The BruinVolume 8, Number 22...Friday, January 31, 2014...www.bps-ok.org

Bartlesville Public School District’s Weekly Email Newsletter

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Five BPSD schools named Reward Schools

for 2013Five Bartlesville Public

School District school sites were recently named Reward Schools for 2013 by the Okla-homa State Department of Education. BPSD Reward Schools include Jane Phillips Elementary School, Wayside Elementary School, Central Middle School, Bartlesville Mid-High School and Bartles-ville High School.

According to the Re-ward School criteria guide, “Oklahoma wishes to recog-nize two types of schools as reward schools: schools that continually show exemplary performance on the OSTP assessments and schools that have made exemplary progress towards improving student per-formance, even if their overall performance is not yet at the highest level.”

Jane Phillips was rec-ognized as a High Progress Reward School. In order to achieve this honor, Jane Phil-lips was required to rank at or above the 90th percentile in overall student improve-ment on state tests issued over the past three years, show consistent improve-

Oklahoma Academic Standards Road Rally

held at BMHSBartlesville Mid-High School

hosted the Oklahoma Academic Standards Road Rally last night. The event, organized by the Oklahoma State Department of Education, is one of many rallies that have taken place throughout the state over the past several months.

The event began as BMHS Par-ent Support Group President Heather Snow, welcomed those in attendance. BMHS student Claire Sauer then led the Pledge of Allegiance and BMHS student Paige Cleveland sang the National Anthem.

Bartlesville Public School Dis-trict Superintendent Gary W. Quinn made brief remarks on the signifi-cance of the Bartlesville Mid-High School accomplishment stating, “This award does not simply mean that Bartlesville Mid-High School had an exceptional year in 2013; it is a culmination of the hard work and dedication by so many throughout our great district over many years. I strongly believe that every staff member in the district is part of this award.”

BMHS students (pictured left to right) Brent Cunningham, Lucia Montiel and Claire Sauer assist Oklahoma State Department of Education speaker, Dr. Angela Walker, as she speaks to the crowd at last night’s Oklahoma Academic Standards Road Rally.

CMS announces first semester honor rollsCentral Middle School Princi-

pal Ryan Huff has announced the first semester honor rolls for the 2013-2014 academic year at Central Middle School. Students must receive all “A’s” for the High Honor Roll or receive a 3.50 to 3.99 GPA for the Honor Roll, with no grade below a “C.” Grade-point averages are calculated based upon first semester grades.

Listed below is the complete list of first semester honor roll students from Central.

2013-2014 Central Middle School First Semester Honor Rolls

EIGHTH GRADEHigh Honor Roll

Myriam AchourBryce AndereggJake BilgerKhayla BlackLydie BroomRachel BrownThomas BrownBrigette BulleighOlivia CasnerJohn ConeLauren CotchSarah CovellAbigail CoxVivian CulverAddison DeffenbaughNoah EstesJacob FlemingSpencer GreenReese HammonEmily HicksFaith HopkinsHunter JenkinsJaiden KloseHannah LinzyAshlynn NakvindaAdinda Saraswati RosadiMatthew RussellMadeline SauerJack SettleErin ShoemakerReese ShroyerKatherine StewardWilliam WaltonZachary Woods

Keaton AllenLudwin Benitez FuentesAlana BlackwoodCarter BreedloveKenneth BuoyJaden CharbonneauTaylor CobbMelissa CollierMichael EdwardsJordyn EldridgePayton EmertAlyshia GrayKameron HayesOlivia HolderGary HooverKatelyn LaSpisaGarrett LeeLuke LoebMark MajorsStory MartinEthan McKinnisMatthew MeyerJared NealKallie NunleyKyle PayneEdward RealiPedro RodriguezAmara SanchezNoah SchaperKeyonna SchutzSarah ShipmanIsabella SnellJordan StoopsHoward ThillIsabella VaclawJackson VaclawVishnuprasada VasudevanGenevieve Walters-MillerRebecca WatsonRosalinda ZarateSEVENTH GRADE

High Honor Roll

SEVENTH GRADEHonor Roll

Avery AllenSophia AtkinsonKamie AyresHunter BalesThomas BeardMichael Lukas ByfieldThomas ByingtonGavin CamperRachel CaryKathryn ClaryWarren CollierMason DumonceauxAlyssa EmertHollis GilbertJa'Lynn GreenChristina GuernseyTaylor HolmesHaileigh JenkinsAmber KingMarguerite LargessPeihan LiuDaniel MeyerJadon MorenoTyler MyersTrinity ParkerRoss PattisonMatthew PryorZane ReevesHannah RencountreKalyn RodgersGabriel RolfsonTaylor RovenstineEvan SmithBethany Ann SpaldingAnushka SukhadiaElaine VanDusenCaroline Waldorf

Abigail BarrigaRoger BorgHope BrayfieldHolden BryantDaxton ButlerHadley DavisWilliam DoengesMargaret DrummondMadeline FariaGracen FosterNathan FredenburgOlivia GalvezAutumn GarzaAarya GhonasgiMarcos Gomez MoranEmma Griffin

Grace HagerCourtney HodgsonAvery LeeRayanna MadsenCarinna MarlingEmily NordhuesCaroline PattisonHanna PhelpsNathaniel RamseyJacob RouseNoah SundayMegan TalbotAbigail TurnerLiza WilliamsOlivia WiltPeyton WinterSuzanne YeabowerNoah Yearout

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MMS announces first semester honor rollsMadison Middle School Principal

Joey Eidson has announced the first semester honor rolls for the 2013-2014 academic year at Madison Middle School. Students must receive all “A’s” for the High Honor Roll or receive a 3.50 to 3.99 GPA for the Honor Roll, with no grade below a “C.” Grade-point averages are calculated based upon first semester grades.

Listed below is the complete list of first semester honor roll students from Madison.

2013-2014 Central Middle School First Semester Honor Rolls

EIGHTH GRADEHigh Honor RollHannah Aldrich Sonia Ambriz Marisol Aranda Madison Barnett Allison Biddinger Lukas Cochran Alyssa Cole Nickolas Copeland Ashton Cowart Kaylee Cromwell Kathryn Davis Andrew Day Alexandria Dickson Jaren Dolsky Abigail Estes Hamze Farhat Olivia Foust Kennedy Franks Emily Giovannetti Zoe Gudenkauf Alexzandra Hatter River Hill Kayla Hoelscher Nicholas Hymel Cole Ingmire Natalie James William Kampa Meaghan Keck Logan Kelley Megan Kirchner Markus Klawun Callie Krause Nathan Lauritsen Trevor Marshall James Martinez Dayton Masters Chloe' Maye Tasha Nash

Katie Newcomb Greta Olsen Samantha Overcashier Morgan Owens Danielle Ramirez Shelbie Roberson Allie Silver Austin Stitt Kyle Stone Bryce Swanson Branson Taylor Jackeline Torres Hanna Unkel Autumn Wiles Quinten Willcox Grant Yardley EIGHTH GRADE

Honor RollJaron Acree Andrew Argo Jackson Barton Michael Baughman Jason Brewer Connor Burns Cade Butler Madison Campbell Matthew Coordsen Aleeyah Dean Jackson Duncan Kayla Dyer Summer Flenniken Maverick Garza Robbyn Gill Mabel Glock Abigail Grief Hannah Gritzmaker Elizabeth Halferty Virginia Hemiterio Andrea Hernandez Zephaniah Jacobs Jacob Kelley Hannah King Lane Kitchel Kimalee Lawrence Thomas Lindsly Aneesh Mandava Kasidy McNeill Jessica Melendez Alex Merrifield Kelsi Norvell Matthew Pingry Christian Pollard Danielle Poquette Kassidy Quillin Cynthia Ramirez Lukas Rietfors Abilene Salyer William Schauberger Nathan Smiley

Hannah Mikel Smith Hannah Renee Smith Benjamin South Luke Spriggs KayLee Standridge Noah Sullivan Jack Terry Jonathan Vallandingham Halle Warneke Brittany Webster Isaiah Wells Tessa White Mariah Wier Coltn Williams Michaela Wilson Evan Wingate Jacob Wolfe

SEVENTH GRADEHigh Honor RollMitchel Baughman Lauren Bell Presley Burch Lane Cabler Artturi DeBlieck Tyler Dickson Temitayo Dina Erin Downey Julia Fodor Kaylee Garrett Leesha Gilliland Savannah Hagar Lukas Hammack Jarod Harder Cassie Harding Avery John Skylar Koecher Ashtyn Lashbrook Keely Laurence Julia LeVan Tyler Linthacum Santana Luettgen Hunter Marquez Vivian Orta Jose Ramirez Brittany Roach Emma Shelley Kate Snowden Alexis Tayrien Kaitlyn Thibodeau Alexis Torres Peyton Tussing Garrett Walsh Allora Wiggins Cody Winters Kellie Woodward SEVENTH GRADE

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GAC Basketball Tournament set to tip off in at Bruin Fieldhouse in March

Special to The BruinThe 2014 Great American Conference Men’s

and Women’s Basketball Tournament is scheduled to span from March 6-9 at the Bruin Fieldhouse on the Bartlesville High School campus.

Each bracket – men’s and women’s – will fea-ture an eight-team, single-elimination format to crown their eventual champions, who will advance to the NCAA Division II Tournament.

Here’s a look at the schedule (game times and match-ups TBA):

Thursday, March 6• Men’s quarterfinals (four games in all)Friday, March 7• Women’s quarterfinals (four games in all)Saturday, March 8

• Men’s semifinals (Two games in all)• Women’s semifinals (Two games in all)Sunday, March 9• Men’s championship game• Women’s championship game

Providing entertainment during the tournament will be Routie the Roadrunner, the mascot of the NBA Development League’s Tulsa 66ers.

A tournament tradition, GAC players will reach out to the community during their time in Bartles-ville. The women’s players are scheduled to host a bowling outing for special needs students on March 6, while men’s players will visit area schools on March 7.

To learn more about the GAC, please visit http://greatamericanconference.com/index.aspx.

BPSD volunteer opportunities availableHave you been searching for a way to help out Bartlesville youth? The Bartlesville Public School Dis-

trict has volunteer opportunities available throughout the district.Currently, volunteers are needed to serve as tutors, mentors, lunch buddies, classroom helpers, ele-

mentary school crossing guards and state test proctors. If you are not interested in any of the above volun-teer opportunities, the BPSD will still gladly take volunteers and find tasks that fit your interests.

In order to become a BPSD volunteer, you must be 18 or older, be of good moral character, complete a volunteer inquiry form and pass a background check. Additionally, all volunteers must receive a school orientation and work under the direct supervision of BPSD staff while completing assigned volunteer tasks.

To begin the volunteer sign-up process, please contact Christina Rigdon, District Volunteer Coordina-tor, at 918-337-6231 ext. 1635 or RigdonCV@bps-ok.org.

BPSD bus route 4 combined with exisiting routes

Beginning January 23, the Bartlesville Public School District transportation department combined bus route 4 with existing routes, and current route 4 riders will be switched to alternate busing routes. The change is taking place to increase operating ef-ficiency as route 4 currently has a very low number of riders.

Previously, route 4 served the Harned Drive area south of Nowata road for Bartlesville Mid-High School and Madison Middle School; Kennelworth and Colonial Estates for the Bartlesville High School and Central Middle School; and Colonial Estates for

Wayside Elementary School. The Harned Drive area students were placed on route 9 in both morning and afternoon. The Kennelworth area and a portion of the Colonial students for BHS and Central were placed on route 1. The other portion of the Colonial students moved to route 13. The Colonial Wayside students were placed on route 22.

Should you have any questions regarding the route changes, please contact the transportation de-partment at 918-336-1733.

The BPSD would like to thank parents for help-ing the transition occur smoothly.

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ment over time and have an overall state testing student participation of at least 95%.

Wayside, Central, BMHS and BHS were recognized as High Performance Reward Schools. The crite-ria to qualify as a High Performance Reward School is the awarded school must receive an A or A+ on the A-F Report Card or the school’s ranking must be at or above the 90th percentile in state testing for three consecutive years.

BPSD Superintendent Dr. Gary W. Quinn said, “We are extremely proud of the academic success at all schools throughout our district. To have five schools, half of our district’s school sites, recognized as Reward Schools by the Oklahoma State Department of Education is a great accomplishment. It is para-mount that we continue to build on academic successes around the district and continue our tradition of excellence by providing Bartlesville students the best education possible.”

BMHS Principal Jason Langham and BPSD Superintendent Dr. Gary W. Quinn were then greeted by State Superintendent Dr. Janet Barresi on stage and congratulated for the stellar National Blue Ribbon School accomplishment.

Following activities to honor BMHS, Barresi took the stage. Barresi discussed the Oklahoma Academic Standards and the changes in public education in the state Oklahoma. Barresi also discussed her belief that every Oklahoma student must receive a well-rounded education which will allow them to be college and career ready.

Dr. Angela Walker, representing the Oklahoma State Department of Education, then brought three BMHS stu-

dents, Brent Cunningham, Claire Sauer and Lucia Montiel, to participate in a game called “Bag Claim.” The purpose of the game was not only to bring excitement to the crowd, but to symbolize the various ways students can be success-ful.

The event concluded as those in attendance had the opportunity to speak with Oklahoma State Department of Education representatives including the State Superinten-dent.

The Oklahoma Academic Standards Road Rally was organized by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Similar events have taken place throughout the state over the past several months.

Jena' WilliamsSIXTH GRADEHigh Honor Roll

Isabelle AmesAlexis AustereTrinity BaumgartnerBriley-Anne BrownJoshua ChuanSabrina ChuanAbigail ClaussenAnne ConeMary ConeJessica DunawayDaniela FergusonMaddisen FosterRegan GormanAllison HadleyJakob HallDillon HopkinsTaton HopkinsDonald JenningsReagan KloseBrooks LanghamAllison LeeGrace LouthanGabriel OntiverosSydney PerrySierea PortaIsabella RencountreClaire SettleWilliam ShifletRhiannon SilvaRegan ThompsonCooper WilliamsAustin WrightStone YangYuhao Zhang

Jagger Adkins Sohaib Ali Samuel Anderson Felix Aranda Alyssa Austin Andrew Barker Brooklyn Blevins Avery Boulanger Kylie Brooks Brooke Capps Carmen Collier Kaelin Crane Logan Demaray Zhennan Dong Caleb Eiden Landry Evans Gerald Gray Winter Guinn Hannah Hale Alexander Heeter

Katherine Jestes Bhuvanesh Karani Jadyn Keeler Shama Lurie Jade McClary Kiera McKelvin Javier Mendez Emilee Miller Audrey Munkirs Dalton Nading Addison Nofsinger Alaianna Oakes Joshua Pectol Gavin Pendergraff Sean Quinn Carson Rainbolt Macy Reynolds Kain Robledo Elisha Ruiz Carter Secondine Dylan Sherman John Strickland Noah Sturm Brice Terronez Corbin Valenciano Ethyn Vysotsky Naudia Whitlock

SIXTH GRADEHigh Honor RollAbril ArandaOlivia BaileyJames BoudreauxKamden BryanDaylon CarseClaire ChipindaHeaven ChoateLaken ClowdusEdwin DingHalle DuganJade FielderAlissa FrittsNathaniel FullerLauren GreeneIsabella HalesNicholas Hales Spencer Hales Connor HalfertyBurkley HansenBrandon Hines Cierra Holliman Madeline HudsonMadison IngmireKurt KaukJeffrey LaFrancois Carissa LeonardJaxon Malaby Faith MartinNicholas OlsenTyler OrphinOlivia Park Tyler ParrettLiberty Peatling

Austin RalphAmelia RayRiver RiddlePeyton RidleyCanaan RoarkKaimron SchoonoverKeith SheltsKody SimsTanner SittonHaley StevensHaley SwartBritney SweatAnela TakahashiSereniti WrightMallory Wyatt

SIXTH GRADEHonor Roll

Sofia ArenasDylan ArgoJaci BaginskiGracie BrashearValery CalhoonSarah Carley Kaleb Childress Vaniah Childs Cortney Clark Juralain Clemente Austin Cobb Blake Conley Jozi Curran Taylor Fairchild Alexis Garcia Perez Sariah Greenhalgh Kobe Guess Madison Harvey Alice Henisey Nicole Hicks Ashley HolcombElijah Holder Kathryn Hollenbaugh Grace Keene Ryan King Alexander Le Kendall Macias John Mann Mya Miller Leah Mims Samantha Moreno Taylor Nading Evelyn Ortiz David Packard Rylan Reynolds Freddy Rocha Colton Rouse Hollye Sheets Kahler Smith Brilee Taylor Shai'Ron Thompson Kamryn Underwood Nicolaus Workman Noah Yazzie Madalynn Zink

SIXTH GRADEHonor Roll

Andrea AebiJulianna AhlertTabitha BargerDesiree BarrowsKenzie BartonEmily BixlerAubrey BoswellTyler BrooksRuth BrownJordan BryerGloria CastilloRose CharbonneauJeremiah CollinsJonah CollinsMakaila CoxDarbie CummingsAbigail CunninghamNevaeh DavisChristian EnnisAlex FeesSydney Glass

Samantha GoldenCathlene GonzalesElizabeth GunnellJenna GunterTori HackenbergerFrancisco HernandezClaire HopkinsTrent HorinekAlexander HowardAriel JimisonMorgan JohnsonNicholas KraussAmbika KrishnanBaylee LanghamBrienne LaversGracie LeMasterYadira MaresAlyssa MedinaMary MillerJanay MorenoSarah NealAnastasia ParkerJordyn ParnellAustin PartridgeVictoria PostBrianna PryorBaylee ReynoldsMyla RogersMuhammad Ilham RosadiNicole RuthReba SaenzRania SharptonIsaac SummersKaily SutterfieldWatan SweezyMary VaclawGuadalupe VillanuevaScout WebbBenjamin WintersDiana Zhang

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Bartlesville Public School District Activities (January 31 - February 6)

Editing, writing, design and photography by Chris Tanea, Bartlesville Public School District Community Relations Coordinator, unless

otherwise noted

Stellar SitesThe Bartlesville Public School District offers a wide array of useful tools for students as well as parents. For some extra educational insight, give these web sites a look:PowerSchoolhttp://www.bps-ok.org Click on the PowerSchool link toward the top of the home page.- Parents and legal guardians can check with of-fice personnel at their student’s school to find out how to access PowerSchool. - Information on students - such as grades and at-tendance records available via PowerSchool.Study Islandhttp://www.studyisland.com Use the “Member

Login.”- Student login information must be obtained from teachers.Facebookhttp://www.facebook.com/BartlesvillePublicSchools or http://www.facebook.com/BartlesvilleHighSchool- Everyone can keep up with what’s going on throughout the BPSD or at Bartlesville High School by becoming fans of these pages, which are updated regularly with news and events.Twitterhttps://twitter.com/#!/BPSDBruins- Keep up with the latest news and announcements from throughout the BPSD.

Friday, January 31-NBDA Junior High All-District Band Clinic @ Claremore-BMHS winter sports assembly (9:15 a.m.)-Parent enrollment information meeting for 8th and 9th graders @ BMHS (12 p.m.)-Varsity girls and boys basketball vs. NOAH (6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.)-JV girls and boys basketball vs. NOAH (3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.)-Varsity wrestling @ Pryor Tournament-Varsity Track @ Norman Indoor (9 a.m.)

Saturday, February 1-NBDA Junior High All-District Band Clinic and Concert @ Claremore-Speech Tournament @ Bixby-Special Olympics Dance-Bruins on Broadway @ FAC (7 p.m.)-Boys varsity wrestling @ Pryor Tournament-Varsity swimming Frontier Conference Championships

Sunday, February 2(No events scheduled)

Monday, February 3-Central C2 assembly (8:20 a.m.)-10th grade evening enrollment appointments @ BHS (4 p.m. - 8 p.m.)-8th and 9th grade evening enrollment appointments @ BMHS (6 p.m. - 8 p.m.)-Hoover PTO meeting (6 p.m.)-Freshman girls and boys basketball @ Jenks (6 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.)-8th grade girls and boys basketball @ Broken Arrow (6 p.m. and 7:15 p.m.)

Tuesday, February 4-Central Student Council meeting (7:45 a.m.)-Central Science Olympiad meeting (3:05 p.m.)-10th grade evening enrollment appointments @ BHS (4 p.m. - 8 p.m.)-8th and 9th grade evening enrollment appointments @ BMHS (6 p.m. - 8 p.m.)-Girls and boys varsity basketball vs. East Central (6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.)-Girls and boys JV basketball vs. East Central (3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.)

Wednesday, February 5-Central PSG meeting (12 p.m.)-Peaceful Warriors @ Kane

Thursday, February 6-Central Battle of the Books practice (3 p.m.)-Central Science Olympiad meeting (3:05 p.m.)-10th grade evening enrollment appointments @ BHS (4 p.m. - 8 p.m.)-8th and 9th grade evening enrollment appointments @ BMHS (6 p.m. - 8 p.m.)-Varsity swimming OSSAA Regionals @ Jenks-Junior high wrestling @ State Tournament

CPOY nominations due todayNominations are now being accepted for the 2014

Bartlesville Public School District Classified Person of the Year.

The annual award is designed to recognize outstanding individuals in their job category for their contributions and service to education. The following departments will have finalists nominated for the award, administrative assistants, custodial/maintenance, school assistants, transportation,

technology/media/health services, school age care and child nutrition. All BPSD employees are eligible to submit a nomination form.

Nomination forms must be sent to Teresa Gaines at Wayside Elementary School by the end of the day today. Finalists will be selected and the winner will be an-nounced at the 2014 CPOY reception which will take place March 27.