Will Rogers Junior High

Our district teacher of the year is so important to us! Superintendent Bryan Frazier and other administrators decided to drop in on a staff ZOOM meeting to surprise her. Little did she know they were actually in her front yard - with a “little” sign and a “big” announcement. Congratulations to... https://youtu.be/Nn-J7fMaWYs

The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence is partnering with OETA Public Television to broadcast a 30-minute tribute to award winning-students and educators at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 17. The program, featuring videos submitted by the 2020 Academic All-Staters, including @Sarah Willhoite and @Austin Haddock from @Claremore High School. The program will also recognize five innovative public school educators as recipients of its $5,000 Oklahoma Medal for Excellence Awards. This year’s honorees include elementary teaching winner @Michelle Rahn, a sixth-grade STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) teacher at @Will Rogers Junior HIgh. The televised program will honor 100 of the state’s top public high school seniors as Academic All-Staters. Selected from 495 nominations statewide, the student honorees hail from 75 schools in 69 Oklahoma school districts. The 2020 Academic All-State class is the 34th to be selected by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence in what has been described as “Oklahoma’s most rigorous academic competition.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL9be5QWep0&feature=youtu.be #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

WRJH enrollment forms for the 2020-2021 school year are on our Claremore Public Schools website and app. This is for returning students only. All new to the district students must enroll at the Enrollment Center by appointment. You can download the forms from the link below, or go to the CPS website at www.claremore.k12.ok.us. Click on: -MENU -ENROLLMENT CENTER -WRJH ENROLLMENT PACKET and select the grade your child will be entering in the fall. You can turn them in Tuesday, May 19, and Thursday, May 21, from 5pm-7pm. Please pull into the bus loop and remain in your car. We will come to you. Here is the link: https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/o/cps/browse/69113 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Last call for locker clean out! We will be collecting library books, sport uniforms, and returning art supplies that were left in art rooms. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

YEARBOOK PICK UP IS TONIGHT! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

This week we celebrated National Nurses Day, but we know there are more healthcare workers out there making a difference during this pandemic. Do you know of any CPS alumni working in the healthcare field during the pandemic? We want to recognize them! 😷 Tag them 😷 Post a photo 😷 Comment what they are doing and where 😷 If you know it, the year they graduated Let’s show them our #CPSZEBRAPRIDE on the CPS Facebook page.

Here's a special message to our teachers. We hope they've had a great TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK! Thank you for all you do! We truly appreciate you! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

If you picked up a STEM in a Bag today during the Meals 2 Go: Drive Thru, Mrs. Rahn has some instructions for you. https://youtu.be/qkP63VQ9p1o

Teachers- your students appreciate you! https://youtu.be/byDYGxe1Uwc #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. 🪁🪁🪁

Happy National Nurses Day to Mrs. Egleston and all the amazing nurses out there! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

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!

We ❤️ our teachers! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

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

Thank you to our teachers! We appreciate you!

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

Interested in Robotics? Here is some great information to help you decide if Robotics is something you'd like to try! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/156ksoxaRhpWYLpXdqE0rjhYCSKNGv01WLEDO4dS5r3Y/edit?usp=sharing #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Students in 8th - 10th grade are encouraged to apply for the OKLAHOMA PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP ASAP. Class of 2022 - June 30th is your final chance to submit your application. After sophomore year they will not let you begin an application. You may not qualify now, but you might by the time you head off to college. If you have an application on file and don't qualify at this time, but do in a couple of years, you can go back and adjust it and plead your case. If you have not started the process, you can NOT go back! Don't think you want to go to college - THINGS CHANGE. Do it anyway. Don't take away an option you may not realize you might want in the future. Take the time to do this ASAP! Oklahoma's Promise Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAENgNGYdRQ "Steps to Completing an Oklahoma's Promise Application" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXetPqVTKR4&t=16s "Final Steps to Completing the Oklahoma's Promise Application" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lph3mae4AUM If you have additional questions, you can contact Rachelle Sturges, GEAR UP School Specialist - Claremore Public Schools at rsturges@osrhe.ed​​​u.

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.

Mrs. Westfall's 7th grade science classes have been working on Earth Day projects. Caden Story's project was a bird house. He put bird seed in it and hung it on his porch. Now he is ready to watch the birds! Great job, Caden! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE