Claremore Public Schools

Mrs. Brassfield is teaching her students coding in Computer Class at Catalayah. They are teaching their Elves to dance while learning to code!!! Coding is the a method of communicating with a computer. It is using a language that a computer understands to give a computer instructions in order to perform specific functions. Coding allows us to create things such as computer software, websites, apps and video games. Understanding computers and learning the basics of coding helps children to develop an appreciation of how things work. From problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and creativity, there are so many reasons to learn programming. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Fulks works with her small group on reading, fluency and vocabulary. Students read a passage together and talk about the story, noting along the way vocabulary words, identifying hunk and chunks and practicing fluency while reading. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Christmas is a time of imagination. On reindeer dress-up day, we make reindeer! Mrs. Book's class did a fabulous job drawing reindeer and they even wrote a little about what they would do if they were reindeer! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Bonham took her Catalayah 4th and 5th grade GT students on a field trip to Safenet Shelter. They also collected nine bags of clothing and several snacks to donate. As a GE Model school their class focuses on three Life Principles: Compassion, Service, and Esprit de Corp. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Lori Roach at Will Rogers Junior High was awarded a 2021 Fall Grant for "Optimizing the Learning Environment in the Junior High Arts Classroom through Enhanced Visual Technology"! "The Art Teachers at WRJH are so very excited and appreciative of the grant we received that funded two smart TVs for our classrooms. We are able to better serve the students with this new device which will optimize the learning environment. Thank you to everyone who made this happen!"-Lori Roach, WRJH Art Teacher #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

5th grade students in Mrs. Tidwell's class spend time with Reading Buddies! Reading Buddies are a new introduction to our library - and are so fun! Mrs. Troyer, our Library Media Specialist, introduced Reading Buddies as a way for students to have more time practicing reading out loud - increasing confidence, fluency and ability! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Rogers County TSET Healthy Living Program provided water bottles for Westside Elementary students! The fountains provide filtered water and are best used with water bottles to limit the spread of germs. We are blessed to have a community that invests in the needs of our children at CPS. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Everyone loves a good PJ day! Last week several of our sites celebrated the tradition many of our families practice over the holidays. Post a pic of your family Christmas PJs in the comment of our FB page. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Karin Howell and Shauna Johnson at Claremont Elementary were awarded a 2021 Fall Grant for "Secret Stories"! "Secret Stories is a science of reading based program that aids in cracking the code to our language based on how the brain learns to read! The toolkit provided by this grant will eliminate the hassle of teachers creating their own researched based phonics instruction and hopefully reduce the amount of frustrated readers! Every child deserves the opportunity to learn to read. The earlier the intervention the better for our students. A big thank you to the CPSF!"-Karin Howell, Claremont 2nd Grade Teacher #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

1st grade at Roosa spent two weeks reading and comparing different gingerbread stories from the Gingerbread Cowboy to the Gingerbread Ninja. The week ended with a special treat of gingerbread man snacks. That afternoon the class discovered that their gingerbread man snacks had run away in the school! They read their final book Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray and when they went back to the classroom, their snacks were gone! The week ended with a special treat of gingerbread man snacks. Students passed out wanted posters and went on a scavenger hunt to recover the missing snacks. When the students went back to class, they found the gingerbread man snacks back in the classroom! They devoured them this time before they ran away again! Engaging students IN the story makes reading fun! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The announcement you've all been waiting for... the winners of the U-G-L-Y Sweater competition. Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's district-wide event. Congratulations to the site staff winner, Mr. Knoke from WRJH, and the winner of the principal's competition, Mrs. Willard from Roosa Elementary. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight… Twas the Night Before Christmas from the Central Office staff - https://youtu.be/h2jt4ShvFCc

All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth 🎶 It's those milestones that we hold on to. Missing teeth in 1st grade is one of those events. We love those toothless smiles! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Branco held sleigh races last week !!! We think if Santa ever needs an assistant he should come interview at Catalayah. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

During WIN time, some 5th graders learned the basics of digital video editing and broadcasting while giving our community an update on Santa and what is going on at the North Pole. Students practiced storytelling, writing, oral presentation skills and practiced using a teleprompter, videoing equipment, and editing. Check out their creativity, vocabulary, and public speaking skills. We see some future CHS ZTV students in the mix. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YF0RjBbDdM #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

kind·ness - /ˈkīn(d)nəs/ - the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. As a Great Expectations Model school Roosa embeds values like "Kindness'" into their lessons, daily. Earlier last week Mrs. Page's students had a visit from the Kindness Grinch who left daily challenges them including: reading to others, passing out candy canes, and cleaning up the school. What have you done to show kindness this week?

Santa toured our elementary sites to ensure their students and staff practiced their GE Life Principles. It looks like Claremore Public Schools made the "NICE" list. Check out our album on the CPS FB page. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It's time to VOTE on the SCHOOL SITE STAFF with the U-G-L-Y (est) Christmas Sweater! You can only vote 1 time in the comments. The winner will be selected at 9AM on Dec. 24th. The winners of both the Principal & Staff competitions will be announced on Christmas Day. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Students at Claremont had the opportunity to give back to the officers who keep our school, streets, and city safe again this year in our Adopt a Cop program. Classroom teachers "adopted" a police officer and together, with our amazing Claremont families, provided a basket of favorites for each officer. This is such an amazing opportunity for our students to create positive relationships with the CPD and show our officers how much we appreciate what they do for Claremore! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It's time to VOTE on the SCHOOL SITE STAFF with the U-G-L-Y(est) Christmas Sweater! You can only vote 1 time in the comments on the CPS FB page. The winner will be selected at 9AM on Dec. 23rd. The winners will be announced on Christmas Day. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE