#PCStaffSpotlight: 🎊Investing In The Future By Empowering Classrooms🎊
We’re thrilled for Ms. Ferrell on receiving a classroom grant from Charlie's Car Wash! As a new teacher at Putnam City West High School, this grant will go a long way in helping her create a foundational and functional classroom that she can proudly use for years to come. Congratulations, Ms. Ferrell!
#PCCommunity: 🐶Let Us Tell You About Our Best Friend🐾
Meet Hazle and Clover, two of the most beloved guests at Will Rogers Elementary! Hazle is a national champion therapy dog registered with the Alliance of Therapy Dogs, while Clover is still working hard towards her own registration. Together, these two canines have made a remarkable difference, helping to improve reading skills by calming anxiety and providing support to teachers and students during sensitive times. They've also been known to assist with health-related issues, making a positive impact in our school community every time they visit!🥹
🤗 PCN Panthers Inspire Elementary Students Through ASL 🤗
High school students from Putnam City North recently shared their knowledge of American Sign Language (ASL) with younger students at James L. Dennis Elementary, fostering communication skills and building connections across PC campuses.
📚 New York Times Bestselling Author Visits Putnam City 📚
There's nothing quite like the feeling of opening a brand-new book, especially one signed by the author! Scott Reintgen visited the Overholser Oilers and Western Oaks Elementary Warriors this morning. He talked about his newest book, "The Last Dragon on Mars," and answered many questions about his life as a full-time award-winning author! What a cool experience for our Putnam City students to inspire students to dream big and read more.
🥳 Nearly 300 PCW Patriots Celebrate Excellent Attendance 🥳
The PCW Patriots celebrated their positive attendance this week with a one-of-a-kind Fiesta! Nearly 300 students qualified for the event where they got time to just chill with friends, eat pizza, snacks, and cotton candy, and play a variety of games together.
#PCCommunity: 🌱Green Thumbs In The Making🌳
OKC Beautiful Foundation visited the budding little 'saplings' of Overholser Elementary today! It was all hands on deck—or should we say in the dirt—as everyone played a part in planting beautiful, fresh trees. Every tree planted is a lesson in patience, growth, and the plant life cycle #EcoEducation
#PCStudentSuccess: 🍂Orange You Glad It's Pumpkin Season🍂
Coronado Heights second grade had a blast studying textures and natural processes of decay, regrowth, and renewal by reading the story of Pumpkin Jack. Throughout the year, they will see how the plant life cycle works in real time!
#BePresentBeBold: 🦜We Are Birds Of A Feather That Flock Together Here🦜
Putnam City is proud of the support between schools, especially our older students mentoring our younger students. Check out the mentor programs your school has to offer or the PC Foundation's CAST Mentorship program to get involved! Link is provided below. Together, we build stronger connections and brighter futures!🌟
🔗https://www.putnamcityfoundation.org/programs
#PCStudentSuccess: 🍎🍏Planting Seeds Of Apples And Kindness🍎🍏
The second graders at Northridge Elementary celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day this week by making apple pies together! Through the story of Johnny Appleseed, they learned valuable lessons about kindness, generosity, and the importance of nature. They also explored how apple trees change with the seasons and discovered how one small apple seed—or a simple act of kindness—can make a big difference in the world around them.
#PCStudentSuccess: 🎸Learning Like A Rockstar🎸
The Coronado Cougars had an "amped up" Friday celebrating Rock Your School Day! Their special guests, the Putnam City High Step Team, kicked off the day with some amazing moves, setting the tone for rockstar-themed educational lessons that spread throughout the entire school.
#PCStudentSuccess: 🧊Solids, Liquids, And Gases, Oh My!💨
Apollo Elementary Eagles had a fun and educational experience today, watching dry ice mix with boiling water to create a visual demonstration of the phase changes of water!
#PCProud: 📣Let’s Go, Let’s Go L-E-T-S-G-O📣
Putnam City North and Putnam City High cheerleaders are making sure a living legacy of spirit surges throughout their schools as they teach the littles how it’s done!
#PCCareers 👀Looking For A Flexible Yet Fulfilling Role in Education?👀
We are looking for passionate substitute teachers to help support our teachers and grow our students. Subbing can be the perfect way to give back to your community or to gain a head start on a career in education! 🎓️ #JoinOurDistrict #SubstituteSupport #EveryBeat Counts
🔗 Visit our link to apply today 🔗
https://www.putnamcityschools.org/page/substitute-teaching
🌱 PCN Home Of Rare Milkweed Plant Species 🦋
A rare plant species, the Zizotes Milkweed, is growing at Putnam City North! The Outdoor Classroom at PCN is a vibrant place for all types of plants, insects, and now the rare milkweed. A Conservation Biologist from the OKC Zoo came out and surveyed the plants this week and found about 20 more milkweed plants growing. There are 29 recordings of this rare milkweed in Oklahoma, 5 in Oklahoma County, and 2 of those are at PCN! We can't wait for all the monarch butterflies to find the milkweed plants next!
🤑 FUNdraising at Northridge ends with slime 🤑
Slime was the grand finale of the Fun Run at Northridge Elementary today. These fundraising efforts took buckets of dedication; dedication of the students and families for raising all the money, and dedication of our amazing teachers and principal for willing to get slimed!
#PCFineArts: 🎭️A Few Of Our Favorite Things: Fine Arts And The Sound Of Music!🎭️
Our students at Rollingwood Elementary explored the hills of creativity and imagination this morning as Lyric theater performed The Sound of Music! 🌄🎶 Through the lense of these little eyes, it was a magical introduction to the world of fine arts. This classic helped them learn the beauty of music, theater, and storytelling. It's the perfect way to spark a lifelong love of the arts.
#PCBondProjects: 🔄Centenial Center Loading... 🔄
🏗️We’re excited to share that the Centennial Center is quickly coming to life! This project broke ground in June and marks the final piece of the 2014 Bond, which has already delivered incredible upgrades for our district: new band uniforms, athletic equipment, textbooks, technology, fine arts gear, the new Capps Middle School, and two additional stadiums at PC West and PC North.
🎭 Additionally, we addressed the loss of the Capps Middle School auditorium by adding a new Performing Arts Hall, thanks to the 2017 Momentum Bond. This new facility will be a mid-size venue perfect for elementary and middle school events, and a flexible space for professional development. This will also help avoid any scheduling issues for multiple student organizations when spaces like the high school auditoriums are unavailable.
👀 Stay tuned for updates on the upcoming 2025 Innovation Bond! You won’t want to miss out on being part of our District’s exciting growth and enhancing the educational experience for our students!
#PCBondProjects: 🎨 New Art Room Sets A Blank Canvas For A New School Year🎨
Thanks to a previous bond, our budding artists now have a space to let their creativity shine! ✨ The new art room at Windsor Hills is a game changer for their imagination and learning! This is proof that when a community invests in education, creativity flourishes for our students across the District!
#PCAthletics: 🏈Two Schools, One Football, And A Whole Lot of Pride🏈
Last night was the first sister school game of the 2024 football season between the Putnam City High Pirates and the Putnam City West Patriots. This rivalry always brings out the best in both teams, turning what starts as just a game into the driving force behind their school spirit. It was a battle of skill, heart, and tradition on the gridiron that resulted in the Pirates bringing home the bragging rights...until next year
#PCProud: 📣Building School Spirit From The Bottom To The Top📣
In the spirit of tonight's sister schools game, the Putnam City West football, cheer, and pom teams brought energy to the morning assemblies. They sang, danced, and celebrated awards with the WOES Warriors, Lake Park Lions, and Hilldale Tigers. Once not long ago, these big kids were little ones, dreaming of doing what they do now. Today, that same dream is being passed down as the younger kids watch them, imagining being under the Friday Night Lights one day.
🏈Putnam City West v. Putnam City High
🎉Come show support for your school tonight, 7 pm, at Putnam City West High School!
