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Bartlesville Public School District’s Weekly Email Newsletter
The Bruin
Educating
Tomorrow’s
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Volume 9, Number 22...Friday, February 13, 2015...www.bps-ok.org
BHS students
to perform
‘A Midsummer
Night’s Dream’
in March
The Bartlesville Public
School District Drama department will be performing A
Midsummer Night’s Dream
March 5 – 7 at the BHS Fine
Arts Center. Each production
will begin at 7:00 p.m.
A Midsummer Night’s
Dream, written by William
Shakespeare, remains Shakespeare’s most popular comedy.
It portrays the adventures of
four young lovers and a group
TOY nominees include Lori Eads, Karla Cunningham, Janice Wesson, Stacey Goodwin, Kathy
of amateur actors, their interacHixon, Renee Toulouse, Ariel Ortega, Marsh Boomer, Cheron Southwick, Lyndsey Stuart, and Angie
tions with woodland fairies and
Linthacum
a duke and duchess (who also
happens to be Queen of the
Amazons).
Taking place in a mythical
Athens and an enchanted forest, the cast includes a handThe Fine Arts Center will be full of 2015 Teacher of the Year.
some fairy king, a beautiful and
excitement on Tuesday night during the
During the late fall, each school
exotic fairy queen, a misguided
annual Bartlesville Public School District site throughout the BPSD and the Will
parent, star-crossed lovers, a
Teacher of the Year Ceremony.
Rogers Complex, held an internal vote
weaver who is transformed
The 2015 Teacher of the Year Cere- among teachers and administrators to
into a half-donkey, and wood
mony will take place at 6:00 p.m. Imme- select a teacher of the year representative sprites and fairies galore. This
diately preceding the ceremony will be a for each respective site. The 11 candidrama is widely performed
TOY reception, which will be held in the dates were then brought before the Proaround the world and focuses
lobby of the Fine Arts Center beginning
fessional Improvement Committee (PIC), on the world’s most popular
at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited and
which selects the eventual winner.
pastime, falling in love.
encouraged to attend both events.
The 2015 Teacher of the Year nomiA Midsummer Night’s
Eleven candidates throughout the
nees include Lori Eads (primary reading Dream will feature the largest
TOY- Continued to page 6
BHS Theatre- Continued to page 6
district will compete for the honor of
teacher,
TOY Ceremony
set for Tuesday
Elks Students of the Month: February
Rotary Students of
the Month: February
Bartlesville High a member of the Tri
School seniors, TyCounty Technology
mara Nash
Center preand Ryker
engineering
Passmore,
program where
have been
he also serves
named Elks
on the 2165
Students of
Robotics team.
the Month for
In his
the Month of
spare time,
Tymara Nash
February.
Passmore
Tymara is the
enjoys playing video
daughter of LeeAnn
games and writing.
and Milton Nash. She He also writes codes
is a member of the
for websites.
Lowe Family Young
Upon graduaScholars program
tion, he plans to atand Interact Club. At tend OSU and major
BHS, she is
in computer
in the Chemengineering.
istry Club in
Elks
which she
Students of
serves as cothe Month, all
president.
of whom are
Nash is
seniors, are
a member of
chosen by a
Ryker Passmore
the Washingcommittee of
ton County Young
Bartlesville High
Democrats serving
School teachers.
as the secretary. She They must be of high
is also the secretary
moral character, have
for the Minority
initiative, show leadCaucus of Young
ership capabilities, be
Democrats of Oklagood students, and be
homa.
active and interested
Outside of
in their school and
school, she is a
community.
member of GSA.
One female stuRyker Passmore
dent and one male stuis the son of Tracey
dent are selected each
Passmore. He is
month from October
extremely interested through May.
in engineering and is
Bartlesville High
Gary Downey. He is
School students, Gabby a competitive swimCulver and Thomas
mer and is a member of
Downey, have
both the BHS
been named
varsity swim
Rotary Students
team and Philof the Month
lips 66 Splash
for the month
Club.
of February.
Outside
Gabby is
of school,
the daughter
Downey enGabby Culver
of David and
joys model
Christina Culver. She is railroading. He is also
a member of the Stuan active member of
dent Council and serves the Friends of the 940.
as the student body
Downey enjoys
president.
photography as well.
At BHS, she is a
The Rotary stumember of the National
dents of the month,
Honor Society,
both seniors
Young Repuband juniors,
licans Club,
are chosen by
Spanish Club,
a committee of
Business Club
BHS teachers.
and Interact.
The student
Culver plays
should be of
Thomas Downey
on the varsity
high moral
basketball team
character, have
and is the team captain.
initiative, show leaderShe attends Grace ship capabilities, be a
Community Church
good student, and be
and K-Life.
active and interested in
During the sumtheir school and commer, she works as a
munity.
lifeguard at Hillcrest
One female and
Country Club.
one male are selected
Thomas Downey
each month from Sepis the son of Jenny and tember through May.
CMT announces ‘Hansel and Gretel’ cast
Special to the Bruin
Big news from the Wildwood!
The mystery is solved! Hansel and
Gretel return safely from their perilous adventure deep in the woods and
bring with them the age-old secret of
the Wildwood Witch. Don’t miss a
moment as the truth is revealed. It’s
amazing. It’s shocking. And, it’s very,
very funny!
The local cast features Spencer
Hales as Hansel and Molly Pennington
as Gretel. Their Granny will be played
by Chasity Cleveland. Isabella Hales
will portray the Wildwood Witch;
while Kamie Ayres, Avery Gore, Rakel
Green, Colby Hayes, Grace Hedglen,
Allyson Lee, Maddy McKinney, and
Brock Roberts play the crafty Cooks.
Nevaeh Ashlock, Kyler Ayres,
Katlyn Baker, Rachel Hopkins,
Madison Strang are the Old Campers.
Trinity Bates, Mariel Bussey, Isabella
Cavaceci, Julia Colaw, Parker Cox,
Campbell Craig, Jocelyn Gutierrez,
Katelyn Lauritsen, Sophia Lowery,
William McElhattan, Sara McKinney,
Anna Pate-Pechonick, Anthony Rogers, Emma Rohrs and Paisley Tatum
will star as the New Campers – somehow lost in time in the woods.
The Rascals are played by Arielle
Alsup, Malakai Bates, Kate Boudreaux, Julia Clingan, Jacob Duhon,
Matthew Gogal, Madison Hoover,
Brogan Marshall, Kaylee Morris, Edon
Peterson, Cally Proctor, Madison Rosson, Savannah Shoultz while the wonderfully mythical Wallybirds are played
by Claire Auschwitz, Kennedy Ayres,
Rya Christiansen, Cooper Cleveland,
Kahlen Coker, Abigail Cunningham,
Addison Duhon, Sophie Frye, Eva Hildebrand, Kate Livasy, Ava Swan, Nani
Takahashi, Adelade Vysotsky, Teagan
Wegner, Kathryn Williams and Emma
Zhang.
Assistant Directors throughout
the week are Elizabeth Goodart, Irene
Johnson, Lacy McClintock and Alexis
Tayrien.
Hansel and Gretel will be presented at 12:15 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on
Friday, February 13 at the Bartlesville
Community Center. Tickets are $11
for adults and $7 for students, and are
available at the Community Center
ticket office, or by calling 918-3372787.
The Missoula Children's Theatre
residency, as well as the production in
Bartlesville, is part of Missoula Children's Theatre's unique international
touring project and is made possible by the Oklahoma Arts Council,
National Endowment of the Arts,
ConocoPhillips, Children’s Musical
Theatre and the Bartlesville Community Center.
Madison archery team finds success at recent tournament
Photo Special to The Bruin/
Madison Middle School’s Archery
team competed in the Middle
School Division for Oklahoma
Region 3. Sixteen middle school
teams competed and Madison
Middle School placed 8th with
2747 points. Nick Olsen was the
top male shooter for our team
and he placed 23rd out of 140
with a score of 260 points. Jarod
Harder placed 29th with 255
points. In the female division,
Presley Burch place 13th out
of 111 girls with a score of 251.
Erin Downey placed 15th with a
score of 250.
Want to keep up with
construction at BHS? Check out the BHS
construction cam at:
http://www.bps-ok.org/bhs/construction/default.htm
Bartlesville Noon Rotary delivers dictionaries to
BPSD third graders
On behalf of the
Bartlesville Noon Rotary
Club, Betty Dalrymple
and George Halkiades
brought dictionaries to
all of the third graders at
Wilson Elementary School.
Dictionaries were also
delievered to the third
grade students at Jane
Phillips, Kane and Wayside.
Hoover), Karla Cunningham
(instructional coach, Jane Phillips), Janice Wesson (third
grade teacher, Kane), Stacey Goodwin (primary reading teacher, Ranch Heights), Kathy Hixon (library media
specialist, Wayside), Renee Toulouse (special education
teacher, Wilson), Ariel Ortega (vocal music teacher, Central),
Marsh Boomer (eighth grade U.S. history teacher, Madison),
Cheron Southwick (math teacher, Bartlesville Mid-High
School), Lyndsey Stuart (social studies teachers, Bartlesville
High School) and Angie Linthacum (ELL coordinator, Will
Rogers Complex).
Reigning Teacher of the Year is Wilson Elementary
School fourth grade teacher, Kris Zorn.
The district will also honor 11 Rising Star Teacher
nominees, and one will be named the 2015 Rising Star
Teacher. The award, created by the Teacher Recognition
Committee, will honor teachers that have displayed excellence in the profession during their first years of service.
Nominees for the 2015 Rising Star award include include Megan Sanders (second grade teacher, Hoover), Gwen
Sally (second grade teacher, Jane Phillips), Lindsey Denison
(third grade teacher, Kane), Nick Swaim (health/PE teacher,
TOY- Continued from page 1
BHS Theatre- Continued from page 1
cast in a BHS play or musical with 42
actors. The 42 students range from
grades 9 – 12 with some experienced
actors and many who will be making
their stage debuts.
For this production, many of
the costumes and all of the extreme
makeup effects are being designed and
created by BHS stagecraft students.
There will be amazing headdresses,
makeup and costumes – including
some from India, Japan, ancient Greek
tribes and Africa.
Ranch Heights), Dana Lyle (art teacher, Wayside), Kim
Hatch (third grade teacher, Wilson), Lolly Williams (family and consumer sciences teacher, Central), Briana Miller
(seventh grade ELA teacher, Madison), Zack Michel (social studies teacher, BMHS), Bon Bennett (economics and
government teacher, BHS) and Tiffany Fitzsimmons (school
psychologist, WRC).
The Teacher of the Year Ceremony also marks the
event during which the annual Kurt Schmoldt Teacher
Appreciation Award is presented. A 1975 graduate of
Bartlesville’s College High School, Kurt Schmoldt died of
complications from leukemia in 1995. The Schmoldt family
has been handing out the distinguished award since 1996
to BPSD educators who demonstrate dynamic qualities as
instructors as well as, community leaders.
Last year’s Kurt Schmoldt Award recipient was
Bartlesville Mid-High School librarian, Lesleigh Lynes.
Candidates for the honor are nominated by students, parents,
teachers, administrators and anyone else that is interested.
Please consider attending this special event and showing
your appreciation for the many great educators throughout the
district.
Choreography for the show is
being managed by two of the cast
members, BHS senior theatre students,
Catherine Hine and Kasia Jarmola.
“This show will be unlike any
other production,” says Susan Crabtree, BHS secondary theatre director.
“The traditional performance is sweet,
pretty and includes lots of fairy wings
and shiny things. Our interpretation of
the play is more tribal and earthy. The
characters will be costumed in tribal
garb from around the world.”
“The production will also high-
light the unique talents of the cast,”
Crabtree adds. “In addition to acting,
the performers will be playing musical
instruments, singing, dancing and doing gymnastics.”
Tickets for the BHS performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
can be purchased from a cast member,
or by calling 918-336-3311, x5088.
Advanced ticket prices are $10 for
adults and $8 for students and faculty.
Tickets purchased at the door will be
$12 for adults and $10 for students and
faculty.
Life Principle of the Month: Honesty
Each month, the Bartlesville Public School District and the Bartlesville Regional United Way
designate a Great Expectations Life Principle as Life Principle of the Month. BPSD students, staff
and members of the Bartlesville community are encouraged to incorporate the Life Principle into
their respective lifestyles as habit. The Life Principle of the Month for February is “honesty,” which
means, “being truthful in your words or actions.”
Stellar Sites
The Bartlesville Public School District offers a wide array
of useful tools for students as well as parents. For some
extra educational insight, give these websites a look:
PowerSchool
http://www.bps-ok.org Click on the PowerSchool link
toward the top of the home page.
- Parents and legal guardians can check with office personnel at their student’s school to find out how to access
PowerSchool.
- Information on students - such as grades and attendance
records available via PowerSchool.
Study Island
http://www.studyisland.com Use the “Member Login.”
- Student login information must be obtained from teachers.
Facebook
http://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.
Twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/BPSDBruins
- Keep up with the latest news and announcements from
throughout the BPSD.
Bartlesville Public School District Activities (February 13 - February 19)
Friday, February 13
-Central 8th to 9th Grade Enrollment Appointments in Library
-10th to 11th Enrollment @ BMHS Library
-All District Band Clinic 7th & 8th Grade @ Union
-Jump Rope for Heart @ Ranch Heights
-Central Special Olympics Practice @ BHS (9:00 a.m.)
-Ranch Heights Community Center Peformance (11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.)
-Kane 4th Grade Spotlite Performance (12:30 p.m.)
-Valentine’s Day parties
-JV girls and boys basketball @ Owasso (3:30 and 4:30 p.m.)
-Varsity girls and boys basketball @ Owasso (6:00 and 7:30 p.m.)
Saturday, February 14
-All District Band Clinic 7th & 8th Grade @ Union
-Central MathCounts Regionals @ Wilburton
-Varsity wrestling vs. Duals State
Sunday, February 15
(No events scheduled)
Monday, February 16
-9th to 10th Grade Enrollment Appointments @ BMHS Library
-Varsity baseball scrimmage vs. Pryor (4:30 p.m.)
Editing, writing, design and photography by Jamye Ryan,
Bartlesville Public School District Community Relations
Coordinator, unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, February 17
-9th to 10th Grade Enrollment Appointments @ BMHS Library
-2nd Grade OLSAT Testing (9:15 - 11:00 a.m.)
-Central MathCounts (3:00 - 4:00 p.m.)
-Central Science Olympiad Practice
-Teacher of the Year Reception & Ceremony @ FAC (5:30 p.m.)
-JV girls and boys basketball vs. Sand Springs (3:30 and 4:30 p.m.)
-JV baseball scrimmage vs. Claremore (4:00 p.m.)
-JV white boys soccer scrimmage vs. Skiatook (5:00 p.m.)
-JV blue boys soccer scrimmage vs. Skiatook (5:00 p.m.)
-Varsity girls and boys basketball vs. Sand Springs (6:00 and 7:30
p.m.)
Wednesday, February 18
-9th to 10th Enrollment @ BMHS Library
-Central Plastivan in Mrs. Swanson’s Room
-2nd Grade OLSAT Testing (9:15 - 11:00 a.m.)
-JV white baseball scrimmage vs. Dewey (4:00 p.m.)
-JV blue baseball scrimmage vs. Dewey (4:00 p.m.)
Thursday, February 19
-9th to 10th Enrollment Appointments @ BMHS Library
-BMHS Spring Pictures
-Central Plastivan in Mr. Kuntz’s Room
-OSSAA State Orchestra Contest
-Kane Peacful Warriors (9:30 - 11:00 a.m.)
-Central Battle of the Books Practice (3:00 - 4:00 p.m.)
-Acting Work Night @ BHS Acting Room (6:00 - 9:00 p.m.)
-Varsity girls soccer scrimmage @ Broken Arrow (6:00 p.m.)