NEWS
Thank You Banquet Sponsors!
Thank you to all of the generous sponsors who made the Excellence in Education Merit Awards Banquet possible!
Platinum Apple Sponsors - $2,500 or greater
Mr. Tom Hill - Kimray, Inc.
Mr. Herman Meinders
Crystal Apple Sponsors - $1,500 to $2,499
National Right to Work
Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma
Gold Apple Sponsors - $1,000 to $1,499
Mr. and Mrs. John Terneus
Mr. Richard Phillips - B.P. Investments, LTD.
Myron F. Steves and Co. & Castle Insurance Agency
Ms. Josephine Freede
Harry and Louise Brown Foundation
Congratulations to the Reward Schools!
Congratulations to all the schools identified as REWARD SCHOOLS by the State Department of Education today! POE recognizes and appreciates all the hard work that the teachers and administrators have done at these school sites. We especially want to recognize Sweetwater Elementary School where we have 100% POE membership! (from L to R in picture: Rep. Purcy Walker, Elementary Principal Brenda Quinn, Supt. Don Riley, POE Executive Director Ginger Tinney)
REWARD SCHOOLS:
Oklahoma’s High-Performing Reward Schools by district or category are:
Congratulations to the POE Foundation Character Award finalists!
Congratulations to the following educators and school sites for being named finalists for the POE Foundation Character Awards.
Winners in each category will be announced at our annual banquet in April.
TEACHER CHARACTER AWARD
Amy Friend - Prague Public Schools
Clifton Harper - Lawton Public Schools
David Unsell - Coalgate Public Schools
Jeanette Taylor - Okmulgee Public Schools
Kathy Williams - Broken Arrow Public Schools
Kirk LaFevers - Tishomingo Public Schools
Sharon Spikes - Macomb Public Schools
SCHOOL CHARACTER AWARD
Recent Podcasts
Radio Commercial #1
This radio commercial ran on Magic 104.1, KWHW in Altus and KTOK News Radio 1000 during the month of August 2011.
Radio Commercial #2
This commercial also ran on Magic 104.1, KWHW in Altus and KTOK News Radio 1000 during the month of August 2011.
POE Radio Commercial
Carole Arnold, who has been in radio over 20 years, graciously agreed to record POE’s first radio commercial, which aired during October and November 2010 on KMAD in Madill and KICM in Ardmore.
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Pat Fennell - Communication
This segment of our interview with Pat Fennell, President and CEO of the Latino Community Development Agency, discusses communicating with Latino students.
Pat Fennell - Absenteeism
This segment of our interview with Pat Fennell, President and CEO of the Latino Community Development Agency, discusses absenteeism of Latino students and how to connect with their families.