Past editions of Bragging Rights
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January 26, 2006
Young Poets Society...
Congratulations to Cleveland Elementary's students whose poems have been selected for publication in Creative Communication, Inc.'s anthology A Celebration of Young Poets. These 4th graders deserve a round of applause for their accomplishment, Helena Alves, Carlos Bahena, Amer Bassett, Alex Bryant, Lynn Bui, Emmily Burdine, Chase Busick, Belen Carrillo, Darian Covington, Hannah Crawford, Josue DePaz, Paige Dewbre, Joshua Faytinger, Madison Galier, Saibra Journey, Jerimiah Mansfield, Chelsea Meyers, Keegan Miller, Phuong Nguyen Aurianna Oricchio, Jacob Parker, Duncan Payne, Lauren Potter, Tianna Sanders, Shelby Shepard, Madison Sullivan, Ezinne Ugwu, Czarhenry Valerio, Cassidy Wagner and Jesus Zapata.
January 20, 2006
Parents Pitch In...
Southern Hills Elementary is very proud of their PTA who donated $500 to victims of Hurricane Katrina.
January 4, 2006
Held Accountable...
During the month of December, Financial Services (which includes Accounts Payable, Budget, Federal Grants, General Ledger, Payroll, Purchasing and Treasury) teamed up to help those in need during this holiday season. A canned food drive was held to benefit the Jesus House. The department collected nearly 150 pounds of food that would benefit many needy families in Oklahoma City.
Also at this time, Finance Services held a Penny Drive to benefit Positive
Tomorrows, a private, nonprofit agency benefiting children in Kindergarten through 12
grade in
family crisis such as those living in area shelters including the City Rescue
Mission and Salvation Army. They exceeded their goal of 75 pounds of coins
by collecting a total of 85 pounds. This translated into $212.27 that was
donated to Positive Tomorrows.
January 12, 2006
A Patchwork of Hope...
Students
from Oakridge Elementary extended warm messages to victims of last year's
hurricanes by working during the month of December. At art time, the
students designed and decorated enough panels to complete 12 disaster relief
quilts. Once the students completed their work, the panels were sent to
Oklahoma Disaster Relief Volunteers who turned them into quilts. The quilts
will travel across the United States to boys and girls who are hurricane
survivors so they will know the students of Oakridge Elementary are reaching
out to them. Special thanks go to Oakridge Principal Cynthia Barchue; fifth
grade teacher, Carolyn Mischke; art teacher, Samye Joiner; Oklahoma Campers
on Wheels and Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma Disaster Relief
Volunteers.
January 10, 2006
The Gift of Music...
At
the weekly Kangaroo Kickoff, Kaiser Elementary was presented with a
wonderful gift of $400 from the Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI) music fraternity. Each year SAI provides funds to a school music program in the metro area. SAI members
Kathlyn Reynolds and Martha Pendleton, retired music educators, presented
Kaiser Elementary's music specialist, Susie Bratcher with the check.
Kaiser's ten-year-old electronic keyboard was in desperate need of repair
and maintenance making this gift all the more special.
January 10, 2006
Crossing Borders...
Quail Creek Elementary is proud to have hosted students from Kyungbok Elementary in Seoul, Korea for three weeks. A group of 26 Korean elementary students experienced American culture and school. Quail Creek's students, in turn, where exposed to another culture as well. The Korean students spoke English, attended regular classes and stayed with host Quail Creek parents. This opportunity was made possible thanks the Educational and Cultural Interactions.
January 6, 2006
Flying
High...
It's not that education isn't exciting enough, Kaiser Elementary teacher, Marty Flint, just wanted more. So he decided to build his own airplane with the help of his daughter Margie, a student at Classen School of Advanced Studies. Click on the link below to read an article Marty wrote about his first flight in his new airplane. There are extra-curricular activities and then there are extreme extra-curricular activities - let's all give Marty a hand for being creative in and out of the classroom. Marty's article.
January 4, 2006
College Bound...
Northeast Academy is one of four high schools who will pilot a program to help prepare students for the academic rigors of college. A $140,000 course-rigor grant will be implemented at the high schools to better prepare our students. This program is a part of the National Governors Association who awarded three grants totaling $290,000 for efforts to improve the college readiness of Oklahoma high school students.
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