Election deadline: Friday is the deadline to register to vote for the Nov. 14 school bond election in the Broken Arrow School District. Registration applications will be accepted with a valid postmark by 5pm on the same day.
Shot clinic: The Oklahoma Caring Van will be offering free flu shots Monday at Oneta Ridge, Oliver and Sequoyah Middle Schools in Broken Arrow, and the Educational Service Center, 701 S. Main St. To qualify, students must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and must be uninsured. Anyone eligible for SoonerCare or who identifies as American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.
For more information, call 918-259-4600.
Would you like to add a seat?: As part of his remarks at a Cherokee language event in Tahlequah on Tuesday, Cherokee Nation Principal Chuck Hoskin Jr. said the government would seek funding to add more immersion school campuses on the tribe’s reservations. Announced. That includes $30 million to build a new middle school on the tribe’s reservation. Tahlequah.
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The tribe currently operates immersion schools in Tahlequah and Greasy, Adair County communities southwest of Stilwell.
Teacher Award: Jessica Sprague of Charles Page High School has been selected as the 2023-24 Outstanding Project Lead the Way Teacher.
The engineering teacher is one of 38 educators nationwide to receive this honor, which provides an inspirational and empowering experience for students while expanding access to Project Lead the Way programs. This award is given to teachers who have demonstrated outstanding performance.
Sand Springs Public Schools incorporates Project Lead the Way’s STEM curriculum into all grades, including high school-level engineering, biomedical, and computer science courses.
Sprague was also named the district’s 2022-23 Teacher of the Year.
Prepare for testing using breadsticks. The Muscogee Nation’s Access to Choices in Education program will host a free ACT prep program at Incredible Pizza, 8314 E. 71st St., on Nov. 15 from 9 a.m. to noon. This program is open to any Indigenous student in grades 8 to 12 living in: and attends schools within the boundaries of the Muscogee Nation Reservation. Pre-registration via mcnaceservices.com is required to participate.
Stay home day: Anderson, Mounds, Owasso, Pretty Water and Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences are closed this week.
Dove Charter School is closed on Mondays.
Monday is College Bound Academy’s distance learning day. Charter schools will be closed Tuesday through Friday.
Berry Hill has no sessions on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Broken Arrow, Catoosa, Coweta, Jenks, Lone Star, Sand Springs, Sapulpa and Tulsa will have no sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Wednesday will be a remote learning day for Bixby Public Schools, except for second grade students. Her sophomore year at Bixby will be on campus that day to participate in Pre-ACT.
Bixby, Claremore, Collinsville, Glenpool, Keefer, Liberty, Skiatook, Tulsa Honor Academy and Wagoner will not have classes Thursday or Friday.
Sperry, Tulsa Classical Academy and Union will not have classes on Friday.
Friday is a remote learning day for Prue Public Schools.
Board of Education calendar: The Bartlesville and Tulsa school boards are scheduled to meet Monday.
The Bartlesville and Inola boards are scheduled to meet Wednesday.
The state Career Tech Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday in Oklahoma City.
