including reprimands, loss of privileges, office referrals, suspensions, and expulsions. Research has shown that the implementation of punishment, especially when it is used inconsistently and in the absence of other positive strategies, is ineffective. Introducing, modeling, and reinforcing positive social behavior is an important step of a student's educational experience. Teaching behavioral expectations and rewarding students for following them is a much more positive approach than waiting for misbehavior to occur before responding. The purpose of school-wide PBIS is to establish a climate in which appropriate behavior is the norm.
Hybrid Schedule (ABABC)
Student Meals
Elementary Student Meals will be delivered to your child's classroom aƚ ƚhe end of ƚhe day and placed directly into the child's backpack. Please check your child's backpack after-school to freeze or refrigerate all items until they are used. All items will be packed frozen or refrigerated to help maintain temperate control.
- K-3 students will receive a bag of meals on the last in-person instructional day of the week that contains food for any at-home instructional days, weekends and holidays that occur before their next in-person instructional day.
- 4-6 students will receive a bag at the end of each in-person instruction to cover all at-home instructional days, weekends and holidays.
Example Meal Distribution Schedule
- Monday A Day students Receive 2 Meals Tuesday and Thursday
- Tuesday B Day students Receive 2 Meals Wednesday and Friday
- Wednesday A Day students Receive 3 Meals Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Thursday B Day Students Receive 3 Meals Saturday, Sunday and Monday
- Thursday K-3rd Grade Students Receive 3 Meals Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Internet Access
PENNCREST School District has partnered with several community organizations to set up local hotspots for public access. District issued technology should automatically connect otherwise to access the internet at these sites. If not, join the "PSD_Guest" network. Here is a list of those locations. Contact us in the office for information about Crawford County Community Support Services regarding free internet. We can help you determine if you are eligible for this service and make that referral for you.
UPCOMING DATES
November 9 - Hybrid Schedule Begins (ABABC)
November 11 - Quarter 1 Grades Finalized in PowerSchool
November 10 & 11 - Picture Re-Takes
November 16 - Report Cards Sent Home With Students
November 25 - 30 - NO SCHOOL - HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
December 7 - 11 - Hour of Code Week
December 23 - January 1 - NO SCHOOL - MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Email: efonzo@penncrest.org
Website: http://www.maplewoodelm.net/
Location: 32695 Pennsylvania 408, Townville, PA, USA
Phone: (814)337-1659
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