Claremore Public Schools

"When you put yourself on the line in a race and expose yourself to the unknown, you learn things about yourself that are very exciting." - Doris Brown Heritage Good luck to our Cross Country team at the Regional Meet, Saturday. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

CPS Goal #3 - To ensure a safe educational environment for all students. "We have an obligation to act on what we know. And what we know is very disturbing. Kids use of e-cigarettes has reached an epidemic level of growth" - Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottieb CHS will follow a different schedule on Friday to make time to take advantage of an opportunity to hear from the ABLE Commission concerning this public health crisis. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

And the Band Plays On! This time at the OBA State Contest. Wish them good luck as they march their way to another superior rating on Saturday. Here is a sneak peek into their performance from earlier this month https://youtu.be/Z1Mcr82EYb8?t=41 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Friday Night Football is BREAST CANCER Awareness & MILITARY Appreciation Night. Wear your ZUAC/Pink Out shirts in support of those in our community fighting this disease and as a reminder to get a mammogram. I addition, all military with a valid ID will be admitted free for the game. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. - Vince Lombardi All we ask is for our student-athletes to play with heart, to give it their all, to rely on their training, to be good sports, to be able to look back and know they left it all on the court. This is the soul of #CPSZEBRAPRIDE! Congratulations to our Lady Zebra Volleyball team on their winning season with a record of 27-10 and the only public school to make it to the State top 4. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

How do YOU eat an Oreo? Catalayah teacher, Mrs. Ward, asked her class the same question to help students understand the use of transition words. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

TODAY is ZAP during Encore! CHS students will meet with their Zebra Advisement Program teacher to discuss how they have the power to effect change and how to use that personal power to positively influence others. They will also have some time to work on their ICAP (Individual Career Academic Plan)! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It may be the beginning of the block but it's not too early to get ahead or too late to catch up. Remember CHS has FREE tutoring for our students during the week. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

As technology advances in nearly all fields, the demand for highly skilled workers is at an all-time high. That’s why awareness and advocating for education that thinks outside the box and gives students real-world skills and a direct path to a good-paying job is becoming more critical than ever. Tomorrow all our sophomores will see first-hand what programs our local career-tech has to offer them. Students can attend for free during their 11th & 12th-grade year. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

AP EXAM REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN /o/chs/page/ap-testing--3

Lady Zebra Volleyball advances to next round of the state tournament .Come out at 5:30p tonight to cheer them on to the championship round at Catoosa High School. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

This is community! Mrs. Hutchins' class at Catalayah is supporting the Lady Zebra Volleyball players today! Last week they made them cards of encouragement as they chase their dreams to a State Title. Remember to put on your #ZEBRARED and fill the stand with your #CPSZEBRAPRIDE! Round 1 begins at 10AM at Catoosa High School!

Inquiry-based learning is vital to preparing our students for their future careers. Mrs. Kellie Dixon's science class at WRJH is completing a lab testing and checking for density. There is more to it than "Does it float?" Knowing the density of a material helps determine the mass and volume, all of which are vital measurements in all industries. Right here in NEOK we have several industries that revolve around this scientific principle, GRDA, McClellan-Kerr Navigation System, and Hydrohoist, to name a few. These businesses employ hundreds of our citizens and maybe one of these students in a few years. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Nothing is more exciting to a grade school student than the Book Fair. It's a tradition at Claremore FFA to help bring even more joy to a first-grade class each year when the book fair comes to town. Today Claremore FFA purchased each student a $5 book, read it with them, and then spent some time hanging out with a particular student at Roosa Elementary. It's incredible the joy this small act of kindness brings my students as well as the first-grade students. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Cox's Geography class at WRJH made a human timeline today while studying the Russian Revolution. Using a human timeline explores the 'thinking for yourself' approach to timelines. Students actively involved in engaging their creativity through props, pictures, costumes, which makes this strong visual activity memorable. 'Memorability' is vital - if students don't remember an activity, they can't re-use what they've covered. The most productive timeline work involves children being physically and mentally engaged. It allows students to use a variety of learning styles to learn dates, places, and events in history. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Rotary Club of Claremore is preparing for the 32nd Annual Rotary Chili Supper on Friday, November 1, from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Claremore High School cafeteria. Tickets are $5.00 and include chili, dessert, and drink. With the purchase of a ticket, you will be entered into a drawing for the pictured Zebra quilt (need not be present to win). All proceeds benefit the Claremore Public Schools Foundation. Tickets are available from any Rotary Club member, at the door or the Claremore Public Schools Foundation office. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Are you wondering what we did with those pumpkins WRJH students carried in all last week? The 6th-grade science classes had a pumpkin lab showing the carrying capacity, limiting factor, and biotic potential of pumpkins. And got a little messy in the process! This is what we call "hands-on" learning! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Ritter's 5th-grade science class at, Catalayah, makes some waves this week. What a fun way to learn the beginning principles of how sound waves have a wavelength. Using jump ropes, students could create a high pitch and low pitch sound wave, allowing them to see, hear, and feel this concept come to life. Waves are used for many reasons in our society: sonar, reading glasses, light bulbs, stereo equipment, and lasers all rely on either sound or light waves. For engineers to develop new (and already used) technology, they must understand how light and sound waves work and how to use them in new devices. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Parents & fans... if you are NOT on Fall Break and want to cheer on our Boys of Fall, you can check out our matinee stream on ClaremoreZebra.TV. We go live @ 11:55am. Kickoff at Noon. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRArRSn9zZqtgYFQ8g2aarQ You can also watch on Channel 3 with a replay at 3:30 PM. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

CPS has produced one astronaut, and we may have some future ones in our midst. In Mrs. Rahn's Exploration class, students are building Mars Rovers and Landers. Assuming the role of NASA aerospace engineers, they will use the engineering design process to learn steps for designing, creating, and improving equipment. What a creative way to develop an understanding of the role of troubleshooting, research and development, invention and innovation, and experiment in problem-solving for our students. Upon completion of this project, students will be incorporating their writing skills as they construct an essay for the NASA contest to name the next Mars Rover! Who knows, maybe one of these students could be the next Stuart Roosa or Shannon Lucid, both astronauts from Oklahoma. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE