Putnam City Schools - Go Boldly

Melanie Spoon, librarian at Capps Middle School, hosted a storybook pumpkin 🎃 decorating contest. This year she had a huge turnout! 👀Take a peek at all the fun designs and creativity!

Our District's support staff are truly the glue that holds us together. 🤗 All Support Staff were treated to a wonderful appreciation luncheon sponsored by the PCESP. A few lucky hard workers even left with some awesome prizes thanks to donations from our amazing community. Thank you for all you do, PC Support Staff! 💙🧡

🐾 Amber the Therapy Dog is bringing smiles and wagging tails to Hefner Middle School! Amber is Hefner's newest staff member certified in pawsitive vibes and providing comfort and support to our incredible Vikings. Check out the stories on KFOR, KOCO, and Fox25 this evening showcasing Amber and the District's Therapy Dog policy!

Have you ever seen lions fly? We haven't either. But, we did see some Lake Park Elementary Lions make their homemade bottle rockets fly! Students got to learn all types of STEM concepts with this engaging activity, not to mention just the fun of counting down to their own rocket launch! 🚀

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨!🎭 Riley Coburn, Putnam City High School Junior, made the All-State Cast!

It was a perfect mix of spooky and sweet across the District today. 👻 Happy Halloween from Putnam City Schools! 🎃

Have you ever really stopped and studied a pumpkin? They have some interesting smells, textures, shapes, colors, and even sounds! Some Lake Park Elementary Lions got an in-depth look at pumpkins just in time for Halloween! 🎃

Cuteness Alert! 🥰 The Putnam City Academy - PCA had some little trick-or-treaters visit last week and they left with no shortage of sweet treats! 🎃 We can't wait to see all of the Halloween costumes this week across the District.

Putnam City North High School DECA put on a one-of-a-kind fashion show this week - "50 Shades of Pink." This fashion show had a little bit of everything mixed with a whole lot of fun and cheering!

The 11th annual PCH and PCW JROTC march and push-up contest was a textbook display of spirit, camaraderie, grit, and competition. PCH Air Force JROTC Cadets marched in formation from PCH to the Bethany Fire Department, where they met up with PCW Army JROTC Cadets for a high-stakes push-up contest, before the PCW Cadets marched from there to PCW. PCH JROTC took home the push-up contest win, breaking PCW's 2-year streak.

Turn the music UP ⬆️ Apollo Elementary School 1st grade Eagles did just that by making their own iPad speakers out of cups and cardboard rolls in STEM. 🎶🔊

PC Alumni Going Boldly - Are you keeping up with MLB? If so, then you've probably seen Andrew Heaney with the Texas Rangers! ⚾️ Andrew is a 2009 grad from Putnam City High School and also attended Rollingwood Elementary and James L. Capps Middle School. The Rangers won the ALCS championship and are moving on to the World Series. Way to go Andrew! You make us #PCproud! #GoBoldly

𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙐𝙇𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎! 📣 Tanner Wood, Putnam City High School Senior, has been selected for All-State Cheer! Tanner is the first male cheerleader from PCO to make the All-State Cheer team and is the first cheerleader in Putnam City since 2016! Way to represent Putnam City, Tanner!

Our amazing teachers and staff participated in the Putnam City Teaching & Learning Conference for today's professional development day. 📚 These dedicated professional educators, leaders, mentors, lifelong learners, and superheroes acquired many valuable new skills and lessons today that they'll use to teach their students tomorrow. ✏️

2nd grade students in Ms. Blevins' class at Coronado Heights Elementary - Putnam City recently read the story of Pumpkin Jack and now they get to watch a pumpkin decompose! 🎃 It is exciting to see the students learn and use new vocabulary as they examine the pumpkin's progress.

With no shortage of spirit on either side, the Pirates took home the Battle of the Expressway win for the 2nd year over the Panthers! Final score: 56-20. 🏴‍☠️🐾

📚✨Our 6th graders at Western Oaks Middle School got to learn about the braille alphabet in connection to studying about Helen Keller. They also had a guest speaker talk about the technology available to the blind and deaf in our modern world.

One might think 250+ middle school students on a stage with stringed instruments might be chaos. Well, in the case of the All-City Orchestra Concert, it was anything but! 🎻 Beautiful music and a lot of growth were on full display for our middle school orchestra students. Thank you to the guest clinicians and conductors from Oklahoma City University and Oklahoma State University! 🎶

We are in LOVE with the new accessible sandbox at Lake Park Elementary! 💚 Thank you to Special Education Teacher, Laura Caruthers, for her dedication and hard work in recognizing a need for her students, applying for the grant through the Putnam City Schools Foundation, and seeing the project through to completion. The new accessible sandbox is super popular, bringing students of all abilities together for enrichment, sensory help, and increased opportunities for learning through play. 👀 Look out for the exciting coverage from our media partners at KFOR-TV and Telemundo!

Mayfield Middle School PC went all out in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month during a schoolwide assembly. They had everything from poetry, staff recognitions, trivia, choir, dancers, and even a visit from USAO Drovers Soccer!