Catalayah Elementary

We would love to have your Box Tops. Our school earns $.10 for each one. We will be accepting them next week during student personal item pickup. Thanks, Mrs. Shuck

It’s the last day of Teacher Appreciation Week. Let your teachers know how much you appreciate them!!! Enjoy this cute video we put together for our teachers! Thank you to all our students that sent in videos!! https://youtu.be/ZZoIof5LTEA #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🪁 The Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance is providing another STEM in a Bag this Friday. The kite kits will be available during the Meal 2 Go: Drive Thru while supplies last on Friday, May 8th at Westside, Cedar Point, and the CPS Enrollment Center. 🪁 A perfect way to engage our students in STEM and physical activity while experiencing first-hand forces and interactions, which is a huge science standard in many grades. Building a kite also hits a few math standards, including exploring and developing visual representations of growing geometric patterns. 🪁 Building kites also allows students to explore the engineering principles of building, testing, revising, and testing again! Not to mention the family memories they will make. 🪁🪁🪁

Did you know our child nutrition department has braved the front lines and served more than 54,000 meals to students during school building closures?! INCREDIBLE! They are true heroes, if you ask us!

At the end of the 19th century, "The Lady With the Lamp"— or as she is more widely known, Florence Nightingale — founded modern nursing. Thanks to her strict use of hand-washing and hygiene practices while caring for wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, Nightingale and her helpers reduced the death rate from 42% to 2% — ushering in nursing as we know it today. On May 6, we recognize the vital role nurses play in our lives by celebrating National Nurses Day. There is more than maintaining medical records and making sure immunizations are up-to-date. Thank you to our nurses who give hugs that cure the body and soul. Let's give these ladies a virtual hug today! JENNIFER MASON SHEA JACKSON TERESA EGLESTON KIM TEAGUE #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

UPDATE: 5.5.20 I 9:00 AM Re: Retrieval of Personal Items & Returning of School Property - May 11th - 15th We are beginning the next phase of our personal item retrieval and school property return procedures. Each site has an individual plan so please click the link below for more information. https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/o/cps/browse/128589

CPS Teachers, During past weeks, TTCU knows how quickly you and your teachers have adapted to a new way of teaching. Even though we couldn’t be there in person, we didn’t want to miss the opportunity to celebrate one of the biggest weeks of the year, Teacher Appreciation Week. We hope that you will watch the 1-minute video below of love and support. - TTCU https://youtu.be/O6MEmXmy4R0 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #TTCU

This week's Fanny Pack Friday features Catalayah Elementry alumni who are part of Claremore High School's graduating class of 2020. https://youtu.be/S7_C4ldXvBw

UPDATE 4.26.20 I 9:30 AM RE: Collection of Personal Belongings & Returning of School Property Families will have an opportunity to collect any student’s belongings from Claremore Public School campuses and facilities. Our goal timeframe is mid-May. Please begin to locate and collect any school property such as library books, textbooks, uniforms, etc. in preparation for these procedures. We are working on plans to make this process seamless and safe, and we will communicate those plans to you as soon as possible.

This Friday, May 1st, is "School Lunch Superhero Day." I'm sure those serving the meals would love to see all their little superheroes in costumes on Friday to encourage and thank them for their dedication. Parents...put on a cape and join in on the fun! Our team has prepared and 45,784 meals since we began the COVID response 5 weeks ago. Last week we served 9,578 meals and Westside teachers suprised their cafeteria staff with some goodies. 🍲 Drive-Thru: Meals to Go are available Monday - Friday from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM at CPS Enrollment Center, Westside Elementary, Cedar Point Church, and Justus Tiawah - North for students 18 and younger.

Back by popular demand- Fanny Pack Friday Video!!!! Check out our Facebook page to see the video!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Thank you to the ladies that keep Catalayah running. Ms. Rachel and Mrs. Story, we love you and appreiate you. Give them a shout out in the comments of our FB page.

Claremore Public Schools will join the national #BeTheLight movement tonight at 20:20 military time (or 8:20 PM). Lantow Field, Legendary Legion Field, and the Lady Zebra softball field will turn their light on for 20 minutes. Even in this gesture of hope, we will continue to practice social distancing and reinforce the “safer at home” standards that have been put in place by the state authorities. We will be working to livestream from a drone on our District FaceBook page and will post additional footage and photos later this week on all our platforms. https://www.facebook.com/ClaremorePublicSchools/

If you picked up a STEM In A Bag kit today during the Meals 2 Go: Drive-Thru, here are the instructions provided by Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance. We hope you will take some photos and post them in the comments of the CPS FB page. https://youtu.be/JEKrkL0-hFA #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Do you guys know what today is??!?? I’ll give you 1 picture clue! You can leave your guesses in the comments and be sure to check back later!!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

This week's Fridays With Frazier talks about continuous learning porgress, STEM kits, Meals 2 Go, and the #BETHELIGHT campaign. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/7TG1aMx0qu0

Cut the screen time while you #stayhomewithSTEM! Mrs. Michelle Rahn​ reached out to Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance​ to bring STEM In A Bag Kits to our Meals 2 Go: Drive-Thru. They will be available at our 3 Claremore distribution sites on Friday, April 17th. In this week's kit, you will learn about aerodynamics by constructing and flying a hoop glider! Video instructions will be on our FaceBook page tomorrow. Kits are limited so 1/family, please. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Today is... BRING YOUR PET TO SCHOOL DAY! We made it through the first week; now is a purr-fect time for a little paws-itive therapy. 🐶 Today CHS junior, Ella, is studying with Baxter & Murphy. 🐱🐟🐶 Head over the CPS FB page and post a photo of you & your pet in the comments or email jbrace@claremore.k12.ok.us. Add your school, pet's names, or your own pet pun with a photo. https://www.facebook.com/ClaremorePublicSchools/

Since the COVID-19 shutdown, we have served 25,534 meals to our students. Encourage others to take a break and grab a Meal 2 Go this week. Menus are on the app and website. Thank you to our child nutrition employees! Each is selflessly serving our kids each day. We encourage you to wave, make a sign & give them a shoutout from your car to let them know how much they are appreciated or comment below to help us express our gratitude. 🍲 Drive-Thru: Meals to Go are available Monday - Friday from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM at CPS Enrollment Center, Westside Elementary, Cedar Point Church, and Justus Tiawah - North for students 18 and younger. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Happy Easter, Zebras! Easter may look a little different this year, but we'd love for you to share a photo of an Easter tradition (new or old) with us in the comments of our Facebook page or send them to jbrace@claremore.k12.ok.us and we will share them for you.