Accomplishments
Students
In case you didn’t see the news over the summer, Putnam City North High School juniors Sara Whittington and Allie White won second place in the nation in their division at the National Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Convention in Anaheim, Calif., on July 12. The award is the first such recognition in the school’s history. For their project, the two Putnam City North students created a DVD to teach babysitters, workers at child development centers and parents how to use sign language to communicate more effectively with infants and toddlers. The DVD includes demonstration of songs, alphabet letters and key words in sign language that is easy for children and adults to learn and use.
Congratulations to Miles Yeung, a Putnam City High School and Victory School of the Arts student, who placed seventh overall in the Mr. Teen Dance of America at the Dance Masters of America National Championship in New York City. Miles also placed fifth in ballet and sixth in jazz.
Staff
In August, Putnam City Health Services Coordinator Georgene Westendorf, RN, was named 2007-2008 School Nurse Administrator of the Year by the School Nurse Organization of Oklahoma. The annual award recognizes excellence in school nursing practice. Westendorf’s name will now be submitted to the National Association of School Nurses for consideration in naming the National School Nurse Administrator of the Year.
Eric Lyons, an art teacher at Western Oak Middle School, recently won first place in a Panera Bread art sculpture show with his entry, "Marilyn Mon ‘Roll.’ " Art teachers attending an AP Summer Institute this week at the University of Tulsa sculpted entries from loaves of bread donated by Panera Bread. You can see his winning entry here.