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Our latest press releases, and Oklahoma Education news. Subscribe for our teaching tips and resources for school improvement.

Oklahoma Teacher of the Year finalists announced

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From The Oklahoman website:

As one educator steps into her role as Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, 12 others have been named as finalists for the 2020 award.

2019 state Teacher of the Year Becky Oglesby announced the finalists Tuesday before a packed auditorium at Southmoore High School. Educators from across the state attended workshops and heard an address from state schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister at EngageOK on the Road during the multi-day conference's final stop in Moore.

The 2020 Teacher of the Year will be named on Sept. 17 at State Fair Park in Oklahoma City.

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Guymon Public Schools educator selected for Google for Education Innovator Program

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We want to give a huge Alpha Plus congratulations to Danielle Collins on her selection into the Google Innovator Program. Danielle is one of only 36 educators worldwide selected to attend the Innovator Academy in Sweden on Nov. 6-8.

Here's the article in the Guymon Daily Herald.

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Happy Birthday: State Policy Makers!

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Here's a big APlus Happy Birthday to our state policy markers who celebrated a birthday 🎂 this week:

Rep. David Smith (Dec. 1)

Rep. Jeff Boatman for Oklahoma House, District 67 (Dec. 2)

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2017-2018 School Report Cards

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2017-2018 School Report Cards are available. To find out your information, please go to this link.

If you aren't happy with your school's grade, ask your school administration to consider using Alpha Plus. We know TheWayToAnA.

From the Oklahoma Schools website: "At the core of the Oklahoma 2018 School Report Cards is the belief that all students can grow and all schools can improve.

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Oklahoma's Teacher of the Year

Excerpt from Oklahoma State Department of Education

BROKEN ARROW (Jan. 23, 2019) — Oklahoma’s 2018 Teacher of the Year is a step closer to claiming the profession’s highest honor. In a news conference this morning at Broken Arrow High School, Gov. Kevin Stitt and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced that Donna Gradel of Broken Arrow High School has been named one of four finalists for the National Teacher of the Year award.

“Donna’s teaching philosophy is that every student has potential no matter his or her start. Her heart captures perfectly the power of education itself – to see the best in a student and to cultivate that potential so the student can overcome all odds and become a job creator, a future U.S. president or city mayor, a community leader, a professional educator or a scientist,” Stitt said during the announcement.

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