Ponca City High School

Teachers deserve our appreciation year-round for all they do to help our students learn, grow, and succeed. But this week especially, we're celebrating and thanking our teachers for their hard work & dedication to education.

ATTENTION SENIORS!!! We are looking for senior group activity pictures to include in the video that will be played at graduation. Email photos to albeek@pcps.us by May 15!! No baby pictures or selfies, please.

Did you know there are super heroes in your school cafeteria? By creating nutritious meals for students, school nutrition professionals stop hunger in its tracks! For all you do to support students’ health & nutrition: Thank you, school lunch heroes! #SchoolLunchHeroDay

Thank you to our school maintenance workers! You make sure our school facilities are at their best. We appreciate you and your hard work!! #ThankYouThursday

Best of luck to Wildcat tennis players Kylie Flowers and Allison Edward at the State Tournament this weekend!!!

Today is National Principal Appreciation Day! Thank you, school principals, for all the ways you support your school communities every day!! #PrincipalAppreciation Thank you to our amazing principals and assistant principals: Shane Dent Sharee Madsen Ryan Shelton Sean Taglialatela Dylan Jackson Keith Crocker Stacey Sattre Valerie Huffer Kevin LaRue Laura Glowacki Jody Fincher Liz Hargraves Shelly Sullivan Jera Kiespert Ann Neilson Kara Anderson Tim Williams Tina Fisher Karla Streeter

The district in-district transfer window according to board policy opens each SY on January 1st and closes May 1st. Parents have until the end of the day to put in a request for an in-district transfer for the upcoming 2024-25 SY. Parents will complete the form in their PowerSchool Account under forms. All students who are currently attending a site on an overflow transfer must put in a transfer request to continue at the site they are currently attending.

Pre-K pre-registration will end on Friday, May 3. Parents can pre-register for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year at the Registration Center located at 111 West Grand from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

School janitors face all kinds of situations each day, but through it all they make sure school facilities are clean and tidy so students can learn. For all you do to support learning in our schools .... thank you, school janitors! #ThankYouThursday

Congrats to the 42 Ponca City Orchestra students who made the North Oklahoma Regional All District Honor Orchestra!! They are headed to Bartlesville today to perform with other students from Enid, Bartlesville and Stillwater and will perform tonight at 7 p.m. at The Center in Bartlesville. Admission is free and open to the public!

The last day to fill out an application for an In-District Transfer for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year is May 1. The application is electronic. Parents will fill it out using their Parent Portal. The application is found under Forms at www.pcps.us. For assistance, please contact your child's school office or the Registration Center at 111 West Grand.

Happy #SchoolBusDriversDay to all the skilled and caring school bus drivers who safely shuttle students to and from school, field trips and afterschool activities. When you pick up and drop off at the bus stop today, remember to thank your bus driver!!

Strike up the band - we're celebrating band directors! Thank you for guiding students as they make beautiful music together - from pep bands & marching bands, to concert bands, jazz bands, chamber ensembles, and many other groups. #ThankYouThursday

The 2024 Ponca City High School prom will be held Saturday, April 20th at the Marland Mansion. The Grand March will begin at 6 p.m. The theme of the 2024 Ponca City High School Prom is “A Night in Vegas.” The colors are black, white, and red. The 2024 candidates for Ponca City High School Prince and Princess are Lily Post, Lorin Scott, Aranza Torres, Julian Estrada, Bo Kyler, and Cooper Leonard.

Bus drivers and bus aides, crossing guards, school staff organizing drop-off & pick-up ... to everyone that helps get our students safely to and from school each day … THANK YOU!!! #ThankYouThursday

Our school sites are experiencing phone issues this morning. We are working on a solution and will keep you updated!!

Wednesday, April 10 and Wednesday, April 17 are Distance Learning days for Freshman, Sophomores and Seniors. Only Juniors will report to campus those days for their state testing.

Junior state testing begins this week! All Juniors will take the ACT on Wednesday, April 10. Virtual and Po-Hi Juniors will test on the Po-Hi campus. Wildcat Academy and SHARE Juniors will test on the Wildcat Academy campus. All Juniors should bring their Chromebooks, CHARGER, a calculator and a picture ID (school ID or driver's license) with them. Test room rosters are posted at the Junior's school site. Email Ms. Easley at easleb@pcps.us with any questions about Junior testing.

Prom and After-Prom will be held on Saturday, April 20. The Prom will be held from 7-10 PM with the Grand March at 6 PM at the Marland Mansion. Tickets are being sold during lunches through TOMORROW!!!

The Lady Cat basketball team will be having tryouts on the following dates: 7th grade Monday, May 6, 2024 - 4pm 8th grade Monday, May 6, 2024 - 5pm 9th/JV/Varsity Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 4pm All tryouts will be at Robson Fieldhouse.