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School News - Tip Sheet - 10/14/2009

TPS Honors Academic Stars 

9/19/2009, 6 p.m.

Individuals and schools contributing to the incredibly strong year Tulsa Public Schools is having will be honored during a reception this evening at the Education Service Center.

Honorees include Brian Grimm, the Will Rogers High School educator named Oklahoma’s Teacher of the Year; Kendall Whittier’s Jill Davis, the 2009-2010 Oklahoma Early Childhood Educator and Adriana Rodriguez, a student at Hamilton Middle School that received top honors in the Mayor’s Essay Award for Sustainable Energy.

Schools being recognized include Booker T. Washington for being named a Blue Ribbon School in recognition of its academic prowess. Other schools to be lauded at the reception include sites that have met and maintained goals outlined in the federal No Child Left Behind legislation.

 

HelmZar Community Day 

10/15/2009

If you haven’t ever been there, perhaps you have at least seen it from the roadside—a behemoth with ropes, pulleys, levers. The HelmZar Challenge Course has been popular with children and adults for years, offering games, problem-solving activities and good, old-fashioned climbing. Now HelmZar is holding a Community Day on October 15, a chance to check out what the course has to offer. Community Day is open to middle school children on up, although individual under the age of 21 must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-register by October 8 to attend. Call 595-2875 for more information. The cost is $20 a person.

 

Tailgate Kicks Off New TPS Tradition 

10/16/2009, 5 p.m.

At Tulsa Public Schools you don’t have to go to the tailgate party—the tailgate party comes to you! Starting with the East Central /Coweta game on Friday, October 16, the TPS department of child nutrition is hosting a rockin’ tailgate party, something that will be repeated throughout the year at various district-sanctioned events. Everyone is invited, even fans of the teams TPS schools play against.

“Our goal here is to foster a sense of community pride and involvement,” said Steve Terry, director of child nutrition.

“This will be one of the biggest events East Central has ever seen,” said Michele Taylor, the treasurer of East Central’s school activity fund.

For $3 you’ll get a plate of barbeque (the aroma alone is worth the price), a glistening ear of corn and beverages. There will also be cheerleaders, games for younger children, music and a bonfire. Go team!

 

Edison Students Selected to Attend Literary Conference 

10/24/2009

Remember the names of these five Edison students: Margaret Aguwa, Chelsey Gay, Matthew Lawson, Krystal (Tobe) Shea and Samantha Wright. They may soon adorn the covers and jackets of publications sitting on your bookshelf. The quintet is students in a creative writing course taught by Paul Stevenson, Edison Preparatory School curriculum specialist, and they have been invited to attend the Nimrod Conference at the University of Tulsa Saturday, October 24.

The conference draws both professional writers and students from around the country. The Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry has been published for more than 50 years and is recognized as one of the leading journals of its kind.

 

Magnet Fair Showcases Educational Opportunities 

10/24/2009, 12 p.m.

Tulsa Public Schools is gearing up to present a magnet school fair showcasing the stunning array of opportunities available to parents and their children. The fair is Saturday, October 24 at Woodland Hills Mall from 12-4 p.m. and features district personnel and students enrolled in magnets answering questions and demonstrating the unique activities these schools have to offer. Materials will be distributed explaining the various opportunities as well as procedures for enrolling or transferring to a magnet school of choice.

more information on TPS magnet schools

 

McClure Celebrates a Half Century 

10/25/2009, 1 p.m.

Students and staffers at McClure Elementary School are gearing up to mark the school’s golden anniversary this month. All of McClure’s former students and faculty are invited to attend and bring with them historically-significant items representative of the school’s rich history. The anniversary coincides with a just-completed major renovation.

“We have a new library and six new classrooms that we’ll be dedicating,” said Susan Baston, McClure’s principal. “It’s been quite exciting to move into a library that is four times the size of our old library.”

Opened in 1959, McClure is the namesake of H.O. McClure, a former member of the district’s school board and president of a life insurance company. Born in 1865, McClure died in 1955.

 

Clinton Middle School Hosts Mayoral Debate 

10/26/2009, 6:30 p.m

The candidates for the office of Tulsa mayor square off in a debate on Monday, October 26 at Clinton Middle School.

The forum is sponsored by the Tulsa County News and the League of Women Voters, with a league representative serving as moderator. Each candidate will be allowed a three-minute opening and closing statement. Questions for the candidates must be submitted in writing prior to the debate.

Tom Adelson and Dewey Bartlett are vying to fill the seat vacated by incumbent Kathy Taylor. The election is November 10.

Shelly Holman, Clinton’s principal, said the forum serves multiple educational purposes.

“We want students to be aware of their civic duty to vote and we hope that by hosting this forum we can showcase our brand new school and stress the importance of voting,” said Holman.

The forum runs from 6:30-8 p.m.

 

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