 Banking on Western Oaks Intrust Bank donated $1,000 to Western Oaks Middle School to help cover costs of instructional materials, enrichment curriculum, field trips and other educational expenses. Marsha Coffey, senior vice president of Intrust (second from right) and Teresa Shuffield, vice president and branch manager of the Intrust Bank on N.W. 10th (far right) made the presentation. Accepting the donation are Western Oaks principal Patricia Balenseifen (left) and an 8th-grade Western Oaks leadership student.
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 "Speech, journalism and history were important parts of my high school experience. Those experiences led me to earn a degree in history from the University of Oklahoma and a law degree from the University of Virginia. Those same high school experiences were influences on my life as I clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall on the United States Supreme Court and served as Washington tax and budget counsel, legal counsel and legislative director for Senator David Boren. Even now, my scholarly and administrative work at the university level also draws on experiences that began in high school."
—Elizabeth Garrett, Sydney M. Irmas Professor of Public Interest Law, Legal Ethics, Political Science, and Policy, Planning and Development at the Gould School of Law, University of Southern California; Vice President for Academic Planning and Budget , USC; and Director of the USC-Caltech Center for the Study of Law and Politics, Graduate of Putnam City North High School, 1981
 "I look back with appreciation on science classes in Putnam City and recall the excellent teachers who were exciting, aroused my curiosity and made learning fun. In addition to academics, I learned lessons about citizenship, morals, discipline and humility from my teachers. I learned punctuality and working hard for goals from team sports such as basketball. I learned the value of camaraderie, serving others and being positive from student activities such as pep club and student council. Attending an excellent public school gave me the benefit of socializing with a greater variety of students and impacted who and where I am today."
—Lisa D. Taylor, M.D., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Graduate of Putnam City High School, 1982
 “My experiences in Putnam City helped to give me focus and enabled me to develop and nurture the path to where I wanted to be in my career and community. I still live in the district. I want my children to have the opportunity I did to receive a high-quality education in a district that excels in academics, athletics and the arts.”
—Mike Thompson, District 100 Oklahoma State Representative Graduate of Putnam City High School, 1995
 “The opportunities to advance in the math and science curricula throughout my years in Putnam City allowed me to explore my intellectual limits within a positive social environment. As a result, I was able to focus on advanced courses in college and, in turn, focus on my future career rather than spend valuable time revisiting basic concepts. Every teacher I ever had in Putnam City was an inspiration to me and their support of my aspirations made a definite and positive difference in my life."
—Faiz Shakir, M.D., Internal Medicine resident, OU Health Sciences Center
Lakepark Elementary School 1986-1987
Overholser Elementary School student, 1988 to 1993
Kenneth Cooper Middle School School student, 1994 to 1995
Putnam City North High School School student, 1995 to 1996
 "In the retrospect that only 40-plus years away can provide, I now appreciate that Putnam City High School - the students, teachers and experiences - were among the most important I had in molding my values, goals, dreams, interests and trajectory in life. It was a community that valued achievement, embodied strong positive values, and, most importantly, cared about, supported and respected others. It was an unbelievably great foundation for a kid."
—Dr. Ken A. Dill, Professor of Biophysics and Associate Dean of Research, University of California, San Francisco
Graduate of Putnam City High School, 1966
 "Attending school in Putnam City was an all-American experience – a place with some wonderful teachers and a chance to not only gain knowledge, but also to grow socially and spiritually. It helped me establish academic, social, and spiritual foundations that are core to who I am today. These would include skills such as interpersonal communication and critical thinking, and values which have been paramount to my work in high tech and to being effective in today's global economy."
—Sonny Vu, Chairman and Founder of AgaMatrix, a consumer medical device company in Salem, New Hampshire
Graduate of Putnam City West High School, 1991
 “My Putnam City education gave me a firm foundation for later college courses. In many instances my initial college science, history and English courses reiterated what I had already learned at Putnam City West. Putnam City also more broadly prepared me for life after school, giving me perspective on travels and living abroad. I credit an excellent public-school education for preparing me to better understand the world and continue learning as an adult. All told, I feel well-rounded, confident and capable to continue learning at home and on the world stage.”
—Valerie Densmore, postdoctoral fellow, Pain Management Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, designs and conducts scientific research to investigate how spinal cord injury rearranges spinal cord and brainstem neuroanatomy so that normal sensations like touch become painful.
Graduate of Putnam City West High School, 1992
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