Putnam City High School art instructor Marty Bernich had three works accepted into the Oklahoma Watercolor Association mixed media/collage juried exhibition. The exhibit is on display through Sunday, March 20, at the Norick Art Center at Oklahoma City University, 1600 N.W. 26th.

Putnam City North High School counselor Rhonda Malahy has been named a community hero by the American Red Cross of Central Oklahoma. Malahy was honored in early March along with five other people for making a difference in the lives of others.

In the Read Across America competition, Putnam City students read 37,188 books. School winners are Central Elementary, Western Oaks Elementary and Coronado Heights Elementary, which won Staples gift cards of $125, $75 and $50, respectively. Teachers receiving cash prizes were Central Elementary’s Matt Francis ($100) and Patty Smith ($25) and Wiley Post Elementary’s Michelle Malone ($50).

Under the direction of Katsumi Hagiwara, the Wiley Post Elementary School choir performed at the 2005 Wiley Post Spirit Award Dinner in late January. One of the dinner guests was so impressed with the choir’s performance that he donated $500 to the school.