Catalayah Elementary

Mrs. Roller’s first grade class wrote stories about their leprechauns!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Lenny the Leprechaun made his way down to Mrs. Casey’s class! He’s enjoyed spending time in their class and the kids enjoyed teaching him all about 2nd grade!🍀 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Have you heard about the Leprechaun’s that were running around our school last week??? Thankfully Mrs. Cole’s class set up a trap to trap them. Check back later to see what else happened before he got trapped!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

During centers these students are learning to count money!!! They learned what each coin is worth, how to sort and how to count. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We know our Zebra families are having SNOW much fun on this snow covered start to spring break! Did you... ⛄ Build a snowman? ❆ Have a snowball fight? 🛷 Sled at the Will Rogers Memorial? 📕 Read a good book? 🍪 Bake cookies? We want to see what you've been up to today! Post a pic in the comments of our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ClaremorePublicSchools! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

#ZebraTravelDiaries - SPRING BREAK SERIES As you head out on vacations, staycations, day trips, camp, or any other spring break fun, send us your pictures in your ZEBRA GEAR and tell us where you are and we'll share them with our community. You don't have to be going far, you just have to show your #CPSZEBRAPRIDE when you are there. Stay safe, have fun, and email photos to jbrace@claremore.k12.ok.us.

We were so excited the Boys High School Basketball team stopped by on their way to the State Tournament!!! Go Zebras!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Our Native American Club took advantage of the nice weather yesterday and went outside to play Game of Graces. Graces is played with two people. Each person gets two dowel rods. Then, one of the players takes a wooden hoop and, pulling apart the two rods, sends the hoop into the air for the other player to try to catch. The winner is the player who is first to catch the hoop ten times. The game of graces was a popular activity for young girls during the early 1800s. The game was invented in France during the first quarter of the 19th century and called le jeu des graces.[1] The game of graces was considered a proper game – one befitting young ladies and, supposedly, one that would make them more graceful. Graces was hardly ever played by Boys, and never played by two boys at the same time; the players were always either two girls, or a boy and a girl. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Pre-Enrollment Opens March 7th for NEW PreK and Kindergarten Students at Claremore Public Schools TODAY'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A ZEBRA MARCH 7-12, 2022 by appointment only - at https://calendly.com/claremoredevers/cps-enrollment?month=2022-03 or call 918-923-4350. Read more: https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/article/657860 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Spring Break 2022 is just around the corner. All CPS offices and campuses will be closed from March 14-18th. Enjoy your time off; read a book, play a family game, bake a cake - whatever you choose, MAKE A MEMORY! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

2022 Iditarod started yesterday!! Have you ever heard of it?? The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is one of Alaska's iconic winter events, and the excitement traditionally starts in Anchorage on the first Saturday of March each year. Mrs. Wallis’ 2nd grade class read about it and also wrote little reports about it. I learned so much reading these. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We had some great guest readers this week at Catalayah!!! Tess Maune from News Channel 6, Makyla from the High School Volleyball team and THE CAT IN THE HAT!!!! We appreciate all of our guest readers!! The kids LOVED it! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We hope everyone was this excited about school this Friday morning!!! It’s going to be a great day!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Read Across America Week Reading makes you Bright!!!! Sunglass or Orange! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Catalayah 1st-4th grade students were invited to participate in the Oklahoma Farm Bureau coloring contest along with several other schools in Rogers County. We are so proud of our winners!! Elora and Hannah!!! Great Job!! Thank you Farm Bureau for letting us be a part of the fun contest! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🚌💛 Bus Drivers 💛🚌 We have enjoyed celebrating our Bus Drivers this week!!! We were even able to take lunch to the guys in charge of it all yesterday. They deserve so much more!!! We are very thankful for the amazing team and leaders we have in our transportation dept!!! These kids will always remember how special their bus drivers are!! Here is what some of our teachers had to say about their bus drivers when they were kids! Mrs. Ritter, Spencer and Mr. Eisenhower!  They just always made you feel like you were special.  Loved my bus drivers!   Mrs. Bonham My bus driver was my dad! He actually let me ride his route with him. My favorite memory is always sitting in the seat right behind him. He would look in the big mirror and wink at me! Mrs. McComb I remember Mrs. Baldridge... She was an elementary teacher and bus driver! She had a thick, long blonde braid all the way down her back. I always wondered if she accidentally sat on it sometimes because it was so long! She was so kind to all of the students. I think she was the one who would stop at the tiny convenience store in the middle of nowhere (Washington Store???)  to let us get giant pop-ice on really hot days!  Mrs. Salcido I remember my bus driver Chuck, he would talk like Donald Duck. We all thought he was so funny!!  #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Wednesday- Read Across America Week!! Exercise your brain and read!! Wear exercise clothes or red! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

These 1st graders are not only excited to be back at school this week but they are super excited to be back outside for recess!!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Douthitt’s class worked on practicing their letters with some green eggs and ham!!! It was also wear green day at school!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🚌 We 💛 our Bus Drivers!!! 🚌 Yesterday we had cute signs and notes and even their favorite SONIC DRINKS for our drivers!!! It was so fun to be outside waiting for them and cheering for them when they pulled up to the school!!! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE