Morgan Elementary School

Please help the STAY Program help you and our district by filling out this housing survey. We look forward to hearing from you! https://bit.ly/3Oj0Zd6

The Paducah Schools STAY (School + Transition Services for Youth) Program has donated books related to hunger and homelessness to the district's school libraries to help raise awareness about Hunger and Homelessness Month, which occurs in November. The books are being provided through a local grant, said Heather Anderson, the district's McKinney-Vento Liaison who directs the program. "Our mayor has declared November Hunger and Homelessness Awareness month for the city of Paducah," said Anderson. "We hope the addition of these books to our libraries will encourage students and parents to understand the issues of hunger and homeless more deeply and consider ways that they can help their neighbors who may be struggling." Paducah Middle School Library Media Specialist Jessica Ringstaff said the library was grateful to receive the books. " With hunger and homelessness come a diversity of other problems that also get presented in books, so you will have people with different abilities, different backgrounds, different economic statuses, and different health issues presented in these books. So not only is this bringing advocacy to the issues of hunger and homelessness, but also a lot of other issues as well."

The Kentucky Center for School Safety’s Safe Schools Week is October 20-26! This week aims to “Level Up” school safety with the goal of raising awareness about various aspects of school safety and empowering students, teachers, parents, and the community to take proactive measures to create a safe learning environment. Over the course of this week, we will be featuring our Student Resource Officers at each school and share a quick fact about school safety in our schools. SRO supervisor Scotty Davis, Morgan Elementary McCracken County Sheriff’s Office (Special Deputy) 1997-1999 Paducah Police Department (Patrol Officer, Training Officer) 2000-2020 Paducah Public Schools (SRO Supervisor) 2022-Present Contact Officer Davis at scotty.davis@paducah.kyschools.us School Safety Fact: Each year we must review and update our all-hazards approach Emergency Operations Plan. We review those plans with staff prior to the school year and share them with all the first responder agencies in McCracken County. The Emergency Operations Plans include conducting over 25 school safety drills for fire, bomb threat, lockdown, severe weather, earthquake, reverse evacuation, and shelter in place.

Lady Tornado Basketball Winter League for 2nd thru 5th grade girls will begin Saturday, October 19. The cost is $35 per student. Once your child is signed up, you will receive notification from a member of the high school via email, text, and/or phone regarding the following information: team coaches, schedules, and practice times. At this time, the Winter League will be including students in grades 2nd – 5th . You can sign up your child/children today by clicking the link below. Please see the brochure for more information. https://forms.office.com/r/fJD1xjuuUe

We would would like to wish all our Child Nutrition Professionals a happy National School Lunch Week!

Reminder: The Monday after Fall Break , October 14, will be for teachers only. We'll see our students back at school on Tuesday, October 15.

Baptist Health will provide a free Flu Vaccine Clinic Monday, October 14, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Paducah Middle School gymnasium at 342 Lone Oak Road. This event is available to everyone at no cost, regardless of insurance. All are welcome!

Student families, we're happy to report our messaging system, TalkingPoints, is back online! If you have previously downloaded the TalkingPoints for Families app, please sign back in by clicking "next" and entering your phone number when prompted. You will still see class announcements, but your direct message folder is empty. You can locate conversations you were having with staff by opening a new message, searching for that person's name and selecting them. Once you follow those steps, you will see your old conversation appear, again. Text users should be able to reach staff by entering numbers you may have saved or replying to an old message. We appreciate all of our student families for being a part of the solution and for your patience. Special thanks to the Paducah Public Schools Information Technology team, as well! Go Big Blue!

Our student family messaging system, TalkingPoints, is down. The district technology team is aware and working to resolve the situation as soon as possible. We will let you know when TalkingPoints is back online. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Baptist Health will provide a free Flu Vaccine Clinic Monday, October 14, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Paducah Middle School gymnasium at 342 Lone Oak Road. This event is available to everyone at no cost, regardless of insurance. All are welcome!

Parents and Guardians, As we begin our fall sports seasons, please be reminded that all students from kindergarten through 8th grade, regardless of school district, must be accompanied by an adult at all PPS school and athletic events. Students from kindergarten through 8th grade will not be admitted to games without an adult in attendance. Thank you for working with us to keep the safety of our students and fans a top priority. We look forward to seeing you this fall. Go Big Blue!

Baptist Health will provide a free Flu Vaccine Clinic Monday, October 14, from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Paducah Middle School gymnasium at 342 Lone Oak Road. This event is available to everyone at no cost, regardless of insurance. All are welcome!

Parents and Guardians, As we begin our fall sports seasons, please be reminded that all students from kindergarten through 8th grade, regardless of school district, must be accompanied by an adult at all PPS school and athletic events. Students from kindergarten through 8th grade will not be admitted to games without an adult in attendance. Thank you for working with us to keep the safety of our students and fans a top priority. We look forward to seeing you this fall. Go Big Blue!

Tomorrow is such a big day for our Assistant Superintendent, we're getting an early start celebrating. Please join us in wishing Mr. Will Black a very happy birthday! Mr. Black is always proud of our district students. We hope you enjoy seeing them perform as much as we know he will. Happy "Golden" Birthday, Mr. Black! https://youtu.be/hYnpRKO51rc

Parents and Guardians, As we begin our fall sports seasons, please be reminded that all students from kindergarten through 8th grade, regardless of school district, must be accompanied by an adult at all PPS school and athletic events. Students from kindergarten through 8th grade will not be admitted to games without an adult in attendance. Thank you for working with us to keep the safety of our students and fans a top priority. We look forward to seeing you this fall. Go Big Blue!

Parents and Guardians, As we begin our fall sports seasons, please be reminded that all students from kindergarten through 8th grade, regardless of school district, must be accompanied by an adult at all PPS school and athletic events. Students from kindergarten through 8th grade will not be admitted to games without an adult in attendance. Thank you for working with us to keep the safety of our students and fans a top priority. We look forward to seeing you this fall. Go Big Blue!

Do you have kids that need sports physicals for the upcoming school year? In preparation for the 2024-25 school year, Baptist Health Urgent Cares and many Baptist Health Medical Group Primary Care practices are offering sports physicals for your child for $35. This offer is valid May 1 to August 31. Physicals will be billed to insurance.

Have you registered your children for school? Online Registration for the 2024-25 school year is now open for new and returning students. You can find instructions for online registration at this link - https://www.paducah.kyschools.us/page/pps-olr-24-25

Have you registered your children for school? Online Registration for the 2024-25 school year is now open for new and returning students. You can find instructions for online registration at this link - https://www.paducah.kyschools.us/page/pps-olr-24-25

Tornado Takeout serves its last summer meal Wednesday, July 31. We look forward to serving your student on the first day of school, Wednesday, August 14!