Will Rogers Junior High

We had our February GE Assembly yesterday, and as a junior high trying to achieve Great Expectations Model School status, we are constantly looking for ways to improve our monthly Great Expectations assembly. Our assemblies are a cross between an elementary rise and shine and a high school pep assembly. The GE assembly committee invited high school STUCO students to come over and assist in our assembly this month. They took on this project by leading a game, talking to the students about being involved, and they helped each grade level show more participation, including inviting teachers to play the game. Students loved watching the teachers! Let's hope they have recovered today! Thanks for being such great sports Mr. Knoke, Mr. Rogers, Mrs. James and Ms. Lohmann! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Forces are interactions between objects - a push or pull. When an object is pushed against the force of one of these fields, the object gains potential energy. Mrs. Worley's Science classes are using what they know of forces and energy to make cars to survive a jousting tournament. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We wore "RED FOR ED" yesterday! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #PublicSchoolProud #RedforEd #OklaEd #PublicSchoolsWeek

Ms. Cox and Mrs. Smith's classes on their African safari across the Giant Africa Map: Students located countries, cities, and land forms across the massive continent using mental mapping as well as latitude and longitude. They also learned how to calculate distance between cities using the map scale. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Today is "Wear Red for Ed" in Oklahoma. Post a selfie on our Facebook page with the #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #PublicSchoolProud #RedforEd #OklaEd #PublicSchoolsWeek

Ms. Cox's Geography students have been researching oil pollution in the Niger River Delta.  The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria. The Delta is home to most of Nigeria’s oil industry and now has extremely high pollution due to oil spills. Students worked in groups to find evidence regarding who is responsible for the oil spills. Many students argued that the Shell Petroleum Corporation is responsible, but others argued that the Nigerian government should take more responsibility. The students created posters of their findings and presented them to 6th grade geography students.   #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Claremore hosted a TSA conference this weekend. We had over 400 students compete at the TSA conference. Claremore students competed well! We also had a VEX tournament last weekend. TSA and Robotics students worked on both events. They stayed late and came in early for the last three weeks getting ready for these tournaments. They made trophies, printed judges packets, setup fields, and helped organize and run both conferences. The students put in so much extra time and effort and worked very hard. The community support was unbelievable as well. Not only did parents, advisors, and teachers contribute their time, but former students and members of the community as well as people from surrounding communities came to help. Mr. Isenbart can’t thank everyone enough for all the support that has been given to the Claremore TSA and Robotics programs. You guys are amazing! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

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Here are more of Mrs. Jarrett's Geography classes walking across Africa! What a great way to learn about the continent! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We had another successful weekend for our Robotics team! Team 8634A won the excellence award which is the number ONE award! They also made it to the finals where they placed 2nd! We had four teams make it to the semifinals. Way to go! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to walk across Africa? Mrs. Jarrett's Geography class is doing just that! Well, on a map! Each student was assigned a different area to learn about and describe the different physical features of it. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Our 7th grade girls basketball team ended the season UNDEFEATED! They beat Pryor in the Conference Final this weekend 37-10! Coach Bump and Coach Davis are very excited about the future of this basketball program! Lots of improvements in all areas this season! Go Zebras! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Our Drama students are visiting classrooms and letting students know that talent show sign - ups are going on now and auditions are starting soon. We can't wait to see the performances! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

WRJH Academic Team WON their Quiz Bowl match against Bixby Middle School Wednesday! Way to show your #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Moore, also from The Noble Institute, visited Mrs. Simpson's class where they got to review the concept that all living things have DNA and learn how to extract DNA from a strawberry. Now that's a science experiment! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Thank you for being the first and last face our students see in a school day. Thank you for putting their safety first. Thank you for everything you do for our students. CPS treated our bus drivers with breakfast today in honor of NATIONAL BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION WEEK.

Ms. Scott from the Noble Research Institute visited Mrs. Tietz’s class. The students extracted DNA from strawberries. They put it in vials and were able to take it home. What a great experience! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

WRJH Girls in STEM Club participated in the Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance's Women in STEM event. The girls entered a shoe challenge to design a versatile woman's shoe appropriate for a corporate and manufacturing setting. One of our teams took 1st place in the safest shoe design! These young women also participated in breakout sessions which included a science experiment, using robotics, inquiry-based math and an engineering challenge. Dr. Kayse Shrum, Oklahoma Secretary of Science was the keynote speaker and she encouraged the girls to "Be the Best Version of Yourself" and to "Dream Big and Live with Purpose". Thank you Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance for this amazing and inspirational opportunity! Wendee Henry of Claremore was also honored as a Woman of STEM and was a guest at our table! #WomeninSTEM #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Shilling's 6th grade choir students went to Owasso High School and auditioned for and attended “Circle the State with Song”. Students auditioned in class, learned 8 concert songs, and spent the entire Saturday singing in rehearsals with Michael Shimp, the guest clinician, and kids from the northeast region of Oklahoma. They performed an amazing concert at the end of the day! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

What a GREAT weekend for Claremore Robotics! All of the teams did a great job! Here are the categories: Teams 8634B and 8634A won the Junior High tournament Team 8634B won the high skills score for Junior High Team 8634A won the Excellence award for Junior High Team 8634E won the Judges award Team 8634F and 8634G made it to the semifinals before losing to the two other Claremore teams All of the teams worked hard and represented Claremore well! We have a great group of students and are very proud of all of them! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE