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LEOs

The 7th Grade Leos have been
very busy this year, both in and out of
the classroom. This has included an
exciting trip to the Kalamazoo K-
wings annual Education Day on November 9th. Students
traveled to Wings Stadium in the morning and were treated
to a regulation game between the Kalamazoo K-Wings and
the Toledo Walleye. Though the K-Wings lost, our students
had a blast watching the game, learning fun facts and, as
always, showing their Paw Paw Pride!
On November 11th, 2016, Paw Paw Middle School
celebrated local and community veterans. The middle Did you know that Paw Paw is the only school district
school history department organized a breakfast, school within the entire state of Michigan to have a Leo's club at
day activities, and an assembly to honor the service of BOTH the middle school and high school? Our Leo's strive
veterans to the United States. Over 50 veterans attended to build community partnerships and provide worthwhile
with their students. Thank you to all veterans in our com- service projects to the school and surrounding area. Some of
munity. We appreciate your service. the current projects being facilitated by the Middle School
club are making/delivering valentines to nursing homes, a
'Crayon drive" and much more! Check back for exciting
updates and if you are interested in being an active Leo, con-
tact Mr. George at ajgeorge@ppps.org.

Ms. Laurian and Mrs. V’s classes are studying classic
fairytales and point of view. The picture below, shows an
assignment recently finished called “Fractured Fairy-
tales”. Students were asked to take a classic fairytale and
re-write it switching the point of view. They then antiqued
their projects using tea bags and left them to dry. They
truly showed creativity and put
Officer Carlsen from the Paw Paw Police Department forth a TON of committed effort!
has been instructing in our classrooms for the SMART pro- We were proud of their results!
gram. PP

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