The Capps Chronicles

The Capps Chronicles

Cleared building site for the old capps middle school.

Old Capps Building Site Repurposed By Victoria Arenas, Chloe Bullock, and Olivia Bullock

The 100 year-old Capps building was recently demolished and the land will soon be repurposed as the Putnam City Centennial Center and Park. Shbrone Brookings, the Executive Director in charge of the construction, stated “The Centennial Center will contain a new board room, professional development rooms, training rooms, administrative offices, a performing arts center, and a park, built on the empty lot to the east.” Mr. Brookings continued by saying, “located on the famous historical Route 66, The Putnam City Centennial Center will serve as a ‘town square’ for our district.” One of the features that the Centennial Center will have is a performing arts cen-ter. This space will let students express themselves through music and art. The new board rooms will be places where elected officials of the district will meet and dis-cuss policies and fundraisers. Administrative offices house District administrators like our superintendent and other staff, mostly responsible for finances and special education. Another feature of the center is professional development. Professional develop-ment includes creating curriculum, learning new teaching techniques, and more. Teachers are required to do some professional development each year. The current administration building does not have large rooms that can seat more than 50 peo-ple. The new Center will allow large groups to meet with different presenters.

1st Edition

February 25, 2022

INDEX:

Wildcat News 2

Editorial 4

Comics 6

Athletics 8

Clubs and Electives 10

Entertainment 16

Wildcat Roar 18

POINTS OF INTEREST:

Teacher of the Year

Cross Country

Peak Roller Coasters

Chess Club

Anime Club

Shakespeare’s Bachelorette

HOME OF THE

WILDCATS

Although Capps students have lost their original school, The Putnam City Center will help every student and teacher in the district.

Wildcat News

Meet This Year’s Teacher of the Year By Chloe and Olivia Bullock

Types of Learning By Bashirat Iyanda

There are several types of learning at Capps. Students at Capps can learn virtually or in person. The school provides resources for students and teachers to be able to participate in school activities while not physically attending school. Since Covid hit Oklahoma in 2020, students at Capps had to be virtual for half a year. We entered into an A-B schedule that was based on location. Although we are back to in person school, the majority of class work is still virtual and on Google Classroom; so students can still receive an education regardless of their ability to physically attend school. According to Mrs. Bullock, “Virtual learning can be done independently, while in person learning involves coming to school and having a teacher guide you.”

On November 19, the new teacher of the year was announced. It was a very close race, but Jessica Stephens won and the orchestra kids couldn't be more excited. “She’s always there to help us,” said Leslie from the 8th Grade orchestra. “I like her because she’s funny and has personality,” said Jacie from the 8th grade orchestra. When asked what her favorite thing about teach-ing was, Ms. Stephens said, “the students” and it shows. Being Teacher of the Year is a great opportunity to make a difference in our school and Ms. Ste-phens wants to do just that, “I’m looking forward to showing everyone how awesome Capps is.” 2022 is going to be full of exciting things for Capps and we all can’t wait to see what Ms. Stephens does.

Jessica Stephens

Orchestra Teacher

At James L. Capps Middle School, our students have many different ways of getting to school, depending on where the students live. Some students walk or bike to school. Some parents drive their children to school. Some students take public transportation. Some students also choose to skateboard to school. No matter how Capps students get to school, we are happy to see them everyday.

Transportation By Qamar Saad

Here are some of our students

who use different modes of

transportation to get to school

each morning.

Wildcat News New Building , New Horizons By Jackson Buckner and Asia Carolina

This building we are in now started production in 2019, and was finished in 2020. It’s located at

6400 NW 63rd St, Warr Acres, OK 73132. Unlike the old building, this one has outside learning areas such as

a trail through the creek, track, baseball field, and half a football field. Inside we have a small gym, a big gym,

and also a really good sized cafeteria. Each classroom can hold up to more than thirty kids, and there are multi-

ple lecture rooms.

Students started going to the new building in October of 2020, but that got disrupted by an ice storm

that prevented everyone from going to school in person. Everyone was online until the third quarter when we

started in person school, but were separated by schedules. Students who got the A schedule went to in person

school on Mondays and Tuesdays. Students who got the B schedule went on Thursdays and Fridays. Although

this new schedule prevented all of the 8th graders from coming to school together, that would all change after

Spring break. Students from A and B schedules combined for the fourth quarter.

We interviewed the 8th grade history teachers, Mr. Hartman and Mr. Carrier to get their opinions about

the new building. Mr. Carrier said “I think the new building is better than the old one, the only thing I miss is

everything being close together.” Mr. Hartman said, “I don’t miss anything about the old building, this build-

ing is a huge improvement.”

Student Holiday Spirit Week

all outfits must be in dress code

Warm Monday wear your favorite cozy socks and

hats!

Character Tuesday dress like your favorite holiday mov-ie/book character (Frosty, Rudolph, The Grinch, Ebenezer Scrooge, etc)

Winter Wonderland Wednesday

wear white, silver, gold, or something snowy or glittery!

‘Twas the Night Before Break

Thursday wear your coziest, winter pajamas

(NO slippers)!

Ugly Sweater Friday wear a tacky Christmas sweater!

In the month of December our prin-

cipal decided to let us participate in a

week called “Spirit Week”. That week

allowed students and teachers to dress

out of our normal while staying within

dress code rules. Try to guess the

coolest part. The whole week was

Christmas/winter theme, but that’s not

all, the principal at the end of the day

would go class to class and do a head

count all of the students who dressed

up. The team with the most students

who dressed up got a prize.

Spirit Week By Aliyah Forbes

This paper is the result of a semester of hard work for the Journalism Staff (8th Grade ELA Honors). We applaud their enthusiasm and dedica-tion to the art of the Five W’s and an H. May each one of these students find a place for the news in their daily lives. Mrs. Kelch, Mrs. Richardson, and Ms. Schoeb

A Note from the Principal:

The Capps

Chronicles

Editorial

Wildcats, Thank you for starting the second semester so strongly. This semester is going to be filled with get-ting you ready for high school. Together we will get to visit PCO, enroll in high school courses, and enjoy college and career days! I look forward to these next few months and watching each of you grow. Mrs. Deason Assistant Principal

Wildcats, It is hard to believe that it is already the 2nd Semester! I am proud of all of the work that you are doing and enjoy seeing all of the awesome things going on around our school. It is a great day to be a Wildcat! James Burnett Principal

Tutoring comic drawn by Vy Ngo

Editorial A new building for James L. Capps Middle School was built on 6400 NW 63rd Street, Warr Acres, OK. It’s the newest school in the Putnam City School District. This building was designed to bridge Spring Creek, in-cluding 44 acres of site development, and 161,000 square feet of building. We asked some students and teachers for their opinions on the old and new buildings. Here are their thoughts on them: Lexi Gibson - “The old school had a bigger field and more things to do outside. They had more snacks for lunch. And the teachers could decorate the classes. The new school has too much glass and technology. The fur-niture is dangerous since it’s on wheels. The teachers are more strict about food and drinks so we don’t ruin the carpets. The only thing we have here is the candy cart, but it’s only here once a week.” Beatriz Osuna - “The new building is very big and mod-ern. The people here are also very nice.” Kamyra Reed - “I personally think the old Capps is way better than this new one. One, we actually had privacy in our classes. In the new school there are many windows where everybody can see anything and everything. On the other hand, the cafeteria looks more organized and has more space.” Earnest Fields - “I have mixed feelings. The new Capps doesn’t smell, but it’s very noisy. I prefer walls over the glass windows. There are too many open spaces.” Michael-Terell Daniels - “The old Capps was better. It was larger, and the classrooms were much more spacious. The cafeteria was also way, way bigger.” Ms. Kelley (seventh grade teacher)- “My favorite things about the new Capps are that it's a new start, and it's a lot nicer. I don’t mind the color, I think it’s more cheerful. I like this as long as it's working. When it's not, I don’t like it ‘cause it makes things more difficult. I like technology, but it's tricky. The glass is silly. I get the idea beside it, but I don’t think it’s logical. I prefer the spaces just ‘cause it's more open here. I also miss having my own room and my own space, and hanging stuff up on my wall.”

As you can see, the teachers and students have lots of different opinions and emotions about the new and old school buildings. Emotionally, the old school was very loved, but the new school is a new and wonderful thing to be a part of.

Fransisco Cazares - The teach-

ers are attached to the old school

and liked that there weren't so

many windows, but overall they

prefer the new school and just

miss aspects of the old school.

They like how clean and new the

school is.

Johnyre McCloud - “I like that

there is a lot more space than the

old building, and I like how the

building provides a lot more natu-

ral light. I also like the benches

under the building near the creek.

Comics, what are they? By Aaden Bado

Comics

Richard Outcault was the first person to publish a comic that was used in a newspaper. Richard Outcault put the comic in the newspaper called “The Yellow Kid.” It first appeared in the American newspaper in 1885. It was about a bald kid who wore an oversized yellow nightgown who hung around the slum, the wrong side of the tracks. The most popular comics are Peanuts, Garfield, and Marmaduke. There are different types of comics in the newspaper including drama, humor, mysterious, and fun. There are also books full of comics. You can make your own comics anytime you want. A lot of illustrators drew comics when they were young. Arthur Young was a famous cartoonist who started drawing comics when he was young. Many comics have connections to each other and you would not know it. The famous comic “Beetle Bai-ley” and “Hi and Lois” are actually connected. If it was not for “Beetle Bailey,” “Hi and Lois” would not exist. The newspaper comic character Popeye was in a comic strip that he was not the star of. He was in “Thimble Theater” in 1929. In one of the famous scenes from the comic strip “Peanuts,” the main character Charlie would have not kicked the football if it was not for the help of Spider-Man. Even the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” was in a comic strip, and it was so popular when they made the comic book. Comics were not originally made to make people laugh; they were just made to sell more newspapers. Many people just read the comics first instead of the front page. Many people read newspaper comics, old people, young people, and anyone that could really get their hands on one. Since the pandemic, people who are 18-34 years-old who have never read the newspaper have actually read it during the pandemic. The percentage of readers went up 8%, and people who are 65 and up has gone up 25%. Many people have started writing newspaper comics even though the job does not pay much, the most you could make in one week is sixteen hundred dollars, so you could get a lot. It only takes ten to five hundred dol-lars to make and print. The comic industry has encouraged a lot of young artists to start drawing comics.

Comics

Comic Strip

By Natalie Livingston Wild Cat Way

Comic Strip

By Gia White

Coach Wood- Capps Volleyball Coach By Mykelah Scott

Capps Middle School Volleyball By Jazmine De La Rosa

Volleyball season took place August through September. There were 13 games in total for both JV & Varsity. JV played at 4:00pm and Varsity followed. Varsity won approximately five games. JV won approximately three games. They played against Western Oaks, Mid-west City, Hefner, CGSAA, Cooper, and Mayfield. They had a meeting before and after a game. It was Coach Wood's first time coaching at Capps Middle School. Her father, Coach Wood, is a coach at Putnam City High School. He came to Capps to help the team out and help them learn more information about volleyball. Af-ter the game was over, they were required to clean the bleachers. After school, Capps volleyball girls would meet up in the gym and get dressed in the locker room. They would stretch and get ready be-fore games. Each time they had a game someone would bring drinks and healthy snacks for the team. Everybody would take turns bringing something.

Coach Schyler Wood was the girls volleyball coach at Capps Middle School. This was her first year coaching middle school volleyball, but she has been the coach of other sports like track and field. Coach Wood did not only care about winning, but she also cared about her students. "Becoming more of a family was the biggest accomplishment. Not really wins and losses. I believe that’s more important than any wins or losses," she said. Her favorite part of the season? “The beginning [of the sea-son], meeting everybody, learning about the players, and putting the teams together." At first she had to make sure everyone was doing their moves properly, so she started out at the beginning. Coach Wood truly is a nice person. A good coach, too! She wanted the team to be a family, and to be their best.

Athletics

Cross Country By Maddison Keeton

A small group of runners under the leadership of Ms. Schoeb participat-ed in long distance running events. According to Ms. Schoeb, “In cross country, there is no halftime, stopping, subbing, or breaks; it's just run-ning.” Cross country started in August right when school started, and cross country practiced every Monday, Wednesday, and some Saturdays. Raimi Shadik, an eighth grader, and Mariah Lopez, seventh grader, received medals at the race at Oklahoma Baptist University. Cross country had meets almost every Saturday morning during the fall. Practice was held after school from two-thirty to three o’clock. Each meet required the runners to run at least one and one-half mile but sometimes two miles. Almost all the runners ran a meet.

Varsity Girls Volleyball Head coach: Schuyler Wood

Assistant coach: Tara Barlean

Mariah Lopez, Ms. Schoeb, and

Raimi Shadik

Athletics Girls Basketball By Chariyah Williams

Football By Jaylen Washington and Faith Gonkate

Boys Basketball By Omari Stallings

The seventh and eight grade boys basketball team played its first season with their new coach, Arthur Brew-er. It was Arthur’s first year coaching middle school but he has coached before, and he coaches his other club teams. The team’s first game was on November 15, 2021, and the team members practiced every week on Mon-days, Tuesdays, and Fridays. They always practiced every week before a game. The team had an alright sea-son. Its record was eight and four, but throughout the sea-son, they also had a lot of fun. They got to play with all their friends on the team and that’s why they got along so well. They also played very well together. Their coach is very proud and grateful to coach them this year. He is excited for them to play in high school next year, and wishes them the best of luck.

The sixth grade girls coach was Mrs. Hart. She led them to seven great victories. The sixth grade girls only lost one game their entire season which made them 2nd place in our district. When they lost to Hefner, the girls came back and beat them. Their coach quoted “Oh it was a great season. The girls had a good time and so did I” The seventh and eight grade girls started their season in late october. Their new coach, coach Arthur Brewer is an experienced coach with multiple teams around the area. He led them to a great season. The seventh and eighth grade girls practiced on Tuesdays and Thursdays. They had their first game on November 15th against Midwest

City which they lost but continued working hard the entire season. They had a great season working together and playing the best they could .

The football team had a phenomenal season this year. The Eighth grade stats were 4-3. The team was lead by Head Coach, Shelby McCrakin, and Assistant Coaches Harris, Wallen and Jones. This year Capps and Cooper Middle Schools joined forces and worked hard to bring us home a win. Players from each school formed a single team. Unfortunately for the fans, the team did not make it to the champion-ship game.

Physical Education (PE) is two classes that are combined in the big gym. The two teachers who run the class are Coach Yeagley and Coach Fowler. The purpose of physical education is to encourage and influence students to take part in various physical activities that become a central part of their lives. Physical Education also educates the students on the importance of good health and staying active. During the class, the students participate in a variety of physical activities like dodgeball, basketball, or soccer. On certain days, students are required to participate in workouts for a certain amount of time. The workouts can vary from jogging, run-ning up and down the stairs, stretches, and more. After the workouts students usually get free time. On Fridays, students get free time for the entire hour where they can participate in whatever activity they want. There are times when the students split up, some staying in the big gym and others going to the small gym depending on what sport the student wants to participate in.

Art fundamentals B is the art program at Capps run by Mrs. Laura Ogles. The 8th graders taking this class are doing a very interesting project with clay. The 8th graders have a choice of making a clay box or a mug. Starting off with the box, Mrs. Ogles explains to the students that they have to use a slab method to create even and equal sides of the box. With the mug, the other students pay close attention as leaving an air bubble could make their clay mug explode! After see-ing the instructions, the students walk up to the front of the room to each get a slab of clay to start their project. With a limited time students have to make meas-urements, make equal sides, and scorch the sides that they want to stick together.

For the mug, the students have to scorch an excess piece of clay that they have and stick it to the side of the mug they have to make a handle. After finishing the mugs and boxes, the clay will go through the kiln process. After firing, the clay will be Bisqueware. Bisqueware -fired once in kiln; cannot be recycled ; ready to be glazed. After the Bisqueware process, the students will glaze their pots, otherwise known as Glazeware. Glazeware is the point at which a glaze fuses with the clay body. After the piece has been glaze-fired in the kiln again, it is finally finished! “For people to choose art is to choose to try everything, once ”- Mrs. Ogles. Many students say that Mrs. Ogles is one of, if not the best, teacher in the whole school. She is loved by a large number of students in the school which is one of the many reasons for you to join this class.

Art By Michael Hernandez

Clubs and Electives Physical Education By Miguel Lopez DeLara

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To join Peak you have to pass the COGAT test. Peak is a class about challenging yourself. The students do assignments that help them get better at teamwork. In the first semester, they made roller coasters. The roller-coaster had to be made out of construction paper only. Their second project was to make their own NBA fran-chise. They had to make their team mascots, jerseys, choose sponsors, and a lot of other details. Their most recent project was drafting an NBA team and recording their stats for four weeks.

Band By Jacoby Mendez

Technology Engineering By Jose Esparza

In Mrs. Roberts’ class, they do hands-on projects that range from 3D printing to building dragsters and building homes. They go through the process of making blue prints and brain-storming, and once they finish, they get to take it home. Accord-ing to Mrs. Roberts, this class promotes creativity, “Because eve-ry project is different and it allows the student to design their own project and express themselves. Technology Engineering is a su-per fun class; everyone should join Technology Engineering at least once. It is a fun experience.” It is a good class to express your imagination and personality with your own ideas. Each project takes about three to four weeks to complete depending on the pace of the class and how big the project is. It is required that you have to participate in the projects. The class is super fun and is a fun experience with tools and machines. As a student in this class, I really enjoy Mrs. Roberts’ class. She explains what to do really well which makes it simple to understand the instructions. She is a very smart teacher and has a lot of experience. This is why you should join Technology Engineering at least for one semester.

Mrs. Meek’s first hour leadership class made 300 holiday cards for senior citizens. This project is with Areawide Aging Agency, a nonprofit organization here in Oklahoma City. Before Christmas, they raised donations of soup, snacks, and cards for elderly people who are homebound. This means they can not get out of the house on their own. Most of these people do not have any family or friends to spend the holidays with so our cards will mean a lot to them. Mrs. Meek, Ms. Schoeb, and Mrs. Richardson supplied students with construction paper, scissors, and glue to make meaningful and joyful cards. “Mrs. Meek is a really nice teacher and will help you go through your problems together,” said Anthony Taylor.

Leadership By Elective Team

Clubs and Electives

Peak By Nischal Joshi

Band is a class that is year round and teaches you how to play instru-ments. The instruments include trumpet, trombone, clarinet, and flute. For the second year, you can switch to tuba, baritone, saxophone, and bass clarinet. Band performed Christmas music including “March of the Irish Guard”, “Let it Snow”, and “Carol of the Bells''. Their most recent concert was at Putnam City High school on December 16th, and they performed Christmas music. They put a lot of effort into practicing the music for the concert.

NJHS By Leslie Rodriguez and Molly McHone

Science Olympiad By Rishi Patel

FACS

FACS is a class about Family and Consumer Science. If you have this class in 6th grade you get the class for a quarter of the year. You learn life skills and do a little bit of cooking. If you have extra time, usually you get to sew. Seventh learns about sewing, interior design, and some cooking. The class is a semester. Eighth grade is also half the year but you do the same activities as Seventh grade but more ad-vanced. You also talk about jobs. Eighth grade does a lot more cook-ing and sewing. This class is supposed to help you in life with the ba-sics.

Science Olympiad is a club related to STEM, with competitions across the district. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineer-ing, and Math. The club hopes to foster creativity and help students increase their problem solving skills. The competitions consist of ac-tivities such as Ping Pong Parachute, Boomilever, etc. The club has a very nice and friendly environment and the members are a friendly bunch of kids. The instructor, Mrs. El Qacemi, is a very nice and en-

couraging teacher. One of our writers was once in the Science Olympiad club, he has mentioned that without Mrs. ElQacemi they wouldn't have had most of their finished products. She was an essential part of his experi-ence at the Science Olympiad Club. The students are also just as friendly; they help out a lot and suggest many ideas to help out. There are also written competitions, that include Anatomy Quiz, along with detective compe-titions, etc. These competitions are all very competitive with each other's skill, so be ready to compete, and try your best. There are no requirements to join. If you want more detailed information, please contact Mrs. El Qacemi in the seventh grade hallway or at [email protected].

Mrs. Meek sponsors NJHS. NJHS stands for National Juniors Honors Society. NJHS is a community service organization. Once inducted, new members are required to maintain the

same level of performance, or better, in all four criteria that led to their selection. In order to be a member of this organization you have to have a 3.8 GPA to join or all A’s, but you can have one B. The club’s main focus is to give back to the community. Club members are required to do volunteering hours and need to have ten hours of community service. Everyone in this club is positive and respectful to others. Another requirement for this club is to have regular attendance at the meetings. Next semester in January, the seventh grade will be able to join the club. If you are qualified to join, you will receive a letter. Then it’s your choice if you want to join. NJHS meets once a month in the library from 2:40 to 3:15. This club also looks really good on college applica-tions and scholarships applications. The club is a great way to give back to the community and others we ap-preciate. If you need or want more information about NJHS stop by Mrs. Meek’s. room.

Clubs and Electives

Computer Science By Abdullah Raja

In Computer Science, students focus on typing, Microsoft Suite, and Google Apps. They also learn some coding, but their main focus is for the stu-dents to learn how to problem-solve so they can figure out things on their own. Technology is going to continue to advance, and they will not always have classes to learn how to use every program. That is why it is important to practice problem-solving, so as technology changes the students are able to teach themselves.

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Clubs and Electives Art Club By Leslie Rodriguez and Molly McHone

Art club, sponsored by Mrs. Ogles, is on Wednes-days from 2:35 to 3:30 p.m. in the art room. It is a club where students can hang out and talk while making awesome, creative, and beautiful art. It is the club for being social since the lack of socializing in the last year. This is a club where you can let your imagination run wild, and make the most awesome art work. The members want to make something that is permanent, and art is just the thing. The teachers love to see their students create art with no limits. Unlike other clubs, this club has no requirements to join. The club is ac-cepting new members at any time throughout the school year. The members are all awesome, creative, kind, and social people. They are also big anime fans. For any extra information on the club feel free to stop by Mrs. Ogles room (the art room).

Chess Club By Ronin Russell

The Chess and Beyond Club is sponsored by Coach Hartman, Eighth Grade, and Mr. Smith, Seventh Grade. The club does various activities such as chess tournaments. It’s not just chess, though. There is a cabinet full of games such as Battleship, playing cards, Uno, and many more. The club runs from 2:40 to 3:40, but is very loose. You can come and go at different times (as long as you’re going somewhere specific). The club meets every day of the week but Friday. The club has no require-ments and is a very good place to go if you don’t want to attend study hall but need to work. The sponsors can help you, and does not have too many members, so it’s quiet. Coach Hartman had this to say about the club: “Chess Club is a relaxed environment where students can relax and hang out while learning about a hobby. Our goal is to introduce the hob-by of playing board games to students. We hope that the club will make the hobby in general more popular. It is important to recruit young people into hobbies to keep the community healthy and growing. My favorite part of the club is beating students in chess and asserting my supremacy as the best chess player in the school. We are plan-ning student tournaments, but we also want to host a teacher vs teacher fund-raiser tournament. All you need to at-tend is a at least a D in all classes. We are always accepting members.”

Art Club members

Clubs and Electives

Mrs. Ogles sponsors the anime club. It’s a club for any-one who loves Japanese media to get together to talk about our favorite anime. The club's hours are from 2:35 to 3:30 PM, and they meet every Tuesday and Thursday in the art room, in the elective hall. The club also has cosplay compe-titions occasionally. After the lack of socializing for the past year, this club lit up the spirits of students. The teacher loves hanging out with the students, and is always open for discussion. This club is open for any new members. A new Anime is shown every week. The members watch stuff like Hiakyuu and Ouran Host Club and more awesome Anime. If you love Anime, this is the perfect club for you. Unlike other clubs, Anime does not have any requirements for you to join, not even grades. It’s just a place to hang out, meet new people, and enjoy Anime. For any further questions do not hesitate to ask Mrs. Ogles in the art room.

Anime Club By Leslie Rodriguez and Molly McHone

Mrs. Staggs sponsors FCCLA. FCCLA stands for Family, Career, and Community leaders of America.

The club meets every Tuesday at 2:45 to 3:15. This club is all about helping others and the community. The

members are also very open and accepting. There are weekly meetings. This class is open for anyone to join

at any time. Mrs. Staggs enjoys helping the students to learn. There are also competitions called STAR

events, where members get to compete, and try to win the competitions. The overall purpose of this club is to

make the students leaders and have fun as well as helping out the community. If you want more information

about the club or would like to join the club do not hesitate to stop by Mrs. Staggs room for more detailed

information.

FCCLA officers Molly McHone, Samira Robinson

Lovelace, Bashirat Iyanda, Leslie Rodriguez and spon-

sor, Mrs. Staggs attended a conference in September.

FCCLA members

FCCLA By Elective Team

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thing from my website in your publications. Blind Date with a book is ongoing, please stop in the library for more information. All of the directions for this contest are listed on the library website and also in the Google Classrooms. In March we will be having our annual Dr. Suess cake decorating contest, be sure to look for more information coming soon. Questions? Check out my website listed below or send me an email at [email protected]

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Thank you, M. Spoon M. Ed. Teacher-Librarian Capps Middle School

Hey guys! I know some of you do not enjoy reading but it is SO important! Take a look at the research be-hind reading just twenty minutes a day. I did not love to read until college when I found a series that I couldn't put down. Your teachers are here to help you find a book that is right for you. We also have a subscription to Epic! where you can read books online. There are endless reading options, so take the time to find a good book today! Mrs. Rackley

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Entertainment Shakespeare’s Bachelorette By Brookelyn Sneed

Capps Middle School had a play called Shakespeare’s Bachelorette. It was on December 2-3 at 6:00pm in the drama room, the play ran for about 30-45 minutes. Shakespeare’s Bachelorette is about a young woman named Kate. Kate tries to find a man who really loves her with the help of Puck the talk show host. Kate thinks the Bachelors are too young and immature for Kate to date, but there is one old man, and Kate thought he was per-fect for her, only to find out that he is married to another woman. Director, Erica Tschida, says that her favorite part about the play was “the end scene when Titana comes on and blows everything up by saying that Oberon is her husband.” She also said “the most stressful part about the play was trying to get ready backstage.” She said it was very hot, and there was not a lot of space.

Erica Tschida

Director and Drama Teacher

Entertainment

Orchestras from Capps Middle School had a concert at Putnam City High School (5300 NW 50th Street) on Tuesday December 14, 2021. It was in the auditorium. The concert began at 6:00pm. This is the order the orchestras played. First, 6th grade and 7th grade beginning. Then, 7th grade intermediate. Lastly, 8th grade. 6th grade and 7th grade beginning students played Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, and Mary Had a Little Lamb. 7th grade intermediate students played Nutcracker March and White Cliffs. 8th grade played Santa Claus is Com-ing to Town, Snowflakes, and King’s Court. The orches-tras are all conducted by Ms. Stephens, the orchestra director and teacher of the year.

Winter Orchestra Concert By Raimi Shadik

Capps Middle School’s Choir Concerts By Izjah Huxman, Matias Martinez, Lexi Gibson

The Capps Middle School choir has concerts usually once a quarter. In the second quarter was the Christmas concert. It took place on Thursday, December 9th, at 7:00 p.m. There was plenty of Christmas music performed by the choir. The students sang new and traditional Christmas songs. There were at least forty kids who performed from from 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. The audience loved seeing all the different ages of the students performing and shar-ing the Christmas spirit. On February 19th, students will compete at the capital OSSA district solo/ensemble contest. On March 4th, all of the fifth grade students from elementary schools will be here for a fine arts private class. It will feature all the fine arts: band, choir, orchestra, drama, and art.

Movie Night By Aliyah Forbes

On November 10th, our school held a movie night after hours organized by Ms. Roberts our technology en-gineering teacher here at Capps. The cost to get in was 5 dollars, the reasoning for this was to help raise money for the technology and engineering class. The movie was played from 3:30 to 5:00. The concession stand was also available for the students to get whatever snack they pleased while watching the movie “Finding Nemo”.

The Wildcat Roar

James L. Capps Middle School

6400 NW 63rd

Warr Acres, OK. 73122

Phone: 405-787-3660

Congratulations to Christian

Rangel for being the PUMA Team

December Student of the Month.

PUMA Team Teachers

Shout Out to Ms. Walling for hold-

ing down the Bobcat Team the

week of January 4th!

Christi-Lynn Bethea

6th Grade ELA

Shout out to Ms. Semrad and Ms.

Carter-Hamilton for running a

strong 6th grade ELA the week of

January 4th!

Christi-Lynn Bethea

6th Grade ELA

Shout Out to Ms. Kavanaugh for

teaching all three math classes dur-

ing 6th hour. (I helped pass out pa-

pers. Lol!) The students were work-

ing hard and participating. She

rocked it! #goals

Christi-Lynn Bethea

6th Grade ELA

Congratulations to Daniel Beltran

for being the Leopard Team

December Student of the Month.

Leopard Team Teachers

Congratulations to Zandria King for

being the Lynx Team December

Student of the Month.

Lynx Team Teachers

Congratulations to Camila Bielma

Ortiz for being the PUMA Team

January Student of the Month.

PUMA Team Teachers

Congratulations to Ayesha

Waheed for being the Leopard

Team January Student of the

Month.

Leopard Team Teachers

Congratulations to Daniel Samayoa

Pompa for being the Lynx Team

January Student of the Month.

Lynx Team Teachers

Thank you to those students who

are following the Wildcat Way by

being respectful, responsible, safe,

and kind to their fellow classmates

and teachers.

Thank you to the students and

staff of Francis Tuttle for a won-

derful presentation. Be kind to one another!

- Be Respectful

- Be Responsible

- Be Safe

- Be Kind

That is the Wildcat Way!

The Capps Chronicles

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