Special Events

  • Back-to-School Night – evening before the first day of school.
  • Curriculum Night – opportunity for parents to visit classroom and learn about the class and curriculum.
  • Pre-K Book Parties – events once per month sponsored by the Literacy Council.
  • Friday Finales and other assemblies – Focus on student performances, student achievements. Special guests, singing songs.
  • Class parties – Fall party, Winter party, Valentine’s party, and other special celebrations as scheduled by classroom teachers.
  • Book Fairs – one in the fall and one in the spring
  • Parent/Teacher conferences – one in the fall, one in the spring, and other times as requested by teacher or parents.
  • Major fund-raisers – Walk-a-thon and cookie dough sales
  • Wayside Talent Show – a fall event sponsored by the WPSA
  • School Carnival – sponsored by the WPSA
  • Special Musical performances as scheduled by the music teacher
  • Student photo days – one in the fall and one in the spring.
  • 4th grade Land Run Day
  • 4th & 5th grade All City Track Meet
  • Field Day – sponsored by WPSA
  • 5th Grade Promotion

 

 

 

Teaching and Support Staff

  • 33 certified teachers, one principal, 25 support staff
  • 23 regular classroom teachers, three special education teachers, a librarian, a counselor, a reading facilitator, an music, art, physical education, and Kaleidoscope teachers
  • Four teachers at each grade 1-5, two kindergarten and one pre-k teachers
  • Two Nationally Board Certified teachers
  •  Seven faculty members have advanced degrees

 

 

 

Specials – Eligibility Grades 1-5

 

·        Library Holdings include approximately 18,000 titles, including fiction, non fiction, biography and professional books and resources, plus video and audio tapes.  The library also has numerous magazine subscriptions.

·        Book Look Café – 2 students from each grade are selected monthly based upon a drawing of book reports for a special lunch & speaker. 2005 speakers include:  scientist, actor,  Para Olympic medalist, advocate for the deaf, veterinarian, & East Indian family 

·        Accelerated Reading (AR) – students read designated books, take a computerized quiz to test comprehension.  Based upon point system receive appropriate grade level recognition.  Examples:  stickers, buttons, pencils, T-shirts, pizza party & sleep-over.

·        PASS objectives for Library Skills are taught weekly and include card catalogue, Dewey Decimal system, and encyclopedia skills. 

·        Presents special programs by guest authors and songwriters – sponsored by Bartlesville Public School Foundation.   Examples:  Lisa Campbell Ernst and Monte Hale.    

·        Holds 2 Scholastic Book Fairs a year – fall and spring – sponsored by WPSA

 

Art – Ginger Sukow

·        Explores a variety of drawing and painting mediums as well as collage, printmaking, ceramics and sculpture

·        Holds a Young Artist exhibit held in spring with representative samples of each student’s art work  

·        Provides a total art experience through art appreciation, art vocabulary and “hands on” art expression.

·        Focuses on elements and principles of design

·        Art curriculum includes art history and art from other countries and cultures

 

Music – Mrs. Hartsock

  • Language of Music – reading and notation of music, definition of music elements such as melody, rhythm, tempo and harmony, identification of instruments and their families, classification of voice ranges (soprano, alto, tenor and bass)
  • Music History and Culture – exposure to musical literature from a variety of cultures, historical periods and styles
  • Music Expression – vocal music performances, performance opportunities on rhythm and pitched instruments, including keyboards, music composition, creative movement to music and study of conducting patterns
  • Music Appreciation – describing and evaluation music and musical performances and concert etiquette

 

Counselor – Rhonda Kesselhuth

  • Offers student support through proactive classroom guidance activities on a regularly scheduled basis, individual or group counseling as appropriate and crisis intervention as needed.
  • Provides grade and age appropriate life skill guidance topics including: bully proofing, friendship skills, feelings, career awareness, character building, conflict resolution, problem solving, drug abuse prevention, growth and development, and personal safety.
  • Special - Red Ribbon Week – Drug Awareness, Special Philanthropy projects such as annual can drive, Warm Up Bartlesville, Huggies, etc. 

 

Computer Lab– Sammie Samson (lab manager)

  • 25 Computers
  • Grade and Age appropriate software includes Math Facts in a Flash, Jumpstart, Study Island, Internet Explorer, SRI, Accelerated Reader (AR), Tamgrams?, The Graph Club
  • Students come to lab at least once a week for 45 minutes and other times as scheduled by teacher
  • Lesson plans are designed around the classroom curriculum and to reinforce what the classroom teacher is doing
  • Lab projects include:

Fall counting student books in 1st grade using Word

Weather graph using Graph Club in 2nd grade

Web book using Word in 3rd grade in connection to Fossil/rock study

State Books using PowerPoint and Word in 4th grade

Internet Scavenger Hunts on Explorers and Indians and making

Revolutionary War Timelines in 5th grade

Student use Word to publish there stories

 

 

Reading Facilitator – Rhonda Heim

·        Reading curriculum

·        Based upon Oklahoma PASS (Priority Academic Student Skills) & district curriculum

·        Utilizes the Literacy First framework, which allows students to be taught at their instructional level in individualized, small group, and/or whole group instruction.  

·        Materials and resources include science & social study texts, a leveled guided reading library, classroom sets of literature, various current events & magazines such as Scholastic Weekly Readers & Time for Kids.

·        Utilizes Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) assessment, which tests vocabulary and inference skills.  SRI is a district standard so transfers within the district minimizes disruptions to student academics.

·        Extensive network of Volunteer Reading Tutors work with students as needed

 

Physical Education (PE) – Amy Rude 

  • Physical Activities including: skating, climbing wall, dancing, flash light tag, noodle tag, locomotive movements, Martians of Mars, basketball, 4 square, follow the leader warm up
  • Administers and recognizes students in Presidential Fitness Program
  • Participates in special district wide events including:  Bruin Mile (fall)  &  4th & 5th grade track meet (spring)
  • Mileage Club – lunch recess activity which encourages and recognizes students who walk/run ¼ mile laps regularly – staffed by volunteers from WPSA  
  • End of School Field Day Event  - sponsored by WPSA

 

Kaleidoscope – Todd Rhodes

·        Gifted education program offered for qualifying students in 2nd – 5th grade

·        Supplementary pullout program available once a week for approx. 2 hrs.

·        Wayside is the site for students from Wayside, Oak Park and Jane Phillips; Hoover is the site for students from Hoover, Kane, Wilson and Ranch Heights

·        Eligibility – students scoring in the top 3% on a nationally standardized test.

·        Curriculum is an extension of the regular classroom with a goal to expand the student’s learning capacity.

 

Special Needs

·        Special Needs students are integrated into regular classrooms as determined by IEP

·        School district has full-time speech pathologist and physical therapist assigned to work with designated elementary students on a regularly scheduled basis   

·        Handicap Accessible Bus is available for pickup and drop-off of special needs students 

 

Junior Achievement – Parent Volunteers

·        Five 30 - 45 minute sessions on economic & business principles during spring semester

Misc. General

All Oklahoma schools teach to the state curriculum Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS).  That is the minimum curriculum for the subject areas of: language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and PE.  Bartlesville schools include curriculum that goes beyond the state mandated curriculum.  Wayside teachers use the Literacy First framework for which they have received extensive training.  The Everyday Math curriculum is used in every Bartlesville elementary school for math instruction.