Ponca City Public Schools is the public school district in Ponca City, Oklahoma. It operates seven elementary schools, two middle schools (one serves grades 6 and 7, the other serves grade 8), and Ponca City High School. It employs 760 people and has over 5,000 students. The entire school system shares the Wildcat mascot.
East Middle School (EMS) is located in the North Central Oklahoma town of Ponca City. Serving approximately 375 students per year, EMS is the 8th grade center for Ponca City Public Schools. School staff includes a Principal, one Assistant Principal, Counselor, a technology coordinator, 28 full and part-time certified teachers, Title 7 Coordinator, and 5 teachers aides. As a school-wide Title I site, EMS focuses great effort on improving Math and Reading levels. State standardized test scores show 80-90% of the students consistently performing at proficient or better in Math and 70-80% in Reading. Both of these are above the state average.
History of East Middle Schooledit
East Middle School sits on the site of Ponca City's original school building built in 1893. The original wooden school building burned and was replaced in 1911 with a native stone building. The 2nd building was condemned in 1938 and replaced with the current building in 1939 for a cost of $441,216.23. Ralph Lester was the buildings inaugural principal. The building's 1400 seat auditorium was later named in honor of Mr. Lester. The current moniker of East was acquired in 1961 when the school district opened another junior high on the west side of town. The current principal of East Middle School is Barbara Davis, and the motto is :"learning is the Only Option".
One-to-One Laptop Schooledit
The 1:1 Digital Classroom Project was funded under the American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009. Approximately 6.68 million dollars was set aside for innovative projects using 1:1 laptops, of which Ponca City received approximately $900,000. In the 2015-2016 school year, due to complaints about the laptops being too heavy to carry, Ponca City Public Schools received a 1:1 ratio of Chromebooks for East Middle School, and Ponca City High school, and lock carts with Chromebooks at the other schools, to replace the traditional laptops used the years before.[5]
West Middle Schooledit
West Middle School first opened in 1961 as West Junior High School and served grades 7,8 and 9. It now serves 6th and 7th graders. It is located at 1401 West Grand Avenue. The current main Principal of West Middle School is Stacey Sattre.[6]
Referencesedit
^"2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Kay County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. pp. 1-2 (PDF p. 2-3/3). Retrieved January 27, 2024. - Text list
^"2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Osage County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 27, 2024. - Text list
^"2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Noble County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 27, 2024. - Text list
^. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015.
^. www.pcps.us. Archived from the original on November 22, 2015.
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ponca, city, public, schools, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jsto. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ponca City Public Schools news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Ponca City Public Schools is the public school district in Ponca City Oklahoma It operates seven elementary schools two middle schools one serves grades 6 and 7 the other serves grade 8 and Ponca City High School It employs 760 people and has over 5 000 students The entire school system shares the Wildcat mascot Most of the district is in Kay County where it includes almost all of Ponca City as well as White Eagle 1 Portions are in Osage and Noble counties 2 3 Contents 1 History 2 Schools 2 1 Ponca City High School 2 2 East Middle School 2 2 1 History of East Middle School 2 2 2 One to One Laptop School 2 3 West Middle School 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it January 2024 In 2002 Burbank School District 20 the school district of Burbank Oklahoma closed and dissolved Some areas were moved to Ponca City Public Schools 4 Schools editPonca City High School edit nbsp Ponca City High School Main article Ponca City High School East Middle School edit East Middle School EMS is located in the North Central Oklahoma town of Ponca City Serving approximately 375 students per year EMS is the 8th grade center for Ponca City Public Schools School staff includes a Principal one Assistant Principal Counselor a technology coordinator 28 full and part time certified teachers Title 7 Coordinator and 5 teachers aides As a school wide Title I site EMS focuses great effort on improving Math and Reading levels State standardized test scores show 80 90 of the students consistently performing at proficient or better in Math and 70 80 in Reading Both of these are above the state average History of East Middle School edit East Middle School sits on the site of Ponca City s original school building built in 1893 The original wooden school building burned and was replaced in 1911 with a native stone building The 2nd building was condemned in 1938 and replaced with the current building in 1939 for a cost of 441 216 23 Ralph Lester was the buildings inaugural principal The building s 1400 seat auditorium was later named in honor of Mr Lester The current moniker of East was acquired in 1961 when the school district opened another junior high on the west side of town The current principal of East Middle School is Barbara Davis and the motto is learning is the Only Option One to One Laptop School edit The 1 1 Digital Classroom Project was funded under the American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009 Approximately 6 68 million dollars was set aside for innovative projects using 1 1 laptops of which Ponca City received approximately 900 000 In the 2015 2016 school year due to complaints about the laptops being too heavy to carry Ponca City Public Schools received a 1 1 ratio of Chromebooks for East Middle School and Ponca City High school and lock carts with Chromebooks at the other schools to replace the traditional laptops used the years before 5 West Middle School edit West Middle School first opened in 1961 as West Junior High School and served grades 7 8 and 9 It now serves 6th and 7th graders It is located at 1401 West Grand Avenue The current main Principal of West Middle School is Stacey Sattre 6 References edit 2020 CENSUS SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP Kay County OK PDF U S Census Bureau pp 1 2 PDF p 2 3 3 Retrieved January 27 2024 Text list 2020 CENSUS SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP Osage County OK PDF U S Census Bureau Retrieved January 27 2024 Text list 2020 CENSUS SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP Noble County OK PDF U S Census Bureau Retrieved January 27 2024 Text list Marks Dawn May 25 2002 98 year old school closes The Daily Oklahoman Oklahoma City Oklahoma p 4 A Clipping at Newspapers com Ponca city public schools technology department Archived from the original on September 23 2015 Ponca City West Middle School home www pcps us Archived from the original on November 22 2015 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ponca City Public Schools amp oldid 1210252389, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
