Thursday, May 17, 2012 (115 reads)
| Nine Putnam City schools are participating in a summer food service program that will provide free breakfasts and lunches to children in much of June, and five of the schools will continue serving free meals to children for a portion of July as well.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 (168 reads)
| The number of Putnam City students taking part in interscholastic athletic competition will take a big jump next year, thanks to the district’s decision to begin a 6th-grade competitive sports program.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012 (219 reads)
| Students in Bryan Mathews’ Earth Science classes at Putnam City North High School next year will have iPads to aid their learning, thanks to a donation of $20,000 from the Oklahoma Geologic Foundation and the Lance Ruffel Oil and Gas Corporation.
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Monday, April 30, 2012 (96 reads)
| The Putnam City Department of Indian Education invites students, parents, educators and other interested parties to attend a public hearing for the Title VII Formula Grant Program. The focus of the meeting will be the 2012-2013 school year for the district’s Department of Indian Education.
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Monday, April 16, 2012 (394 reads)
| Putnam City Schools will hold its 31st Annual Visual and Performing Arts Festival from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. at Putnam City North High School, 11800 N. Rockwell.
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Friday, April 13, 2012 (393 reads)
| Students in eight Putnam City 5th-grade classes will each have an iPad to use in class next year thanks to a gift from Larry and Suzy Lemon to the Putnam City Schools Foundation.
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 (121 reads)
| The Oklahoma City Community Foundation Trustees awarded 15 high school seniors in the Putnam City Public School District with a total of $22,500 in scholar awards through the Community Foundation Scholars program.
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Monday, April 09, 2012 (391 reads)
| Western Oaks Elementary School will celebrate 50 years of serving students with an open house for former and current Western Oaks teachers, administrators, students and parents. The open house is set for 6 to 7 p.m. on Friday, May 4, at the school, 7200 N.W. 23rd.
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Monday, April 09, 2012 (116 reads)
| Dr. April Grace, Executive Director of Human Resources for Putnam City Schools, has been named 2012 District 7 Assistant Superintendent/Central Office Administrator of the Year by the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators (OASA), Steven Crawford, executive director of OASA has announced.
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Thursday, April 05, 2012 (308 reads)
| Sixteen Putnam City students and one district high school principal will be honored at the State Superintendent's Arts Awards of Excellence ceremonies at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, at the Scottish Rite Temple in Guthrie. A reception begins at 5:30 p.m.
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Friday, March 30, 2012 (332 reads)
| Windsor Hills Elementary School will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an open house for a half-century’s worth of former and current Windsor Hills teachers, administrators, students and parents. The open house is set for 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, April 29, at the school, 2909 N. Ann Arbor.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 (333 reads)
| Thursday marked the start of the 34th annual Putnam City Junior Scientist Days, when the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation opens its doors to promising science students from Putnam City schools to spend a day working in labs alongside researchers.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 (200 reads)
| Putnam City West High School, Putnam City North High School and Putnam City High School have been named winners of 2012 Gold Council of Excellence Awards by the National Association of Student Councils (NASC).
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012 (272 reads)
| Graduating education students or certified teachers from other districts are invited to attend the Putnam City Schools Teacher Job Fair from 2 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, at the district’s administration building, 5401 N.W. 40th.
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Thursday, March 15, 2012 (235 reads)
| Students from Putnam City West High School and Putnam City North High School earned recognition at the Business Professionals of America (BPA) State Leadership Conference held March 6 -7 at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology in Okmulgee.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012 (483 reads)
| Putnam City North High School biology teacher Bethany Lorenz was named Putnam City Schools’ “Teacher of the Year” during the district’s annual celebration of teaching excellence on Tuesday, March 13.
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Monday, March 12, 2012 (300 reads)
| The Oklahoma Public Health Association (OPHA) welcomes Dr. Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH, back to Oklahoma City for a keynote address and post-conference workshop at the organization’s annual conference on April 5 and April 6 in Norman. Bhatia, a native Oklahoman and a 1981 graduate from Putnam City North High, is director of Occupational and Environmental Health for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012 (437 reads)
| Christina Cheng of Putnam City North has been named to the 2012 Academic All-State Class by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012 (273 reads)
| For the third year in a row, James L. Dennis Elementary achieved the prestigious honor of being named a Great Expectations Model School.
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Monday, March 05, 2012 (260 reads)
| Thirty-four Putnam City students will don lab coats and take an up-close look at the wonders of medical science when they take part in the annual Junior Scientist Days March 29 and March 30 at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
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Friday, March 02, 2012 (186 reads)
| Eighteen vocal music students from district high schools and 11 students from district middle schools earned superior ratings for solo performances in competition during mid- and late February.
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Thursday, March 01, 2012 (209 reads)
| Twenty-four students from district high schools earned recognition at the 69th Annual DECA Career Development Conference held in mid-February in Tulsa.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 (749 reads)
| Oklahoma’s tornado season is approaching. Do you know how to keep your family safe?
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 (275 reads)
| The family and friends of Cheryl Bauer have created a memorial scholarship fund that will award two college scholarships for use in the fall of 2012. The Cheryl Marie Bauer Memorial Scholarship Fund will award scholarships of $1,500 to students who are graduating from Putnam City High School and heading to college, or to students who already attend or plan to attend either OSU-OKC or the University of Central Oklahoma.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 (285 reads)
| Area residents are invited to fill up on pancakes, listen to the talented high school musicians and support a great cause from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Putnam City North High School Band’s Pancake Breakfast. The all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast will be held in the Putnam City North cafeteria, 11800 N. Rockwell. Tickets to the pancake breakfast are $5.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 (259 reads)
| Jeremy Allen and Brooks Walker of Putnam City North High School are among 3,000 candidates for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program recognizes and honors some of our nation's most distinguished graduating high school seniors.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 (693 reads)
| Putnam City parents are now able to make use of a free mobile app that will at the tap of a finger call the school, send e-mails to administrators and teachers, and provide links to the school calendar, breakfast and lunch menus and other important school information.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 (214 reads)
| Putnam City West High School orchestra teacher Anne Guevara has been named by the American String Teachers Association as winner of the Elizabeth A. H. Green School Educator Award. The award is given annually to one teacher in the nation with a distinguished current career in a school orchestra setting.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 (122 reads)
| The first-ever Putnam City Spring Thaw 5k and Fun Run will take place Saturday, March 31, on the grounds of Putnam City North High School and the streets of surrounding neighborhoods. The 1-mile fun run race begins at 8:30 a.m., while the 5k takes off at 9 a.m.
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Monday, February 06, 2012 (315 reads)
| Spencer Cornelius of Putnam City North High School has been named a National Achievement Program finalist and remains in the running for $2,500 National Achievement Scholarships and corporate-sponsored awards that will be announced in early April.
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Friday, February 03, 2012 (603 reads)
| A silent auction is the first of many events Putnam City North High School students are staging to help wishes come true for Allie, a 4-year-old, and Dylan, a 14-year old, two children with life-threatening illnesses.
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Thursday, February 02, 2012 (275 reads)
| Four seniors from Putnam City High School students will get a closer look at their potential futures when they take part in the Engineer for a Day program on Thursday, Feb. 23.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 (395 reads)
| Luke Adams, a senior at Putnam City North High School, earned a perfect score on his ACT – a composite score of 36.
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012 (871 reads)
| The boys’ and girls’ soccer teams from all three district high schools are joining together to host the “United Against Cancer” Soccer Classic, two nights of outstanding high school soccer games that will raise funds for cancer research.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 (427 reads)
| On Tuesday, Jan. 31, area residents are invited to enjoy dinner and concert benefitting the Pirate Band of Putnam City High School. The 5:30 p.m. catered dinner and 7 p.m. free concert will take place at Putnam City High School, 5300 N.W. 50th.
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Monday, January 23, 2012 (234 reads)
| The National Board for Professional Teachers Standards has announced that five Putnam City teachers earned National Board Certification this year, one of the top distinctions for quality in teaching that a teacher may earn.
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Monday, January 23, 2012 (355 reads)
| Putnam City Schools will celebrate its centennial in 2014, and a group of alumni is working with the school district to create a printed history that will detail the district’s growth from a small country school in 1914 to the sprawling school district it is today.
To make the book a true history of the school, the book committee is asking former students, teachers, patrons and others to write their own memories of their days at Putnam City, says Gloria Quaid, a 1963 Putnam City High School graduate and chair of the book committee.
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Friday, January 20, 2012 (958 reads)
| Putnam City’s Western Oaks Middle School and Rollingwood Elementary School are two of 13 schools in Oklahoma to be recognized as Academic Achievement Award Schools, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Janet Barresi has announced.
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 (290 reads)
| Putnam City North High Schools cheerleaders won their seventh national title in a row at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) Senior and Junior High School National Championships in early January at the Dallas Convention Center.
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Monday, January 09, 2012 (587 reads)
| People who reside within the boundaries of Putnam City’s board election District 2 are invited to apply for a vacant seat on the district’s board of education, Superintendent Paul Hurst says. Applications for the vacant board seat will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1.
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Monday, December 12, 2011 (825 reads)
| Jeremy Allen, a senior at Putnam City North High School, has been selected as one of two Oklahoma delegates to participate in the U.S. Senate Youth Program for 2012.
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Thursday, December 08, 2011 (371 reads)
| Area residents can listen to a Christmas concert of smooth and spirited holiday music and jazz classics performed by the Putnam City North jazz choir and the jazz bands of all three district high schools at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17, in the auditorium at Capps Middle School, 4020 N. Grove.
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Thursday, December 08, 2011 (759 reads)
| Putnam City North High School junior Anthony Hernandez, a defender on the Panthers’ boys’ soccer team, has been named by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and Adidas as Oklahoma’s Player of the Year and a member of the 2011 Boys High School All-America Team.
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011 (2189 reads)
| Teachers of the year for each of Putnam City’s 27 schools have been selected and will be honored at the district’s annual Teacher of the Year event on Tuesday, March 13.
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011 (761 reads)
| Twenty district band and orchestra students from Putnam City’s three high schools earned spots in the All-State Orchestra and two more won places in the All-State band after auditioning Dec. 3 at Westmoore High School.
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011 (403 reads)
| Students from three Putnam City schools will take part in the eight-team Life Change Ballroom Dance Competition Finals from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the Rose State Performing Arts Theatre, 6000 Trosper Road in Midwest City.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 (344 reads)
| The holidays will be a little brighter for Oklahoma National Guard troops serving in Afghanistan, thanks to Putnam City High School students. Students have written close to 2,000 letters that will be in the hands of National Guard members by Christmas.
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Monday, November 28, 2011 (409 reads)
| Eight art students from Putnam City high schools had their work included in the 2011 High School Print and Drawing Exhibition sponsored by the Norick Art Center at Oklahoma City University.
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Monday, November 28, 2011 (485 reads)
| Ten students from Putnam City North High School and two students from Putnam City High School students earned spots in All-state Choirs chosen by the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association and the Oklahoma Music Educators Association.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011 (253 reads)
| Twenty-three band students from Putnam City’s three high schools earned spots in the Central Oklahoma Directors Association All Region Honor Band.
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Thursday, November 17, 2011 (370 reads)
| Putnam City High School administrators have invited students from all three district high schools and Bethany High School to attend a College and Career Fair from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29. The event, to be held in the new cafeteria at Putnam City High School, 5300 N.W. 50th, is free and open to students and parents from the four schools.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 (548 reads)
| More than 120 vendors will sell their wares at the 30th annual Lake Park Elementary Holiday Market from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 (417 reads)
| Eighty-six choir students from six district elementary and middle schools have been selected to be part of Region O's Circle the State with Song Festival. The students will have an opportunity to perform in a festival on Jan. 28 at Bethany First Church of the Nazarene.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 (344 reads)
| A new organization, the Putnam City Schools Athletic Council, has been formed to increase and improve the athletic opportunities for students in district schools, says Dr. Dick Balenseifen, athletic director for Putnam City Schools. The next meeting of the council is set for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 7, in the board room of the district’s administration building, 5401 N.W. 40th. Council meetings are open to anyone interested in taking part.
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Friday, November 11, 2011 (514 reads)
| To parents of students in schools across the country, it seems like a simple and reasonable request. Your child was threatened or bullied or hurt by another student, and you want to know if the offending student was disciplined or suspended. The problem is that federal law says school administrators can't tell you.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 (358 reads)
| Ten district students from four schools earned spots in the Oklahoma Music Educators Association All-State Children’s Chorus following judging of recorded auditions from across the state.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 (470 reads)
| Putnam City High School Senior Antonio Quintana has been selected as a 2011-2012 National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) Scholar, the College Board has announced.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011 (740 reads)
| Three Putnam City schools will hold holiday craft fairs on Saturday, Nov. 19th.
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Friday, October 14, 2011 (531 reads)
| Putnam City is one of two districts in Oklahoma and 43 districts across the country to be awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand counseling programs.
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Monday, October 10, 2011 (390 reads)
| Students at Putnam City’s three high schools last year earned 1,779 hours of college credit and saved as much as $452,500 in college costs by taking advanced placement (AP) courses and passing AP tests, says Dr. Melani Mouse, Putnam City’s assistant superintendent for Secondary Education.
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Monday, October 10, 2011 (865 reads)
| Anne Guevara, longtime orchestra teacher at Putnam City West High School and director of The Silver Strings of Putnam City, will be honored with the prestigious Governor’s Arts in Education Award during a special ceremony at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the 4th floor rotunda of the State Capitol. The event is free and open to the public.
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Thursday, October 06, 2011 (483 reads)
| Twenty-two Putnam City high school students earned spots in East Central Oklahoma Choral Director's Association Honor Choir following auditions on Oct. 3 at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011 (536 reads)
| Parents of Putnam City elementary and middle school students are invited to attend a bullying prevention program from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at Capps Middle School, 4020 N. Grove.
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Thursday, September 29, 2011 (618 reads)
| Spencer Cornelius of Putnam City North High School is one of more than 1,600 talented African American high school seniors across the nation and nine in Oklahoma to be named a National Achievement Program semifinalist.
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 (483 reads)
| Friday night's game between Putnam City West and Jenks can be watched online at http://www.zpreps.com
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 (396 reads)
| Tim Sanders of Hefner Middle School is one of the three dozen teachers in Oklahoma and Arkansas to receive grants from OGE Energy to help fund classroom learning projects.
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Friday, September 23, 2011 (610 reads)
| Seventy-five students from Putnam City high schools earned the designation of AP Scholar from the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) Exams taken last spring. About 18 percent of more than 1.9 million high school students who took AP Exams performed at sufficiently high levels to merit the recognition of AP Scholar.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 (397 reads)
| Forty-seven district students from one high school and six elementary schools won awards of merit in the Oklahoma Student Art Exhibition at the State Fair.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 (1543 reads)
| The fourth annual Putnam City Cancer Classic takes place Saturday, Nov. 19. The 5k race takes off at 8:30 a.m., while the fun run begins at 10 a.m. Both events start at Stars and Stripes Park on Portland Avenue just south of Lake Hefner.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011 (677 reads)
| Lucas Adams and Andrew Maples from Putnam City North High School have been named National Merit Semifinalists by officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, an honor placing them among the nation’s top high school students.
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Friday, September 09, 2011 (650 reads)
| Susan Boggs, RN, the school nurse at Hefner Middle School, has successfully completed studies and examinations necessary to be designated a Nationally Certified School Nurse. The certification represents a national standard of preparation, knowledge and practice in school nursing.
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Friday, September 09, 2011 (434 reads)
| Putnam City North officials are spreading the word that students should plan to be back at school Monday, Sept. 12, for a regular day of classes.
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Thursday, September 08, 2011 (608 reads)
| A broken water line has forced cancellation of all classes and activities at Putnam City North High School on Friday, Sept. 9.
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Saturday, August 27, 2011 (1402 reads)
| Gail LoPresto, a longtime Putnam City Board of Education member, was honored Saturday with an All-State School Board Award during the Oklahoma State School Boards Association (OSSBA) annual conference in Oklahoma City.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011 (871 reads)
| Putnam City North High School students Emma Hutchison, Julie Jameson and Taylor Vu have been appointed to the 2011-2012 Oklahoma Heritage Association Teen Board.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011 (680 reads)
| Every student at Putnam City’s Apollo Elementary School, Hilldale Elementary School and Tulakes Elementary School will be offered free breakfasts and lunches at school this year, regardless of their family’s economic status.
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011 (720 reads)
| Putnam City Schools has announced its guidelines for free and reduced price meals for children served under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and the After-School Snack Program.
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011 (953 reads)
| Putnam City Health Services Coordinator Georgene Westendorf, RN, was one of five school nurses in the nation honored in June by the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) as part of its Voice of Meningitis campaign, a multi-year educational initiative.
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Monday, August 08, 2011 (1136 reads)
| Parents of students at Wiley Post Elementary are invited to attend an upcoming meeting to discuss student achievement, school improvement and school choice.
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Monday, August 08, 2011 (698 reads)
| Three Putnam City teachers were among 27
Oklahoma teachers who walked in the footsteps of America’s patriots and
British colonists during a Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute in
Early American History held this summer in the restored capital city of
18th-century Virginia.
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011 (865 reads)
| People interested in becoming a substitute teacher in Putnam City schools should plan to attend a mandatory orientation session in mid-August, Dr. April Grace, the district’s executive director of Human Resources says.
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Friday, July 08, 2011 (1295 reads)
| Putnam City High School physics teacher Jody Bowie is one of 12 finalists for 2012 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Janet Barresi has announced. The winner will be announced by Dr. Barresi in September at the State Fair of Oklahoma.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011 (778 reads)
| The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has selected the Putnam City Schools Foundation as the recipient of its 2011 Outstanding Program Award for Local Education Foundations.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010 (737 reads)
| Sylvia Mahaffey, a math teacher at Putnam City’s Capps Middle School, is one of five teachers in the nation to be named a 2010 Symetra Top Teacher.
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010 (3146 reads)
| Teachers of the year for each of Putnam City’s 27 schools have been selected and will be honored at the district’s annual Teacher of the Year event on Tuesday, March 8, at NEWCHURCH, 9201 N. Rockwell. The event’s reception begins at 6:30 p.m.; the program begins at 7.
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