Will Rogers Junior High

With recent positive cases in our wrestling program, the administrative team and coaches believe it is in our student-athletes' best interest and safety to suspend wrestling activities and practices at all levels for 10 days beginning today, 12/11/20. We will resume activities on Tuesday 12-22-20.

✨Staff Spotlight✨ My name is Mikayla Blankenship and I teach 6th grade English at WRJH. I grew up in Talala, Ok, and graduated from Oologah High School in 2014. I graduated from Evangel University with an Early Childhood and Elementary Education degree in December of 2017. This is my 4th year teaching and my 2nd year as part of the Zebra family. I have a beagle puppy named Scout at home that keeps my life interesting! I enjoy spending time with my friends and family as well as working for my church when I'm not at school. I became a teacher because I wanted to make a positive difference in the lives of the next generation. I love getting to see the "aha!" moments that happen each day in the classroom as the students start to "get it." I enjoy being a small part of their educational experience as they grow, change, and take ownership in their learning a little bit more every day. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🎬Movie stars in the making🎬 The 8th grade drama students have learned about skill voice inflection by identifying an emotion and applying appropriate volume, pitch, emphasis, and pacing. To practice this skill, the students read children's books that teach a moral aloud to the class! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Distance Learning DAY 2...we miss our students! Mrs. Bacon and Mrs. Hurt miss their students' faces so much they are using cardboard cut-outs for lessons! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

✨Staff Spotlight✨ My name is Marin Black, and I am an 8th grade English teacher. I am from Russellville, Arkansas, and I graduated from Arkansas Tech University. This is my 2nd year of teaching. I show up to work every day because I believe that I can make an impact on the next generation by simply showing up for them, believing in them, and inspiring them to be who they are called to be. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Do you have questions about distance learning? Is your student able to log in to their Google Classroom? Ms. Lohmann has answers to some important questions! https://youtu.be/l19yXqMsUVE #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

CPS #TechTipTuesday - Touchpads Has your touchpad mouse ever stopped working? In this week’s #TechTipTuesday, we will show users how to enable and disable their touchpad on the Zebra HP Laptop. YouTube: https://youtu.be/K-ZGM2Fpo5c #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The OSDH & OSDE have collaborated to offer the following FAQs regarding new guidelines involving quarantine, isolation and related matters. You can find them here - https://5il.co/noem #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Southwest Asia may have the world's largest oil supply, but many of the Middle Eastern countries lack one major life-sustaining element: WATER!💦 Mrs. Smith's students are studying the Water Crisis in Southwest Asia this week. They are learning how water scarcity has caused many Middle Eastern countries to go to war with one another! Issues over water rights and a lack of water has caused a food shortage in countries like Iraq, and pollution is a major issue region-wide. Countries like Saudi Arabia have built desalination plants to create drinking water from seawater. Although this is a reliable way to provide the population with drinking water, it is expensive, uses a great deal of energy, and harms sea life. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The December 8th wrestling dual vs. Catoosa is postponed. We are looking for a make-up date. Unfortunately, we also received news yesterday that the Perry Wrestling Tournament is also canceled this weekend. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Tonight's 8th & 9th grade basketball games have been cancelled by Coweta. However, the 7th grade boys WILL still play but it will be at the Claremore HS Gym. Remember your student athlete has vouchers to allow you to get in the game. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

How do you get your 8th grade English class interested in learning about the Civil War? You let them become the soldiers. Mrs. Crabtree's students are reading the novel “Soldiers Heart” and writing diary entries as if they are soldiers in the war. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Congratulations to Bobby Ruth, who made the 8th grade JH Mixed All State Choir and Ely Trosky, 7th grade, who made the JH Treble All State Choir. OKCDA Junior High All-State consists of two virtual audition rounds. Students prepared three difficult pieces of music and scored in the top of their region and the entire state! They will get to attend a virtual festival in January. Emmalynn Roberts, 6th grade, auditioned for OkMEA Children's All State Chorus. She recorded vocalises, harmonization exercises, and a prepared song to submit and compete against 3rd-8th graders across the state of Oklahoma. She is now considered a top singer in the state! We are SO proud of all of you! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝘁𝗵. Claremore Public School will not have classes on December 18, 2020. This includes distance learning and in-person classes. Winter Break for students will begin 12/18/2020. The previous Distance Learning Day will now be a Professional Development Day for teachers. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Who loves a roller coaster? 🎢 Students in Mrs. Steffey's class created a COASTER lab to learn about potential and kinetic energy. The coasters were made by the students who used marbles to show the different energy used. What a fun lab! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

✨Staff Spotlight✨ My name is Stacye Bacon. This is my 10th year to teach. I taught for 5 years at Tulsa Edison, 1 year at East Central, and this is my 4th year at Will Rogers Junior High. I love it here! I am teaching with some amazing people! Currently I teach Reading and I am the EL Teacher. I love it! This year is challenging, but we are all working hard to make the best situation for all of our students. At home, I have been married to my husband for 20 years. We have six amazing kids. Their ages range from 24 to 11. (3 Gals and 3 Guys!) We have one fantastic cat! We love to go on vacation, watch movies together, walk, and hang out! We love to have bake-offs at the house! We love sports too! I may be too loud at some sporting events, but that's because I just care sometimes too much! I love Claremore so much, and I hope to live here for a long time to enjoy this district and this community! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Show your SCHOOL SPIRIT! We will be putting in another order for our WRJH SPIRIT WEAR on Dec. 7th. Order forms are in the office or you can print out an order form and send it with your student. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Rogers Co Health Dept. is now testing without appointments. Drive-through testing is available Monday through Thursday from 3 - 4 PM and Friday mornings from 8:30 - 9:30 AM. No cost and no insurance needed. Must wear a mask and stay in the car. Renetta Harrison, MHR, CEP-Health Educator Rogers County Health Department 2664 N Hwy 88 918-341-3166- office CPS #WellnessWednesday

🚀Space "TaterNauts" & The Science Behind Spacesuits🚀 Mrs. Rahn's STEM class investigated how the layers of a space suit project astronauts from extreme conditions outside of the International Space Station or on the Lunar surface. Using the engineering design process, they participated in a simulated spacesuit design challenge to create a suit that protects their "TaterNauts" from micrometeroroids and orbital debris. Students' spacesuits were also judged on design and style. #CPSZEBRARPRIDE

It's #TechTipTuesday Claremore is a Google School, and the Google Workspaces Suite offers many useful tools to complete homework assignments and teach students. One of the most useful options is the Google Chrome Sync feature which keeps all bookmarks, links, and a user’s account information synced across all the devices. This week’s #TechTipTuesday will show users how to turn on Chrome Sync, so everything follows the user across all devices! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClaremorePublicSchools/videos/682043512514530 YouTube: https://youtu.be/QPRTYhLI31g #CPSZEBRAPRIDE