Will Rogers Junior High

✨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

@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/

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

👮‍♂️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

Did you ever volunteer to show your work for the entire class? Mrs. Campbell's students were working on a review and volunteered to show their work to the class and explain their thinking! They explained and took questions from other students. What great class involvement! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Mrs. Bacon and Mrs. Hurt's classes are studying root words, prefixes, suffixes, & testing vocabulary words. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Happy Holidays from WRJH! #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

The announcement you've all been waiting for... the winners of the U-G-L-Y Sweater competition. Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's district-wide event. Congratulations to the site staff winner, Mrs. Tietz from WRJH, and the winner of the principal's competition, Mrs. Hinds from Westside Elementary. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

Thank you to our WRJH students for the amazing amount of food donated for our WRJH Food Drive! We were able to help 19 of our WRJH families have a great Thanksgiving and have additional weekend "snack" bags! https://youtu.be/fnV1JnvEJjM #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It's time to VOTE on the SCHOOL SITE STAFF with the U-G-L-Y (est) Christmas Sweater! You can only vote 1 time in the comments on the CPS FB page. The winner will be selected at 9AM on Dec. 24th. The winners of both the Principal & Staff competitions will be announced on Christmas Day. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

✨Staff Spotlight✨ My name is Kimberly Gillispie. I grew up in McAlester, Oklahoma, where I graduated from high school. After high school, I attended Northeastern State University in Tahlequah. This school year will be my 15th year teaching. I love working with young people in a career where I know I am making a difference. I get to help shape my students lives and I hope that I make a meaningful contribution to that process. I hope I help to make them the best versions of themselves they can be. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE

It's time to VOTE on the Principal (or Asst.) with the U-G-L-Y (est) Christmas Sweater! You can only vote 1 time in the comments on the CPS FB page. The winner will be selected at 9AM on Dec. 23rd. #CPSZEBRAPRIDE