Education
5-16 Education in brief
North yearbook distribution starts Wednesday
Edmond North High’s pre-paid yearbook distribution will take place through English classes next Wed., May 20. Please check the updated list posted in the main hallway to see if you prepaid a yearbook. Yearbooks will be on sale before/after school, tutorial and both lunches beginning Thurs., May 21.
West Field Elementary goes Hawaiian to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation
Students at West Field Elementary recently collected donations at their school for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma (MAWFO) through a penny war. Their efforts raised $172 to help grant the wishes of deserving Oklahoma children.
“It is wonderful to see the kids work to benefit kids that are struggling at this point in their lives,” said Kandy Parsons, director of donor relations for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. “These programs teach kids compassion which will result in being them better citizens.”
For more information about the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma please visit www.oklahoma.wish.org or contact our local office at 286-4000.
State Superintendent gives arts excellence award
Memorial High School senior Brian Hasse has been named a winner of the 2009 State Superintendent Awards for Arts Excellence. One hundred thirteen students from all over Oklahoma have been selected for this honor which is given in recognition of artistic and academic excellence.
Edmond student chosen for Paleontology Expedition 2009
James Cole, a junior at Edmond’s Santa Fe High School, is one of 10 students selected to take part in a paleontology expedition this summer from June 11-27. The program, titled “Paleo Expedition 2009,” is part of ExplorOlogy, an education program offered by the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History in Norman and funded by the Whitten-Newman Foundation. Cole was selected from more than 30 applicants statewide. Additional information about ExplorOlogy can be found online at explor-ology.snomnh.ou.edu or by calling 325-4712. The museum is located on the OU Norman campus.
The Goddard School receives top honors
The Goddard School, 17440 N. Western Ave., received special recognition at the company’s annual convention held at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa in Austin, Texas, recently. School owners Keith and Denny May and Robin McIntosh received several business awards.
“Keith, Denny and Robin manage a wonderful faculty and do an outstanding job of maintaining the principles of The Goddard School by providing exemplary service to children, parents and teachers,” said Philip Schumacher, Goddard Systems president and CEO.
The Goddard School offers a year-round program for children from 6 weeks to 6 years old. Children are encouraged to develop at their own pace in a warm environment supported by a team of dedicated teachers.
Parents are encouraged to drop in for a tour or call Keith, Denny and Robin directly to arrange a personal appointment at 348-4442 or visit online at www.goddard-school.com.
High Tech 2009 awards given
Edmond Santa Fe High School seniors Garrett Dunn and David Barnes recently received awards from Tech-Now, the Oklahoma High School High Tech program.
The awards include the Career Technology Center one semester tuition waiver and $150.
Tech-Now is a day and after school program. It is funded by the state Department of Education, the Department of Career and Technology Education, the Department of Rehabilitation Services and public and private gifts. Tech-Now provides students with disabilities access to technology, technology training and encouragement to explore potential education and employment opportunities to prepare them to be productive, contributing citizens of Oklahoma’s future.
Tech-Now, the Oklahoma High School High Tech program, has sites at 27 schools across Oklahoma. Tech-Now President and CEO Rick DeRennaux may be contacted at DeRennaux@-hotmail.com.
To learn more about Tech-Now, visit the Web site at www.tech-now.biz.
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Summit puts finishing touches on new construction
Summit Middle School students settled into their new surroundings the first day of school in the fall, and this week finishing touches are being added to the Fine Arts classrooms of the new wing.
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Schools set makeup dates for snow days
Edmond Public Schools will make up the two additional snow days taken this week by eliminating a teacher in-service day scheduled for Feb. 15, and tacking on one extra day to the end of the school year.
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School nutrition pilot program to expand
The scorecard is in and Edmond Public Schools Child Nutrition pilot program earned high marks.
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Edmond joins ‘Race to the Top’
The Edmond Public School District is joining other districts across the state in pursuing a Race to the Top federal discretionary grant.
The U.S. Department of Education’s voluntary grant competition between the states is designed to foster education, innovation and reform that will lead to dramatic gains in student achievement. Nationally there is $4.5 billion available for this program, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality 2009 State Teacher Policy Yearbook. -
UCO Educators’ Leadership Academy set to begin
The University of Central Oklahoma-based Educators’ Leadership Academy is accepting applications for it’s 2010-11 academies designed for education professionals in Oklahoma.
ELA customizes each academy for the specialized needs of education professionals, and currently offers a Combination Academy for K-12, CareerTech and Higher Education Administrators, a Professors Academy, a Principals Academy, a Teachers Academy and a Higher Education Department Chair Academy. -
1-30 Calendar: Edmond schools
Memorial High School
Sunday
5-8 p.m.: Baseball Banquet, commons/cafe
Monday
8-9 a.m.: National FCCLA Week, Rooms 225 & 227
9:30-10 a.m.: Freshman Winter Sports Assembly, gym
9:40-10:10 a.m.: Key Club meeting, Room 283 -
1-30 Education: in brief
OSSM recognizes students of the month
Several students from Edmond made the Oklahoma School of Science and Math’s Students of the Month list in recent months.
Junior Grant Schleifer was recognized in October.
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North basketball clinic to benefit BALTO Week
Seventeen years ago, the Edmond North High School Student Council Leadership Class wanted to begin a charity week.
Swine Week at Edmond Memorial High School was already established, and some would argue that North copied their tradition, but the students began BALTO week, a week all their own.
“The name ‘BALTO Week’ is an acronym quite fitting to our school,” said North student Callie Heerwagen. - More Education Headlines
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