1️⃣8️⃣ Days Away from Voting Day for the 2025 Innovation Bond!
Did you know that school bond issues fund more than just new projects, construction, and infrastructure improvements? They also help support the District's critical daily needs!
🔎 For more information about the 2025 Innovation Bond projects, including projects for each individual school visit our website at putnamcityschools.org/2025bond 🔎
Three power claps for our Site Teachers of the Year! 👏👏👏 The PC Association of Classroom Teachers recognized all 27 of our Site Teachers of the Year at this week's Board Meeting. We are incredibly proud of these teachers and so thankful that they chose to teach in PC!
With winter finally here, now's the time to brush up on our District's closure protocols and closure communication methods! 🥶 Stay warm!
🔗 putnamcityschools.org/page/school-closures
Meet Putnam City's newest celebrity, Lovely Zuniga Sosa, a 4th grader at Overholser Elementary! 🤩 A couple of months ago, author Scott Reintgen visited and talked with students about his popular books and gave students an opportunity to enter a nationwide contest to be written into his next book as an actual character! Well, skip to now and we have a winner! So now we're left wondering... is Lovely technically fiction or nonfiction? 📚
On this last day of school before Winter Break, the halls were filled with laughter, joy, and holiday cheer. ❄️ From cozy holiday PJs to jingling holiday parties, it was a perfect day to deck the halls with memories that will last all season long. 🎄
It may not feel like winter outside, but it's almost time for Winter Break! We're snow excited for a wonderful week of celebrations (and finals 😅), then it's time to chill out and feel all the holiday vibes with family and friends!
🗓️ No School, December 23, 2024 - January 3, 2025 🗓️
📌 Classes resume January 7, 2025 📌
It was all concentration at the elementary PC Chess Tournament. ♟️ Guaranteed, you've never heard a room full of elementary students this quiet!
𝙌𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙠! 𝘿𝙧𝙤𝙥 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙! 📚 The Overholser Oilers participated in a fun DEAR Day, dressing up in pjs and even having special guests come read for them! Malcolm Tubbs, OKC Thunder and OU Football Emcee AND PCW graduate, kicked off the morning reading his favorite book, 𝘔𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘮 𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘈𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 📖
Students from 10 different elementary schools, staff, and family members came together at PC High for the highly anticipated annual PC Stars of the Future event! ✨ This event is always fun as it is their first time participating in Special Olympics. There were definitely plenty of star athletes in training. 🤩
Did you know? Being just 10 minutes late every day adds up to nearly a week of lost learning by the end of the year! 📚✨ 𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕦𝕥𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕤!
📌 Attendance and punctuality are key to success in school—and in life. When students are present and on time, they’re better prepared to learn, grow, and achieve their goals. 🏆
💻 Learn how you can #BePresentBeBold on our website: putnamcityschools.org/page/attendance
It was a great morning for a run with over 300 fellow cancer research supporters! The 16th Annual Putnam City Cancer Classic 5K & Fun Run benefiting OMRF went off without a missed step ✅ Congratulations to our top placers!
🏅Madalyn Harper
🏅Greg Kipf
🏅Sawyer Edwards
Thanksgiving spirit in action! 🤗 Child Nutrition prepared all the fixings, and then high school leaders stepped up to serve the delicious Thanksgiving lunch to our elementary students, spreading joy and setting an example across our District.🍴
🥧 Elementary students made their own pumpkin pies while learning about all the vitamins and healthy benefits of a pumpkin from our District's amazing Registered Dietitian at Sodexo at Putnam City Schools Child Nutrition! Fun fact, did you know a pumpkin is a fruit? 🎃
🌎 For Native American Heritage Month, many schools across the District are recognizing the vibrant history and culture in fun, meaningful, and creative ways. This morning we stopped by Ralph Downs Elementary as they had a great demonstration from PC Native American Student Services and Overholser Elementary with performances by Riverside Indian School.
📚 New York Times Bestselling Author Visits Putnam City 📚
There's nothing quite like the feeling of opening a brand-new book, especially one signed by the author! Scott Reintgen visited the Overholser Oilers and Western Oaks Elementary Warriors this morning. He talked about his newest book, "The Last Dragon on Mars," and answered many questions about his life as a full-time award-winning author! What a cool experience for our Putnam City students to inspire students to dream big and read more.
#PCCommunity: 🌱Green Thumbs In The Making🌳
OKC Beautiful Foundation visited the budding little 'saplings' of Overholser Elementary today! It was all hands on deck—or should we say in the dirt—as everyone played a part in planting beautiful, fresh trees. Every tree planted is a lesson in patience, growth, and the plant life cycle #EcoEducation
#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?" 🤓
🚔 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! 🛠️
