Open House Oct. 2015

The Open House was a big success! We had a tremendous turnout of families and for that we are thankful. Great conversations occurred with families and students as well with teachers.  Community Resources were available in the gym and lots of parents stopped in for information about Parent Portal!  If you haven't received your Parent Portal information yet, please stop in and see Mrs. Curtis.

I've included a photo of some artwork as well as a couple of shots of the wonderful international food that was served! 

Communication

Dear PAML Families,                                                                        

As we move forward in this 2015-16 school year, we are continually working on ways to improve communication with our PAML community.   I would like to share with you the many ways in which you can expect to hear from the school and, also, ways in which you can be in touch with the school.

Quarterly:  You will receive a report card in the USPS mail.  In this mailing there may be additional information that comes home.

Monthly:  This year your student will receive a paper menu and a list of upcoming events - this is sent home the last week of the month for the next month.

PAML Website:  Our PAML Calendar lists sports games as well as events, notice of vacation time, etc. located at http://www.morrisville.org/PAML/PAML_home.asp.  I highly suggest you always start here to connect to the individual grade level websites as there may be whole school information located on this site.

This Blog: If you are reading this, you have already found it!  Sign in with your e-mail to the right, and you will receive e-mail notices when the blog is updated!

Grade Level Websites: Each grade website has information about classes, homework and units of study.  They are useful and friendly to viewers.  Remember - always start from the PAML website as mentioned above.  If your student misses school, homework can be found here.

Progress Reports: These are either handed to your student bi-weekly or your student has a process to share these with you on the dates listed in the PAML Student Handbook & Calendar you received at the start of school.  Remember, you can always access the PowerSchool Portal from our website at any time for academic and behavioral checks of how your student is doing.  If you do not have the user name and password for this, please be in touch with Linny Curtis at 888-1401.

Calling PAML:  Our hope is that, between the hours of 7:30am and 4:00pm, you will reach a live person.  Should the line be busy during these hours, you may leave a voice mail message in the general mailbox, and your call will be addressed promptly or forwarded to the appropriate person. 

Thanks for all you do for the PAML community!

Open House Oct. 6th!

It's never to early to get Open House on your calendar!  From 6:00 - 7:00 PM Peoples Academy Middle Level will be open to all to come visit the classrooms, see what the students are up to, meet the teachers, browse community resources and enjoy a few snacks!  We had a great turn out last year, and hope to see as many of you as possible.

Student last year with a robot on loan from the Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education at Open House! 

7th Grade Theme Work

7th Graders worked to identify a overarching theme for the year.  This was done progressively with students determining themes within the 4 home-team classrooms and then eventually whole grade voting on a theme which made the most sense. 

Teachers explaining the whole group presentation and voting process.

One group sharing their theme presentation.

The winning Theme for the 2015-16 school year in 7th grade.

2nd Day Back!

A few candid photos around the school today!  

It's been great to see the changes in the returning students over the summer and exciting to get to know our new 5th graders!

Mrs. Bourne helping out as students get organized!

Students determining what they find works well when doing group work in 7th grade.

Welcome to 6th grade Science!

Ms. Grossman's World Cultures / World Languages Class gathered up!

Team work in 7th grade - "How Many Songs Can You Think of With..."

Our new Positivity Post in the Lobby - have something positive to say - Post-It!

First Day of School - almost here!

Dear PAML Community,

We are excited to be welcoming your students for the 2015-16 school year.  Our teachers had a wonderful week of inservice learning together.  We made plans for our upcoming year for your students to include the process to incorporate Personal Learning Plans for each student.  This will be done in conjunction with the work we did last year with Student Portfolios and Student Led conferences.  This week we also planned out our instructional sequence for Second Step, our social skills curriculum, and teams worked on their content learning progressions for the year.

We welcomed Stephanie Zuccarello (8th grade Science teacher), Jennifer Macdonnald (6th grade Humanities teacher) and Johanna McCoy (School Nurse for PAML and PAHS) to our school and helped them get settled in.  They are VERY excited to be meeting your children.

I must commend our custodial staff for their stellar work in making the school and clean and safe environment for our students to learn.  Your students may notice some changes at school and others aren't so noticeable as they are behind the scene.  Also, teachers have spent many hours this summer preparing their classrooms to be clean, warm, safe and inviting learning environments.

Please send those packets back which were mailed to you and look for additional information when you student returns home on Monday.

Thank you very much for the opportunity you entrust us with everyday in providing instruction to your children.  It is a joy to see students grow and mature throughout the years at PAML.  Please do not hesitate to contact me at karen.weeks@lssuvt.org

Sincerely,
Karen

Many of the Faculty at PAML

New School Year - 2015-16

We are busy here at PAML getting everything in order for the first day of school on Monday, August 31, 2015.  Megan and Linny have mailed off Welcome Back packets for your review!  We know it's a lot, but hope it's helpful to you and to us.  Look for those today or tomorrow (they were mailed on the 17th).  Please have as much ready as possible on the first day and send it in with your student.  We are VERY excited about this upcoming school year, and know that it'll be the best yet!