Will Rogers Junior High

Sometimes you just need a little quiet time and some fresh air! That's exactly what Dr. Young's class got when they spent the hour reading outside. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

CPS Families, if you plan to attend any CPS athletic event, please check your email for an important message from CPS Communications concerning spectator expectations.

🏈FOOTBALL FRIDAY🏈 WRJH 🎇PLAYERS OF THE WEEK🎇 Boston Hamilton is this week's 7th grade player of the week. He played a great game throwing multiple touchdowns. He’s been consistent week to week leading this Zebra offense. His game winning touchdown drive was capped with a passing touchdown to Taydem Cape as the Zebras beat the Cardinals 22-14! Great job Boston! 8th grade player of the week was the ENTIRE 8th grade Offensive Line! They have been opening up massive holes for our skilled position players allowing us to dominate games at the line of scrimmage. GREAT JOB, ZEBRAS! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

What are forms of energy? In Mrs. Worley's class, students made a comic strip to show potential and kinetic energy. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Calling all WRJH veterans! If you are a veteran or a family member is a veteran of a WRJH student, please let us know! Send your name and picture to kperry@claremore.k12.ok.us. We will honor our veterans during our Veteran's Day Assembly in November. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🎇SEE YOU UNDER THE FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS🎇 https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/o/athletics/article/1271776 #beatpryor #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Girls in Aviation! “We want you to be our future aviators!” Oklahoma Labor Commissioner, Leslie Osborn Mrs. Rahn took a few girls out to OKC to attend this awesome event to help inspire some of our WRJH STEM Girl’s to think about a FURTURE career in aviation! *Women remain a minority in STEM Careers;occupying less than 25%. *Only 11% of the aviation collegiate graduates are women! Let’s help change that! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The best way to study for a test? Outside... with friends! Mrs. Simmonds' 6th grade students are enjoying the cooler weather by studying for their upcoming test in the fresh air! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

WRJH Tennis Tryouts 2024 Season🎾 Girls and Boys Tennis tryout dates are listed below. Tryouts will be located at the HIGH SCHOOL tennis courts. Please arrive five to ten minutes early to ensure all athletes are ready to begin promptly by 6:00pm. Athletes need to bring a tennis racquet and a bottle of water. Please dress appropriately for tryouts. Results will be posted at the WRJH by the end of the day on Tuesday, October 17 . Following tryouts, a mandatory parent meeting will be held on Thursday, October 26 at 6:00 p.m. at the HIGH SCHOOL gym in the Hospitality Room for those athletes that made the team. Information about tryouts can be found on Remind. Following tryouts, if your athlete made the team we will communicate using ROOMS. ATHLETES CAN FIND INFO ON THE REMIND APP NAME: WRJH TENNIS SEASON 2023 Send a text to: 81010 Text this message: @86ae2b9 Girls’ Tryout Oct. 16 Rain out tryout date Oct. 24 HS Tennis Courts 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Boys’ Tryout Oct. 16 Rain out tryout date Oct. 24 HS Tennis Courts 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. I look forward to seeing you at tryouts. Thank you. Coach Johnson Head Boys and Girls JH Tennis 918-923-4206 Ext. 2237 ejohnson@claremore.k12.ok.us #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🏈FOOTBALL FRIDAY🏈 WRJH ⚡PLAYERS OF THE WEEK⚡ 7th grade Zebras were victorious beating the Grove Ridgerunners 27-8. Titus Mize was relentless on defense having multiple tackles for a loss and tallied a few sacks as well. His effort was noticed by all the coaches and he is this week’s defensive player of the week. Now the offensive player of the week is Ronan Wheeler. He scored his first touchdown of the year and was a big part of the offensive success. Having multiple catches and also a throwing touchdown. Ronan sealed the game with his 50 yard touchdown pass giving him 1 receiving and also 1 throwing, making him this weeks offensive player of the week! Demo Cummings made the move to quarterback this week and dominated the game running the ball! The Zebras dominated time of possession controlling the ball for a majority of the game. Zebras won 13-0! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Can you draw something simply by listening to the description? Students in Mrs. Highley's class drew the Greek/Roman mythological creature/monster from its description by using the description and imagination to complete the drawing. They looked awesome! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The Claremore Indian Education Committee(IEC) will have a special meeting on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, from 6-6:30 p.m. at the Enrollment Center at 101 West 11th. The meeting will be held to hold the JOM Annual Election. To serve on the JOM IEC, a person must be the parent or guardian of a JOM-verified child. School board members or spouses, school administrators or spouses, and school employees or spouses can not serve on the committee. Any parent, community member, or other interested may attend the meeting. For more information on Title VI at CPS, check our webpage at https://www.claremore.k12.ok.us/page/title-vi-indian-education. -- Jackie Boyd JOM Coordinator Claremore Public Schools

Coach Dexter's classes are beginning American History and covering what life was like in the colonies. Students are participating in Colonial Life the Game! And are making decisions for a fledging colony to see if their colony will survive the experience! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Students in Mrs. Simmond's class created an electric circuit that allowed them to play sounds through a speaker in class! How cool is that?! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

ZOOM Parent Meeting information from last week: ►Doors open at 7:45am, please be aware of that, especially as the weather gets cold ►Parent/teacher conferences---will be October 12th and November 9th. Sign ups will be on my conference time. If you sign up for the Oct 12th meeting then there is no need to sign up for the November 9th ►WRJH dance will be December 15th. ►Eligibility for 7th and 8th graders-if your student is failing a class, they will be put on probation for one week. If the student still failing the class after that week, they are NOT eligible to participate. Questions about this or any other information is in our WRJH Student Handbook located here: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1081/CPS/853377/Handbook_23-24.pdf #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Counterman's class had some fun in the sun☀ while finding the greatest common factor! Students always enjoy a change of scenery- especially when it means getting to work outside! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

🏈FOOTBALL🏈 ◄Players of the Week► The 7th grade bounces back with a good win over Tahlequah 26-6! And we had TWO POTW for 7th grade! Ryder Green was relentless on defense! It seemed like every tackle was made by him. His effort made him this weeks defensive player of the week! Taydem Cape continues to do great things, he has caught a touchdown in every game this year and had two this game! His efforts have earned him another offensive player of the week! Great job Zebras!! Cannon was a vocal and physical leader for the 8th grade team opening holes for Demo Cummings and making multiple key tackles! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

How would you describe yourself? Ms. Prine’s class is learning about characterization (how a character is created) by characterizing themselves. Students had to answer questions to help them practice describing themselves and their friends. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It's GEAR UP Week! Time to Gear Up for our future! During Gear Up week, we will be participating in some activities to focus on our futures while discussing college and careers. Below is a list of dress up days that are geared towards gearing up for our future. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It is that time of year for youth wrestling sign ups!! Please come join Claremore Youth Wrestling Club!! We truly have some of the best coaches and parents that a club could ask for!! Boy and GIRLS welcome!! They are set up at Claremore High School until 4 today (Saturday, 9/23) accepting sign ups. But if you can’t make it out, there is a link for online submission! Only $100 per kid and discounts for siblings! Easy ways to submit payment too! https://forms.gle/5JHh4y5XTJ5gfa6VA