Claremore Public Schools

🧠💭Use Your Noodle! These 2nd-grade students practiced comma placement using macaroni noodles. A fun and interactive way to learn grammar! These young Westies showed incredible effort and encouraged those around them while participating in group rotations. Now that's how to use your noodle! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🏔💎Geology Rocks! Larry Lundardi, the Director of The Oklahoma Geological Foundation, gave a presentation to the 6th-grade Science teachers at the WRJH when he donated these rocks, minerals, and fossil samples to the school. A huge thank you to Larry Lundardi and The Oklahoma Geological Foundation! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

📝3rd-grade student Kenzi McMillan received the 1st-place award for the Red Ribbon Essay Contest for 2022! She was recognized, along with the other winners, in OKC for her remarkable essay. Congratulations to this talented writer, Kenzi!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER TEACHER TAKEOVER On Wednesday, Mrs. Jessica Peck, a teacher at Claremont, will take over the CPS social media stories to give us a peek into the life of a 1st-grade teacher. Follow CPS on INSTAGRAM! Over the next few weeks, we will have several students/teachers "takeover" the stories and show you what it's like to be a part of the Zebra Family! Follow: https://www.instagram.com/claremore.zebras/ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🌎🌱Catalayah students are learning all about the Earth and how to help save it! From learning about occupations, writing things they can do to keep it clean, and reading books about the earth. The students loved learning about Earth and finding ways they would like to help! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🎨 "I want people to be overwhelmed with light and color in a way they have never experienced." - Dale Chihuly GT students from the four Claremore elementary schools visited the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Claremore Public Schools Foundation sponsored this Museum field trip for Art Appreciation. The students spent the day observing and appreciating all three stories of the artwork displayed, including an exhibit of the life and work of Dale Chihuly. Leading up to the trip, the students studied Dale Chihuly's life and his glass artwork in various forms. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #ArtAppreciation #ClaremorePublicSchoolsFoundation #DaleChihuly #OklahomaCityMuseumofArt #OKCMOA

Enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year is now open! All families must complete enrollment every year. Enrollment may be completed entirely online, and we recommend using a desktop or laptop computer to enroll. If you do not have access to a computer, or if you need enrollment assistance, the CPS Enrollment Center has computers and scanners available and will be happy to help. They are open daily from 8a - 4p (arrive by 3:30p). You are now able to enroll your current students for the 2023-2024 school year by accessing the student records portal through this link https://ok.wengage.com/claremore. Please watch the video instructions or follow the written instructions to update the necessary information and complete the 2024 school year enrollment. This applies to current and new students. If you have not previously accessed your Parent Portal account, contact the CPS Wengage Administrator at lkibbe@claremore.k12.ok.us. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🎨💐Kindergarten Picassos' Kindergarten students had such a fun time creating flower canvases with one of our volunteers, Mrs. Clemons, and her granddaughters! We are so thankful for a community that comes alongside us to make a difference in the lives of our students! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🌿🌼Planting Knowledge Catalayah classes have been discussing seeds and the planting process. They planted grass seeds to make the "hair" for their own personal grass person. This includes planting the grass seeds in a cup, creating a friendly face, and patiently waiting for growth! The class has also been talking about parts of the flower and was able to color a flower picture! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🚀🌌Up, Up, and Away! Claremore Elementaries have been learning all about space and solar systems in honor of Space Week! Students have been participating in space-related activities, some classrooms have had center time in the “dark” to mimic outer space! They are getting a hands-on learning experience about space, the sun, our solar system, the planets, and our Earth! Who knows, maybe they will be future astronauts one day!🌎🔭🪐👩‍🚀👨‍🚀 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

JFarley's in Claremore is hosting a fundraiser to benefit the Claremore Class of 2023 Grad Bash "Project Safe Graduation Party." 🎓GRAD BASH NIGHT 🍀@ JFARLEY'S 🗓️Monday, April 24th ⏲️11AM - 10PM 🍽️Dine In or🚗 Carry Out 💵15% benefits the CHS Class of 2023 safe graduation party! Thanks for supporting a safe alternative for our graduates and an opportunity for them to be together one last time before they move on to their next steps. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🤖Claremore High School Robotics is heading off to compete in the World's Competition in Dallas, Texas! Show your support for these students at their send-off on Monday, April 24th at 2:45pm! Go Zebras! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #CHSROBOTICS

April is National Poetry Month, and there is no better way to celebrate the beauty of poetry than with a feature on our own Zebra Poet, Ainsley Nidiffer. Ainsley is a Claremore High School Senior who competed in the Scissortail Writing Contest put on by East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. Her poem "Al Balad" is the third-place winner, selected from over 600 entries across the state of Oklahoma. We met with Ainsley to discuss the meaning of her poem and what this opportunity meant for her. She shared with us a personal reading and the story of her work told through images from her exchange year in Jordan. "Al Balad" is the Arabic word for "The City," where Ainsley Nidiffer spent her Junior year of high school studying abroad in Amman, Jordan. In her poem, she discusses the feeling and realization her time in Jordan was ending after completing an iftar, a meal-breaking fast, during Ramadan with her teacher and classmates. She was overwhelmed by the scents, memories, and the inevitable goodbyes that were inching closer and closer. ▶ https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/article/1084909

🦋🐛🌸You "butter" believe your eyes! Madame Butterfly made a special appearance at Westside Elementary for Bug Week! The students loved learning about insects and seeing their awesome Assistant Principal dressed as a butterfly! How cute are these students and Mrs. Ratcliff!? 🦋🐛🌸 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

💗🌎Great Expectation #5- We will help one another whenever possible. The NJROTC Corps of Cadets has been going to Claremore campuses to clean up litter to help keep our schools clean! They volunteered their time to clean up not only all Claremore Public Schools but also the VFW, American Legion, and Disabled American Veterans. We appreciate Chief Jasper and Col. John Rahe Jr. for being such great examples for these kids!! Thanks to our NJROTC Corps of Cadets, Chief Jasper, and Col. John Rahe Jr!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #NJROTC #EARTHDAY

🌎🐢Earth Day Festivities! Mrs. Ward's Class took a nature walk and put their observation skills to use! The students were instructed to find 3 types of vegetation and 3 animals and take pictures of them on their iPads! They then returned to the classroom to discuss and share all the living things they found! 🌳🦆🌼🐢🌱🐜 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #EARTHDAY

🌻💐"Every child is a different kind of flower, and all together make this world a beautiful garden." -Unknown Mrs. Stolusky's kindergarten class has been doing some great green things and just in time for Earth Day! They planted sunflowers around the Catalayah gazebo to add a little sunshine to everyone's day! They were given gardening tools, seeds, and soil to work together to plant the seeds, and now they are anxiously waiting to see the blossoms of their labor. When the planting was done, the little gardeners came back inside to write about their day and discuss plant cycles! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

📜Claremore FFA Chapter was well represented at the Inola Speech Contest! Results: Riley Alexander- 2nd Place Sr. Extemporaneous MaKinzee Joslin- 3rd Place 8th, 9th, 10th General Ag Room Ainsley Wyatt- 4th Place Creed Room MaKinzee Joslin- 4th Place Plant Science Room #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

⚽🦓CHS Zebra Soccer Senior Night ⌚WHEN: April 21st - Girls @5:00PM / Boys @7:00PM 📍WHERE: Lantow Field Come out and show your support! They will be battling against Grove! If you cannot be there in person, be sure to live stream at the links below from your couch, car, and anywhere in between! Varsity Girls: https://youtube.com/live/BnKUupBwpoE?feature=share Senior Night + Varsity Boys: https://youtube.com/live/eftZDL5MHp4?feature=share #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #CHSZEBRASOCCER #LADYZEBRASOCCER #ZEBRASOCCER

♥🦓Westie Besties! Westside Students are showing some love and encouragement to their upper classmates who are starting State Testing! Giving words of encouragement, notes, candy, and reminding students that their worth is not measured by test scores! Good luck to all of our students on their testing! You got this!👍 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE