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SPS Families and Staff,

What a beautiful week we had last week! I daresay we might (fingers crossed, knock on wood) be out of the kind of winter weather that can keep us out of school. Spring weather, please be kind. 

 

This week, I spent a little time in the middle school. I know in all districts  the middle school and junior high years can be a little awkward, and I think very few consider those years their favorite part of their school experience, but I love so much about our middle school and the things that happen there. And I LOVE that so many of our teachers feel called to work with kids in these important formative years.

 

Electives -  at SMS, kids, with the guidance of their parents, get to start charting a path, exploring careers, discovering their passions. For instance, as 5th graders tried out music options, I could see on some of their faces the click of “oh, yeah, I think this is for me” as they drew, blew, beat, or belted out their first note.

Competitions - Robotics, sports, and other groups start to give our kids ways to push themselves to outperform their peers at other schools. And as a ’89 &’90 Mathcounts competitor, I was really happy to see that particular group added this year.

 

The height differences - From tiny frames to those taller than my nearly 6 feet, the differing growth rates, really make it a unique place in terms of just walking down the halls.

 

Kids being kids - While they are growing up, middle schoolers are still very much kids. It’s fun to see them being silly, playing, and still holding on to some of the carefree innocence of youth. I love how much they enjoy the new playground. 

 

But the thing I love most about SMS is that it’s the place where the children of Stillwater come together for the first time as Pioneers. In my home town we had three middle schools, and we competed against each other in athletic and academic competitions, all during those formative and awkward teen years. After we came together in tenth grade, my high school still felt pretty divided along middle school lines. That’s not something I really feel or have heard about in Stillwater, and I credit the way SMS and its staff work to bring them together.

 

While we have three 6th grade teams and three 7th grade teams at SMS to create smaller communities and maintain strong supportive relationships within the school, that concept doesn’t seem to keep them from feeling the pride and connection of being one united school.

 

Having had one child go through SPS from PreK through graduation and another about to enter middle school. I’m glad we do things the way we do, and can’t wait to be a middle school parent again.

 

Go Pioneers!

Barry Fuxa
PR & Communications Coordinator
Stillwater Public Schools

 

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Taste of Stillwater

Bring the whole family and join us for dinner featuring some of Stillwater’s most beloved restaurants! Taste of Stillwater presented by BancFirst features over 30 local restaurants. Enjoy so many tasty offerings; from pizza toMexican food to desserts and drinks of all kinds! Ticket holders are able to visit all of the vendors as much as they’d like to sample all of the delicious food available!

 

Tuesday, March 4

5:30-7:30pm

Payne County Expo Center

 

Participating Restaurants:

7-Eleven • Arby’s • Bad Brad’s BBQ • Chick-fil-A • Chico’s Taco Cantina • Duncan Catering Co. • D.P. Dough • Dutch Bros Coffee • El Tapitio • Empire Slice House • Eskimo Joe’s • Fired Up Stilly • Freddie Paul’s Steakhouse • Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers • Fuzzy’s Taco • Shop • Granny’s Kitchen • Hatch • Hideaway Pizza • Homeland Bakery • HteaO • Mariachi’s • Mexico Joe’s • Nothing Bundt Cakes • Olive Garden • OnCue • Purdy Q Mobile Smoke Pit • Raising Cane’s • Red Rock Bakery & Deli • Roscoe’s Feed Shack • Sandwich Planet • Stillwater Sweets • Taco Los Primos • Texas Roadhouse • Whataburger

 

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Speaking of Stillwater Middle School…

Wednesday and Thursday, SMS  Theatre presents The Little Mermaid Jr.

 

March 5 & 6

7pm

Stillwater Community Center

 

Tickets at the door - $7 General Admission or $5 with an SPS student or staff ID. Cash or Check only. Come support these talented kids and have a great time with your family.

 

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#PioneerProud

Congrats to our Pioneers on these amazing recent achievements.

• State FFA Degree Recipients

  • Kyriana Beard

  • Gabe Campbell

  • Brandt Gazaway

  • Oakley Gross

  • Kyle Ruehle

  • Adria Spaulding

  • Preslee Wattley-Kindt

• 200 IM State Champion Swimmer Elias Mendez

• Lady Pioneer Wrestling State Tournament Placements

  • Abbie Rivero -2nd

  • Loyalty Lockett - 4th

  • Kahliyah Enko -4th

• Stillwater Wrestling, your 2025 Oklahoma State Champions, with 7 individual state champions, 3 runners up, and Dee Lockett being named the Outstanding 6A Wrestler! Dee Lockett 4x State Champion

• Winter Guard Gold took 1st at Piedmont

 

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Coming up- Stillwaterschools.com/calendar

• Monday, March 3

  • HS- Tennis Boys V at Union (9th Grade Center)

  • HS- Girls Golf V & JV at Stillwater Country Club

  • JH & HS  - Cheer Clinic 2025-26

  • Band Night at Chipotle

  • HS- JV Baseball Blue at Owasso

  • HS- Baseball vs Owasso

  • HS- JV Baseball Gold at Owasso

  • JH HS Choir Concert

• Tuesday, March 4

  • Maintenance Workers Day

  • Mardi Gras

  • Taste of Stillwater

  • HS- Tennis Boys & Girls JV at Ponca City HS

  • HS- Soccer vs Choctaw (JVG 3:30/ JVB 4:40/ VG 6:00/ VB 8:00)

  • JH & HS  - Cheer Clinic 2025-26

  • HS- Baseball at Jenks

  • HS- JV Baseball Blue vs Jenks

  • HS- JV Baseball Gold vs Jenks

• Wednesday, March 5

  • Ash Wednesday

  • HS- Tennis Boys & Girls JV at Union (9th Grade Center)

  • JH & HS - Cheer Clinic 2025-26

  • SMS - Spring Musical - Disney's The Little Mermaid, Jr.

  • Stillwater Community Center

• Thursday, March 6

  • HS- Track at Deer Creek

  • HS- Soccer JV Gold Boys @ Edmond Memorial (5:30/7:00

  • JH- Soccer vs OKC Storm (Girls 6:00/ Boys 7:30)

  • SMS - Spring Musical - Disney's The Little Mermaid, Jr.

• Friday, March 7

  • HS- Tennis Girls V at Jenks HS

  • HS- Soccer @ Coweta Cup (JV Girls & JV Boys) (TBA)

  • JH & HS - Cheer Tryout

  • HS- Soccer vs Edmond Memorial (JVB Gold 4:40/ VG 6:00/VB 8:00)

  • HS- Baseball vs Enid (at Owasso Invitational)

• Saturday, March 8

  • Winter Guard at WGI Tulsa Regional

  • HS- Girls Golf V at Bixby (South Lakes- Jenks

  • HS- Tennis Boys V at Jenks HS

  • SMAC Pickleball Tournament

  • HS- Soccer @ Coweta Cup (JV Girls & JV Boys) (TBA)

  • HS- Baseball vs Oktaha (at Owasso Invitational)

 

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PreK Enrollment
Opens Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at 8am. See the process and documents you’ll need at stillwaterschools.com/enroll 

 

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