Purcell Elementary School

Book Fair is coming March 11-14! The online book fair is open now. We will be open during school hours and for conference nights on Tuesday and Thursday night. Can't wait to see you at the book fair!

Yearbook orders are ending soon, get yours now. This is for elementary and intermediate schools!

Way to go First Grade! You did amazing tonight performing Winter Holidays! We are so proud of you! The Little Valentine song was my favorite! ♥️🐲 Mrs. Elizabeth Scott, your passion for music is infectious, and it's evident in the enthusiasm and joy our first graders showed when singing this evening. Thank you for your patience and encouragement as you guide our young students on their musical journey. You've instilled in them confidence to express themselves through songs. 🎶🎼🎵 Thank you for going above and beyond to create a nurturing and inclusive environment where every child feels valued and supported. Your belief in the power of music to unite, inspire, and uplift shines through in every song they sang. And finally, thank you for the countless hours of dedication and hard work you poured into preparing our students for tonight's performance. We are grateful for all that you do.♥️🐲🎵

We had such a great time today celebrating 50's Valentine's Day! Thank you for coming and helping us celebrate! Such a great end to Kindness Week! ❤️🐲❤️#kindnessmatters #DragonCARES

Today we are ending our district wide kindness week and celebrating with our 50's themed Valentine parties. Today's challenge was to do something helpful around the school: pick up trash, clean up the bathroom or cafeteria, or help someone in your classroom. Today's kindness winners are Charlotte Brown, Kadyn Beason, Caleb Lara, Juliette Parks, Alan Arnold, Kodi Doyal, Markee Jacks, Kinsley Tabor, Camdyn Cloyd, J.J. Franco, and Hannah Rogez. Way to spread kindness! When we do kind things for people, they feel so good about what we did that they often do kind acts for others, too. Just because kindness week is over does not mean our kind acts should stop here! We want to continue encouraging our Lil' Dragons to spread kindness always! #DragonsCARES #Kindnessmatters

PES January Teacher and Staff of the Month: 2nd grade teacher Mrs. Sharie Wilhoit and Pre-K Teaching Assistant Mrs. D'Lana Albright. Read what their colleagues had to say about them: Sharie Wilhoit Leader, Collaborative partner, Team player, and has a great heart and passion for her students! She is a wonderful teammate. She will help you with anything you need. She is so kind and caring. She is someone you can count on and will be there when you need help. She is helpful and works very hard. She is very loving to her students and is always striving to be the best for them. Sharie is a very inspirational person. She is always willing to step in and help out where is needed. She is always willing to talk and listen to you no matter what she may be going through. She gives great advice about whatever you are going through. Sharie is an amazing teacher, coworker and teammate. She loves teaching and it is evident in her classroom, how hard she works and prepares, and how much her students love her. She collaborates well and is willing to help her teammates in any way possible. D’Lana Albright D'Lana is a kind, devoted, very hard working assistant in Mrs. Nicklas's classroom. I have worked with her in the past, and she is just the best. Loves her students and works well with all the teachers downstairs. D'Lana is amazing! She steps in to help even before.being asked. She is great with the kids and is loved by all. D'Lana does a wonderful job working with students and is very caring. Way to go ladies! #DragonCARES

We're still rockin' Kindness Week this week! Our students are doing a great job spreading kindness around our school. Wednesday's kindness challenge was teaming up for kindness: invite a new friend to play or join in a game on the playground! Kindness winners for Wednesday were Nova Hopkins, Taylen Hernandez, Wylie King, Kyden Wallace, Matteo Rendon, Kodi Doyal, Faith Gillen, and Aeris Gleckler! Today's kindness challenge was about showing appreciation to those who help you. We challenged students to tell at least 3 people who have helped them "thank you." Today's kindness winners were Yalitza Huitron, Mila Balvantin, Camila Moreno, Cristian Solorio, Thomas Montgomery, Ezrah Gray, Newt Folsom, and Jahdiel Munoz! Keep spreading kindness Dragons! #DragonCARES

Happy Valentine's Day Little Dragons! We will celebrate this Friday with our 50s Day Valentine Dress-up & Parties.

We are excited to announce that our school is participating in the Stars of Honor Student Recognition Program again this year to honor some of our Little Dragons. The Stars of Honor program is partnering with OU Athletics to provide complimentary tickets to University of Oklahoma basketball games for K-5 students who are selected for the Stars of Honor award by their elementary school. Students will be celebrated and receive a certificate at the game. Eight students from each grade level K-2 were selected. These students were selected based on their hard work and dedication in the classroom as well as their commitment to showing excellent DRAGON CARES daily. We are so proud of the accomplishments of our Lil’ Dragons and are honored to be able to recognize them. Kindergarten- Jaxton Blanchard, Luke Mauzerall, Kaiden White, Eyradesa Bingham, Campbell Cunningham, Chandler Mahan, Charlie Dalton, Miguel Rodarte 1st grade- Lucia Williams, Dafne Resendiz, Saylor Etheridge, Allison Martinez, Daniel Leonard, Rosabella Baker, Brayden Ale, Yoel Chavez 2nd grade- Reagan Taylor, Ramzey Wilkin, Lexi Berkley, Abraham Montes, Maverick Bookout, Makiah McAnally, Tyson Black, Trevor Bloodworth #DragonCARES

This week is Kindness Week, and we are celebrating across the district! At the elementary school we are challenging students to complete random acts of kindness throughout the week, as well as having a daily kindness challenge. Yesterday's challenge was to greet the day with kindness: hold the door open for someone, say hello to people you don't normally talk to and to give out high fives! Today's kindness challenge is to spread kind vibes. We are challenging students to do something nice for someone, give someone a compliment, or help someone in need. When students are caught being kind this week, they get their name on a "caught being kind" slip and put in for a small drawing. Today's kindness winners were Gracie Hernandez, Elias Chatham, and Sawyer Creswell. Way to go Dragons! #kindnessmatters #DragonCARES

Missoula was a huge success!! Nice job everyone! 🐲❤️ We would like to give a special thanks to Missoula directors, Lindsay Wilk and Brianna Dorsey for the amazing work with our students! The Princess & The Pea was an amazing experience for our students! Thank you to everyone who has helped make this show possible including Purcell School Foundation, Oklahoma Arts Council, National Endowment of the Arts, Missoula Children's Theater, and Cosmic Crisp. A special thanks to multiple counselors, teachers, staff and administrators who contributed time and effort in helping this week run so smoothly! #DragonPRIDE❤️🐲🎭

2nd grade completed a 4 week reading challenge with a total of 1,318,458 words read! We had an MVP from every 2nd grade class, these students read the most words in their class. Way to go all of second grade!

Thank you to our AMAZING PTO for sweet treats this morning! This made our hearts SO full! Such a sweet way to kick off Kindness Week! ♥️🐲♥️ #PurcellPTO #DragonCARES

These items were left at the auditorium after the Missoula play. If they belong to you please let us know so we can get them back to you.

Please join us today for the performance from Missoula Children’s Theater as they, in partner with Purcell Schools, present The Princess and the Pea! Doors will open for the community at 2:30 and the show will begin at 3:00. Ticket sales will be at the door; Adult $5 and Children $3. They did a wonderful job in yesterday's performance for 2nd & 3rd grade students! Such a great run through performance to be ready for today. We would like to give a special thanks to Missoula directors, Brianna Dorsey and Lindsay Wilk for the amazing work they have done this week with our students! Thank you to everyone who has helped make this show possible including Purcell School Foundation, Oklahoma Arts Council, National Endowment of the Arts, Missoula Children's Theater, and Cosmic Crisp. A special thanks to multiple counselors, teachers, staff and administrators that contributed time and effort in helping this week run so smoothly! #DragonPRIDE❤️🐲🎭

This week students from the elementary enjoyed partnering with First United Bank in their project "The heARTful acts of Kindness". We helped them by decorating bank envelopes for their customers. If you receive one of these, it's sure to put a smile on your face! Pictured below are some of our Pre-K students being creative!

PES December Teacher and Staff of the Month: 2nd grade teacher Mrs. Amber Abney and Reading Assistant Mrs. Destiny James. Read what their colleagues had to say about them: Amber Abney: She goes above and beyond to help her students and always has a positive attitude. Mrs. Abney is a wonderful educator! She always shows up with a smile on her face and does a great job! We are lucky to have her at PES! Destiny James: She always ask questions, she works hard, and goes above and beyond Destiny jumps in to help in anyway she possibly can. She never hesitates to ask where she can help and always has the biggest smile on her face. Even when she has a million things on her plate to help with, she still continues to check on others. Destiny is such an amazing asset to our staff and we are so blessed to have her here. Destiny is working so hard for our students. She is always asking questions and trying to learn all she can. She is a joy to have and has made PES a better place with her presence. She is a go getter. She has fit right in with the group. She will help you anyway she can. She works so well with the kids and loves them. She is so friendly to everyone and is willing to lend a helping hand. Destiny works hard at every task she has. She has a great desire to work with students and it is evident. She is eager to learn and is always willing to help. She is a great asset to Purcell Elementary. Both deserving ladies and our students and staff are lucky to have them here at PES! #DragonCARES

Pre-K would love your help in our annual drive for P.A.W.S. (Purcell Animal Welfare Society)! As part of our study on pets, we learn how to properly take care of them. We know that our local shelter does an amazing job of caring for many animals in need too! We would love to give back to them so that they can continue to care for those sweet animals. Our donation drive will extend until February 16th! For more information on how you could help, please see the flyer below!

PES Students of the Month for December and January! Students are selected based on showing Dragon CARES: Cooperation, Awesome Attitude, Respect, Empathy or Excellence, and Self Control. December Students of the Month Pre-K: Audri Lukens & Kaius Buckley Kindergarten: Emelia Mckay & Kian Baxter 1st Grade: Saylor Etheridge & Brooks Carr 2nd Grade: Hallie Allen & Owen Page January Students of the Month Pre-K: Lylah Smith & Knox Huff Kindergarten: Layla Smith & Caleb Lara 1st Grade: Maggie Gwin & Jett Crossland 2nd Grade: Brynlee Burson & Christian Solorio Way to go Dragons! #DragonCARES

Today is the day! Auditions will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) production of “The Princess and the Pea” TODAY, Monday, February 5th at 3:30 p.m. and end by 5:30 p.m. Those auditioning should arrive at 3:30 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Auditions will be held at the Old Jr. High auditorium located at 201 Lester Lane. Auditions are open to all students Kindergarten through 12th grade! Students from surrounding schools may audition for a fee of $25 which is refundable if the student is not cast. Not all students who audition are guaranteed to be cast. Students will need to have an audition permission slip and be accompanied by a parent or guardian in order to audition. Permission slips will be available at auditions if needed. For questions please contact Mrs. Franco or Mrs. Stone at 405-442-0099. We hope to see you all there!