{"id":16920,"date":"2019-11-19T17:17:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T21:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/?page_id=16920"},"modified":"2019-11-19T17:49:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T21:49:47","slug":"ppws-stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/ppws-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories from the Field: PPWs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-one-full fusion-layout-column fusion-column-last fusion-spacing-yes\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\"><span style=\"margin-right:25px;float:left;\" class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PPW-Faces-Banner.png\" alt=\"Pupil Personnel Workers: Stories from the field--chain of paper dolls\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"border-color:#c6dce3;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacps.org\/site\/Default.aspx?PageID=1397\">Pupil Personnel Workers <\/a>(PPWs) serve as facilitators between families and schools. Part school counselor, part social worker, PPWs get to know families across the county and connect them to the resources they need to help their children be successful in school. This collection shares their stories and celebrates the strength and love that exists for our students within the community.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator\" style=\"border-bottom:2px solid #1f628e;\"><div class=\"divider-candy-arrow bottom\" style=\"top:2px;border-top-color: #1f628e;\"><\/div><div class=\"divider-candy bottom\" style=\"bottom:-22px;border-bottom:1px solid #1f628e;border-left:1px solid #1f628e;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep sep-none\" style=\"border-color:#c6dce3;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-blog-shortcode fusion-blog-shortcode-1 fusion-blog-archive fusion-blog-layout-medium fusion-blog-infinite\"><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-infinite\" data-pages=\"1\"><div id=\"16905\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-16905 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-employee_stories category-student_stories category-ppw\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#post-16905 .fusion-post-slideshow{\n\t\t\t\tmax-width:75% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/NancysTriumph-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Graduation cap with lights in the distance.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/NancysTriumph-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/NancysTriumph-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/19\/daryl_penn\/\">Nancy&#8217;s Triumph<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/19\/daryl_penn\/\">Nancy&#8217;s Triumph<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I began to meet [Nancy] at lunch time and walk her to her next class so she would not be tempted or pressured to leave. Eventually she confided in me that she was pregnant and did not see how she was going to graduate from high school.\"--Daryl Penn, PPW<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"16917\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-16917 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-ppw\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#post-16917 .fusion-post-slideshow{\n\t\t\t\tmax-width:80% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Allison-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Paper hearts held on a string by clothespins\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Allison-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Allison-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/19\/allison_mathews\/\">A New Start on Life<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/19\/allison_mathews\/\">A New Start on Life<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"I know that this wonderful, giving woman and her husband have given this child a solid foundation filled with love and opportunity. I am so excited to see what great things lie ahead for this student thanks to support of these people.\"--Allison Mathews, PPW<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"16907\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-16907 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-ppw\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#post-16907 .fusion-post-slideshow{\n\t\t\t\tmax-width:80% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SilverLinings-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chain of paper dolls\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SilverLinings-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/SilverLinings-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/19\/jennifer_laque\/\">Seeing the Silver Lining in the Love for our Children<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/19\/jennifer_laque\/\">Seeing the Silver Lining in the Love for our Children<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Where\u2019s the inspiration or silver lining in these situations you may ask? It\u2019s simply the power and influence that one individual may change the outcome of someone\u2019s life for the better.\"--Jennifer Laque, PPW<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"16902\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-16902 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-ppw category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#post-16902 .fusion-post-slideshow{\n\t\t\t\tmax-width:80% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Marie-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"two cut-out hearts setting on a piece of wood.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Marie-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Marie-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/19\/julianne_lockwood\/\">A Conversation with Marie<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/11\/19\/julianne_lockwood\/\">A Conversation with Marie<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Marie and I wondered what young children and infants internalize while living with drug addicted parents. What do they see? What do they hear? And how does it affect them later in life?\"--Julianne Lockwood<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"14184\" class=\"fusion-post-medium post-14184 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-annapolis_stories category-arundel_stories category-broadneck_stories category-chesapeake_stories category-glen_burnie_stories category-meade_stories category-north_county_stories category-northeast_stories category-old_mill_stories category-aacps_story category-community_stories category-employee_stories category-ppw category-severna_park_stories category-south_river_stories category-southern_stories\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t#post-14184 .fusion-post-slideshow{\n\t\t\t\tmax-width:350px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Chasity-and-Gma-002-2-e1549391806289-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Chasity-and-Gma-002-2-e1549391806289-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Chasity-and-Gma-002-2-e1549391806289-700x441.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/05\/chasity_mcghee\/\">Words of Encouragement for Kinship Caregivers<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/2019\/02\/05\/chasity_mcghee\/\">Words of Encouragement for Kinship Caregivers<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\"Kinship care is something I can relate to personally.  Being raised by my grandparents, I know firsthand how it feels to not reside with a biological parent.\"--Chasity McGhee<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><style type='text\/css'>.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.7;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"margin-bottom:84px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;border-width:0px;border-color:#f6f6f6;border-top-width:3px;border-top-color:#1a80b6;border-style:solid;\"><a class=\"button fusion-button button-default button-round fusion-button-large button-large button-flat fusion-desktop-button continue continue-right\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/share-your-aacps-story\/\" target=\"_self\"><span>Share Your Experience<\/span><\/a><h2>Do you have a story you want to share? <\/h2><div class=\"reading-box-additional\"><\/div><a class=\"button fusion-button button-default button-round fusion-button-large button-large button-flat fusion-mobile-button continue-right\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;box-shadow:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/share-your-aacps-story\/\" target=\"_self\"><span>Share Your Experience<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1001013,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"saved","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16920","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16920"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16923,"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16920\/revisions\/16923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aacpsschools.org\/development\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}