This year's 2021 'Out of this World' Homecoming week is kicking off tomorrow, September 20th, at SHS and we are ready to celebrate!
Since as far back as 1928 our Chieftains have been celebrating the school, the alumni and the traditions during Homecoming week and we are honored to continue these traditions. There are many things planned this week for our students; float building for the homecoming parade on Friday, dressing up each day to show our school spirit, classroom door decorating contests, a traditional car smash, and finally, welcoming our community and alumni back to watch our '21 Homecoming Court be crowned before watching our Chieftains take on Stigler... it going to be a great week to say the least!
Attached are a few things that Student Council has diligently worked hard to plan and we are thrilled to invite our students, faculty, community and alumni to join in on the festivities! We are eager to see the Chieftain Spirit this upcoming week!
#homecomingweek #21SHSHOCO #OutofthisWorldHoCo
🍎📚✏️We are hiring✏️📚🍎
There is nothing more important to Seminole Public Schools than the health and safety of our students, our staff, and their families. Due to large and growing numbers of Covid related illnesses and symptoms in both staff and students, beginning Wednesday, September 1 through Friday September 10, 2021, Wilson Elementary and Northwood Elementary will move to distance learning. Seminole Early Learning Center, BLS, SMS, and SHS will continue learning in person. School work packets will be sent home with grades 1-5. Chromebooks will be sent home for the 6th grade. For students who are absent/quarantined today, August 31, arrangements for the pick-up of packets will be announced soon. School meals will be distributed per the chart below. If you or your child is ill, please know that we hope you concentrate on getting better, not on school work. Make-up work will be accepted late and much grace will be given. Students will return to in person learning on Monday, September 13, 2021.
A system assessment tool and COVID-19 related information is posted on our website (www.sps.k12.ok.us)
Please call the school superintendent’s office for more information.
(405) 382-5085 ext 601
Meals for both sites are to be picked up at Northwood Elementary.
Friday, September 3, 2021 10 a.m.-12 p.m. 4 days’ worth of meals
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 10 a.m.-12 p.m. 4 days’ worth of meals
Seminole Public Schools phone lines are down. AT&T has an issue they are working to resolve. The emergency phone number for Seminole Public Schools is (405) 382-8281.
Afternoon Pick-Up Times
Enrollment for 2021-2022 School Year
We are looking for great substitute teachers!🍎📚✏️
📚🍎✏️We are hiring✏️🍎📚
WE ARE HIRING💚
✏️🍎📚WE ARE HIRING✏️🍎📚
Seminole Public Schools is excited to announce our three-year-old program! The Chieftain Early Learning Center will be open full day for the 2021-2022 school year. Applications will be online only and will be available July 1, 2021 on a first come, first serve basis.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94426872384 or call (346) 248 7799
Meeting ID: 944 2687 2384
Post Pandemic Planning
June 17th, 2021 7:00 p.m.
SPS Boardroom
600 West Strother
Reminder: We will not have Camp I Can June 7-10. Camp will resume on June 14th.
TOMORROW! WE CAN'T WAIT! Wednesday, June 2nd at 11 am. You can sign your child up for camp, eat lunch, and order a camp t-shirt! Your child can jump on the multiple bouncy houses and try to conquer Jacob's Ladder!
Free hot dogs, s'mores, and snow cones!
We are so glad that it's not supposed to rain!
Seminole Public Schools 💚s our community.
Camp I Can Kick-Off Picnic has been rescheduled for Wednesday, June 2nd at 11:00 a.m. The picnic will be held at the SHS Football Field.
Graduation will be held at Chieftain Stadium. Feel free to bring a towel; there is a chance the bleachers will be wet. We look forward to seeing our graduates and guests this evening.
Seminole Public Schools will remain CLOSED Thursday, February 18th, and Friday, February 19th for traditional snow days. We will not have virtual/remote learning during this time. Please stay safe and warm.
Seminole Public Schools will be CLOSED Tuesday, February 16th, and Wednesday, February 17th, for traditional snow days. We will continue to monitor weather conditions and update our plans for the remainder of the school week as soon as possible. Please stay safe and warm.
Due to cold temperatures and hazardous travel conditions, Seminole Public Schools will remain in virtual/remote learning status for our students through Thursday, February 11, 2021.
Classes are dismissed for professional development on Friday, February 12th, and President's Day, Monday, February 15th.
Seminole Public Schools will have a virtual/remote learning day Wednesday, February 10, 2021, due to inclement weather. Devices were sent home with students this afternoon. Please have your students check for assignments to be posted. Teachers will be available for anyone needing assistance.
Wilson Elementary students will be DISTANCE LEARNING on Monday, February 1, 2021. Students and staff will return to IN-PERSON LEARNING on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Please remember to send your students device and charger with them on Tuesday.
Hiland Dairy has issued a recall of chocolate milk that may have been sent home with students Friday. The company said some products may contain food-grade sanitizers that could cause illnesses if consumed. The product information is detailed below: One-Half Pint Hiland Dairy 1% Low Fat Chocolate Milk. UPC: 72060-00156-3. Sell by Date: January 27, 2021.Plant Code: 4025. Please dispose of all products with these identifiers. For more information please contact Hiland Dairy at https://www.hilanddairy.com/contact-us.
Seminole Public Schools is looking forward to the return of in-person learning on Monday, January 11, 2021. If your student is currently a distance learner and would like to return to in-person learning, contact your site principal to make arrangements. Please remember to send your student's device with them to school on Monday.
Anyone experiencing Covid-19 symptoms should not return to school or work. If anyone in your household is being tested or has symptoms, please do not return to school or work until negative results have been received.
Seminole Public Schools Meal Distribution will be January 5, 2021. Meals will be delivered via bus routes and may be picked up at the Seminole Middle School Cafeteria. The distribution includes four days worth of breakfast and lunch. Meal distribution is for the scheduled days of distance learning. On Tuesday, January 5, 2021, students need to be at the bus stops for meal delivery. Pink bus will begin delivering meals at 9:00 a.m. All other buses will begin delivering to the bus stops at 9:30 a.m. Meals will also be available for pick up at the Seminole Middle School cafeteria from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Happy New Year to our students and families. We are excited to start our second semester of learning at Wilson Elementary which begins on January 5, 2021 for students.
We will begin this semester with Distance Learning Tuesday, January 5 through Friday, January 8. We will begin iPad and Chrome book distribution on Tuesday the 5th by the following schedule:
1st grade: 9AM-10AM
2nd grade: 10AM-11AM
3rd grade: 11AM-12AM
Please pickup student devices up in the front of Wilson Elementary during your specified times. There will be school staff members waiting to assist you. If you are unable to pick your child’s device up at the specified time, please call us at 405-382-1431 and we will be happy to accommodate you.
Students will return to onsite learning on Monday, January 11, 2021!
Meal distribution will be tomorrow, December 17, 2020. Parents will need to pick up meals at Seminole Middle School Cafeteria from 8:30-10:30am. Meals may be picked up for any child under the age of 18. Children do not have to be enrolled in Seminole Public Schools.
Having issues with Google Classroom?? We are happy to help!! Our Technology Instructional Coach is available during school hours. Google Classroom Hotline: 405-382-5085 ext. 612
Due to the increased number of Covid related staffing issues across the district, Seminole Public Schools will convert to distance learning for the remainder of the week. Individual sites will be in contact with parents and students with information regarding coursework and semester tests.
Seminole Public Schools will have a weather related DISTANCE LEARNING DAY due to inclement weather tomorrow, Monday, December 14, 2020.
All activities scheduled for tomorrow are also CANCELLED except for the SPS Board of Education Meeting at 6:00 PM.
Virtual meal distribution scheduled for Monday will be postponed until Tuesday.
We will resume in-person classes Tuesday, December 15th.
Seminole Public Schools will resume in person learning tomorrow, Thursday, December 10, 2020. Please remember to send your student’s device with them to school.
Seminole Public Schools will move In-Person Learners to Distance Learning on Wednesday December 9th for one day. This is in response to the recent increase in positive COVID-19 cases in the City of Seminole, following the Thanksgiving Holiday week, and a shortage of teachers and staff at some sites due to first-level quarantines. Meals for Wednesday and devices will be sent home with students on Tuesday afternoon. The school will continue to review data and recommendations from the Health Department, the State Department of Education, and the School Nurse/ Chief COVID Officer on a day-by-day basis for the next two weeks.
Parents, please fill out this confidential survey. We appreciate and value your input.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3S3HGMP
Parents of 9th and 10th graders -
Parents,
I need your help! I’d like to improve and need your input. I’ve attached a google survey which is anonymous.
If you have any issues with the survey, please let me know.
If your email is on file the survey has been sent to you this evening.
Thank you,
Mrs. Speer
https://forms.gle/pjNVvBDWGnVprJrw9
2020 Basketball Season Guidelines
Congrats Daphne! She won the Air Pod Pros from GearUp Student Success Agency! Huge thank you to April Briscoe (SSC GearUP) for being so involved with our students!!!
We are looking forward to resuming in person classes tomorrow.
As a reminder, if your child has been exposed to a person who has tested positive for Covid 19 or if your child has a temperature or exhibits any other symptoms, they should not come to school. Please contact your school's office so that temporary distance learning may be initiated for your student.
SHS Native American Week
Thanksgiving Precautions
WILSON ELEMENTARY FOOD DRIVE
Seminole Public Schools will resume In-Person Learning tomorrow-Wednesday October 28, 2020. Schools will be Open as usual.
We hope everyone is safe and staying warm. There have been several power outages around the area, especially Shawnee, the OKC metro area, and western Oklahoma.
Hakuna Matata, stay safe and warm.
Bob Gragg
With the forecast for freezing ice, sleet and frozen rain tonight and tomorrow, we are going to take this opportunity to test our Distance Learning Plans. Tuesday October 27, 2020 will be a Distance Learning Day for our students.
Students should have their Distance Plan work when they leave campus at the end of today, either a paper packet and/or instructions to be virtual for the Distance Learning Day. If parents have questions, please contact your child's school during the day on Tuesday.
Our concerns are for safety during inclement weather, and equally for student's daily learning opportunities.
Hakuna Matata, and stay safe.
Bob Gragg
The Cornerstone Ceremony scheduled for Seminole High School is rescheduled to November 2, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.
Chieftains:
We currently offer a FREE weekly pick up of meals for ANY child not attending school in person. However, we are experiencing very low turnout. If we are to continue offering the Meals 2 Go program, we need more of you to participate!! Participating is easy!! Each week, email meals@sps.k12.ok.us by 2:00 pm on Wednesday to place your order. Please include the name and grade of each child for whom you will be picking up meals. Pick your meals up the following Monday morning between 8:30 – 9:30 am at the Seminole Middle School Cafeteria. No email? No problem! Call 405-382-5085 extension 208. Leave a message with the name and grade of each child that you will be picking up meals for, your name, and a good call back number (in case we have questions regarding your order).
Red Ribbon Activities
Red Ribbon Week
Passive Consent for Student Survey
ORANGE BUS IS RUNNING BEHIND THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
You are invited to a Zoom webinar.
When: Oct 12, 2020 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Seminole Public Schools October Board Meeting
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/91774522355?pwd=bU1oWFY2SmxsbGc4U3VCS3dUT0Uxdz09
Passcode: 591497
Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +13462487799,,91774522355# or +16699006833,,91774522355#
Or Telephone:
Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 301 715 8592
Webinar ID: 917 7452 2355
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/ab8XMggehH
REMINDER:
Meals 2 Go is currently at the Middle School Cafeteria handing out this week's meals, but only until 9:30 a.m.
Chieftains:
If your child has been moved to Distance Learning due to exposure, and you would like to pick up free meals for them, please email your request to meals@sps.k12.ok.us as soon as possible. We have extended the regular Wednesday @ 2:00 pm deadline for the affected students. All requests should include the child's name and grade.
Meals may ONLY be picked up at the Seminole Middle School Cafeteria and ONLY on Monday mornings from 8:30-9:30 am.
🏈🏈CHIEFTAIN FOOTBALL FANS🏈🏈
Tulsa Webster is asking for everyone to have their photo ID available when entering the gate on Friday night. They will also require fans to wear their masks at all times.
BLS Spare Change Drive
September 29-October 14, 2020
BLS-October School Calendar
SHS Homecoming Week:
Please see attached flyer for info
Northwood Parents:
Parent/Teacher Conferences will be conducted via Zoom. Please fill out the email information form that was sent home and send back with your child. If you did not receive a form please contact your child's homeroom teacher or call the office.
SSO Funding Extended!
Attention all parents, students, teachers and community members! Please help us by filling out our Title I Needs Assessment Survey. Title I is a federally funded program to ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/22NV7HJ
Reminder for Parents of Virtual & Distance Learning Students:
There will be no school on Monday, September 7th as we observe Labor Day. Meal pick ups for that week will instead be on TUESDAY, September 8th, from 8:30 - 9:30 am. We will give 4 days worth of meals at that time.
Meal orders will continue to be due by 2:00 pm on Wednesday of each week, for pick up the following Monday.
Email is still the best way to place your meal orders. The email address is meals@sps.k12.ok.us, OR you may call and leave a message at 405-382-5085, extension 208.
8.23.20 Distance Learning Update
August 21 News Release
Parents of Virtual or Distance Learning Students:
Good news – your student WILL be able to continue to receive meals at no cost to you! We will give one full week’s worth of meals at a time for each student enrolled in either Virtual or Distance Learning.
Beginning Monday, August 24, you will need to contact us each week to place your order for the following week. Orders need to be received no later than 2:00 pm on Wednesday of each week in order to give our cafeteria time to purchase, prepare and package those meals. Meals will then be able to be picked up every Monday morning from 8:30 – 9:30 am at the Seminole Middle School Cafeteria.
***EMAIL your orders to meals@sps.k12.ok.us (preferred) OR CALL them in to 405-382-5085 X 208***
Bus routes for Friday, August 21st, will be the same as the routes from last year. There will be slight changes coming in the next week. We anticipate some timing issues on this first trial, and we appreciate your patience. If parents are able to drop off their child on the first day, that will help to remediate any issues we might have. We are looking forward to seeing our Chieftain family tomorrow morning.
As previously announced, bus transportation for BLS students will begin Monday, August 31st.
Elementary Parent Q&A
Aug 11, 2020 07:00 PM
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81107834437
or call (669) 900 9128
Meeting ID: 811 0783 4437
Attendee link for the August 10th
SPS Board Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81957767605
or call (669) 900 9128
Webinar ID: 819 5776 7605
Return to Learn Information
Seminole Public Schools is looking for exceptional, loving and kind Paraprofessionals for the 2020-21 school year. Applicants must have completed 48 semester hours of college coursework or have taken the ParaPro test. Seminole Public Schools will help organize testing for those who haven't completed the testing process. Please email resume to awillmett@sps.k12.ok.us if you are interested in joining our team.
Updated as of 7/27/20
JOM Meeting
Updated School Supply List (as of 7/26/20)
Seminole Public Schools has chosen to delay the start of the 2020 school year. The new first day of school will be August 21st. We have been working diligently to prepare our buildings, facilities, and grounds for the upcoming year. After the update from the Oklahoma State Board of Education meeting, we feel that it is necessary to delay our start in an effort to ensure that we can provide the safest, most educationally appropriate environment for all students and staff. We appreciate your patience and understanding and we look forward to the day that we can welcome all of our Chieftains back to school!
Enrollment at BLS is filling up fast. Limited spots available. Please click on the following link to enroll for Pre-K or Kindergarten.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnURqPakUrX-WAyIHH1hQ-At6SA2rmrH2WgPNyL71TmgZYwA/viewform?usp=sf_link
BLS 2020-2021 School Supply List (revised 7/14/20)
Seminole Schools Re-Opening Parent Survey
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelCsfkPdW6BALry9Y0J6rcjfdiCOk7PKLN5Ovr4Ru_xmVIVw/viewform?usp=sf_link
Seminole Schools June Board Meeting Link
When: Jun 8, 2020 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Seminole Schools April Board Meeting
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87258779248
AP students taking AP Exams -
If you were unable to upload your answers, did not receive a message saying your answers were submitted, experienced a major disturbance, or answered both questions on the same document, you need to request a make up exam from the college board. Please go to the AP College Board website. If you need help contact Mrs. Speer via email. espeer@sps.k12.ok.us
For 9th graders registered to take the ACT with GEARUP vouchers -
Message from GearUp
It is too late to register for the June test. If they haven't used the voucher, they will need to register for the July test. They may then have the option to change it to the fall since campus is closed to the public and probably won't be having a July test. They must register with these vouchers during the 2019-2020 academic year which ends after the July test.
Seminole Public Schools Board Link
When: May 11, 2020 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Seminole Schools May Board Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82731240410
Summer Nutrition Program Survey
Title VI Meeting Notice & Agenda
Join the SPS Board Meeting!!
https://zoom.us/j/857435966
SPS Employee Update for April 2nd, 2020
Please download the Seminole Public School mobile app!!
Week of March 30, 2020 Covid19 Plan for SPS
Covid19 Child Nutrition Update
We want YOU to be a Chieftain!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eSGrHUqfSI
SHS will be open for Parent / Teacher Conferences and anyone wishing to tour the new high school on Monday and Tuesday evening from 4-7 pm!! We are excited to see you all!
Coronavirus Message
Please download the NEW Seminole Chieftains App!!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=10SW-Av-uejLISu_NN0l5IV0A7p5rptL8
Presidential Debate at SHS
SHS has hit the ground running!!
53 Pre AP Students
58 AP Students in the following classes:
AP Studio Art
AP English Literature
AP English Language
AP Calculus
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP US History
AP Physics
29 Students enrolled in Gordon Cooper Technology Center
28 Students in Active Internships
19 Students concurrently enrolled in Seminole State College
57 Instrumental Music Students
60 Agriculture Education Students
10 Competitive Dance Students
14 Cheer Students
187 Students competing in fall athletics
Jump in and get involved!!
Welcome to the Seminole Schools alumni!
