Catalayah Elementary

📚✨ Read Across America Week has been AMAZING at Catalayah! ✨📚 We want to give a huge THANK YOU to our incredible guest readers who took time out of their day to share their love of reading with our students. Our kids absolutely loved these special visits! ❤️ A big shoutout to: 👮‍♂️ Officer Hagen and Officer Stone for stopping by to read and encourage our students. 🚓 Officer Rhames and Officer Thomas from the Rogers County Sheriff’s Department for joining in on the reading fun. 🚁 Mr. McCaw with Rogers County Search & Rescue, who shared a great story and even brought his drone to show students how it works! 🚒 Mr. McCaw with the Foyil Fire Department, who brought all of his fire gear and gave students a behind-the-scenes look at what firefighters wear to stay safe. Even Mrs. McCaw suited up and modeled the gear for her class, which the students thought was so cool! 📚 Our amazing Partners in Education Red Crown Federal Credit Union, Jeremy and Nich , who not only read some adorable new Dr. Seuss books, but also donated those books to our library so our students can enjoy them for years to come. 🎤 Michelle Linn from FOX23, who took time to read with our students and help celebrate the joy of reading. Experiences like this help show our students that reading is important everywhere — in our schools, our community, and beyond. We are so thankful for the wonderful community members who helped make this week so special! ❤️🦓 Thank you for helping our Zebras fall even more in love with reading! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It's Popcorn Day!!!
Students can purchase Popcorn on their way to Rise and Shine this morning for $1.00!

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Do you remember when our sweet Addi won the trash truck design contest with the City of Claremore?! 🚛🎨

Well… the wait is OVER — the truck is officially HERE!!!

Addi and her family attended the City Council meeting where she was recognized for her incredible talent and hard work. She even got to help unveil her very own trash truck design for the community to see rolling through town!

We are so proud of you, Addi! What an amazing accomplishment and such a special moment for your family. 💛

A big thank you to Mrs. Basks (Assistant Principal) and Mrs. Ratcliff (Art Teacher) for attending the meeting to support her. That’s the Zebra way — showing up and celebrating each other! 🦓❤️

Keep your eyes on the road, Claremore… you just might see a very special truck driving by! 🚛

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We have been having so much fun during Read Across America Week!!!! Dress up day, guest readers, book tasting and so much more. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It's Social Worker Week!! Time to celebrate Ms. Courtney!!! Ms. Courtney makes a difference every day with her caring heart and dedication to our students. We are so thankful for her at Catalayah!

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Mrs. McCaw’s students traded four walls for blue skies and took their lesson outdoors! Clipboards in hand and brains in gear, they proved that learning doesn’t have to stay inside the classroom. A little fresh air can bring big energy, bright ideas, and lots of happy faces! 🌿✨ Days like this remind us that our campus is full of learning spaces — and our Zebras are ready to shine in every single one of them! ❤️ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Meyers has completely transformed our library for Read Across America Week, and it is AMAZING! 📚✨ It’s Eat, Sleep, & Read Across America Week, and all week long our students are feasting on stories at the Catalayah Café! With the sounds of patio dining, café-style menus, and tables filled with brand-new books, the library has turned into the coziest little reading restaurant in town. ☕📖 Students are getting to “sample” a variety of genres during their library time. From sweet stories to savory adventures, each table serves up something new and exciting to try! Every grade level will get a chance to taste fresh titles this week — just in time to build excitement for the Book Fair next week. Mrs. Meyers, thank you for creating such a magical (and deliciously fun!) reading experience for our Zebras. We love seeing our students fall in love with books in creative ways! ❤️🦓 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Friday is the last day to get your recipe turned in for the Junior Master Chef Challenge. Forms are in the office!

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Mr. McCaw from Rogers County Search and Rescue came to visit Mrs. McCaw’s classroom — and he didn’t come empty handed! He brought a drone AND a book to go along with it! After reading to the class, everyone headed outside to see the drone in action. Mr. McCaw demonstrated how it works and even captured some amazing aerial photos while it was in the air — including THERMAL images! 😮🔥 How cool is that?! Thank you, Mr. McCaw, for taking time to read with our students and for giving them such an exciting, hands-on experience! We loved it! 🚁 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

In Mrs. Ward’s 1st grade class, their intern Miss Oviatt read “Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones” — a nonfiction book all about animals that lay eggs! 📚✨ After reading, students became researchers and learned about oviparous animals (animals that lay eggs!). They wrote about what they discovered and shared their new knowledge like true little scientists. 🧠🔍 To top it off, they took a walk around our beautiful pond and found LOTS of oviparous animals right here at school — turtles 🐢, fish 🐟, geese 🪿, and butterflies 🦋! Learning + fresh air + real-world connections = the best kind of day at Catalayah! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Friday is Popcorn Day!!!
Students can purchase Popcorn Friday on their way to Rise and Shine for $1.00 each. Popcorn must be purchased first thing in the morning.

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Math with a View! ☀️➗🦓 Mrs. Ritter’s 5th grade class at Catalayah Elementary took their math work outside to our outdoor learning pavilion and turned it into a classroom with a view! With sunshine overhead and a light breeze in the air, our 5th graders were busy solving problems and working hard. There’s something about learning outdoors that boosts focus, sparks creativity, and makes even math feel a little more exciting! ✏️📚 We love seeing our Zebras making the most of every space on campus — proving that great learning can happen anywhere! ❤️ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Ritter is kicking off a little friendly competition in 5th grade at Catalayah Elementary! Each week, students will work on mastering their math skills, and the top three students who master the most skills will earn a spot on the leaderboard! 🙌 🥤 1st Place – Soda 🍫 2nd Place – Candy Bar 🍬 3rd Place – Jolly Ranchers A little competition, a lot of motivation, and tons of math growth happening in 5th grade! We can’t wait to see which Zebras rise to the top! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Friday Alfresco Fun ☀️🍎 Mrs. Hall’s 1st grade class at Catalayah Elementary took learning outside for a little Friday Alfresco time! What does alfresco mean? It’s an Italian word that means “in the fresh air.” So Friday Alfresco simply means taking our learning (and snacks!) outdoors to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air together. 🌿🌤️ They relaxed under the front awning, enjoyed a snack, and soaked up the beautiful weather. Sometimes the best classroom doesn’t have four walls — just blue skies and happy smiles! 🦓❤️ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Next week is Read Across America Week. Here is a copy of the dress up days!

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Our Popcorn Fundraiser started today!! There are several delicious options to choose from. Orders are due March 13th and popcorn should be delivered to the school middle of April.

Packets are coming home today!!

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🍿✨ POP, POP, HOORAY! ✨🍿 Mrs. Castle’s 3rd grade class is on a roll! They mastered 100 skills in IXL and earned themselves a well-deserved 🍿 Popcorn Party! That’s 100 skills of hard work, determination, and brain power! 💪📚 We are SO proud of their commitment to learning and growing every single day. But they aren’t stopping there… 👀 The next goal? 🎯 Another 100 skills mastered = 🍩 DONUT PARTY! Keep popping with success, 3rd grade! We can’t wait to celebrate the next sweet milestone! 🎉✨ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🍳👩‍🍳✨ Junior MasterChef Challenge is BACK! ✨👨‍🍳🥞

Do you have a breakfast recipe that makes everyone say “YUM”? 😋
This year’s theme is 🥓 Breakfast Delight! 🧇

We’re inviting ALL students to join the fun!
Share your favorite breakfast recipe for a chance to become our next Junior MasterChef!

🌟 Here’s how it works:
🥣 Submit your favorite breakfast recipe
📅 Recipes are due March 6th
🎉 Finalists will be announced March 13th
🔥 Final Cook-Off is March 31st

AND here’s the best part…
If you make it to the finals, YOU get to cook your recipe for the judges! 👏👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 How fun is that?!

Whether it’s pancakes, breakfast tacos, smoothies, casseroles, or something totally unique — we can’t wait to see what you create! 🍓🥞🌮

📍 Entry forms are available in the office.

Let’s get crackin’ and make this the most DELICIOUS challenge yet! 🥚💛

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Mrs. Ward’s 1st grade class is doing SUCH a great job on their journal entries! ✏️💕 Last Thursday for Thoughtful Thursday, their prompt was: “The most difficult thing for me…” Some of their honest answers included: • Climbing a tree 🌳 • Hitting a baseball ⚾ • Jumping off the diving board 💦 How sweet (and brave!) is that? It takes courage to try hard things — and even more courage to write about them. Their responses are such a good reminder that everyone has something that feels a little scary or challenging at first. But with practice, encouragement, and confidence, those “hard things” can turn into proud moments. 💛 What’s something that’s been difficult for you? #CPSZEBRAPRIDE