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Three Things to Know
- Graduation and Senior Spotlights
- Summer 2024 Opportunities
- New Translation Phone Lines in TPS’ Top Five Languages
Graduation + Senior Spotlights
We have continued the tradition of publishing a “Senior Spotlight” from each Tulsa Public Schools high school, recognizing a senior and their postsecondary plans.
You can see those spotlights at tulsaschools.org/classof2024. This is also your go-to resource for graduation ceremony times, locations, and other details. Commencement week begins May 13th, and we are so much looking forward to celebrating this milestone with our 2024 graduating seniors and their families and communities!
Congratulations to graduating seniors for demonstrating English language proficiency
We are so proud of our seniors! Almost 500 students will be receiving blue honor cords from Tulsa Public Schools team language and cultural services to celebrate their attainment of English language proficiency on the WIDA ACCESS test during your school career. Look for blue cords at graduation and congratulate the honorees for their hard work!
Summer 2024 Opportunities at Tulsa Public Schools
Although the school year concludes on May 21, we have lots of opportunities for students and families across the district this summer. Whether you’re looking for summer food programs, camps, and more, read on to get ideas and plan your summer with Tulsa Public Schools!
Summer Cafe
Tulsa Public Schools will launch its annual Summer Cafe program on Monday, June 3, providing free breakfast and lunch meals to all children ages 18 and under. Meal service will be available on weekdays through Tuesday, August 20, 2024.
The district has more than 50 Summer Cafe sites city-wide; a full list of sites with meal service times is available at www.tulsaschools.org/cafe. Service times will vary by site with breakfast start times between 7 am and 9 am and lunch start times between 10:45 am and 12:45 pm.
Ready. Set. Summer! 2024 – Sign up closes May 10
Current Tulsa Public Schools pre-K - 8th grade students, join us for Ready. Set. Summer 2024!
Our free, full-day summer learning and enrichment program runs June 20 - July 19 this year (no programming on July 4-5). Registration is open now and space is limited – we encourage families to sign-up today!
Students who register for Ready. Set. Summer! at Tulsa Public Schools will:
- Attend the program Monday through Friday at one of 24 sites across Tulsa (Elementary: 8am-3:30pm; Middle School: 9am-4:30pm)
- Receive breakfast and lunch meals free of charge; and
- Have a chance to learn, play, and build relationships with their peers.
Visit TulsaSchools.org/summer for updates.
TPS Summer Softball Camps
Free to all TPS students K-12 (SY 2024-25). Sign up here today!
Help us grow your skills and build your teams’ success in fastpitch softball throughout the district. The camp will cover all skills including pitching and position specific work.
Two sessions are offered this summer: June 3-5 and July 8-10. Both sessions run from 9:00am-12:00pm each camp day.
For questions or additional information, please contact TPS Director of Athletics, Krystel Markwardt markwkr@tulsaschools.org
6th Annual Hale Summer String Orchestra Camp
Summer Orchestra Camp is back for a 6th summer! Presented by Harmony Project Tulsa and Hale Middle School, this is a FREE Orchestra Camp with some of the best teachers in the area, open to anyone from beginner to advanced levels of orchestra experience.
Camp runs from June 3-14 (weekdays), from 9:30am to 12:00pm each day. It takes place at Hale Middle School (2177 S. 67th E. Ave). The camp is completely FREE and open to Grades 6-12
Get your High School Diploma and Associate’s Degree FREE with the Early College Program
In the 2024-2025 school year, we will continue an exciting partnership opportunity with Tulsa Community College for students to potentially earn a high school diploma and an associate’s degree at the same time and free of charge. We offer the program at Memorial High School and McLain High School. Applications are open now until May 10 (Friday) for any students who are currently in 8th grade and will be in 9th grade for the 2024-2025 school year.
Visit www.tulsaschools.org/earlycollege to apply! Contact Ryan Noshay at noshary@tulsaschools.org with any questions.
New TPS Interpretation Phone Lines for Parents
We are excited to announce the launch of four new interpretation phone lines for parents who speak Hmong, Pashto, Dari, and Marshallese. We have created these interpretation lines to offer our parents direct access to an interpreter over the phone and a greater level of comfort when they need to contact a school or our district offices.
In addition to our Spanish phone line (918-387-8580), the following dedicated phone numbers have been created for Hmong, Pashto, Dari, and Marshallese. To access an interpreter, parents need to dial the corresponding phone number and their call will be automatically routed to an available professional interpreter who will remain with them on the line for the entire duration of the call.
- Hmong Line: (918) 771-9617
- Pashto Line: (918) 771-9382
- Dari Line: (918) 890-1439
- Marshallese Line: (918) 228-4944
- Spanish Line: (918) 387-8580
Key Dates
- Tuesday, May 14: Graduation week begins! Find the full schedule of commencement ceremonies at www.tulsaschools.org/ClassOf2024
- Thursday, May 16 from 5-8pm: Lighting the Path to Mental Wellness at Guthrie Green
- Monday, May 20 at 6:30pm: Regular meeting of the Tulsa Board of Education. Find more information here along with the calendar of summer meeting dates.
- Tuesday, May 21: Last day of classes.
- Friday, May 31: Second enrollment window closes; enroll online at TulsaSchools.org/enroll.
Seen around our district
- Carver Middle School students took part in Engineering Day.
- Reception held for 52 seniors awarded scholarships by the Oklahoma Educational Memorial Trust Foundation.
- Key, Mitchell, and Carnegie pre-K students visit Discovery Lab.
Quick Links
- 2024-2025 School Calendar
- Looking for work? Check out the TPS job board.
- Click here to refer your friends to work with Team Tulsa, and we’ll reach out to them.
During summer months, this parent update email will go on temporary hiatus and will resume in August. In the meantime, please send questions to tpsinfo@tulsaschools.org.
Thanks to federal recovery funds, we were able to invest in air quality improvements in our buildings, Ready. Set. Summer! programming, and enrichment programs to address learning loss. Learn more about ESSER (federal recovery) funding here.
Tulsa Public Schools students lead through literacy, are empowered through experience, and contribute to their community. We honor the diversity, creativity, and passion of our students, elevating every student to be designers of their destiny. Learn more about Pathways to Opportunity, our plan for the next five years.