Today is National Principal Appreciation Day! Thank you, school principals, for all the ways you support your school communities every day!! #PrincipalAppreciation
Thank you to our amazing principals and assistant principals:
Shane Dent
Sharee Madsen
Ryan Shelton
Sean Taglialatela
Dylan Jackson
Keith Crocker
Stacey Sattre
Valerie Huffer
Kevin LaRue
Laura Glowacki
Jody Fincher
Liz Hargraves
Shelly Sullivan
Jera Kiespert
Ann Neilson
Kara Anderson
Tim Williams
Tina Fisher
Karla Streeter
The district in-district transfer window according to board policy opens each SY on January 1st and closes May 1st. Parents have until the end of the day to put in a request for an in-district transfer for the upcoming 2024-25 SY. Parents will complete the form in their PowerSchool Account under forms. All students who are currently attending a site on an overflow transfer must put in a transfer request to continue at the site they are currently attending.
Pre-K pre-registration will end on Friday, May 3. Parents can pre-register for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year at the Registration Center located at 111 West Grand from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
School janitors face all kinds of situations each day, but through it all they make sure school facilities are clean and tidy so students can learn. For all you do to support learning in our schools .... thank you, school janitors!
#ThankYouThursday
The last day to fill out an application for an In-District Transfer for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year is May 1.
The application is electronic. Parents will fill it out using their Parent Portal. The application is found under Forms at www.pcps.us.
For assistance, please contact your child's school office or the Registration Center at 111 West Grand.
Happy #SchoolBusDriversDay to all the skilled and caring school bus drivers who safely shuttle students to and from school, field trips and afterschool activities.
When you pick up and drop off at the bus stop today, remember to thank your bus driver!!
Strike up the band - we're celebrating band directors!
Thank you for guiding students as they make beautiful music together - from pep bands & marching bands, to concert bands, jazz bands, chamber ensembles, and many other groups.
#ThankYouThursday
Bus drivers and bus aides, crossing guards, school staff organizing drop-off & pick-up ... to everyone that helps get our students safely to and from school each day … THANK YOU!!!
#ThankYouThursday
Our school sites are experiencing phone issues this morning. We are working on a solution and will keep you updated!!
REMINDER!!!
Classes will be dismissed on Friday, March 29 and Monday, April 1. Classes resume again on Tuesday, April 2. School IS IN session today, Monday, March 25!!!
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!
- Ponca City Public Schools
Congratulations to Coach Richard Agee for being named the East All-State Girls Wrestling Coach.
A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held on Tuesday, March 26 at 5 p.m. for the renovated Po-Hi baseball complex. Admission will be free to the baseball game!
School will NOT be in session Monday, March 18 through Friday, March 22 for Spring Break. Classes will resume on Monday, March 25.
Bands in Review concert this Thursday, Feb. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Ponca City Schools Concert Hall. Come on out and enjoy a night of great music with our Ponca City Bands.
Orchestras in Review will be held tonight in the Ponca City Schools Concert Hall. Fifth and sixth grades, philharmonic and symphony orchestras will perform at 7 p.m. The seventh and eighth grades, philharmonic and symphony orchestras will perform at 7:30 p.m. There will be a brief intermission between concerts. The event is free to the public.
We are critically low on bus drivers for PCPS due to illnesses and emergencies. Please make sure you download our app, check our website and social media platforms DAILY if we have to cancel or disrupt bus routes due to a lack of drivers.
You can help by joining Team PCPS by applying to be a bus driver at www.pcps.us.
Phillips66 has donated $1 million to Ponca City Public Schools as part of a community initiative grant. The money will be used to support PCPS’s ambitious STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) facility on the high school campus. It is the single largest donation in history for PCPS.
A press conference has been scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, at 3:45 p.m. at the Anderson building at the high school to announce the details of the project.
School will NOT be in session on Monday, Feb. 19. See you on Tuesday, Wildcats!!
Feb. 7, 2024, is National Girls & Women in Sports Day! Join us as we acknowledge the amazing accomplishments of our female athletes!!!
#NGWSD
