Claremore High School

PLC Day for Teachers = EARLY RELEASE for students today. 🕑 Elementary @ 2:00 PM 🕝 WRJH / CHS @ 2:30 PM #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

CHS Wrestlers send 9 student-wrestlers to the OSSAA State Tournament. Good luck and safe travels to our Zebras 🤼‍♂️Andrew Hancock #106 🤼🏼‍♂️Alex Llanas #126 🤼🏼‍♂️Cooper Zickefoose #138 🤼🏼‍♂️Kai Schultz #152 🤼🏼‍♂️Dakota Culp #160 🤼🏼‍♂️Blake Bacon #220 🤼🏼‍♂️Louis Contreras Heavy Weight 🤼🏾‍♀️ Mackenzie Bacon 🤼🏻‍♀️ Kalynn Geranen Due to the weather, the schedule of events has been updated for Friday and Saturday.

Our basketball boys are living in the past! Check out these #TBT warmups. Does anyone remember the first year our basketball team wore these? #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

📷 TODAY'S DL PHOTO CHALLENGE - POST A PIC OF YOUR STUDENT READING ON OUR FB PAGE! 📚 Why reading 20 minutes is so important to do EVERY. SINGLE. DAY! 3 students - 3 results 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔 reads 20 minutes a day = 3600 minutes & 1,800,000 words in a school year. 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗕 reads 5 minutes a day = 900 minutes & 282,000 words in a school year. 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖 reads 1 minute a day = 180 minutes & 8,000 words in a school year. 🏆 What site will post the most photos? We’ll announce it on Friday. Read more here: https://5il.co/1658n #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

📷 PHOTO CHALLENGE! We miss our students! We'd love to see their faces. Snap a pic of them in their distance-leaning spaces and post it in the comments of our Facebook page - be sure to add your school. We'll see what school has the most entries and announce the winner on Friday. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Swimming their way to the State Championship blocks! Sylvia Admire, CHS Junior, added two more Gold medals to her collection. She is now the state champion in the 200 and the 100 freestyle. Brenlyn Vickrey, CHS Sophomore, made her debut at the state meet and received a bronze medal in the 100 backstroke. She also placed 8th in the 200 freestyle. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Welcome Mrs. Kathryn Williams. Kathryn is one of our new History teachers at the high school. She received her Bachelor's degree from Western Governors University. Before working as a teacher, she worked as an American Sign Language interpreter. Mrs. Williams chose to teach because she loves to help students see their full potential and reach their goals.

Thank you First United Methodist Church for your random act of kindness. Our staff enjoyed the treat!

If you missed the Parent Class Meetings last week, the counselors have posted their presentations on our webpage for you to review. If you have questions, please reach out to your counselor; they will be happy to help you. ▶ https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/o/chs/page/counselors-corner 💗 9th & 10th - Cindy Vanaman 💗 Secretary - Tonya Rehanek 💗 12th - Debbie Grace 💗 11th & Testing - Kari Forest

💖 It's February and we want to share the LOVE! 💖 “There are so many reasons I love my school, but the biggest reason is CPS's heart for their students and community. Teachers, admin, staff and students go above and beyond to take care of each other, and it really is like one big family! I am proud to be a Zebra.” - Ms. Mercer, Claremore High School Art Teacher #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Congratulations to Claremore High School's Academic Team for competing at the Area Tournament and finishing as runner-up! The team will soon be heading to the State tournament, so if you see any of them make sure to wish them good luck. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Online enrollment for the 2022-23 school year is quickly approaching. Paper enrollment packets will not be sent home with your student so it is imperative that you know your Wengage(parent portal) username and password. If you log in frequently and already know your username and password, no action is needed. When enrollment opens you will be able to login to your parent portal to enroll your student. If you do not know your password or have forgotten it, please contact the school as soon as possible for that information. Skip the line at ZAP enrollment night March 24th by taking care of this today!

** REMINDER ** All Claremore Public Schools offices and campuses will be closed for Presidents Day on Monday, February 21, 2022. The child nutrition team will move the distribution of meals from Monday to Tuesday the 22nd. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Get caught up on everything CHS! Hailey & Makyla host their first ZTV broadcast. 🎤 Announcements 🎤 CHS Students of the Month Interviews 🎤 Interview with Mrs. Williams about their CPSF grant for Art 🎤 Military Recruiting 🎤 Sports Spotlight: Dance Team Competition in FL ▶ https://youtu.be/VGdm2z3MICY #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Let's Play Ball!!! Today is Opening Day for our Claremore Zebra Baseball team! Today catch Varsity at 4:30p and JV at 6:30p as they kick off the season. Both teams will play Holland Hall at the newly named Murray-Pixley Park at Legendary Legion Field. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Any day is a great day to #BEATPRYOR! Zebras win over Pryor 49-34 on Senior Night! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Welcome Mr. Robert Castillo. Robert is one of our new Spanish teachers at the high school. He received his Bachelor's degree from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, MO. Before accepting his job at CHS he worked many first responder jobs. These jobs included being a firefighter/paramedic for the Broken Arrow Fire Department, a paramedic at Saint Francis Pediatric Emergency Center, and a combat medic/senior instructor at the Oklahoma Army National Guard. Robert is currently still serving in the Oklahoma Army National Guard and has served our country for almost 20 years. He has also spent some time working as a Children and Youth Minister at Sequoyah Baptist Church. Mr. Castillo loves working with the students at Claremore High School and watching them grow as individuals as the school year progresses.

December Senior Students of the Month: Makayla Salcido & Ethan Grimett December Junior Students of the Month: Zoie McKellips & Seth Bell December Sophomore Students of the Month: Adele Wilson & Rex Clark December Freshman Students of the Month: Emma Howard & Tyson Grimett https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/o/chs/article/654845

CHS will host individual Class meetings for students and parents tonight during P/T conferences. We would love to have you all present but know that many may have conflicts. With the addition of technology and the cooperation of our ZTV/Digital Video Editing program, CHS will Livestream the meetings on the CPS YouTube channel for those who can not attend in person. You can watch it live or watch it when it is more convenient. 🖥4:15-4:45pm - Class of 2022 (Seniors) ▶ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SOKpo5lwjOw&feature=share 🖥5:00-5:30pm - Classes of 2024 & 2025 (Freshman & Sophomores) ▶ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PIjpMlaXbhc&feature=share 🖥5:45-6:15pm - Class of 2023 (Juniors) ▶ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PIjpMlaXbhc&feature=share 🖥6:30-7:00pm - Class of 2026 (8th graders) ▶ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dZHrWwn-iXQ&feature=share #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🏊‍♀️ CHS swims their way to V-I-C-T-O-R-Y at 6A swim meet. 🥇🥇 Sylvia Admire bringing home the gold in the 200 freestyle and the 100 freestyle. 🥇🥉 Brenlyn bringing home the gold the 100 back and bronze in the 200 freestyle. Both swimmers heading to the State Swim Meet in Edmond on February 18th-19th.