Putnam City Schools - Go Boldly

#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!

🤗 Goodies with Grandparents 🧡 It takes a village, and of course, that includes the Grandparents! The Grands were spotted at DD Kirkland and Ralph Downs this week eating sweet treats, drinking coffee, and playing with the littles to start their day off right. These sweet relationships truly demonstrate how it takes everyone to make every beat count for a child to learn and grow.

🗽 Hefner Middle School Student To Be Featured In Times Square! 🎬 We recently learned how an amazing Hefner Middle School 8th grader, Treymane Rollins, will soon be featured on the big screens of Times Square in New York City! Rollins was selected from nearly 3000 entries in the National Down Syndrome Society's worldwide call for photos! The video will play in Times Square and be streamed worldwide to kick off the New York City Buddy Walk this Saturday. Based on these photos, we can see why he was selected! Looking good, Tremayne! 😎

📖 Representative Ellyn Hefner Reads to Hilldale 3rd Graders 🏛️ The Hilldale Tigers got a lesson on where their clothing comes from as State Representative Ellyn Hefner read a book to a third grade class this morning. They had a lot of great questions for Rep. Hefner, some on-topic, some off-topic, but all questions are good questions! 🤗

#OnTheRoadWithRhodes 📍Visiting Our Schools One Stop at a Time with Dr. Rhodes at the Wheel 🚙 Superintendent Dr. Rhodes ventures every week to visit our schools, see the action, talk to students and teachers, and participate in fun activities that he finds along the way. Today, we road along on his trip to visit the Lake Park Lions, Western Oaks Elementary and Middle School Warriors, Central Cubs, and the PC Aviation Academy. Kids will truly say the best things, including one today asking Dr. Rhodes, "Are you the President?" 🤓

#BePresentBeBold: ⬇️ Avoiding Compulsory Attendance Violations ⬇️ Students Absent without a valid excuse lead to Compulsory Attendance Violations. Here's how: ➡️Absent for 4+ days or 8 parts of days days within a 4-week period ➡️Per Semester: 10+ consecutive absences or 20 parts of days 🔴 How can this be avoided? It's simple. Just make sure all absences are communicated to your student's school so they can be coded correctly. Above all- just "Be Present. Be Bold!"

#PCAthletics: 🏆️ Living In the Hall of Fame Where Everyone Knows Your Name🏆️ Last night was the night of nights as Putnam City hosted the annual Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet. This is one rare occasion where alumni from all three Putnam City high schools come together. They celebrate one another's accomplishments while basking in the remanence of some of their best memories! ⭐️Meet our new inductees: 🟠Putnam City High School: Mark Anderson, Dr. Kenneth Cooper, Marita Hynes, Louis "Lou" Kretlow 🔴Putnam City North: Todd Fereday, Chris Haworth, Aaron Ivey, Lance Parker 🔵 Putnam City West: Gladys Griffin-Zukerman, Carrie Heightley Schimmels, Ben Rutz, Tim Sydnes 🏈Team Induction: 1977 Undefeated State Champion Putnam City Pirates Football Team We are so #PCProud of your trailblazing efforts that still inspire our students today!

#PCBondProjects: ☀️ Less Than 1,000 Degrees Outside Calls For Fun In The Sun 🛝 Over the summer, the Western Oaks Elementary Warriors received new playground equipment and an artificial turf soccer field to enhance their outdoor recess and learning experiences. Since school has been in session it's been too hot for the Warriors to be outside, but today they got to enjoy the new equipment and there was no shortage of energy and Vitamin D! 😁

#BePresentBeBold ⏱️ Keep Up With The Changes! ⏱️ Our District Attendance Policy has been updated to better support student success. We'll continue to highlight the Board-approved policy revisions to help our students/families better understand all things about good attendance.📆

#PCProud: 😁 First Day Vibes: All Smiles, All Excitement! ✅️ For some, today might have been filled with anxious feelings, but it was absolutely evident that our students were excited to see our staff and their peers they missed throughout the summer. 😎 Bright smiles were plentiful, hearts were fluttering with excitement, and the shining sun made all the things that much better! 📺 A special Thank You to our local news partners at News 9 and KOCO who also joined us showcase this fun day in Putnam City! tempImageIE9Myi.heic

🚔 Protecting and Serving Putnam City 🚓 Putnam City Campus Police Officer Parker Mauk, Officer Davon Spencer, and Officer Jake Bradley have graduated from the State of Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training Basic Police Officer 16-week Academy in Ada, OK! We are thankful for their commitment to our students, staff, and PC Community.

🇺🇸 Stars, Stripes, and School Spirit! 🎇 The Putnam City Schools Campus Police Department and Putnam City West High School JROTC proudly marched in the Bethany Boom Independence Day Parade, showing off our patriotic pride and community spirit!

🚜 Moving Dirt for the New PC Centennial Center 🚜 Another School Bond project is underway with the construction on the PC Centennial Center officially beginning. The PC Centennial Center will be the home of a new community park, outdoor amphitheater, fine arts auditorium, meeting halls, School Board room, and administrative offices. We look forward to keeping up with the updates and, of course, the opening in a couple of years! 🛠️

🚌 Congratulations are in order for two from our Transportation Department! Huge shout out to Shelly Armstrong and Zachary Wouters for being distinguished as Nationally Certified Supervisors of Pupil Transportation through the National Association of Pupil Transportation. There are only three Nationally Certified Supervisors in the State of Oklahoma and two of them are right here in Putnam City Schools!

🚌 Congratulations are in order for two from our Transportation Department! Huge shout out to Shelly Armstrong and Zachary Wouters for being distinguished as Nationally Certified Supervisors of Pupil Transportation through the National Association of Pupil Transportation. There are only three Nationally Certified Supervisors in the State of Oklahoma and two of them are right here in Putnam City Schools!

Just like that, Summer Recharge has come to a close. We always love the creativity that is unleashed, the friendships that are made, and the lessons that are learned during Summer Recharge. We want to thank all of our teachers and students for participating and wish you a safe and happy rest of your summer! 😎

#SummerRecharge ⛰️ In Their Natural Habitat 🦎 Summer Recharge students at Hilldale Elementary made habitats to show off each climate, then presented their work to their friends! 🐜