{"id":11838,"date":"2015-11-13T12:17:19","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T17:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=11838"},"modified":"2016-01-13T14:17:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T19:17:10","slug":"make-a-change-and-be-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=11838","title":{"rendered":"Make a Change and Be Positive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Positive awards students do the cookie challange<\/p><\/div>\n

By Francesca Carten<\/span><\/p>\n

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Each month, Plymouth High School has positive awards for each grade level. Mr.Olsen and other teachers pick out students for the perfect attendance, student of the month, and the growth award. These awards are for students that help others by being positive. Each month there is an awards ceremony so those people that get nominated can show their fellow classmates how they can do positive things and their classmates can learn from them. <\/span><\/p>\n

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There is also a teacher of the month award in which students can nominate their favorite teacher that does positive things to make them feel better. The freshman October \u201cTeacher of the Month\u201d was Health teacher and football coach Mr. John Barron. He asks how students are doing and helps them excel. Mr. Barron said that it was \u201ca great feeling knowing that students appreciate what I do, or what I try to do.\u201d He said, \u201c<\/span>I love the relationships that can be formed between myself and my students. I love helping students. I love listening to students share their ideas. I love watching them grow and mature and become young adults through good, and not so good, decisions. I also love to coach. Coaching and teaching go hand in hand – the football field and the track are just extensions of the classroom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The freshman class Perfect attendance winner was Tiffany DeWitt and she said, \u201cOne thing that motivates me is that I hate missing a day of school because you can miss so much in just one day\u201d. There is also a \u201cgrowth award\u201d where students that receive this award have improved on their academics and their grades and they have worked harder this year to improve and grow in their learning skills. Freshman Tanner Medina won this year\u2019s growth award.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dean of students Mr. Kenneth Olson is in charge of the positive awards and he gave a brief description over what the awards are. He said, \u201cFor student of the month, the teachers do it by filling out a positive behavior form.\u201d After that, Mr. Olson pulls out the student’s name that are referred from a monthly ballot and then the teachers vote. Mr. Olson said, \u201cFor perfect attendance, I search to see who had perfect attendance and then use a google name picker to select the winner. For the growth award, the teachers recommend students who have shown growth academically, in attendance, or getting to class on time. Mr. Delp, Mrs. Portteus, and Mrs. Eveland (who are members of the PBIS core committee) then vote. Next month, all of the staff members on the committee will vote.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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