Staff Accomplishments

Mark Little, Putnam City High School’s football coach, has been received Oklahoma’s National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Coach of the Year Award.

Tom Pecore, Putnam City North High School social studies teacher and boys’ soccer coach, has been named by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and Adidas as the "2007 State Boys Coach of the Year for Oklahoma Large School." Earlier this year, Pecore was one of seven coaches in the nation to be named a winner of the 2008 Positive Coaching Alliance National Youth Sports Awards.

Joanne Peterson of Putnam City High School and Vanessa Hamrick of Mayfield Middle School have been selected as Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Scholars for 2008 and will be working alongside scientists at OMRF this summer.

Bill Pearsall of Putnam City High School will conduct a series of workshops called “Project Zero” at Harvard University this summer. The workshops are based on Dr. Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences.

Hefner Middle School teacher Jessica Yates was awarded the Oklahoma Reading Association scholarship to pursue her master's degree in reading.

Steve Martindale of Capps Middle School was the Heartland Rotary Club Teacher of the Month for March. Nancy Summers of Northridge Elementary School won the same award in April.

Yamile Tullis and Blanca Curl, ELL teachers from Tulakes Elementary School, were awarded a Teacher Incentive Grant in early March by the University of Central Oklahoma Multicultrual Institute. The $600 grant will be used to help cover costs of the school’s International Night.

Putnam City North High School Assistant Principal Pam King will receive an Administrator Award at the annual State Superintendent's Arts Awards of Excellence ceremonies in late April at the Scottish Rite Temple in Guthrie. The award is given by the State Superintendent in conjunction with the Cooperative Council for School Administration.

Putnam City Schools' employees have been recognized for their generosity with a "Silver Award" from United Way. "Your contributions have helped children and families, cared for senior adults, improved our health and prepared the community for disasters," Robert L. Spinks, United Way president and chief executive officer, said in a letter accompanying the award.