1️⃣8️⃣ Days Away from Voting Day for the 2025 Innovation Bond!
Did you know that school bond issues fund more than just new projects, construction, and infrastructure improvements? They also help support the District's critical daily needs!
🔎 For more information about the 2025 Innovation Bond projects, including projects for each individual school visit our website at putnamcityschools.org/2025bond 🔎
Three power claps for our Site Teachers of the Year! 👏👏👏 The PC Association of Classroom Teachers recognized all 27 of our Site Teachers of the Year at this week's Board Meeting. We are incredibly proud of these teachers and so thankful that they chose to teach in PC!
With winter finally here, now's the time to brush up on our District's closure protocols and closure communication methods! 🥶 Stay warm!
🔗 putnamcityschools.org/page/school-closures
On this last day of school before Winter Break, the halls were filled with laughter, joy, and holiday cheer. ❄️ From cozy holiday PJs to jingling holiday parties, it was a perfect day to deck the halls with memories that will last all season long. 🎄
It may not feel like winter outside, but it's almost time for Winter Break! We're snow excited for a wonderful week of celebrations (and finals 😅), then it's time to chill out and feel all the holiday vibes with family and friends!
🗓️ No School, December 23, 2024 - January 3, 2025 🗓️
📌 Classes resume January 7, 2025 📌
It was all concentration at the elementary PC Chess Tournament. ♟️ Guaranteed, you've never heard a room full of elementary students this quiet!
Check out these hardworking Northridge Knights! ⚔️ 4th and 5th grade leadership students volunteered at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma recently with their School Counselor, Laura Hardee. The experience expanded students' understanding of good citizenship and contributing to meet the needs of others. They helped prepare almost 11,000lbs of food into over 3,000 bags for Oklahomans in just a few hours! 🤗
Northridge Elementary- Putnam City Schools
Students from 10 different elementary schools, staff, and family members came together at PC High for the highly anticipated annual PC Stars of the Future event! ✨ This event is always fun as it is their first time participating in Special Olympics. There were definitely plenty of star athletes in training. 🤩
Northridge Elementary 2nd graders are in their ✨ 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀𝒻𝓊𝓁𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝑒𝓇𝒶 ✨ As we close out the month of Thanksgiving, check out how these students made "I Am Thankful" bracelets before the break. 🥰
Did you know? Being just 10 minutes late every day adds up to nearly a week of lost learning by the end of the year! 📚✨ 𝔼𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕦𝕥𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕤!
📌 Attendance and punctuality are key to success in school—and in life. When students are present and on time, they’re better prepared to learn, grow, and achieve their goals. 🏆
💻 Learn how you can #BePresentBeBold on our website: putnamcityschools.org/page/attendance
It was a great morning for a run with over 300 fellow cancer research supporters! The 16th Annual Putnam City Cancer Classic 5K & Fun Run benefiting OMRF went off without a missed step ✅ Congratulations to our top placers!
🏅Madalyn Harper
🏅Greg Kipf
🏅Sawyer Edwards
Thanksgiving spirit in action! 🤗 Child Nutrition prepared all the fixings, and then high school leaders stepped up to serve the delicious Thanksgiving lunch to our elementary students, spreading joy and setting an example across our District.🍴
#PCStudentSuccess: 🍎🍏Planting Seeds Of Apples And Kindness🍎🍏
The second graders at Northridge Elementary celebrated Johnny Appleseed Day this week by making apple pies together! Through the story of Johnny Appleseed, they learned valuable lessons about kindness, generosity, and the importance of nature. They also explored how apple trees change with the seasons and discovered how one small apple seed—or a simple act of kindness—can make a big difference in the world around them.
🤑 FUNdraising at Northridge ends with slime 🤑
Slime was the grand finale of the Fun Run at Northridge Elementary today. These fundraising efforts took buckets of dedication; dedication of the students and families for raising all the money, and dedication of our amazing teachers and principal for willing to get slimed!
#OnTheRoadWithRhodes 📍Visiting Our Schools One Stop at a Time with Dr. Rhodes at the Wheel 🚙
Superintendent Dr. Rhodes ventures every week to visit our schools, see the action, talk to students and teachers, and participate in fun activities that he finds along the way. Today, we road along on his trip to visit the Lake Park Lions, Western Oaks Elementary and Middle School Warriors, Central Cubs, and the PC Aviation Academy. Kids will truly say the best things, including one today asking Dr. Rhodes, "Are you the President?" 🤓
🚔 Protecting and Serving Putnam City 🚓
Putnam City Campus Police Officer Parker Mauk, Officer Davon Spencer, and Officer Jake Bradley have graduated from the State of Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training Basic Police Officer 16-week Academy in Ada, OK! We are thankful for their commitment to our students, staff, and PC Community.
🇺🇸 Stars, Stripes, and School Spirit! 🎇
The Putnam City Schools Campus Police Department and Putnam City West High School JROTC proudly marched in the Bethany Boom Independence Day Parade, showing off our patriotic pride and community spirit!
🚜 Moving Dirt for the New PC Centennial Center 🚜
Another School Bond project is underway with the construction on the PC Centennial Center officially beginning. The PC Centennial Center will be the home of a new community park, outdoor amphitheater, fine arts auditorium, meeting halls, School Board room, and administrative offices. We look forward to keeping up with the updates and, of course, the opening in a couple of years! 🛠️
🚌 Congratulations are in order for two from our Transportation Department!
Huge shout out to Shelly Armstrong and Zachary Wouters for being distinguished as Nationally Certified Supervisors of Pupil Transportation through the National Association of Pupil Transportation. There are only three Nationally Certified Supervisors in the State of Oklahoma and two of them are right here in Putnam City Schools!
🚌 Congratulations are in order for two from our Transportation Department!
Huge shout out to Shelly Armstrong and Zachary Wouters for being distinguished as Nationally Certified Supervisors of Pupil Transportation through the National Association of Pupil Transportation. There are only three Nationally Certified Supervisors in the State of Oklahoma and two of them are right here in Putnam City Schools!
