Will Rogers Junior High

✨NEW TEACHER FEATURE✨ My name is Bradi Hulse. I teach 6th grade English at WRJH. I went to Sequoyah High School where I graduated with the class of 2014. After high school, I went to Pittsburg State University. Before coming to WRJH, I was a 1st grade teacher at Verdigris. I've been married for almost three years and we have a one year old little boy named Bennett. I love teaching at Will Rogers Junior High because I love how kind and helpful everyone is! #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.

Students in Mrs. Naegele’s classes engaged in a paper folding activity to discover the inverse relationship of division and multiplication when dividing fractions. As a check for understanding, students created stop motion videos to teach others how to fold a 1/12 fraction strip and explained the relationship of multiplication and division when calculating fraction division. Students collaboratively wrote directions, developed scripts, produced props, filmed, calculated just right time ratios and voiced over their movies before their movie premieres. Such a great use of STEM! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🏆WE ARE SUPERIOR!🏆 We had ELEVEN of our 7th and 8th grade Band students receive SUPERIOR AND EXCELLENT ratings at the latest Band competition! WOW! Great job to these and all our Band students! We are so proud of you! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Who says reviewing food webs has to be boring! In Mrs. Boyd's Science class, students played a board game to review the food webs and food chains! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We made the news!🎥 Mrs. Rahn's STEM class learned about the four forces of flight by building foam rockets with different sized fins to demonstrate different variables of drag. They collected data through several trials to make a claim on fin size and drag based on the evidence from their data. They had special guests from Osage Sky News 6 pilot Dustin Stone & Matt Rahn! They also reported a news story about their visit! Watch here: https://www.newson6.com/story/6206ffc8a958c1072982f336/osage-skynews-6-crew-visits-claremore-school-for-science-lesson #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

How do you teach students about History? By doing a class play! In Mr. Dexter's class students are learning about the Supreme Court case that established Judicial Review, Marbury V. Madison. To get a better understanding of the case, students participated in a class play going over the court case. Students played the roles of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, and William Marbury. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

✨NEW TEACHER FEATURE✨ My name is Sydney Phariss. I teach 7th grade Math at WRJH. I graduated from Claremore High School, then went to Oklahoma City University. Before coming to WRJH I taught at Edmond Public Schools. In my spare time, I love spending time with my Mamaw. I also love watching reruns of Gilmore Girls. I have two cats, Butter and Ruth. Claremore has always been home for me. I am so excited to be a Zebra again, there is nothing like it. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

With it being so close to Valentines Day, Mr. Dexter decided to make romantic comedy posters to review their concepts from Chapter 8. Students choose a concept from Chapter 8 to "remake" a romantic movie title! One was about the Jefferson and Adams split and made a poster called "When Jefferson Met Adams"! What a fun idea! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Brunjes-Hall's Art class are having "jewelry week". They are making their own jewelry and learning about the different types of jewelry. What great designs! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Expectation # 5- "We will help each other whenever possible." WRJH students, Ben Greenland and Kevin Raines, demonstrate the life principles of service and dependability. They have helped Ms. Tonya clean the tables and sweep the floors after breakfast every morning this year. Ben and Kevin always have positive attitudes and make their teachers proud. #GEMODELSCHOOL #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Our WRJH Robotics Team did it again... At last week's Robotics tournament, we won the Design Award, the Tournament Champion Award, and all four Robotics teams qualified for STATE! WoW! Way to go, Robotics and Mr. Isenbart! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Who's ready for a RELAY race? Students in Mrs. Mercer's class had a "relay" race to practice writing good claims. They are learning about Argumentative writing and how to identify good claims when given sentences! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

For Black History Month, Mrs. Brunjes-Hall's Art students painted portraits of prominent black artists inspired by the art quilts of Bisa Butler. Mrs. Butler's work can be viewed at www.busabutler.com. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We may be a little late with this post, but had to share! Mrs. Shilling's students celebrated the “Month of Santa Paws” and this year’s Current Events students wanted to continue the celebration that last year's students began. They organized and celebrated with a gift exchange of pet related items that were donated to the Claremore Animal Shelter. What a GREAT service these students are doing! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

💖 It's February and we want to share the LOVE! 💖 " I love about my school is all my students! The students are brilliant and talented, loving and so funny. Best middle schoolers EVER! " - Mrs. Steffey, Will Rogers Junior High #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Students in Current Events class took psychologist Taylor Hartman’s Color Code personality assessment. Students made hypothesis of our principals personalities and asked them to take the test to see the results. They celebrated everybody’s differences by marbling paper in the proper personality color ratios. To inform the principals, they marbled paper for them and presented them with crazy gifts! What a fun activity! #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

During this #PublicSchoolProud week we are sharing how much teachers value each other and their teaching abilities. Ms. Phariss wanted Mrs. Stout to know she values her "Pod Partner" not only as a teacher, but as a friend, too. Here's a little of what she wrote: "Thank you so much for all you do for your school. The way you care for your students is so evident! The students feel safe around you, which allows them to learn more. Thank you for all you are doing for your students and your fellow teachers. I am so grateful for all the help you have given me! I value you so much!" Thanks to all our amazing public school teachers! We value each of you! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE