PBIS
Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support
PBIS
Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support
🎉 PBIS at Tucker Middle: Celebrating Pride, Attitude, Wisdom, and Success! 🎉
At Tucker Middle School, we believe in uplifting and celebrating our Tigers for showing Pride, Attitude, Wisdom, and Success (PAWS) every day. Our school follows the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework, which helps create a positive, safe, and productive school environment for all students.
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, district-wide framework that focuses on teaching, modeling, and reinforcing positive behaviors. Instead of only reacting to misbehavior, PBIS emphasizes:
Clear and consistent behavior expectations
Positive feedback for good choices
A multi-tiered support system that helps all students succeed
A safer, stronger school climate that supports academic growth
DeKalb County School District began implementing PBIS in 2015, and it has significantly reduced disciplinary incidents and improved school culture across dozens of campuses. Schools that practice PBIS gain back valuable learning time by focusing on prevention, encouragement, and student support.
At Tucker, students earn PAWS points by demonstrating positive behavior. These points allow them to access fun PBIS events and experiences throughout the year—special activities, celebrations, rewards, and opportunities that motivate students to keep ROARING with excellence.
These events are a big part of how we celebrate our students and keep them excited about making positive choices. We pride ourselves on making each PBIS event memorable and engaging for our Tigers!
We’re excited to announce that our next PBIS celebration will be Hallway Block Parties by grade level, where students will rotate through fun stations and celebrate within their academic teams.
Our October celebration, Tiger Fest, was a huge success — and we can’t wait to keep the fun going!
To attend the upcoming PBIS event, students must earn 75 PBIS points by consistently showing Pride, Attitude, Wisdom, and Success at TMS.
We are always grateful for parent support! Tucker Middle accepts donations for our PBIS School Store, such as:
Fun-size candy
Small toys
School supplies
Age-appropriate prizes
Other small student-friendly items
These donated items are sold in the PBIS store to help fund and enhance our PBIS events, making them more exciting and meaningful for our students. Your support directly helps us continue providing celebrations and rewards that students look forward to all year long.
To ensure all families have access to important PBIS information, our PBIS Newsletter is available in multiple languages.
Parents and guardians are encouraged to review the version that best supports their home language.