Mrs. Mackenzie is so proud of her August & September Students of the Month, Henry & McKenzie and Owen & Calliope!! #littlerams
PPS October 2023 Newsletter
Congratulations to the August September Students of the Month in Ms. Nunn's room! They got a new book from the book vending machine! #littlerams
Congratulations to the August Students of the Month in Ms. Wallace's room! They got a new book from the book vending machine! #littlerams
Congratulations to the August Students of the Month in Ms. Hatcher's room! They got a new book from the book vending machine! #littlerams
Congratulations to the August and September Students of the Month in Ms. Taylor's room! They got a new book from the book vending machine! #littlerams
Congratulations to the September Students of the Month in Ms. McFadden's room! They got a new book from the book vending machine! #littlerams
Congratulations to the August, September, and October Students of the Month in Ms. Boozer's room! They got a new book from the book vending machine! #littlerams
Congratulations to the September Students of the Month in Ms. Hatcher's room! They got a new book from the book vending machine! #littlerams
Congratulations to Mrs. Kailee Nunn's August & September Students of the Month! #littlerams
It takes a village!
A recent collaboration between Paragould Primary special needs and the Oak Grove Middle School East class is helping visually impaired students communicate with others.
The 3D symbols will be used to help children who have limited speech and/or have visual impairments communicate with other people. Each symbol contains a printed word, a unique raised element which represents the word, and braille to make the individual word.
Misty Powell, speech pathologist at Paragould Primary, asked the Middle School East Lab for help in creating 3D symbols to represent 36 core vocabulary words. Powell said she got the idea to use the 3D symbols from a workshop, and a colleague recommended she reach out to the EAST lab.
Aaron Ferguson, EAST teacher, said the sixth graders learned a lot about software programs as well as organization, teamwork, and time management.
“Just being able to learn how to use a 3d printer is a big gain for a student in the 6th grade and boosts their confidence,” East teacher said. “The attention we received from the kids to want to help other kids made us so proud and happy to have this project be completed.”
The East students said they enjoyed creating the Braille helpers. They copied and pasted the words onto a disk drive that then were printed on a 3D printer. The project took about one week, with students able to print two words an hour. “We translated words such as: Go, Who, Up, Down, etc.,” the sixth grade class said, adding “Big thanks to Misty Powell for allowing East students to help little Rams.” And the Primary is so thankful for EAST making this project a reality!
Congratulations to Ms.Janey's August and September Students of the Month, Rowan Stevens (not pictured), Grayson Nuckles, Knox McQuay, and Kinley Owens! #littlerams
Ms. Joiner's class did a fun math activity, where they had to count objects by grouping them in different ways. #littlerams
Thank you to Kalee, BRTC student, for being Ms. Moore's mystery reader on Friday! #littlerams
Randy Raynor, Kamry Ray and Kason Hernandez are Lexia Superstars this week! #littlerams
Congratulations to these LEXIA Superstars in Mrs. Abby's room!! #littlerams
Congratulations to Mrs. Abby Taylor's August and September Student of the month!! #littlerams
Congratulations to Kaylee and Banks! They are the students of the month for September from Mrs. Stefanie Hatcher's class. #littlerams
Congratulations to Ms. Jessica Newberry's August Students of the Month, Gracie Grubbs and Ethan Bateman!! #littlerams
Congratulations to Ms. Lauren's August Students of the Month! #littlerams
