Purcell Intermediate School

We are incredibly thankful to First United Bank for their thoughtful donation of sports balls! This bag of sports balls will bring lots of fun and excitement to our students! Thank you for your generosity, your community spirit, and for including our school in your United Acts of Kindness initiative. We appreciate you!

Our third graders will be figurative language pros in no time! Miss Windham's class has been very creative and collaborative with their learning, from escape rooms to hands-on activities! Her class practiced metaphors, similes, and personification with the use of art. They also played hands-on games to learn onomatopoeia, idioms, and hyperboles!

K-Kids will be selling HEART POPS for Valentine's Day. They will be set up before school each day Feb. 9th-12th and the HEART POPS will be delivered on Friday the 13th!

Happy National School Counselor's Week! We are so grateful for our wonderful school counselor, Mrs. Cook, and family support specialist, Ms. Turner, who pour their hearts into supporting our students, staff, and families. Their kindness, dedication, and encouragement make school a better place every day. Thank you, Mrs. Cook and Ms. Turner, for all you do!

We’ve been learning how to sport stack (also known as cup stacking) in PE! 🏆 Sport stacking is a fast-paced activity that improves hand-eye coordination and reaction time. By using both hands at the same time, students strengthen cross-lateral brain development, which helps improve concentration, focus, and even academic performance. Sport stacking also builds fine motor skills, encourages perseverance, and boosts self-esteem as students set goals and see their progress. They have learned the 3-3-3 and the 3-6-3 stack! We are so proud of our Dragons!!!🐉

Baseball/Softball Registration is now OPEN!! Little league baseball/softball registration is now open through our local PBSA! Registration deadline is February 8th so get those kiddos signed up! If you have any questions or need any assistance, please reach out to PBSA through email 405pbsa@gmail.com.

Huge thank you to Healthy Schools Oklahoma for another wonderful training! I always walk away inspired and excited, with new ideas and lessons ready to share with my students. Kristin Gilmore shared over 50 PE teacher hacks she uses with her students, and they were game changers! I learned innovative ways to use equipment I already have, organize and store it more efficiently, connect with students, support hygiene, and overall make a PE teacher’s life easier. We also had so much fun learning how to play 9 Square in the Air and using the activity set to transform the apparatus into disc targets, hockey goals, shuffleboard, and tic-tac-toe boards. I loved learning how to integrate classroom curriculum into these games while ensuring everyone is involved and feels successful. So grateful for high-quality professional development and support that truly makes a difference in our PE programs! I'd also like to say thank you to Heather Griffith! She is an amazing addition to our staff and I'm so grateful for her!🐉💪-Stephanie Knowles

This week in PE, students participated in tag 🏃🏽🏃🏼‍♀️games that helped build cardiovascular endurance while practicing safe movement, dodging, and quick reactions. Games like Fire 🔥 and ice🧊, Bean Bag Tag, Banana Tag 🍌, Pac-Man 🕹️,Popcorn 🍿, Zombie 🧟‍♀️ Tag, and Tunnel Tag encouraged students to stay active and aware of their space. Students also played Capture the Ball, an invasion-style game that focused on teamwork, communication, and strategy as they worked together to retrieve the opposing team’s ball and return it safely. These activities support physical fitness, movement skills, and social skills through fun and active play!

Due to weather and unsafe conditions in certain areas of the city;

If students unable to make it to school, they are excused from classes today. Students that are at school may be picked up and checked out.

Purcell Schools​

Urgent: Drop off is delayed at Purcell Schools by 30 mins. Students already in buildings are being sheltered using tornado precautions.

Third grade has been feeling extra festive this past week, enjoying everything from Christmas parties to decorating ornaments and building gingerbread houses! We also got our monthly update on our adopted cow, Atlee! She is two months old, healthy, and growing very fast! Thank you Laura Vandaveer for helping spread the Christmas spirit and filling us in on all things Atlee!! Our students LOVE hearing about their calf!

This week in PE has been full of festive fun and movement! 🎄🏃‍♀️ We kicked things off with Reindeer Roundup and Holiday Light Fight to get our blood flowing, then teamed up for No Grinches Allowed as we worked together to collect toys from Mount Crumpet. Students also practiced their bowling skills with Snowman Takedown! We wrapped things up by traveling through 7 Holiday Stations—Cookie Exchange, Snowball Throw, Decorate the Tree, Sleigh Ride, Elf Dice Yoga, and Cardio Drumming. What an amazing week of teamwork, skill-building, and holiday cheer before we head off for Christmas Break! 🎅❄️

Here are some photos of our kids dressed in red and white for Candy Cane Day and green for Grinch Day! 🎄❤️💚 We loved seeing all the festive outfits and school spirit. Don’t forget—tomorrow is Polar Express Day, so wear your favorite pajamas! 🚂✨

Ms. Greenlee's students are practicing spatial awareness, problem solving, and effective communication by finishing another classroom puzzle! Great job!! 🧩🗣️

Candy Cane Day is here! 🍬❤️🤍 Tree Topper Tuesday was so much fun, and we’re keeping the spirit going today by decking the halls in red and white! We can’t wait to see all the festive stripes, candy-cane outfits, and holiday cheer filling the school! 🎄✨

🎄 Spirit Week Fun! 🎄 On Merry Monday, we kicked off our dress-up spirit week in ugly sweaters and festive holiday outfits! ❤️💚 Today is Tree Topper Tuesday, and we can’t wait to see all the reindeer antlers, Santa hats, and festive headbands and bows lighting up our school! 🎅🦌✨ Let the holiday spirit shine!

This week in PE, it was all about hoops! 🏀 We focused on dribbling, passing, and shooting, and the kids put their skills to the test with games like Hot Spots, Gotcha, Around the World, and 21. They worked hard and had a blast sharpening their fundamentals! Good luck to all our intermediate Dragons as they take these skills into real games this weekend! Go Dragons! ❤️🐉🔥🏀

’Tis the season for basketball! 🏀 We wrapped up the week diving into ball-handling drills, dribbling, and passing. Students practiced using their finger pads, keeping their eyes up, and controlling the ball below the waist—skills that really make a difference as they grow as players. To finish things off, we put all that hard work to the test with a friendly game of Dribble Knockout! The energy was high, the smiles were big, and the kids showed just how much progress they’ve made. So proud of their effort and teamwork! 🎉⛹🏼‍♀️⛹️🙌🏻