Claremore Public Schools

We've got another winter weather challenge for our Zebra families. Let's make some Ice Marbles. Put a few drops of food coloring or Kool-aid powder into a balloon then fill with water. Place outside and let it freeze. Depending on how big the balloons are and how cold it is, this will take about 24 hours. Hold them up to the light to see if they are frozen all the way through. Join Finley, Alayna & Brecken from Westside and submit your photos in the comments of the CPS FB page. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

On the day of LOVE let us not forget our love for our public schools. 💌 Send us a Valentine's Day message. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Reese had watched a YouTube tutorial about how to make calming bubble bottles. She told her teacher about it, and Mrs. Casey let her do a demonstration to her classmates. What a great example of maximizing a teachable moment! Reese may not realize the public speaking skills she was developing, the confidence she was building, but she will always remember her teacher valued her and encouraged her interests that day. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Claremont kids "measure" up! Reading a 📏 ruler is a basic skill that continues to be foundational in many careers. Claremont 5th graders are practicing this life-long skill. Help reinforce why learning this skill is essential. What career are you in that used this measurement skill? Drop it in the comments. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Remote learning isn’t new: Radio instruction in the 1937 polio epidemic. ...This delay sparked the first large-scale “radio school” experiment through a highly innovative – though largely untested – program. Some 315,000 children in grades 3 through 8 continued their education at home, receiving lessons on the radio. (tonesreview.com) #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #TBT

If you relay something, you pass it to another person. But have you ever done a relay in math class? Mrs. McMahan's class is problem solving with relays! Students work together to use a variety of problem solving strategies to answer the relay questions #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

#WellnessWednesday is from our WRJH counselors. Growth mindset is a powerful tool that can be utilized to help us achieve our goals and succeed. We can use these growth mindset skills when we are faced with challenging scenarios. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vR2yf1uOwBOvx20H0g48gqpSb-W5DxtDxH2rFmdWH86iXZArPAhNQD8eD27orWmsmp8ccZD6lRSztf-/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=5000 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Marcy Ward from Catalayah Elementary has posed a Frozen Pant Challenge to all our Zebra families. Watch the video on our FB page, perform the experiment, and post a photo or video in the comments - be sure to let us know what school you attend. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Are you writing on your desk??? Yes! In 2nd grade at Roosa Elementary, Mrs. LaValley has students practice their spelling words with dry erase markers on their desks. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Who says you can't see a 😁smile under a mask? We'd say it's all in the 👀 eyes! Ethan is very excited to receive his second foot for 🏃‍♂️running 10 miles. A program that helps students build a love for running, a way to exercise their bodies and brains. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Distance Learning Day! Barrett set up a study station at home to help him stay focused on his work. His teacher, Mrs. Karin Howell at Claremont Elementary, assigned students to use their library books to take part in an interactive recorded video book scavenger hunt reinforcing their language arts focus. As the teacher called a skill, students were asked to record the example they found in their own text. Mrs. Howell provided her own example using a song playing in the background. We miss our students and would love to see them learning at home - post a pic in the comments. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Need some helpful hints to make browsing the Internet a more productive experience or maybe save some time? This week’s #TechTipTuesday will demonstrate five cool shortcuts to make browsing the Internet easier. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE https://youtu.be/62jyVpqDtOs

Skip counting is an essential part of early numeracy as it is a fundamental skill used in many different practices. Children use skip counting for basic tasks such as telling time or dealing with money and developing a student's ability on other mathematical skills. Counting forwards and backward by ones, twos, fives, and other multiples are strategies used to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. Here kindergarten students in Mrs. Stadler's class at Claremont Elementary practice skip counting by two and putting numbers in order! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

💡 We are lighting up our students' minds and smiles! Mrs. Lauri Titsworth's Pre-K class at Westside recently received a light board and materials through a Claremore Public Schools Foundation grant. The children enjoy using it to practice sorting, counting, making patterns, and creating geometric designs. I'm so proud of their ability to share and take turns! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Our #MotivationMonday celebrates the integrity of doing the right thing. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🐧 Have you ever heard of Tacky the Penguin? 🐧 Mrs. Cummings's and Mrs. Woods's classes were in for a treat! They read the book Tacky the Penguin and then did this fun craft with watercolors! Tacky, the penguin, is not your typical penguin. He wears loud Hawaiian shirts, sings off-key, trips over his own feet, and does "splashy cannonballs." He clearly doesn't fit in with the other pretty penguins that make beautiful music and march in straight lines. Tacky's the odd bird out among all his friends. This nonconformist teaches his old penguin friends some new tricks and helps save the day by outwitting some hunters! This hilarious series following the adventures of this superlative penguin and is a modern classic. 🐧 Want to watch a live webcam of penguins? https://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/cams/penguin-cam Here is a GREAT webcam of some at the San Diego Zoo! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Compounds, mixtures, and elements... how do you get students interested in learning about them? By thinking outside the box! Mrs. Boyd's science classes at WRJH are learning about compounds, mixtures, and elements using Legos. Using Legos helps students recreate and understand how this works! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

MacKenzie Bacon - 3rd place at the JH Wrestling State Tournament! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

CHS swimmers, Kaylee Ward and Sylvia Admire, swam today in 6A Regional Finals. Sylvia got 1st in the 500 Free and 3rd in the 50 Free. Kaylee got 3rd in the 100 Backstroke and 4th in the 200 IM. Both swimmers qualified for State to be held later this month. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It’s National School Counselors Week! We have 3 amazing counselors here at CHS. Today we will introduce you, Cindy Vanaman, the Claremore High School Freshmen and Sophomore Counselor since 2014. She enjoys helping kids realize their potential and reach their goals. Forming relationships with students and watching them succeed at something they may not have thought they could do fuels her passion for her job here at CPS. Before coming to CHS worked as a counselor at a wilderness camp for emotionally disturbed adolescent boys in South Florida for 2 years. Then spent 16 years working for DHS in Child Welfare, followed by 6 years as a Program Director for Volunteers for Youth. She still serves on their Board of Directors. She married a CHS graduate and raised their 3 children in the CPS system. All three have kept her on the sidelines and in the stands of Zebra sporting events. When she gets free time, she loves to read and make memories with her family. She received her Masters in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma and her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the State University of NY. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE