The school year is just about over, and the list of accomplishments and awards in the district is long. Here are just a few highlights:

• Three district students were named Academic All-Staters. In the 21 years in which the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has named Academic All-Staters, 99 Putnam City students have been so honored. That’s more than any school system in the state. Selection of scholars for this honor has been described by University of Oklahoma President and Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Chairman and Founder David L. Boren as "Oklahoma’s most rigorous academic competition."
• Ninety-two district students were named Oklahoma Academic Scholars by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Putnam City, the state’s fifth-largest school district, had the third-highest number of Oklahoma Academic Scholars.
• 11 district students were named National Merit Finalists. In the last 21 years, 203 district students have been National Merit Finalists, one of the highest totals among state school districts.
• One district student was named a National Achievement Program scholarship winner. The National Achievement Scholarship Program is an academic competition established by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation in 1964 to provide recognition for outstanding African American high school students and to increase their educational opportunities.
• 12 district students received the State Superintendent's Arts Awards of Excellence, the highest total of any district in the state. In addition, Putnam City High School art teacher Marty Bernich receives the State Superintendent Fine Arts Educator Award for Visual Arts.
• Eleven teachers earned National Board Certification this year, one of the top distinctions for quality in teaching that a teacher may earn. The district has had 69 teachers earn National Board Certification. In addition, more than 30 percent of district teachers have advanced degrees, including five who hold doctorates.
• Average ACT scores of district students continue to be at or above national averages.
• The Putnam City Public Schools Foundation awarded $108,000 in 2006-2007 to enrich and enhance education in district classrooms. Since 1987 the Foundation has awarded $878,000. Foundation funds support revitalization of neighborhoods surrounding schools, grants for literacy and mathematics programs, recognition of excellence in staff, students and volunteers, and other programs.