Claremore Public Schools

Once a Zebra, Always a Zebra🦓 Welcome to our Alumni series, which features our staff, who are also Zebra Alumni! As we always say, once a Zebra, always a Zebra, these staff members understood the assignment! If you graduated with today's featured alumni or had them as teachers, give them a shoutout in the comments! 🦓 Jenni (O’Connor) Howard 🏫 Claremont Elementary - Secretary 🎓Zebra Alumni: 1994 ❤What has been your favorite part about returning as a staff member? Returning to my elementary school and making many new friends, my Claremont students & coworkers are family to me! 💭What is one of your favorite memories from being a CPS student? I loved going to football games and school dances. 👩🏻‍🏫What was your favorite class or teacher? My favorite class was French with Mrs. Little ⭐What was trending when you graduated? Cruising main Street in Claremore was the thing to do! #cpszebrapride

Once a Zebra, Always a Zebra🦓 Welcome to our Alumni series, which features our staff, who are also Zebra Alumni! As we always say, once a Zebra, always a Zebra, these staff members understood the assignment! If you graduated with today's featured alumni or had them as teachers, give them a shoutout in the comments! 🦓Cass (Watson) Huddleston 🏫Claremore High School - Teacher 🎓Zebra Alumni: 1976 ❤What has been your favorite part about returning as a staff member? Claremore Public Schools feels like home, especially in the building where I attended school as a teen. I love being a ZEBRA! 💭What is one of your favorite memories from being a CPS student? Being a cheerleader for the Zebras! 👩🏻‍🏫What was your favorite class? Robert Long - Algebra 📣What was your favorite extracurricular? Cheerleader and Class Officer ⭐What was trending when you graduated? Clothes, songs, movies, etc. Bellbottoms, great music, dragging Sonic, and going to Claremore lake! #cpszebrapride

Happy retirement to Perry Cagle! Mr. Cagle has dedicated 32 years of his life to Claremore Public Schools. In the comments, let's give him a virtual 👏 ovation for his years of service. 🍎 What school are you currently teaching at for CPS? Claremore High School 🍎 What year did you start teaching for CPS, and at what school? 1992, Claremore Junior High 🍎 How many years were you a CPS employee? 32 years 🍎 How many years have you been in education? 37 years 🍎 What are you most proud of in your time at CPS? Watching my 3 kids graduate and go on to college and be successful. Hopefully, I have impacted most students I have interacted with in class or athletics. 🍎What will you take from your experience here at CPS into this next season of life? I have memories of students saying thank you in the classroom, of coaching, and of just being able to help students believe in themselves a little more to be successful. That one kind, positive, or encouraging word may be all they need to get through the day. 🍎 What are the memories you will take with you? I love it when students win scholarships or awards that I had in class or athletics. Maybe I had a little to do with that accomplishment. 🍎 What advice would you give a new teacher? It is hard sometimes, but the good you will do is very rewarding. 🍎How do you hope your students remember you? Just as a very fair person who they knew really liked to teach. 🍎What are your plans after retirement? I plan to spend time with my wife doing whatever she wants to do, a little bit of travel, and some of the things that she wants to do. She has been a blessing to me for the 45 years that I have known her and the 44 years we have been married. I also plan to work at the farm with the cattle, fishing, and hunting. 🍎 What does it mean to be a Zebra to you? It has been almost half of my life. When Mr. Blevins hired me, he told me, Perry, you will really like it. He told me he could tell that I was passionate about what I was doing in my life as a Husband, Parent, Coach, and Teacher. On earth, that would be a wonderful way to be remembered. I appreciate the many people I have worked with over the years. My friends will be missed, but I will keep in contact. I hope people consider me a good person who represents OUR school. It is Our school and a lifelong special HONOR known as a ZEBRA. #cpszebrapride

Our #ZebraTravelDiaries entry #2 comes from a Dazzle of Zebra Baseball players in Kansas City, MO!⚾️🧢 Although, they don’t play on the same summer ball teams, they found time to gather and eat dinner together in Kansas City! We have seniors, Zach Hale & Marcos Sallee, who both play for USA Prime, and juniors, Tyler Osgood and Saxton Pickup, who play for Risin! We love seeing our Zebras put in the extra work and make time for friends!♥️🦓⚾️ Wherever you may go, just wear your Zebra logo and send your entry to jbrace@claremore.k12.ok.us! #cpszebrapride

🍔🍊🥗Claremore Zebras FREE Summer Meals In conjunction with the USDA Seamless Summer Program, the CPS Child Nutrition Department will continue offering FREE MEAL for students 18 and under this summer.​ 📅 June 3 - June 28 & July 8 - August 2, 2024 🚫No meals will be provided the week of July 1-5, 2024 🍽 Dine-In ONLY 🕣Breakfast 7:30 - 8:30 AM l Lunch 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (Mon. -Fri.) 📍Roosa Elementary - 2001 N Sioux Ave. 🕥Breakfast 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM l Lunch 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (Mon. - Thurs.) 📍Claremore High School - 201 E Stuart Roosa 🕥 LUNCH ONLY 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (Mon. -Fri.) 📍 Westside Elementary - 2600 Holly Rd #CPSZEBRAPRIDE Read more - https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/article/1613209

Once a Zebra, Always a Zebra🦓 Welcome to our Alumni series, which features our staff, who are also Zebra Alumni! As we always say, once a Zebra, always a Zebra, these staff members understood the assignment! If you graduated with today's featured alumni or had them as a teacher, give them a shoutout in the comments! 🦓 Jessica (McGill) Peck 🏫 Claremont Elementary - 1st Grade Teacher 🎓Zebra Alumni: 1999 ❤What has been your favorite part about returning as a staff member? It's been fun to see how much CPS has changed and grown. Plus, my students and coworkers make coming to work so much fun! 💭What is one of your favorite memories from being a CPS student? I loved playing basketball and tennis with some of my best friends. 👩🏻‍🏫What was your favorite class or teacher? My favorite teacher was Mr. Busby for trigonometry. 🏆What was your favorite extracurricular? I did a lot of extracurricular activities, but tennis was my favorite by far. ⭐What was trending when you graduated? Clothes, songs, movies, etc. I loved listening to grunge and rap. My go-to clothes were Lucky Jeans, Abercrombie and Fitch sweaters, and Doc Martens. #cpszebrapride

Happy retirement to Christy Province! Mrs. Province has dedicated 26 years of her life to Claremore Public Schools and students within the Alternative Learning program. In the comments, let's give her a virtual 👏ovation for her years of service. 🍎 What school did you begin teaching at for CPS? Claremore Alternative Learning 🍎 What year did you start teaching for CPS, and at what school? 1998 was my first year in education and at Claremore Public Schools. 🍎 How many years were you a CPS employee? 26 years 🍎 How many years have you been in education? 26 years 🍎 What are you most proud of in your time at CPS? I am proud that we have a district that prioritizes reaching students at risk of dropping out of high school. I am proud when I think about all the students I have seen go through our doors and now have beautiful, happy, productive lives. 🍎What will you take from your experience here at CPS into this next season of life? One thing I will take from teaching is that I do not know what kind of day, night, or morning someone may have. People, day to day, are fighting horrendous battles. That one kind, positive, or encouraging word may be all they need to get through the day. 🍎 What are the memories you will take with you? 🍎 What advice would you give a new teacher? Teaching is hard. Kids can be hard. Don't take it personally when they might take it out on you. Know your subject. Always be open to learning new and creative teaching methods. 🍎How do you hope your students remember you? I hope my students remember me as someone who knew and understood their struggles. Someone who believed in them and supported them through it all. 🍎What are your plans after retirement? When I retire, I plan to spend much time with family, travel a little, enjoy some of my hobbies, and do volunteer work. 🍎 What does it mean to be a Zebra to you? Being a Zebra means we fight for every child. #cpszebrapride

Our first #ZebraTravelDiaries entry of the Summer! This one is coming from the Sherman's and Thirion's in Panama City Beach!🌊🏝️ Here we have, Mollie Sherman and Sawyer Thirion, who are going into the 8th grade at WRJH and are Jr high Cheerleaders! The twins, Carly and Hannah Thirion, who are going into the 5th grade at Catalayah and Abby Sherman who is going into the 5th grade at Westside! They were proudly repping their #CPSZEBRAPRIDE wherever they went! Remember, no matter where you travel just rep your Claremore Zebra Dazzle!🦓🌊

What a week we've all had. It made our Zebra hearts smile to see and connect with our Claremont families. Several teachers caught the Zebra Eats bus to check in on their students as they delivered lunches. The mobile deliveries will continue this week. Zebra Eats... lunch delivery is for anyone 18 years and under. The Zebra bus will pass out lunch starting at 11:30 AM on the corner of 10th and Choctaw and will travel up and down each block between Choctaw and Dorothy across Hwy 20. The bus will stop at the end of each block. This is part of our federal seamless summer lunch program. You do not have to attend CPS. If you have questions, contact jragland@claremore.k12.ok.us or call 918-923-4265. #cpszebrapride

THIS WEEK! ⚾ Baseball - June Check out our website for a complete school and community summer activities list ➡ Go to > https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/page/camps 📣Cheer - July 🎨Art - July 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧Zebra Stripes, June - August 🍔Free Summer Meal Program, June - August 🤠City of Claremore Youth Summer Guide (over 20 options) 🚓 Claremore & Rogers County Youth Law Enforcement Programs - June/July 🏀Basketball (CHS & RSU) - May We will add more as they are submitted 🎭💃🏼 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE.

It's that time of year again... SCHOOL SUPPLY TIME! What is your favorite school supply? If you want to get a head start or pick up a few things before the rush, we have updated the 24-25 supply lists. You can find them on our website here: 🖍 ELEMENTARY - https://5il.co/i4d4 📐 WRJH - https://5il.co/8u9f 🎒 CHS students will receive their lists the first week of school. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Future Friday🏫🎓 ＄2 , 4 5 5 , 4 1 0 That is the amount of scholarships the Class of 2024 reported receiving this year. Fifteen CPS Seniors received $1,000 each from the Bluejacket Scholarship Fund, totaling 15 scholarships and a $15,000 investment. Pictured representing their college of choice is: 🔴 Rogers State University: Layne Rice & Jayce Rice 🔴 Oklahoma State University: Payton Roberts, Madison Ferrel, Mason Erstad & Zachary Hinds 🔴 Baylor University: Andrew Mason 🔴 University of Oklahoma: Meredith Andrews, Mason Pixley, Jared Young & Gracie Roberts 🔴University of Arkansas: David Ryals & Linden Humphrey 🔴University of Tulsa: Abbey Henderickson & Gannon Riggs The Bluejacket Scholarship was established by Donald and Estelle Bluejacket and is administered by the Claremore Public Schools Foundation. Having no children of their own, they arranged to leave a lasting gift to Claremore students. It was the Bluejacket's wish to give back to Claremore students in a meaningful and lasting way. In 2005, their estate was given to the Claremore Public Schools Foundation to invest for future Claremore students' generations. 2007 Sam and Hazel Lessley contributed substantially to the Bluejacket Scholarship endowment. The Bluejackets directed the Claremore Public Schools Foundation to award scholarships to students "with proven records of academic achievement." #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #FutureFriday

Once a Zebra, Always a Zebra🦓 Welcome to our Alumni series, which features our staff, who are also Zebra Alumni! As we always say, once a Zebra, always a Zebra, these staff members understood the assignment! If you graduated with today's featured alumni or had them as teachers, give them a shoutout in the comments! 🦓 Tobi (Salmons) Riggs 🏫Roosa Elementary - Kindergarten Teacher 🎓Zebra Alumni: 1985 ❤What has been your favorite part about returning as a staff member? I love that the kindergarteners you teach remember you through High School, and of course, I love the people I work with! I have been a teacher/para at Claremore Schools for 20 years. Over the years, I have enjoyed teaching the children and grandchildren of friends and returning families and building old and new friendships! 💭What is one of your favorite memories from being a CPS student? I had the best time hanging out with my friends in "the pit" during lunch! 👩🏻‍🏫What was your favorite class or teacher? Coach Alger Flood 🏆What was your favorite extracurricular? I played softball...third base, and pitcher (for Coach Payne and Coach Bradley). I also played defense for the basketball team (for Coach Keith...it was 6 on 6 back then!). ⭐What was trending when you graduated? Clothes, songs, movies, etc. Wake Me Up Before You Go by WHAM , Like a Virgin by Madonna, Back to the Future (movie) , Rambo, and Rocky IV. #cpszebrapride

Catalayah Elementary first graders had daily writing prompts! Their favorite day was, “Would You Rather Wednesday”, where they had to choose between two things and explain their choice! What about you? Do you prefer cats or dogs?🦓✏️ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Higher Ed Hacks – Oklahoma’s Promise edition is live today! Join Dr. Colbi Beam, associate vice chancellor for state grants and scholarships, as she gives her expert insight on how students can earn a college tuition scholarship through Oklahoma's Promise. In under 10 minutes, Dr. Beam outlines the qualifications and application process for Oklahoma's Promise. Listen now: OKGearUp.org/Podcast

Once a Zebra, Always a Zebra🦓 Welcome to our Alumni series, which features our staff, who are also Zebra Alumni! As we always say, once a Zebra, always a Zebra, and these staff members understood the assignment! If you graduated with today's featured alumni or had them as teachers, give them a shoutout in the comments! 🦓 Noah Grimett 🏫Claremore High School - Teacher 🎓Zebra Alumni: 2018 ❤What has been your favorite part about returning as a staff member? I love the family feel of our school district. Everyone is welcoming and makes you feel like you’re part of a big family. I have relationships with the teachers who taught me as a student and have those same relationships now as a coworker with those same teachers. 💭What is one of your favorite memories from being a CPS student? Being apart of two homecomings. 👩🏻‍🏫What was your favorite class or teacher? Jimmy Sherl 🏈What was your favorite extracurricular? Did you hold any positions? Being a part of Claremore Zebra football and baseball. ⭐What was trending when you graduated? Clothes, songs, movies, etc. Lululemon #cpszebrapride

Mrs. Keener and the Claremont Elementary Choir students recently made a special visit to the Brookdale Senior Living Center. They performed a concert for the residents and brought smiles to everyone in attendance! Great job, Zebras!🎤🦓♥️ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

💙💙💙🎀🎀🎀+💙 = 7 We have added 7 little zebras to our Zebra Dazzle this school year. Our newest addition, Jasper, was born on May 23rd to Coach Cunningham, a teacher and coach at Claremore High School. Jasper was welcomed home by his two siblings. Congratulations - your Zebra family can't wait to meet you! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE🩷

Claremore High School Bio-Med Innovations class deep dived into hands-on learning with the dissection of pigs. Through this experience, students gain invaluable insights into anatomy, physiology, and medical techniques. Guided by Mr. Riggs, they explore the intricate structures and functions of organs, fostering a deeper understanding of biological systems. This engaging activity not only enhances scientific knowledge but also cultivates critical thinking and teamwork skills essential for future healthcare professionals. 🦓👩🏻‍⚕️👨🏻‍⚕️🩺 #cpszebrapride

Students in Mrs. Rahn’s STEM class had to plan, design, build and test a lunar lander that carried a rover with a payload of an “Eggstronaut” all while staying within a budget. Each straw, plastic bottle or piece of tape had a cost. The winning team’s egg survived the drop and rolled the furthest while spending the least amount of money! They learned that engineers not only design but also stay within a budget!🥼🚀🦓 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE