Will Rogers Junior High

✨Staff Spotlight✨ My name is Karey Province. I grew up and attended school in Claremore. For college I attended the University of Oklahoma. This is my 9th year of teaching. I started teaching in Verdigris, where I taught 6th grade for 2 years. After that I began teaching in Claremore. In Claremore I have taught 6th and 7th grade. I currently live in Collinsville with my husband, John, and three kids, Jared (15), Eastin (6), and Reese (4). I love teaching at WRJH. We have great teachers and great students! I love seeing my students learn and grow each day. Go Zebras! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Compounds, mixtures, and elements... how do you get students interested in learning about them? By thinking outside the box! Mrs. Boyd's science classes are learning about compounds, mixtures and elements by using Legos. Using Legos helps students recreate and understand how this works! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

✨Staff Spotlight✨ My name is Kelsey Rice and I am a 6th and 7th grade Geography teacher. I am originally from Alma, Kansas but I moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma when I was in 7th grade. I graduated from Oklahoma State University, GO POKES! This is currently my 4th year to teach Geography here at WRJH. The reason I teach is for the students. I love being able to connect with my students and get them excited about learning. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Claremore Public School Celebrates School Board Recognition Month The Claremore Public School (CPS) District joins school districts throughout Oklahoma to celebrate School Board Recognition Month, Superintendent Bryan Frazier announced. "Our school board members are volunteers who shoulder critical responsibilities and often make difficult choices for our District, all without pay. Their goal focuses on the future success of the children in our District," Superintendent Frazier said. "Celebrating School Board Recognition Month is one way to say thanks for all they do." Rea more here: https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/o/cps/article/382373

Will Rogers Junior High competed in its first robotics event of the year last Saturday and it was a huge success! Our teams performed well and learned a great deal from the experience. There were 24 teams able to join us this year, with WRJH competing against high school teams! Competition was tough, but we did well. After the competition, all of the students had plans for how to make their robots better which is what it is all about! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

✨Staff Spotlight✨ My name is Traci Smith. I am a Claremore girl - born and raised! I graduated from Claremore High School in 1991, married my high school sweetheart, and graduated from Northeastern State University in 2000. This is my 19th year of teaching, most of which has been in Claremore. I spent the first 5 years of my career as an elementary teacher in Mesquite, Texas. While in Mesquite I studied with a cohort from Texas A&M Commerce where I received my Masters in Education in 2005. My husband, Eric, and I have been married for 29 years and have two children who also graduated from Claremore High School; a daughter, Kanesa, who is an avid photographer (took the pic) and is currently writing her first novel, and a son, Jacob, who recently graduated from Northeast Tech. I teach 7th Grade Geography. Of all the subjects and grades I have taught, it is my absolute favorite! I'm an adventurer at heart and love to travel! Teaching is an everyday adventure filled with excitement and suspense in the journey! The relationships I have built with students over the years are ones that I truly cherish. Honestly, I was not the best student, and I did not always want to be a teacher. However, I did have a handful of teachers who inspired me. Not because they knew their content, but because they attempted to know me! I will never forget them and how they made me feel. That's the kind of teacher I want to be. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Does it seem that students are constantly on their electronic devices?📱 Mrs. Rahn's 6th Grade STEM students are showing us how they don't just consume technology, they are actually creating it! They used Ozobots to learn the creative side of coding. Students use a series of colors to code the Ozobots to tell the robot what to do. First, they worked on coding their initials, then moved to creating a storyboard for the Ozobots. Some created haunted houses while others created traditional nursery rhymes. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Just announced... F R E E breakfast🥣 and lunch🍔 for the remainder of the year! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

✨Staff Spotlight✨ My name is Amanda Simpson. I was born here in Claremore, Oklahoma, and moved all over as a military brat. Thankfully, I was able to come home and graduate from Claremore High School! I am a Northeastern State University graduate and was thrilled to be hired on at Claremont Elementary, teaching first grade. After three years, I moved up to the Junior High where I now teach 6th and 7th grade science! I live in Claremore with my husband, son, soon to be daughter, and two fur babies! My favorite thing about teaching is the relationships that are formed over the school year and beyond. Hopefully, I get to build a great one with you and your child. GO ZEBRAS! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Please remind your students to bring the ⚠IMPORTANT⚠ 3- mask😷, laptop💻, and water bottle💦! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

If you relay something, you pass it to another person. But have you ever done a relay in math class? Mrs. McMahan's class are problem solving with relays! Students work together to use a variety of problem solving strategies to answer the relay questions. That is a great way to learn math! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

@Claremore Public School Foundation's biggest fundraiser of the year will look a little different this year due to Covid-19 BUT it will still be fun and competitive with all the #CPSZEBRAPRIDE bragging rights! Please go to their website to register for this virtual competition! https://claremorepublicschoolsfoundation.org/events/

👮‍♂️We are so thankful for our School Resource Officers and appreciate all they do for our students! Happy LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY to all the heroes in blue!👮‍♂️ #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Is your child missing a coat? Or maybe a hoodie? We have a FULL lost and found box of items! Please remind your student to check it. We will be donating the items to charity at the end of the month. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🏫We are happy to be back at school!🏫 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

My name is Melissa Tietz. I grew up and attended school, grades K-12, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. I graduated high school in 1994. I went on to Oklahoma State University and graduated in May 1998. My first year out of college, I substituted the first semester for Claremore. The second semester I was hired on at WRJH as a para. The following year, August of 1999, I began my teaching career here at Will Rogers Junior High. This 20-21 school year will be my 22nd year of teaching. All 22 years have been taught here at the junior high. My husband and I have been married for 20 years and have 2 wonderful children. Ethan is currently a freshman at Oklahoma State University (Go Pokes!!) and will be studying Engineering. Abby is currently an 8th grader here at WRJH. I love spending time outdoors at the lake and coaching Abby's soccer team. Go Barracudas!! We have the best students here at the junior high. I love teaching and seeing those "lightbulb" moments. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

A picture is worth a thousand words. We hear it all the time. It can be especially helpful when communicating in our digital world to show a picture of something rather than typing it out. Or, maybe there is a certain point to be made by saving a portion of what is on the computer screen. Using the Windows Snip & Sketch application will help accomplish that. This #TechTipTuesday will demonstrate the many ways Microsoft’s Snip & Sketch can be used to capture images of what is on a computer screen and shared, posted, or saved for later reference. https://youtu.be/PZ_F60PbNPw

Good afternoon, these past few weeks have been an excellent respite for our Zebra families, but we are now ready to embrace the educational opportunities 2021 will bring. Tomorrow, Jan. 4th, classes will resume at their regularly scheduled time at all our sites. We will continue to implement our COVID protocols: wear a mask, watch our social distancing, and frequently wash hands . Please come prepared with the mask that was provided at the beginning of the year or a personal one. As we continue to mitigate the COVID-19 virus, we ask you, please stay home and contact your principal immediately if you have any of the following within the last week: 1. have been in direct contact with a COVID case, 2. had a positive test within the 10 days 3. are waiting on the results of a COVID test, or 4. are showing any symptoms. We look forward to the lightbulb moments, personal growth, and all our Zebras filling up the halls with the laughter, chatter, and smiles they bring with them.

✨Staff Spotlight✨ My name is Jackie Boyd and this will be my 22nd year of teaching! I attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M college for two years and then completed my college degree at Northeastern State University, where I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Education . I began my teaching career in first grade and after that have taught 4th and 5th grades and 6th and 7th grade Science. I grew up in Collinsville, and married my husband Jason who is from Oologah. We are long time rivals in everything! We have been married for 19 years and have 2 sons and 1 dog. Our oldest son, Aiden, is a Junior. He runs cross country, wrestles, and competes in weightlifting. Ethan, our youngest, is a 6th grader. He plays football, wrestles, and also competes in weightlifting. Both attend Claremore, GO ZEBRAS! If I have any spare time I love to read, go to the movies, eat at some of my favorite restaurants, cook, and watch television. I consider myself a reality television enthusiast. I even applied to be on Survivor season 3! I love teaching because every day is a new day. It is never the same and even if we think we know, there is always another question to answer. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

What are magnets used for? Everyone knows magnets hold artwork on the fridge, but did you know they are used to slow down roller coasters? They can be used on trucks to clean roads, and are in most electronic devices. Mrs. Tietz Physical Science class learned all about magnets while using them in a magnetism lab. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE