Middle School

Check out what is going on in the Glenpool school district! Each month, the Warrior Chant is published, highlighting our district. Here is January's edition: https://www.glenpoolps.org/o/gps/page/warrior-chant-january-2025

Glenpool Schools will be on a Distance Learning Day on Friday, Jan 10. All buildings will be closed. Students need to check with teachers for assignments. Be safe.

Parents, We are monitoring some information on social media and wanted to put out a clarification. All buses will be running their regularly scheduled routes and pickup times will remain on the same schedule. Parents are welcome to pick their children up early.

Big thank you to our Friend of Education for January, Bounce Kingdom 918! We appreciate your support of our schools and our community!

Congratulations to our Elementary Teacher of the Month, LeAnn Click!

Congratulations to Stacey Thomas, our Secondary Employee of the Month!

Congratulations to Patti McGee, our January Support Employee of the Month

Winter Break - no school! - Dec 21 through Jan 5. Professional Development Day January 6 - no school!! Classes resume on Tuesday, Jan 7

We have our first OkMEA All-State band member in quite a few years so he deserves some recognition! Raul Peña made 6th chair trumpet in the top OkMEA All-State band, the Wind Symphony. This is out of all schools in Oklahoma, and we are super proud of him for that!

Parent/Guardians Please make sure your student's device is fully charged for school. We are conducting MAP Testing all week! Thank you for your help!

The Mask & Gavel Society presents "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Dec 5-7 at 7:00pm in the APB.

Thanksgiving Break Nov 25-29. There are no classes, and all offices are closed. Enjoy your time.

Congratulations, GMS Academic Team on winning Districts today!! The A Team won all five matches scoring a total of 670pts! They will be competing at Regional soon with a chance to earn a spot at State!! Members of the team include: Abby Letney (Captain), Cam Allen (Captain), Nick Tidwell , Harper Kelley, Xander Alley-Melchior, Karsyn Burton, Makayla Thayer, Waylon Haney The A Team is coached by Ms. Ross. Awesome job, A Team!!!

Turkey Challenge: Students you have a chance to earn DOUBLE points tomorrow Friday the 8th only. Bring in any canned VEGGIE or FRUIT items to receive double the points. Remember, the 2nd hour class that brings the most will get a trip to Braums!

Our November Friend of Education is GLENPOOL EYE CARE. Please help us thank them for contributing to our schools and community. THANK YOU, Glenpool Eye Care! It's always good to see you around!

Glenpool's Support Employee of the Month is Logan Harris. Mr. Harris works at the Lower Elementary as a paraprofessional with our special education students. His colleagues nominated him with these comments: Logan has become a valuable part of the Lower Elementary SPED department. His patience with students with special needs is commendable, and he truly has a heart for the students he serves. He has an amazing way of forming relationships with the students he serves, and the students genuinely love him.

The District's Elementary Teacher of the Month is Rachel Welch. Ms. Welch teaches in our STEM program. A note from her colleagues: Rachel is always willing to take on any project and help in any way possible. She usually stays behind the scenes but does so much to provide support. She deserves some recognition for all of her endurance and fortitude. We always love it when she comes for STEM down at the lower for a nice break. The kids love to have that time, too, and always appreciate "Ms. Stem."

Help us congratulate Megan Moore as our District Secondary Teacher of the Month! Ms. Moore works with our high school special education students. A comment from her colleagues: Megan has gone above and beyond in setting up the high school special education classroom. She has created a welcoming space for her students to feel safe. Her new teaching techniques have been fun, and the students love her style!!! Megan has worked extremely hard to make this start of the school year run smoothly with our students. We are blessed to have her at the high school.

Parents, Glenpool Public Schools is currently monitoring the weather situation today. If a tornado watch becomes a warning, students and staff will shelter in designated locations per our emergency management plan. If this occurs, parent pickup will not be possible until the warning is canceled.

The Turkey Challenge has been a Glenpool tradition since 1989. Glenpool students collect food items and money to help make sure everyone in our community has a Thanksgiving meal. Please support our students in this project to give to their community! • Begins on Monday, November 4th • Ends on Friday, November 15th • Pre-K through 12th grades will participate • Points awarded for food items & money • Donations turned into students' 2nd hour classroom teacher Requested items Canned Vegetables: Corn-whole & creamed Green beans-all kinds Spinach Mixed Vegetables Peas and beans-all kinds Carrots Potatoes Other Canned Goods: Tomatoes-all kinds Fruits-all kinds Soups-all kinds Juices-all kinds Pasta-Spaghetti-o's, etc Meats-tuna, spam, Vienna sausage Boxed Items: Jell-O & pudding mixes Potatoes-all kind Protein Bars Pasta mixes-all kinds Dinners-Hamburger/Tuna helper, etc Muffin/pancake/biscuit mixes Granola bars Breakfast bars Individual Mac & Cheese Oatmeal packages Jerky Thanksgiving Boxes Include: Canned Pumpkin Evaporated milk canned sweet potatoes/yams canned cranberries Stuffing bags/boxes Desserts- cake, pie mix, frosting pie fillings Mac n Cheese Cereal Pancake mix, biscuits Instant potatoes Turkey gravy Cream of mushroom soup Fried onions Green beans Corn Miscellaneous Items: Baby food, Kool-Aid & hot chocolate, dried beans, rice, pasta, noodle soups Monetary donations can also be sent with students. Students will give their food or monetary donation to their teacher and it will be given to the front office at each school. THANK YOU GMS COMMUNITY FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!!!