Education notebook: Hop on the bus for a book and a snack | Education | tulsaworld.com

2022-06-18 22:39:40 By : Mr. Feng Chen

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Sapulpa High School Jeremy Lusk checks out books to kids on the Book and Snack Mobile in 2019. The refurbished school bus will make stops four days per week through July 28 in northeastern Creek County. 

Paddington and popcorn: Sapulpa’s Book and Snack Mobile will be making stops four days per week through July 28 in northeastern Creek County.

Students visiting the refurbished school bus will be able to check out a book and will be offered a snack.

Operated through a partnership between Sapulpa Public Schools and Caring Community Friends, Creek County’s largest community food bank and emergency assistance agency, the bus will also have prepared meals available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Feeding Program.

A full schedule is available online at tinyurl.com/SapulpaBus.

Testing tweak: The state Department of Education will accept Praxis assessments in 44 subject areas as a teaching certification alternative to the Oklahoma Subject Area Tests, the department announced Wednesday.

State law allows the state to certify individuals who have successfully completed a competency assessment used in a majority of other states. Praxis exams are used in teacher certification programs across the nation, including in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri and New Mexico.

New leadership: Pending approval at Monday night’s Bixby school board meeting, Mickey Replogle will be the next principal of Bixby High School.

Replogle’s resume includes stints at Wagoner, Stilwell, Clinton, Inola, Broken Arrow and Muskogee public schools.

Four-day week: Broken Arrow Public Schools’ Education Service Center and Enrollment Center will be closed on Fridays in June and July.

With the exception of July 8, Union Public Schools’ Education Service Center will also be closed on Fridays in June and July.

Registration help: Tulsa Public Schools is hosting a summer programming registration-help session from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Interpretation services will be available.

Registration for TPS’ school-based summer programs closes on Wednesday.

School board calendar: The boards of education for the Anderson, Bixby, Broken Arrow, Owasso, Sand Springs and Tulsa school districts have meetings scheduled Monday.

The Keystone and Lone Star boards are scheduled to meet Tuesday.

The Board of Education for Epic One-on-One and Epic Blended charter schools is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Oklahoma City.

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CareerTech administrators said they would have to research answers to members’ questions and concerns about why the state-funded program was not subject to competitive bidding. 

Despite anticipated enrollment shifts and a projected multimillion-dollar reduction in state aid for the coming school year, Tulsa Public Schools has no plans to close schools or redraw attendance boundaries anytime soon. #oklaed 

Twenty-nine area high school seniors are among the third group of scholarship recipients announced Wednesday by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. 

Tuition and fees for students at Oklahoma State University in Tulsa and Stillwater will remain flat, university officials announced Friday aft…

“This is not about four-day school weeks,” said board member Trent Smith. “For me, it’s philosophical. … I personally feel like kids should be in school way more than they are.” #oklaed

Some area schools are keeping their community pantries open this summer in an effort to help families keep their children fed while school is out.

Modeled after similar schools emerging around the country, a new polytechnic school planned for Tulsa is expected to follow their example and …

About 300 Tulsa-area students are starting their summer with a two-week deep dive into the arts through an immersive camp at Key Elementary School and the University of Tulsa. #oklaed

To provide more time for bus routes, Bixby Public Schools bell schedules will change starting in August. #oklaed  

Sapulpa High School Jeremy Lusk checks out books to kids on the Book and Snack Mobile in 2019. The refurbished school bus will make stops four days per week through July 28 in northeastern Creek County. 

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