Will Rogers Junior High

YEARBOOK PICK UP IS TONIGHT! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

This week we celebrated National Nurses Day, but we know there are more healthcare workers out there making a difference during this pandemic. Do you know of any CPS alumni working in the healthcare field during the pandemic? We want to recognize them! 😷 Tag them 😷 Post a photo 😷 Comment what they are doing and where 😷 If you know it, the year they graduated Let’s show them our #CPSZEBRAPRIDE on the CPS Facebook page.

If you picked up a STEM in a Bag today during the Meals 2 Go: Drive Thru, Mrs. Rahn has some instructions for you. https://youtu.be/qkP63VQ9p1o

Here's a special message to our teachers. We hope they've had a great TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK! Thank you for all you do! We truly appreciate you! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Teachers- your students appreciate you! https://youtu.be/byDYGxe1Uwc #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🪁 The Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance is providing another STEM in a Bag this Friday. The kite kits will be available during the Meal 2 Go: Drive Thru while supplies last on Friday, May 8th at Westside, Cedar Point, and the CPS Enrollment Center. 🪁 A perfect way to engage our students in STEM and physical activity while experiencing first-hand forces and interactions, which is a huge science standard in many grades. Building a kite also hits a few math standards, including exploring and developing visual representations of growing geometric patterns. 🪁 Building kites also allows students to explore the engineering principles of building, testing, revising, and testing again! Not to mention the family memories they will make. 🪁🪁🪁

Happy National Nurses Day to Mrs. Egleston and all the amazing nurses out there! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

At the end of the 19th century, "The Lady With the Lamp"— or as she is more widely known, Florence Nightingale — founded modern nursing. Thanks to her strict use of hand-washing and hygiene practices while caring for wounded soldiers in the Crimean War, Nightingale and her helpers reduced the death rate from 42% to 2% — ushering in nursing as we know it today. On May 6, we recognize the vital role nurses play in our lives by celebrating National Nurses Day. There is more than maintaining medical records and making sure immunizations are up-to-date. Thank you to our nurses who give hugs that cure the body and soul. Let's give these ladies a virtual hug today! JENNIFER MASON SHEA JACKSON TERESA EGLESTON KIM TEAGUE #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

We ❤️ our teachers! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Did you know our child nutrition department has braved the front lines and served more than 54,000 meals to students during school building closures?! INCREDIBLE! They are true heroes, if you ask us!

Thank you to our teachers! We appreciate you!

CPS Teachers, During past weeks, TTCU knows how quickly you and your teachers have adapted to a new way of teaching. Even though we couldn’t be there in person, we didn’t want to miss the opportunity to celebrate one of the biggest weeks of the year, Teacher Appreciation Week. We hope that you will watch the 1-minute video below of love and support. - TTCU https://youtu.be/O6MEmXmy4R0 #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #TTCU

Interested in Robotics? Here is some great information to help you decide if Robotics is something you'd like to try! https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/156ksoxaRhpWYLpXdqE0rjhYCSKNGv01WLEDO4dS5r3Y/edit?usp=sharing #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Students in 8th - 10th grade are encouraged to apply for the OKLAHOMA PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP ASAP. Class of 2022 - June 30th is your final chance to submit your application. After sophomore year they will not let you begin an application. You may not qualify now, but you might by the time you head off to college. If you have an application on file and don't qualify at this time, but do in a couple of years, you can go back and adjust it and plead your case. If you have not started the process, you can NOT go back! Don't think you want to go to college - THINGS CHANGE. Do it anyway. Don't take away an option you may not realize you might want in the future. Take the time to do this ASAP! Oklahoma's Promise Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAENgNGYdRQ "Steps to Completing an Oklahoma's Promise Application" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXetPqVTKR4&t=16s "Final Steps to Completing the Oklahoma's Promise Application" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lph3mae4AUM If you have additional questions, you can contact Rachelle Sturges, GEAR UP School Specialist - Claremore Public Schools at rsturges@osrhe.ed​​​u.

This Friday, May 1st, is "School Lunch Superhero Day." I'm sure those serving the meals would love to see all their little superheroes in costumes on Friday to encourage and thank them for their dedication. Parents...put on a cape and join in on the fun! Our team has prepared and 45,784 meals since we began the COVID response 5 weeks ago. Last week we served 9,578 meals and Westside teachers suprised their cafeteria staff with some goodies. 🍲 Drive-Thru: Meals to Go are available Monday - Friday from 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM at CPS Enrollment Center, Westside Elementary, Cedar Point Church, and Justus Tiawah - North for students 18 and younger.

Next week we will begin locker clean out. Students and parents are still not allowed into the buildings, so we have a plan to retrieve items for students hopefully in an efficient manner. The schedule is as follows: Monday, April 27th will be 8th grade students from 8:00-11:00 A.M. and 4:00-7:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 28th will be 7th grade students from 8:00-11:00 A.M. and 4:00-7:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 29th will be 6th grade students from 8:00-11:00 A.M. and 4:00-7:00 P.M. Thursday, April 30th will be an extra day for students who missed their slot on the previous days. Times for this day will be from 8:00-11:00 A.M. We are also asking students to bring any library books they may have at home when they arrive. Please be patient with this process because as everyone knows, everything we do at this point is unprecedented. Parents will arrive at school in the bus loop and someone will meet you at your vehicle to determine your child’s locker number. We will also need to know whether or not you need anything out of the locker room. We will deliver items to you in a sack. Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me. My email is jbyoung@claremore.k12.ok.us, or you can call the school and leave a message. 918-923-4205. Mr. Young #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Westfall's 7th grade science classes have been working on Earth Day projects. Caden Story's project was a bird house. He put bird seed in it and hung it on his porch. Now he is ready to watch the birds! Great job, Caden! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Naegele's math class is using art to create math. They are exploring where we find math in our world. This is a picture of one of her student's math art work. Great job, Kayden! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Congratulations to Charlie Jo Baldwin for being one of fifty seventh-grade girls from across the state of Oklahoma who have been selected to attend the Southwest Alliance for Girls’ Enrichment in Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts & Humanities, and Mathematics Camp at Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SAGE STEAM at SWOSU). This camp is a week-long residential summer camp for middle school-aged students from Oklahoma. They will stay on campus most of the time with the exception of Exploration Day, where campers will travel to Oklahoma City. Campers will experience STEAM in fun, hands-on activities. Overall, campers will benefit from the additional enrichment provided by STEAM to launch their educational and career goals. Congratulations, Charlie Jo! What a great experience! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Simpson's science classes are building solar ovens. Last week's sixth grade assignment was to create a solar oven to reinforce what they are learning about heat transfer. This is a project that sixth grade does every year, and this year they are doing this while distance learning! Students made all types of different foods and snacks, including nachos and s'mores. This one is a fried egg! Great job to all our students! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE