All Ponca City Public Schools and offices will be closed in observance of Labor Day on Monday, September 7, 2020. Classes will resume normal schedules on Tuesday, September 8, 2020.
PCPS Families:Wildcat families, our greatest priority is the health and safety of our students, staff, and community members. I cannot urge you enough to help us stop the spread of COVID-19. Yesterday and today, we completed contact tracing investigations around positive COVID-19 cases in our school and quarantined individuals. Do not send your child... Read More.
The Ponca City Public Schools Face Coverings Team Store is open once more through September 14, 2020! Available for purchase are youth and adult size masks and activity masks, or neck gaiters. A sizing guide is available for viewing at the Team Store (link below), but elementary children will definitely need a youth size... Read More.
Community National Bank donated four Gallons of Maximum One-Step Disinfectant Cleaner to be used to disinfect classrooms between classes at all sites. PCPS Superintendent Shelley Arrott said, “This is yet another example of our local community stepping up to support our District. We are so much stronger when we unite together to fight this challenge.” #unitedwestand #wildcatway #teampcps
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The Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce hosted an annual school supply drive. Typically, the Chamber sponsors the “Stuff the Bus” School Supply Campaign. However, with conditions surrounding the global pandemic, the decision was made to not park the bus at Wal-Mart this year. Instead, the PC Chamber requested the five most needed items for both elementary... Read More.
The Ponca City Public School Wildcat masks and gaiters ordered through the Ponca City Team Store will be delivered to sites by the end of the day on Thursday, August 27. They are packaged by name, and they will be sent home with the students on Friday or Monday, August 28 or 31. If patrons ordered and had masks/gaiters... Read More.
Pictured Left to Right: Krista Urioste and Melissa Young with United Way and Shelley Arrott and Curtis Layton with PCPS. United Way of Ponca City provided previous campaign tee-shirts, and the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) volunteers cut 800 bandanas for PCPS students to use as a temporary face covering as needed. “Our district wanted... Read More.
As students return to class, Ponca City Public Schools Superintendent Shelley Arrott has released the following letter in regards procedures and protocols: Dear Wildcat Families,Thank you for your patience during the first days of the 2020-2021 School Year. With students returning to the classroom for the first time since the beginning of the global pandemic,... Read More.
Ponca City Public Schools Superintendent Shelley Arrott has released an important letter after Kay County has recently been placed in the yellow risk zone for COVID-19. The letter goes as follows. PCPS Parents and Staff:Kay County has been designated in the YELLOW Risk Level, or Low Risk Level, as determined by the Oklahoma State Department... Read More.
Ponca City Public School Maintenance and Custodial Staff have been busy filling and distributing bottles of disinfectant for every teacher. These bottles are filled with disinfectant, given to teachers and staff at all sites, then refilled as needed by the site custodian. The disinfectant is safe to be around students, but effective for killing... Read More.
AllianceHealth Ponca City donated 1,700 adult sized masks to Ponca City Public Schools for students in grades 8-12. The masks are Wildcat navy and red with the AllianceHealth logo. “We are so thankful to AllianceHealth for providing much needed masks to help keep our students, staff, and community as healthy as possible during these turbulent times,” said... Read More.
Ponca City Public Schools has provided a virtual tour of West Middle School. This can be helpful for students and parents who have never been in that building. PCPS is planning on trying to do one for each school. https://youtu.be/b3wH_uVsfsk