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👏 Introducing our 2024-25 Edmond Public Schools Site Teachers of the year! We are so incredibly grateful for each one of these teachers and what they add to the EPS community. Please help us congratulate them! 🟣✴️ #ShineYourLight Check out the gallery of how schools surprised their teachers here: https://www.edmondschools.net/page/2024-25-teachers-of-the-year

Cross Timbers joined in on the Fat Bear Week fun! Students voted for their favorite Alaskan bear, colored bear pictures, and even made their own "fat bear" snacks! It was a bear-y good time! 😉🐻

You're looking at a group of Great Expectations superstars! 🌟 Frontier Elementary has proudly been a GE Model School for 11 years, and now students have been invited to perform GE songs at the celebration ceremony! 🎶 Don't forget to check out our stories today to watch their performance! #ShineYouLight

Heritage is making a splash! 💦 Riversport OKC visited some of Heritage's PE classes to talk about the different kinds of water sports. As a fun surprise, students got to try out a rowing machine and test their skills! 🚣‍🌊 #ShineYourLight

👏 The October Board of Education meeting was filled with some well-deserved student recognitions! Our National Merit Semi-Finalists, Commended Scholars and National Recognition Scholars were all celebrated. 🔗 | For a complete list of names, head to https://www.edmondschools.net/article/1808533

Mission accomplished! 🕶️ 7th graders at Cheyenne were "hired" by the CIA to create dossiers on different countries, applying what they've learned in the classroom to real-world scenarios. 🌍🔎 #ShineYourLight

Now they know their ABCs! 🎶🔤 Some of our elementary schools got creative to celebrate the milestone of kindergarteners learning the alphabet. Northern Hills hosted a fashion show, while West Field held an ABC Bootcamp! At both schools, students chose a letter and decorated vests with items that begin with that letter. Way to shine, kindergarten! 😎👏 #ShineYourLight

These Cross Timbers Pre-K students are getting a head start on their green thumb. 👍🌱 Master gardeners from OSU visited the Cross Timbers garden to give Pre-K a hands-on gardening lesson! 👩‍🌾 #ShineYourLight

The 2024 Frog and Toad Celebration at Clegern brought students together for a day of games, puzzles, and delicious treats—all centered around the Frog and Toad book series. Clegern is keeping a beloved tradition alive and well! 🐸🎉 #ShineYourLight

These wildcats are on the move! 🚲Will Rogers has recently introduced “Wildcats on Wheels,” an initiative where students meet at designated “bike bus” stops to cycle together in supervised groups. So, if you spot a large group of young cyclists cruising by on Friday mornings, now you know what’s happening! 😎🌟 #ShineYourLight 👉 Learn more about the group and how to join or volunteer here: https://thrillshare.com/media/articles/detail/1784548

All of our 7th and 8th grade orchestra students are getting ready for the annual All-City Middle School Orchestra Performance. 🎵 I won't spoil it for you, but wow, these middle schoolers are GOOD! 🙌 #ShineYourLight

Bungee jumping Barbie paid a visit to AP Statistics! 📈🎀 Mr. Vincent's AP Statistics class compared the number of rubber bands and distance Barbie bungeed to create scatterplots, formulate a regression line and equation and transform data. This is a fun way to get students out of the classroom while solidifying the standards they have learned.👏 #ShineYourLight

🎙️📕 OU football's iconic voice, Toby Rowland, paid a special visit to Russell Dougherty Elementary, delighting students (and staff😜) with a reading of his new book, Put the Ponies in the Barn. Rowland not only shared his story but also took time to sign autographs and engage with students' questions! #ShineYourLight

🗣️🏆 It’s time to recognize our two Core Value Award Winners for the month of September! Congratulations to: 🌟 Natalie Iver, Title 1 Instructional Coach/Academic Interventionist at Cimarron, was nominated for COLLABORATION. Ms. Iver has done a tremendous job welcoming and leading the new Cimarron teachers. She was the driving force behind ensuring their first day got off to a great start with meaningful, need-to-know information that has helped make them successful. 🌟 Allie Nobles, Elementary Counselor at Chisholm, was nominated for BELONGING. Ms. Nobles spearheaded a random drawing of gift cards and duty coverage passes for staff members when they returned to school in August. She spent several weeks on this in the summer before staff members returned on contract. This initiative helped to create a culture of belonging at Chisholm! Way to shine! Thank you for the impact you make in our schools everyday. #ShineYourLight

High school students at Memorial, North and Santa Fe are preparing for their futures by exploring their options! 🔜👏 They had the opportunity to visit 48 different college booths, all right on their own campuses. A big thank you to all the schools that participated! 📚 #ShineYourLight

🚔🐾 Preschoolers, pups, and police officers—what do they all have in common? They all had a blast this morning at Centennial! Sgt. Albright and his K-9 partner, Max, visited our Pre-K students to teach them all about police dogs, how they're trained, and—most importantly—how often Max gets treats. A big thanks to Sgt. Albright and Max for giving our students a morning they won't forget! #ShineYourLight

🪩🤝 It's Belonging Week at Angie Debo! Each day this week, students are learning how to make others feel like they belong, guided by the theme, "There is SPACE for everyone to belong." Today, interns from our Edmond Transition Academy visited to share their strengths and offer tips on how to create a sense of belonging for others. It was truly out of this world! 👽🌌 #ShineYourLight

😎🛝 You've probably never seen a house sorting ceremony quite like this! This year, Charles Haskell is launching the Ron Clark Academy (RCA) House System, which creates a positive school environment by assigning students to houses where they build character, relationships and earn points for positive behavior. Each house has unique values, colors, and crests, fostering friendly rivalries and camaraderie. Charles Haskell kicked this program off BIG with an inflatable slide, costumed staff and a DJ (yep, you read that right)! 😁🏠 #ShineYourLight

🥁Introducing,,. 🥁 Our 2025 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists! All three of our high schools are well-represented. We are so proud of these students and their hard work! Please help us congratulate them!👏🌟 #ShineYourLightt

Our middle and high school STEM teachers had an incredible opportunity to learn from Paul Andersen of Bozeman Science! 💭🔬 Paul guided our teachers through collaborative mini-lessons, emphasizing the importance of student curiosity and wonder. #ShineYourLight