Purcell Intermediate School

Looking for a fun, hands-on way to bring history to life? Today, in Mrs. Arnold’s classroom students jumped back in time to 1607 to become master builders and engineers! 🏰✨ In small groups, students tackled an exciting STEM challenge: designing and constructing their very own replicas of the historic Jamestown Fort. Using just a few simple materials—index cards, masking tape, and cardstock. They put their creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork to the test! Before building, students explored key historical features of the original fort: The Triangular Shape: Learning why settlers chose a three-sided layout to efficiently defend their settlement. Palisade Walls: Discovering how vertical logs were placed in trenches to create strong protective fences. Bulwarks: Understanding how raised corner platforms held cannons to defend against potential attacks. Essential Structures: Planning space inside the walls for key buildings like the church, houses, and water well. It was incredible watching our young historians collaborate, measure, build, and problem-solve together. Hands-on learning at its best! 👏📚 mini-engineers at work!

🚸 Did You Know? National Injury Prevention Day shines a spotlight on the importance of preventing injuries and violence before they happen. Through education, awareness, and proactive safety measures, we can help protect people of all ages and build safer communities for the future. 💙#InjuryPreventionDay #InjuryPrevention #SafeCommunities #HealthySchools

👻🎃 BOO! TO DRUGS! 🎃👻 We wrapped up Red Ribbon Week today by saying “Boo!” to drugs! Our students showed off their Halloween spirit by dressing up in their favorite costumes! 🧙‍♀️🦸‍♂️👻 What a fun way to finish a week dedicated to making healthy choices and reminding our students to live drug-free! ❤️🖤 Be happy. Be healthy. Be DRUG-FREE! 🐉 #RedRibbonWeek #BooToDrugs #LiveDrugFree #PurcellDragons

NOW HIRING: SCHOOL NURSE!

Purcell Public Schools is looking for a compassionate, dedicated, and student-focused Registered Nurse (RN) to join our Dragon family! 🐉

If you have a passion for caring for children, supporting student health and wellness, and making a difference in the lives of students every day, we would love to hear from you!

🩺 Position: School Nurse – Registered Nurse (RN)
📍 Location: Purcell Public Schools
❤️ Join our team and help our Dragons stay healthy, safe, and ready to learn!

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply!

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#PurcellPublicSchools #SchoolNurse #DragonPride

🥊✖️ Multiplication Knockout! Mrs. Gee's 5th grade math students put their multiplication skills to the test as they tackled 2-digit by 2-digit problems in a little friendly competition! 🧠💪 Learning math, building confidence, and having fun along the way! #FifthGradeMath #LearningIsFun #MultiplicationKnockout

We have a fun week planned to show our commitment to living drug-free! Check out the image for our daily dress-up themes, and let’s make it a GREAT week! 🎉 ❤️ Monday: Don’t SWEAT it! Live Drug Free! 🏈 Tuesday: TEAM Up Against Drugs! 🤪 Wednesday: Drugs Are CRAZY! 😎 Thursday: SHADE Out Drugs! 🎃 Friday: Say BOO to Drugs! Let’s see that school spirit, Dragons! 🐉❤️🖤🤍 We can’t wait to see everyone participate!

Do you have a favorite book? I bet our third graders could tell you if it was meant to persuade, inform, or entertain! 📚💡 Mrs. Davis' class and Miss Windham's class has been enjoying learning author's purpose! 🥧"pie" making 📖 musical book tasting ♥️ team collaboration activities ✨So much fun!! ✨ #Dragons #WeLoveReading #PIE

A huge thank you to the Purcell Public Schools Foundation for supporting Mrs. Ambrose’s third-grade classroom through a generous grant! ❤️🖤 Her students use the whiteboards, markers, erasers, headphones, and computer mice every day during ELA and Math. These tools have made learning more engaging and hands-on for her students! We are so grateful for your support of our classroom and our students! 🍎📚 #PurcellSchoolsFoundation #SupportingStudents #EngagedLearning#Dragons

Scientists are underway!! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 Mrs. Davis' third grade class worked on prediction making while observing candy corn and seeing which liquid it would dissolve in- water, vinegar, sprite, or oil. 💧🧪🥤🧴 What do you think their results were?

🦸‍♂️ HEROES IN WAITING! 🦸‍♀️ Yesterday, our students had an amazing opportunity to learn from Les Thomas during his engaging Heroes in Waiting program! ❤️ Through interactive activities, chants, student volunteers, beach ball teamwork games, and the fun Hero High Five, our students learned some powerful lessons that they can carry with them every day! 💪 There’s a hero in everyone! — Have the courage to stand up, make good choices, and be a positive influence. 🤝 Unity is in Community! — Friendship, teamwork, and supporting one another make our school and community stronger. ❤️ Kind Is Power! — Hurtful words and bullying can weigh people down and leave lasting scars. Kind words, compliments, and encouragement have the power to lift others up! What a great reminder that we ALL have the power to make a difference in someone’s life! A simple compliment, a kind word, or the courage to stand up for someone can make a bigger impact than we realize. Thank you, Les Thomas, for reminding our Dragons that heroes aren’t just found in movies or comic books. Heroes are made every day through courage, friendship, and kindness! 🐉❤️🖤 #HeroesInWaiting #KindIsPower #ChooseKindness #PurcellDragons #BeTheHero

Tomorrow, Thursday, October 22nd, is picture retake day! Students who need picture retakes, as well as new students or students who were absent on picture day, will have their pictures taken tomorrow.

🎉❤️ HAPPY BOSS’S DAY, MRS. SWAYZE! ❤️🎉 Today, we want to celebrate our amazing principal, Mrs. Swayze! 🐉❤️🖤 She supports, encourages, and believes in every person at Purcell Intermediate. She is always reminding us that she would CHOOSE US every single time to be on her TEAM! And we are so thankful to be part of her team! Mrs. Swayze doesn’t want us to just be okay—she wants us to be the BEST we can be! She holds her students and staff to high expectations, but she doesn’t just tell us what we need to do. She rolls up her sleeves, offers support, and does everything she can to help us reach our goals and become better than we ever thought we could be! She works tirelessly to make Purcell Intermediate a safe, welcoming place where students, parents, and staff feel valued, supported, and loved. She leads with purpose, serves with a humble heart, and always puts our school and community first. One of the things we love most about Mrs. Swayze is that she never wants to be in the spotlight. She is always cheering others on instead of taking the credit herself. But today, we want to shine that spotlight right where it belongs! ✨ Thank you, Mrs. Swayze, for choosing US, believing in US, challenging US, and helping US be our BEST! Your leadership makes a difference every single day, not only at Purcell Intermediate but throughout our entire community. We are incredibly blessed to have you leading our Dragon family! 🐉❤️ WE WOULD CHOOSE YOU EVERY TIME, TOO! ❤️🖤 Happy Boss’s Day! We love you, Mrs. Swayze! 🎉

🎾 That’s a wrap on our PE Tennis Unit! 🎾 Our Purcell Intermediate Dragons had a blast learning and practicing their tennis skills! We kicked things off with Bridge Ball to get warmed up, moved on to Clear the Court to practice serving, and finished with King of the Court to work on rallying! 🎾👏 We loved seeing our students build their skills, stay active, and have fun along the way! We may have some future tennis stars in the making right here at Purcell Intermediate! 🐉❤️🖤 Thank you to Healthy Schools Oklahoma for providing Coach Knowles with quality tennis training by USTA! #PurcellDragons #PEisMyPassion #PhysicalEducation #FutureTennisStars #hsok #usta

HAVE A FUN AND SAFE FALL BREAK! 🍁

🚒🔥 A BIG THANK YOU TO THE PURCELL FIRE DEPARTMENT! 🔥🚒 We are so thankful to the Purcell Fire Department for visiting Purcell Intermediate today to teach our students about fire safety! ❤️🖤 Our students learned about the three ways heat travels—conduction, convection, and radiation—as well as the three things needed for a fire to occur. 🔥 They also discussed the importance of having a fire escape plan at home and watched an educational video featuring Bill Nye the Science Guy! 🧑‍🔬 We are so blessed to have a fire department that invests its time and knowledge in educating and protecting our students. Thank you for helping our Dragons learn important skills that can keep them safe! 🐉❤️ Thank you, Purcell Fire Department, for all you do for our school and community! 👨‍🚒🚒

TOMORROW IS HAT DAY!!!!

📚❤️ THANK YOU for making our Scholastic Book Fair a SUCCESS! ❤️📚 What an amazing week of celebrating books and a love of reading! 🥰 A HUGE thank you to all of our students, parents, teachers, and staff who supported our Scholastic Book Fair. Your excitement and support help us continue to encourage a love of reading in our students! 📖✨ A special thank you to everyone who volunteered their time and helped make our book fair run smoothly. We couldn’t have done it without you! ❤️ 🎉 THE FUN ISN’T OVER YET! 🎉 You can STILL shop our Scholastic Book Fair online! 🛍️📚 If you didn’t get a chance to shop in person, there’s still time to find some great books and keep those pages turning! 👉 Shop online here: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/purcellintermediateschool Thank you for supporting Purcell Intermediate School and helping us grow a community of readers! ❤️📚🐉 #ScholasticBookFair #GrowingReaders #LoveOfReading

Book Fair starts today! You can still set up e-wallets online @ https://www.scholastic.com/bf/purcellintermediateschool The book fair is coin free like last year. That means you can pay with coins, but every purchase will be rounded up to the nearest dollar- and every rounded up dollar goes straight into our share the fair fund to help provide books for students in need and new books for our library. Ways to pay... Cash 💵 Scholastic E-Wallet 📕 (strongly recommend) Credit/debit card 💳

Purcell Intermediate's Staff Spotlight: Joe Franco and Gidget Greenlee.
Inspiring us every day with their hard work and dedication to our students and school!
Joe Franco
1. How many years have you been in education, how many at Purcell, and what roles have you served in?
I am currently in my 10th year in education. This is my 5th year at Purcell Intermediate.
I’ve taught Kindergarten, 2nd, and most recently TEAMS Rotation. I’ve also served in the Intermediate AIR Dragon room. My current roles in the Purcell School District are Assistant Athletic Director, Bus #5 route driver, Head JH Baseball Coach, Head JH Softball Coach, and TEAMS Rotation.

2. What brings you the most joy or excitement about working in education?
My most recent joy has been getting to hear feedback from so many students, parents, fellow teachers, and administrators that students are truly excited to go to TEAMS because of the variety of activities, lessons, and different subjects.

3. What is your favorite place in the world and why?
My favorite place in the world is any field or court with my own children or JH Players. Athletics doesn’t just teach us lessons about sport but lessons in life

Gidget Greenlee
1. How many years have you been in education, how many at Purcell, and what roles have you served in?
I have been in education for 28 years, the last 8 years at Purcell. I have taught PreK, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th.

2. What brings you the most joy or excitement about working in education?
Hanging out and connecting with kids brings me happiness in education. Don't get me wrong, the aha and light bulb moments are wonderful, but having a connection with a kid and even their family is my happy place in school. I want them to know I have their back, and I'm always available if they need me.

3. What is your favorite place in the world and why?
My favorite place in the world is sitting in a church pew with my children and my mom. Those moments make me feel safe and peaceful and are incredibly important to me.

We appreciate all that these two do to make Purcell Intermediate a great place every day!