Our Mission: “Educate students for lifelong learning and responsible living.”
Our Vision: “Provide a learning environment that promotes and develops academic and
social growth.”
Author of the Month: Shel Silverstein
Word of the Month: Passionate "
Rise N Shine: Ms. Christianson
Word of the Month: Passionate "
Rise N Shine: Ms. Christianson
- Mon. April 23 - 3rd Reading, 5th All Tests to be turned in downtown. Huggins meeting in P.M. Make Tests 3rd and 5th Grade
- Tues. April 24 - 4th and 6th Grade State Tests. Alternate Special Schedules. Principal Meet and Greet Instructional Coaches. PLC Meetings - All PLC meetings in IC Room. Classroom. Each group provide at least 1 idea for school wide Themes for the 2018-2019 School Year. Faculty meeting 4:30 - 5:00
- Wed. April 25 - 4th and 6th Grade State Tests. Alternate Special Schedules 1st Grade Field Trip
- Thurs. April 26 - 4th and 6th Grade State Tests. Alternate Special SchedulesPrincipal & AP meeting 5:30 p.m. US Grant High School
- Fri. April 27 - Small Group and Make Up testing.
- Sat. April 28 - Early Birds (?)
TESTING
WEEK 2 |
SPECIALS
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8:20 - 9:00
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9:00 - 9:40
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9:45 - 10:25
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10:30 - 11:10
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11:15 - 11:45
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11:45 - 12:15
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Monday
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4th
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6th
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Plan
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3rd
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PreK
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Lunch
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Tuesday
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4th
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6th
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Plan
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3rd
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PreK
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Lunch
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Wednesday
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4th
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6th
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Plan
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3rd
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PreK
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Lunch
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Thursday
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4th
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6th
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Plan
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3rd
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PreK
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Lunch
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Friday
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4th
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6th
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Plan
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3rd
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PreK
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Lunch
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12:15 - 12:55
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1:00 - 1:40
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1:45 - 2:25
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2:30 - 3:10
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3:15
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Kinder
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1st
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2nd
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5th
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Kinder
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1st
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2nd
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5th
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Kinder
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1st
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2nd
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5th
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Kinder
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1st
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2nd
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5th
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Kinder
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1st
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2nd
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5th
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Tuesday 3:15 - 3:45
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Wednesday 3:15 - 3:45
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Thursday 3:15 - 3:45
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Friday 3:15 - 3:45
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Keys P.E.
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Gill P.E.
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Harden Art
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McNeill P.E.
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Reinhardt Art
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Opheim Art
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Navarro music
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Harris Art
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Smith Library
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Wendling Library
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Kappel library
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Jackson Music
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Werito Music
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Hall Music
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Clements Library
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Monday - 3:30 Honor Choir, Honor Art
Team OKCPS,
There was a recurring theme in the images I posted on Twitter
(follow me @rdkaye) earlier this week from our OKCPS classrooms. It was this
Winston Churchill quote spotted at both Roosevelt Middle School and F.D. Moon
Elementary:
“Never
never NEVER give up.”
What I saw in classrooms from Webster to Linwood this week were
students and teachers rising to the challenge of what our advocacy looks like
now. Rising above the indelible effects of losing two weeks of instruction on
our kids. Rising above the discomfort of adjusting to a longer school day.
Rising above the disappointment that our state leaders haven’t yet restored
everything our students deserve.
Some good news I have this week:
We had what might have been the highest attendance of the year
this week, and we saw both students and staff show up for our state
assessments, despite the challenges. I think about state assessment time
maybe like the OKC Thunder thinks about the playoffs. This is our students’
time to shine and show off the hard work we have done as a team. In the end,
what matters is that we do our best and give it our all with integrity. The
test is one measurement at one point in time. It gives us critical
information about what our students know and how well we have done our jobs
to teach them, but it’s not the only thing that matters.
The measurement we are doing this week is most useful for
helping us plan at the big picture level for the future, and this future
planning is where I am trying to spend most of my time. There has been quite
a lot of discussion recently about our future plans for our budgets and
staffing.
As we began planning for next year in November, there were a
couple of big problems we were trying to solve for. One is that from this
year’s projected elementary enrollment to next year’s projected elementary
enrollment, we expect almost 1,700 fewer students. Many of those students
were students who didn’t show up this year. Our projections were about 1,200
higher than our actuals this year. Despite that decline, we didn’t reduce any
positions this year, but since most of our funding comes to us on a per-pupil
basis, we had to look at rightsizing for next year.
The second big problem we tried to solve for was bringing some
fairness to resource allocation among our smaller schools and bigger schools.
The practice we have been using to staff the schools results in an
unintentionally disparate burden on schools serving higher populations of
students of color.
We knew we couldn’t keep doing business this way. As our
dedicated District 5 board member, Ruth Veales always says, “When you know
better, you have to do better.”
The bundling solution we landed on after looking at about 19
different scenarios groups K-2 and 3-6 grade bands together and then applies
a per-pupil allocation for teachers. It does cause some tough choices for
student and teacher assignment that will probably result in schools choosing
more split-grade classrooms next year, but we couldn’t continue to have 16%
of our elementary classrooms with 30+ learners, especially with the racial
disparity we currently face. This option for core staffing reduces the
variation among our sites to bring down those super high class sizes in some
schools.
This is another of those uncomfortable truths — the difficult
budget situation we have been in for some time means that we are out of easy
choices that don’t touch classrooms or essential functions. The next level of
cuts we would have to consider would look like “nuclear” options like cutting
athletics or touching core services like payroll. Over 80% of our money is in
people. Other tough discussions about the structural problems in our budget
about the number of facilities we are operating are planned for next year.
Know that we put students at the center of every decision we
make, even when they hurt sometimes. The decisions I make affect my own
children.
That said, we are hopeful that the small increase in state aid
and the work to find more budget efficiencies will enable us to make some
modest investments back in instruction. We would really like your input on
that to help inform our decision-making over the next month or so. Please
respond to this quick survey that lets you rank all the ideas submitted by
TeamOKCPS over the last few weeks. There is also a place to share additional
ideas for achieving budget savings. My only caveats on that are that there
are some programs that feel like “extra” that we really can’t save money
on... things like federally funded programs (like our Instructional Coaches)
or support services that are responding to some kind of external mandate
(like the Office of School Climate which was created after we received a
consent order from the Office for Civil Rights about concerns about our
discipline practices).
Thank you in advance for sharing your wisdom with your leaders
so that we can make sound choices for the future.
Also, one last reminder to respond to our quick employee
engagement survey so that we can work toward improving our culture as well.
I know that you don’t have a lot of extra time to fill out
surveys and things, but I really do appreciate the time you take to invest in
the big picture success of OKCPS. I can’t know what I don’t know, and we can
only fix problems we are honest about.
This was a great week of learning for our students, and I am so
grateful to everyone who pitched in to make this week a smooth return. Take a
break this weekend and take care of yourself. We need you on your “A” game on
Monday to never, never give up on our OKCPS kids!
Love and courage,
 Rebecca Kaye
Acting
Superintendent
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To Develop Every Child Into a Reader:
- Everyday a child reads something they choose to read.
- Every child reads accurately
- Every child reads something they understand.
- Every child writes something that is personal and meaningful daily.
- Every child talks with peers about reading and writing.
- Every child hears an adult reader read fluently.
Coolidge Elementary Academic Goals for 2017- 2018
- All Students WILL achieve academically.
- Reading: Increase reading proficiency by at least one grade level, and know their current F & P level.
- Math: Increase math achievement by 10% with 80% mastery of math facts on grade level.
- Writing: Increase writing proficiency by 15%
- Student Attendance: Increase student attendance to 98%.
- Increase Faculty Attendance to 98%
OKCPS Literacy Standards
OKCPS Math Standards
Melissa Brett | Principal
Coolidge Elementary School | Oklahoma City Public Schools
5212 S. Villa, Oklahoma City, OK 73119
(405) 587-2800
(405) 208-1581 (cell)
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