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Today was SuperSAC at Cimarron. Each month, Dr. Grunewald gathers middle or high school students from across the district to get their ideas on how to improve the EPS experience. The Superintendent's Student Advisory Committee gives district administrators a chance to learn more about what's going well and what changes they'd like to see. It's an afternoon everyone looks forward to each month! #EPSleads

🐴🐖🌾Farm day in Edmond! Edmond FFA students shared the joy of caring for animals with the Edmond Early Childhood Center! PreK students got to meet farm animals and learn about what it takes to raise one! #EPSleads 👉head to our Instagram (edmondschools) to see some videos from the day!

On Veterans Day, we join in reflecting on the sacrifices, dedication and heroism of our Veterans. We are so grateful for those in the EPS community who have served our country. Earlier this month, hundreds of EPS student musicians performed a patriotic-themed concert at the 33rd annual All-City Orchestra. We were also thrilled to have the 145th National Guard Army Brass Quintet perform in the lobby as guests entered. The quintet later joined the orchestra for the playing of military branch service songs and an exciting finale of Oklahoma! #EPSleads #VeteransDay

EPS is so proud to announce the support employees of the year! These employees were nominated and selected by their peers. Head to this link to see pictures from the day each employee was recognized: https://www.edmondschools.net/page/teachers-and-support-staff-of-the-year #EPSleads

This week, to continue our celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we invite you to watch this video made by our Indian Education department. In this video, Kennetha Greenwood presents key components of the Otoe-Missouria history and culture. 🌾 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcIGsuQPftM

🎓🏆EPS is absolutely thrilled to commemorate the remarkable achievements of our students! Thansi Garikipati from Edmond North and Dylan Adler from Edmond Memorial were honored at our November board meeting for achieving perfect ACT scores. The Edmond North cheer team received well-deserved recognition for their victory at the 6A state cheer competition, while the Edmond North boys and girls cross country teams were celebrated as the 6A state academic champions. Their hard work is a true inspiration to us all! 🌟 #EPSleads

The November Board of Education meeting will be held tonight at 6pm. Use these links to access the agenda and meeting: AGENDA: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3212/EPS/3698093/November_6__2023_Agenda-AC.pdf MEETING LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgwaltQiXio

✨November is Native American Heritage Month! EPS is excited to honor Native American traditions, history and contributions to our community. Check out the link in our bio titled "Echogee Storytelling" that our Indian Education department produced. It is a reading of Echogee by Acee Blue Eagle Pawnee/Muscogee--storytelling is a longstanding tradition of all Native American tribes. For more information and resources, head to the Indian Education page on our district website.

📆Mark your calendars! Join us November 16 from 2-5 pm for the EPS Support Career Fair! Explore rewarding opportunities and make a difference in education. Some unique benefits of working for EPS include: 🍎Employee childcare 🍎Oklahoma teacher retirement paid 🍎Holidays off Don’t miss your chance to start your journey with EPS! ✨ #EPSleads

🧙‍♀️Heritage Elementary is really in the Halloween spirit! These students had a blast at their Halloween parties playing games, eating snacks, and showing off their awesome costumes! #EPSleads

Happy Halloween from EPS! To celebrate, check out this project done by Mrs. Weaver’s 3rd grade class at Cross Timbers. The class did a writing project where the students picked a vocabulary word and thought of a character that would go along with it! They wrote persuasive essays to describe how the character was like the vocabulary word using examples from the movie, book or show their character is from. Then, they painted those characters on pumpkins! Very creative, well done students! 🎃🖌 #EPSleads

Red Ribbon Week is coming to a close and it’s been a blast! Students at Edmond Public Schools are committed to making healthy choices and saying NO to drugs. Check out some highlights of our students taking a stand against drugs and promoting a bright, drug-free future! 🚫 #EPSleads #RedRibbonWeek2023 #DrugFreeZone

✨🍎Yesterday, student teachers from across the district spent the lunch hour learning all about EPS. We’re so fortunate to have them impacting our students each day and can’t wait to have them in Edmond as full time teachers! Want to join them? Check out our current openings by clicking this link: https://www.applitrack.com/edmondschools/onlineapp/

🏆 National Indian Education Association Classroom Teacher of the Year! Congratulations to EPS Elementary Indian Education Teacher Cho Werito who was named National Indian Education Association Classroom Teacher of the Year. Ms. Werito has worked as an early childhood educator for the past 12 years and we couldn't be prouder of her and this huge honor! The award is presented by the National Indian Education Association and presented to a public, tribal or BIE school teacher who shows exceptional achievement and performance in providing quality education to Native students. #EPSleads

📚Books and breakfast?! 🍩Count us in! Third graders from Cross Timbers read mystery books and then completed book reports on cereal boxes. They shared their reports over breakfast and dressed in their pajamas. #epsleads #YoungReaders #bookreports

EPS will be hosting its annual Send-Off for the Edmond High School Marching Bands as they prepare for their state competitions. Come see all the band exhibition shows Thurs., Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. at the Edmond Memorial Bulldog Stadium. Admission is free. Donations will be accepted for Project 66, a non-profit food and resource center for those facing food insecurities. Good luck to each of our high school bands in their upcoming competitions! #EPSLeads #EPSFineArts

🍁REMINDER: Fall Break is Oct. 19 - 23. Students return Tues., Oct. 24.

Our JROTC and Civil Air Patrol Cadets at Edmond North had a very special visitor this week. CMSAF JoAnne S. Bass visited North to inspire these future leaders and talk about career paths serving our country. She even handed out her personalized patch to one of our students. #EPSleads

Congratulations to our Vocal Music and Orchestra students who auditioned and those who were selected into COCDA Honor Choir and NCHO Honor Orchestra! Students have been busy preparing for their audition and their efforts paid off! EPS had the following number of students selected to participate: COCDA Results 68 - HS Mixed Honor Choir 52 - JH Mixed Honor Choir 25 - JH Treble Honor Choir NCHO Results 34 - 7th Grade Orchestra 25 - 8th/9th Grade Orchestra 38 - High School Orchestra We are so proud of all of our students and directors for their hard work and for representing Edmond Public Schools so well! #EPSLeads #EPSFineArts

We appreciate our great EPS Principals! #epsleads #nationalprincipalmonth