Claremore Public Schools

Good luck to Terran Schornick and Coach Keeli Coyle who will participate in the Large East Softball game today. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

If you're thinking about participating in concurrent enrollment or AP classes next semester, be sure to learn how each program works. OKCollegeStart.org has several resources for all your college-bound questions. Find out ore here ▶https://bit.ly/2T1Dls9 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #CPSFutureFriday

The following have been selected to the Oklahoma Soccer Coaches Association All State Team! June 11th - Carl Albert HS - Girls 6pm - Boys 8pm. ⚽ Kelsey Caldwell - Midfielder ⚽ Tyler Douthitt - Midfielder ⚽ Dolton Scott - Defender #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We got our first #ZebraTravelDiaries submission this week. The Ward family traveled up the California coast sporting our Claremore Zebra. Here they are at the Golden Gate Bridge and in front of Alcatraz with San Francisco in the background. Wear your ZEBRA GEAR and send in a photo for our summer travel series. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Congrats to our CHS baseball player, Cam! He earned an invite to play in the Drillers Senior Series on June 13th; he also just signed with NEO! Everyone give him a virtual ✋high five. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Cherokee families, scholarship deadlines are quickly approaching. 💲High School Concurrent (Fall 2021 Semester) & the Cherokee Nation Scholarship applications are due June 15. ▶https://scholarships.cherokee.org/?fbclid=IwAR1szCwvRGVlAj6WZgt03A3IQalTa64dMEXk0Gk7u1haqpnedsO7lEGbYj0 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The June ACT is less than two weeks away - is your student prepared? GEAR UP offers resources to help students get prepared beforehand. Visit our website to learn more: https://bit.ly/3yyrna5 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

#ZebraTravelDiaries - Summer Series . As you head out on vacations, staycations, day trips, camp, or other summer fun, send us your pictures in your Zebra gear and tell us where you are and we'll share them with our community. Stay safe, have fun, and email photos to jbrace@claremore.k12.ok.us. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Keep those reading skills engaged, inspire the imagination, travel the world with the Will Rogers Library Summer Reading program that begins TODAY! There are some awesome prizes too! Sign up here: https://www.claremorecity.com/550/Summer-Reading-Program #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Develop skills, make friends across the district, build a team and show your #CPSZEBRAPRIDE ! Lil Zebra Football Camp begins June 7th! More Info ▶https://5il.co/s2i8

Happy retirement to Kerri Garroutte, Principal at CHS. Let's give her a virtual 👏ovation for her years of service in the comments. 🍎 What school did you begin teaching at for CPS? WRJH in 1988 🍎 What year did you start teaching for CPS? 1988 🍎 How many years were you a CPS employee? 33 years 🍎 What you are most proud of in your time at CPS? Students and their accomplishments. They are absolutely amazing. 🍎 What are the memories you will take with you? As a teacher, it will be those moments when I knew I made a difference either in the student's understanding of math or in learning a life lesson. As an administrator, it will be talking to students in my office and witnessing the growth, both mental and cognitive, that takes place in a student from freshman year to senior year. Graduation is the best night of every school year. 🍎 What does it mean to be a Zebra to you? It means everyone is a unique, valued member of a family and we take care of one another. 🍎 What is one piece of advice you would give incoming teachers? Be passionate, be present, be positive. Smile at the students. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The Cherokee Nation is receiving $1.8 billion in COVID-19 recovery funds as part of a historic investment in Indian Country. We at Claremore Public schools want to make sure that our students and families are aware of this. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief Bryan Warner’s proposed spending plan for the funds will provide every Cherokee citizen with a total of $2,000 in direct relief assistance. This assistance is for EVERY Cherokee citizen with a blue tribal membership card. The Cherokee Nation will begin launching applications for its Respond, Recover and Rebuild COVID-19 assistance using FRF funds through the tribe’s online Gadugi Portal. Applications for direct assistance are expected to be online on June 1st or 2nd, but citizens are encouraged to register for the Gadugi Portal now to ease the sign-up process later. It is encouraged that everyone in the household creates a profile on the Gadugi Portal this means each citizen, yes children as well. Follow the link below to the Gadugi Portal. Please contact Jackie Boyd at jboyd@claremore.k12.ok.us if you need any assistance with this process. https://cherokee.org/about-the-nation/gadugi-portal/

When testing is done for the day, 5th graders will play! 5th grade students who were among the first students to finish their state tests were given the opportunity to go to the library with Mrs. Troyer and work with manipulatives like Legos, stacking sticks, spend time coloring or reading, and browsing National Geographic magazines. One of our 5th grade students made some elaborate designs with Legos! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Graduation pictures are now available for viewing and purchase online. One collection has the diploma and group pictures and the other collection has great random pictures from before, after and during the ceremony. https://meansphotography.pixieset.com/2021graduationceremony/ https://meansphotography.pixieset.com/2021graduationrandom/

We have added a Volleyball Camp to our summer options. Check out the details on our webpage. https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/page/summer-camps-programs #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Happiness Hatched in First Grade earlier this month. Life cycles are a huge and exciting unit for our first graders! They discuss frogs, butterflies, plants, and chicks. Before they begin the chick unit, the classes predict how many will hatch and how long it will take to incubate them. They use ova-scopes to chart their development in the egg as they grow. They have “chick journals” that they use to write their progress and our observations as well. During this unit, the students learn vocabulary words like albumen, oviparous, incubator, brood, and pullet. What a great way to bring real-life experiences into the classroom, and what a fun way to make this unit more memorable! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Happy retirement to Debra Cox, teacher at Westside Elementary. Let's give her a virtual 👏ovation for her years of service in the comments. 🍎 I began in Claremore last year.2019-2020 🍎 I was only with Claremore for 2 years. Prior to that, I was with JT for 9 years 🍎 I am most proud of watching my SPED students "get" math on a 5th-grade level. 🍎 My memories I will take with me are the students that I have met as well as the teacher conversations and friendships built. 🍎 It means a lot to me to be a Claremore Zebra as I was born, raised, and graduated from Claremore in 1979. I love the town and all of the friends that I have here. 🍎 Advice for new teachers would be to not take yourself too seriously as things don't always go as planned in the classroom. You have to be able to let it go and move on to the next day without frustration. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Claremont Elementary is "officially GE Model School official!" Mrs. Fay received our GE Model School flag and certificate from our Great Expectations coach. This is Claremont's inaugural year to accomplish this prestigious goal. - and we are so excited about it! Every person at Claremont is thrilled to have achieved model school status! So much so, we can't stop talking about it! This award makes 5/6 of our CPS sites GE Model Schools. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Happy retirement to Suzie Woods, teacher at WRJH. Let's give her a virtual 👏ovation for her years of service in the comments. 🍎 I subbed in several schools throughout the district, with a semester-long position at Westside. I had my first official teaching position at Roosa - 5th grade with Sharleen Hart. 🍎 I started teaching for Claremore Public School Schools in 1992, however, I had subbed in the district for the 3 years prior. 🍎 I have been a CPS employee (substitute teacher and then teacher) for 31 years. 🍎 I am most proud of the relationships I have made with students and parents throughout the years I have worked for CPS. I am proud of the year that Sandi Gilliam and I entered into a partnership with the Embassy School in Washington, D.C. and we did a streamed lesson with their students over Medieval times where we turned a lab at CUE into a castle room filled with authentic-looking dress, dishes, foods, and decorations. Students on both ends of the stream loved it! (This was the first time this had happened for this time period and a huge bus was sent with tons of recording equipment - 199? I am also very proud of the 10 years of Yearbook production and the hard work my students put in to make some of the best Jr. High Yearbooks in the state of OK!! 🍎 The memories that I will take with me are the fun times with teachers, students, parents, and lifetime friends gained during my tenure here at CPS. I truly LOVE teaching and am thankful for the opportunities I have had here. 🍎 Being a ZEBRA to me is being part of a family that cares about each other and is there in times of need. It is a group that I have shared my children with and that I count my blessings for being!! 🍎 I would advise new teachers to be open to change, to believe in themselves and their abilities, and most importantly----LOVE WHAT YOU DO!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

ZEBRAS READ THE WAY! 3rd grade students got to Drop Everything And Read during their library visit this week! DEAR time is something that is very important to aiding students in learning to love to read! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE