http://www.mwcsun.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:02:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_246172143.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_246172143.html Sherri Admire is gearing up to best represent the Mid-Del school system in her Sept. 3 interview as one of the top 12 finalists for 2009 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year. Admire, a special needs teacher at Solider Creek Elementary School, has been working double duty preparing for the competition and staying on top of her classroom. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:26:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_238122853.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_238122853.html For some people, prayer can be a powerful tool, especially when it combines cooperation between local churches.They call it Prayer on the Corner. Its mission is to lift up local schools and ask for divine assistance for the safety and welfare of students, teachers, parents, staff, administrators and anybody else who might be involved. Wed, 21 May 2008 10:16:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_142101607.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_142101607.html The cure for senioritis came in the form of graduation ceremonies for Mid-Del high school seniors Saturday and Choctaw High School seniors Monday.The Mid-Del school district held its three high school graduation ceremonies at the First Southern Baptist Church of Del City. Wed, 21 May 2008 09:47:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_142095220.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_142095220.html The better the reader, the easier school will be.One class of Highland Park Elementary School pre-kindergarten students are going to have it a little easier than others, now that they can read. Sat, 17 May 2008 23:24:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_138232451.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_138232451.html Encouraging model behavior is nothing new to many Mid-Del schools.Traub Elementary School, for example, already posts a character creed and rewards students who emulate it with “character bucks.” Sat, 17 May 2008 23:24:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_138232354.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_138232354.html When Vonceille Stith arrives home from work, she is greeted by a flower-filled, debris-free yard and a new side porch. Wed, 14 May 2008 14:46:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_135120342.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_135120342.html The fourth year of high school can be tense for students whose eyes are constantly fixed on post-high school concerns.Seniors meet with their counselors and talk about what they want to do with their lives. Sun, 11 May 2008 20:11:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_132201206.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_132201206.html What would you do with $10,000?Choctaw Elementary School received a check in that amount Friday and will use the money to purchase fresh local produce and encourage healthier eating habits on the part of students. Sun, 11 May 2008 20:07:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_132200724.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_132200724.html A Thursday concert at Harrah Middle School will culminate a year of triumphs for the Harrah High-Junior High and Harrah Middle School choirs. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:36:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_130114347.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_130114347.html After 43 years of teaching at the same school, Earl Gentry is retiring.Gentry was among a host of teachers and patrons recognized at a National Teacher Day ceremony put on by the Mid-Del Association of Classroom Teachers. Fri, 02 May 2008 16:06:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_130114611.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_130114611.html Talk to Dawn Eaves, director of the Choctaw Alternative Transitional School, and you’ll get the sense that many people don’t understand what kind of student the school serves. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:47:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_119094800.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_119094800.html Linda Curry will never forget.She was teaching pre-kindergarten at Cleveland Bailey Elementary School on that fateful day in 1995 when the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building shook her school. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:18:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_114131831.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_114131831.html Carl Albert, Monroney and Del Crest middle school students picked up around five pounds of cigarette butts from two of Midwest City’s parks.Displayed in a glass coffin, the cigarette butts were used as part of a special tobacco awareness presentation to the city council Tuesday night. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:04:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_093155657.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_093155657.html For the second year in a row, a L.W. Westfall Elementary’s teachers was named district teacher of the year.Sixth grade teacher Judith Kula was honored at a 11:30 a.m. banquet at the First Baptist Church on Main Street. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_093155636.html http://www.mwcsun.com/eocschools/local_story_093155636.html Jones school officials stayed at work late Tuesday night, even after the results of a bond election had come in.