💖 It's February and we want to share the LOVE! 💖 "I love how nice all of the teachers are!” -Dillon, Claremont Elementary
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"My name is Gina Jacobs and I am a paraprofessional. I teach grades K-2nd and have been in education for 6 years. I have a daughter, two sons and a grandson - they are the loves of my life. In my spare time I love to spend time with my kids and my family."
"I teach because I love to see the kids, their smiling faces, and I love being a part of the joy of watching them grow."
Favorite Color: Purple
Favorite Treat: Anything chocolate or peanut butter
Favorite Snack: Nuts
Favorite Book: Ill Love You Forever
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Pre-K students work hard all year long at letter and number identification, writing skills, counting, etc.
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4th grade works on Main Idea and Supporting details through a digital escape room. Students had a blast with this engaging gamified learning experience!
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5th grade students in Mrs. Tidwell's class had another visit from the police officer they gifted a basket to during our Adopt a Cop program held in December. It's so awesome to see students creating positive relationships with the officers in our community!
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Do you remember your first friend?
We just love seeing friendships new and old blossom in our halls!
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"My name is Caressa Harden and I am a Speech Pathologist. I have been in education for 12 years, and 7 of those have been at Claremont. I have been married to my husband for 14 years and we have three sons. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time with my family, attending church, and cheering my sons on at their sporting events."
"I teach in the area of speech therapy so I can help students become confident communicators. It is rewarding to provide students with the tools needed to interact with the people they love and the world around them. I love watching students thrive and making an impact in their future."
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Treat: Dark Chocolate
Favorite Snack: Cheezits
Favorite Book: Children's Books! I love reading them to my sons and students.
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💖 It's February and we want to share the LOVE! 💖
"I love how nice all of the teachers are!” -Dillon, Claremont Elementary
#CPSZEBRAPRIDE
Pre-K students are so creative! This student used wooden sticks to spell out her name during center rotations in class. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE
** 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.
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On this #wellnesswednesday, we want to share how important it is to encourage positive self-talk in your children.
Self-talk is your inner voice, or the conversation in your head throughout waking hours. Positive self talk is talking to yourself in a kind, reassuring and optimistic way. This is so important for children, because what they learn now is what they will do into adulthood.
Here are 6 strategies to teach and practice positive self talk:
1. Model it
2. Create a list of positive self-talk statements
3. Talk about the benefits of positive self-talk
4. Incorporate crafts as a way to remember to use positive self-talk
5. Practice changing negative talk into positive
6. Talk about real-life situations where using positive self talk might be difficult
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One of our GE Expectations is “We will cheer each other to success…” and 4th and 5th grade excelled at that during their first ever Mathletics competition.
4th grade won the first competition and took the Traveling Trophy to their classroom! All the competitors did a fantastic job of showing off their skills!
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Fun was had across the building during our Valentine parties, but we think that Kindergarten might have had the most fun of all! Check out these smiling faces!
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"My name is Jennifer Rahe and I teach Kindergarten. I have been in education for 4 years. My husband and I were both raised in Tahlequah and both graduated from NSU. We spent the next 30 years traveling in the Marine Corps until his retirement. We came back to Oklahoma and he is now the Colonel of the JROTC at Claremore High School. That's how I came to Claremont! We have 3 daughters. Two are at NSU and one is at OSU. We are so happy to be back in Oklahoma and at Claremore Public Schools!"
"I teach because what's not to love about working with kids all day?! But also, I love all the teachers I'm around."
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Treat: Movie Popcorn
Favorite Snack: Yogurt, Almonds or Beef Jerky
Favorite Book: Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns and Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
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Mrs. Ward's class got hands-on with their math lesson and worked together as a team to put together a number line with numbers from 1-120! They had a blast together and learned so much!
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4th grade students created posters with their vocabulary groups to help with the story, The Last Great Race.
Posters are great visual references for students to be able to look back on when struggling to remember a concept that's been taught.
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Valentines Day fun was had by all in the building on Friday! It’s always so sweet to see our students “sharing the love” with one another and their teachers through cards and treats.
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We always love having our GE Coach in the building! Teachers had the chance to show off their growth in GE practices, and show how our students have grown as well!
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5th grade students were visited by members of the HS band as a recruitment effort for JR. High Band! Students enjoyed listening to the band demonstrate the different instruments played in JR. High band, and some students even got to try out the different mouthpieces!
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4th graders are LOVING Innovation Lab with Ms. Cardwell! During their time in the lab, students learn robotics, coding, circuit's and so much more! We love that they get the opportunity to participate in Innovation Lab!
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