Claremore Public Schools

Follow CPS on INSTAGRAM! Over the next few weeks we will have several student "takeover" the stories and show you what it's like to be a part of the Zebra Family! Wednesday - Hailey Pickup will take us through her day as a junior at CHS and the Claremore District Communications Intern. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE Follow: https://www.instagram.com/claremore.zebras/

The District Teacher of the Year Celebration will be tonight at 5pm. The dessert reception will recognize all our Site Teacher of the Year recipients and announce the 22-23 District Teacher of the Year. You can watch it live ▶https://youtu.be/XYDxRYj85eI. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

COUNTDOWN TO GRADUATION 19 Days is brought to you by Ms. Hatfield and Casey Couch Carter has been a Zebra since day 1 attending Roosa, WRJH, and CHS. Carter stays busy with Marching Band, Jazz Band, SAGA and his AP classes. Mrs. Hatfield has been teaching at Claremore High School for 26 years. She teaches Chemistry (AP/Pre-AP) and Physical Science. When asked her fondest memory she shared, "I've loved the convenience of having my child nearby for his entire CPS career. He's had wonderful teachers at all his schools who have mentored and guided him and I've been lucky to have lunch with him almost every day at the high school. It will be quite an adjustment when he graduates!" #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The CHS Concert Band performed at the American Classic Bluebonnet Festival in San Antonio, Texas. The CHS band received Superior Ratings from all three judges, and Ethan Spencer received outstanding soloist recognition. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Have you ever wondered why we have P.E. (Physical Education) in our school? Physical education provides cognitive content and instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge, physical activity and fitness behaviors—students build the ability and confidence to be physically active for a lifetime. It also allows students to get the "wiggles" out and helps them concentrate in the classroom. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Follow CPS on INSTAGRAM! Over the next few weeks we will have several student "takeover" the stories and show you what it's like to be a part of the Zebra Family! Tuesday - Makyla Salcido will take us through her day and the annual Senior Tea. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE Follow: https://www.instagram.com/claremore.zebras/

It's that time of year when we…COUNTDOWN TO GRADUATION! This year 21 CPS staff members have kids in the Class of 2022 and they are going help us Countdown to Graduation. 20 DAYS TO GRADUATION is brought to you by Jessica & Preston Peck Preston has attended CPS since he walked through the Claremont doors for Pre-K, where his mom teaches. He is actively involved in athletics and says, " Playing tennis has been one of the most therapeutic things in my life since 7th grade." Also on his resume are AP classes, Christian Club, FCA, and Red Army. The connections he built will be one of his most memorable over the years as a Zebra, sharing, "Just being around other people that fully enjoy the same activity I do and becoming friends with shared interests." The teachers who have helped push me through the classes he's taken and made sure he was okay when they saw him looking down. Mrs. Peck has been at Claremore Public Schools for 17 years and is currently a 1st-grade teacher at Claremont. One of her fondest memories is watching her son play in the OSSAA State Tennis Tournament his freshman year, where he and his doubles partner podiumed in 5th place. Another thing Mrs. Peck (Class of 1999) and her son will share is the title CHS Alum after he walks across the stage on Lantow Field 22 years after she did (Class of '99). #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It’s almost here! Parents, grandparents and guardians of Claremore High School Juniors can join experts in college admission, financial aid and more during the GEAR UP Wide Webinar: Learn About Ways to Pay on April 30 at 11 a.m. The webinar is a free, virtual opportunity to gain knowledge about what you should be doing now to prepare your student for the future. Don’t miss it! Log on here: https://bit.ly/3Lw6yS8 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

CHS alum and RSU coach, Whitney Hocutt, named 2022 MIAA Women's Golf Coach of the Year! #OnceAZebraAlwaysAZebra #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Check out Coach Key on this week's ZTV Principal's Try. We think everyone may get a new sweater for Christmas, this year. We got some announcements for you, too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU2ri43zl8o

Have you enrolled your kids for school next year??? If you're having trouble, please make sure you are signed into Wengage through GOOGLE CHROME on a computer. You can follow this link to get to the parent portal https://ok.wengage.com/Claremore If you need help or have any questions, please call the office. 918-923-4260. Pre-enrollment numbers are used to hire the appropriate number of staff members and create schedules. To ensure we have a full staff, please enroll your children by May 2nd. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Page’s 1st grade class at Roosa have a blast playing Minute to Win it Games! Peep races, jellybean wars and egg stacking were on the list of egg-ceptional games. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

CHS Jazz brought home 3rd place recognition, with a score of 180/200, at the Dark Cloud Jazz Festival. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Catalayah had their first all-school Rise and Shine assembly to celebrate 10 years as a GE Model School!!! "It just feels right to connect and unify our school! Being together builds community, strengthens school spirit, and creates a common bond." - Mrs. Shuck, Principal They were all excited to show off their #CPSZEBRAPRIDE!

Roosa students were egg-cited about their counting lesson this week. Kindergarten participated in an egg hunt and then counted the number of eggs in their baskets. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Zebra family, the WRJH Girls STEM club, needs your help! They need you to give their video Claremore Will Rogers Flyers a “like” (👍) on their YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/4mcrUCmKicU More about the project - What is Speedfest? It is an event put on by Oklahoma State University through aerospace engineering for college, high school, and middle school students. Students in the high/middle school level build RC (remote control) planes to compete in a competition with other schools. Seven WRJH girls spent time after-school in the Fall learning the principles of flight, aerodynamics, etc., to gain the background knowledge needed to build the plane. Since February, the girls have been building the aircraft, designing helmets (hard hats), and this video. Thank you to Will Rogers Memorial for letting them use pictures and videos from the memorial to produce this video. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Have you enrolled your kids for school next year??? If you're having trouble, please make sure you are signed into Wengage through GOOGLE CHROME on a computer. You can follow this link to get to the parent portal https://ok.wengage.com/Claremore If you need help or have any questions, please call the office. 918-923-4260. Pre-enrollment numbers are used to hire the appropriate number of staff members and create schedules. To ensure we have a full staff, please enroll your children by May 2nd. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Roosa's Native American Club members are working on a basket weaving project. The process has several steps and it is time-consuming. The students cut 11 pieces of reed (spokes) 10 inches long and soaks the reeds before weaving. The soaked reed is inserted into the drilled plywood base. Bringing one spoke over the other until all the spokes are secure. Once that is complete, they start weaving the baskets. They get a long piece of reed and weave it in and out through each spoke until they come to an end, then start over. Midway up the basket, they can insert beads if desired. The process continues until they get to the top of the basket. The basket must stay wet throughout the entire process to weave the reed. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Hot off the PRESS! Mrs. Brunjes-Hall's first prints off the brand new printing press she received! Students are learning how to use it and love what it can do! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Westside Elementary hosted a Miles of Change coin drive with the help of their PTO. Students brought in an astounding 216 pounds of change! It totaled somewhere around $1,900! After collecting change, the PTO and some 4th and 5th graders laid out 1/4 of a mile worth of change and calculated the number of coins it would take to fill a WHOLE mile. (Our AMAZING students helped with the math!) It took 23,469 coins for 1/4 of a mile and would take around 93,876 coins for a whole mile! This project was a fun way to give students a real-life experience to connect to their classroom instruction. Thanks to PTO for all their collaboration and efforts in this project and all they do for our school. The coin drive is sure to bring miles of change to our school. *Congratulations to our winning wings..... 2nd and 3rd grade! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE