Will Rogers Junior High

More MEAL WORMS! Friday was Mrs. Westfall's science students turn to study meal worms. They used meal worms to see how animal behaviors help maintain homeostasis, a steady internal state. They manipulated variables to get more accurate results. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Saturday was the first Claremore Robotics tournament of the season and it went well! We had 39 teams from across the state competing. We also had six former TSA students who came back to help our current students, as well as 17 volunteers who helped judge. The Claremore Robotics students competed well. Team 9142A won the Design Award for the second time this season and team 8634A won the Excellence Award at their first tournament of the year. Congratulations to all of the students and a big thanks to the community and current and former TSA students for volunteering! If you are interested in seeing our next Claremore Robotics tournament, it will be held February 15th. It’s free and fun for everyone to see! Competitions begin around 10am and end at 4pm. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Some of Mrs. Shillings choir students were able to go to Norman to attend the OU Young Men’s Vocal Workshop. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Westfall won a free hour of a Tulsa Zoo presentation and the 7th grade Enriched Science classes got to participate. They are studying animals and behaviors in class and the Tulsa Zoo had a great presentation for the students using live animals. One of the students dressed up like an owl, showing the different characteristics of them and how they react. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Robotics competition going on now at Claremore. Championship begins at 3 PM at Will Rogers Junior High. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

At Claremore Public Schools, we strive to create a work atmosphere for our teachers and staff that is collaborative, supportive, and stimulating. A productive learning environment for students depends on the ability of our teachers to share ideas and best practices with other educators and to have access to the most up-to-date training in the field of education. By recruiting the very best education professionals, we can be sure of the continued success of our students. Today teachers will meet with their PLC groups the last hour of the day. EARLY OUT TODAY! WRJH / CHS @ 2:30 PM Elementary @ 2:00 PM #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Staff Spotlight on Ms. Carter: ELIZABETH "MARIN" CARTER Attachments 8:27 AM (14 minutes ago) to me My name is Marin Carter, and I am a 6th grade English teacher at WRJH. I chose Will Rogers Junior High because I felt a call to the city of Claremore, and more specifically, to the students of Claremore. I have loved my first year of teaching here, and I couldn’t ask for better faculty to surround myself with. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Can you design a system that will protect an egg from a fall? That's an Egg Drop Project! Our 8th grade Science classes are trying this experiment. Students try to build a structure that will prevent a raw egg from breaking when dropped from a certain height. When creating this, they must try a design that would reduce the amount of energy transferred from potential to kinetic energy on the egg shell, keeping the shell from breaking. Mrs. Dixon's class had 2 successful egg drops, and lots that weren't so successful! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Ms. Lohmann's 6th grade Advanced Math class took what they knew about combining like terms to solve a puzzle. When you make it fun, learning is easy! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

EDIT- We will be leaving WRJH at 9:00am both days!

Construction update:

Ms. Carter and Ms. Blankenship's students spent several weeks covering a Holocaust unit. The students read the novel Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and did independent research on different aspects of the Holocaust. The classes teamed up to present their projects before Thanksgiving Break. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Tietz science class has been discussing human impacts on the environment. They are learning how important the three R's are, also! Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Today, they re-purposed items to make turkeys. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Naegele's 7th grade class is applying what they have learned about equivalent proportions to modify Thanksgiving recipes for specific serving sizes. Connecting math to the real world! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Today is no different from every day we for teachers. We are thankful for our students and their families, connections with our colleagues, for the leaders that encourage our growth, and the caring support from our own families. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Simpson's class is creating turkeys from recycled materials to practice one of the three Rs- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Our TSA students spent Monday afternoon at Roosa Elementary showing students different types of problem solving skills. Students teaching students- what a great idea! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Claremore Public School teacher Brooke Lee, you're Oklahoma's Milken Educator Award Winner! Mrs. Lee is an English teacher at Will Rogers Junior High and received $25,000 award. https://www.milkeneducatorawards.org/newsroom/videos/view/brooke-lee-claremore-oklahoma #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #oklaed #milkenaward

Claremore Public School teacher Brooke Lee, you're Oklahoma's Milken Educator Award Winner! Mrs. Lee is an English teacher at Will Rogers Junior High and received $25,000 award. https://www.milkeneducatorawards.org/newsroom/videos/view/brooke-lee-claremore-oklahoma #CPSZEBRAPRIDE #oklaed #milkenaward

Thanksgiving Break begins tomorrow, Wednesday - November 27th. We will be thankful to see you back in our classrooms on December 2nd.