May 15, 2025
Second Semester Recap Letter
Dear Maroons,
That’s a wrap on the 2024-2025 school year! It was a great year and I wanted to share a few highlights from our spring semester:
ACADEMICS:
- We ended the school year with a total enrollment of 1,073 students.
- Lower Elementary: The average U.S. elementary student experiences 6% growth in reading and math during the school year. Perry students excelled with tremendous growth numbers from August to May in each grade level–
- Pre-K: Reading 14% & Math 16% growth
- Kindergarten: Reading 27% & Math 25% growth
- 1st: Reading 24% & Math 40% growth
- 2nd: Reading 33% & Math 42% growth
- Upper Elementary:
- 3rd: ELA 82% & Math 49% growth
- 4th: ELA 48% & Math 38% growth
- 5th: ELA 45% & Math 49% growth
- 6th: ELA 50% & Math 44% growth
- Junior High:
- 7th: English 37% & Math 28% growth
- 8th: English 30% & Math 75% growth
- High School Academic Highlights:
- Cheer Team and Girls Wrestling Team were Academic State Champions
- 53 students took concurrent classes, earning a total of 432 college credit hours
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:
- Job well done to our students who participated in the 6th grade Science Fair, 5th grade Penny Arcade, Band concerts, musicals, and other spring events.
- Congrats to FFA State award winners: 2 State FFA Degree recipients, 3rd place state proficiency finalist; Top 5 Animal Science quiz bowl team, Top 10 state reporter & secretary contest, 3-star Bronze Level Chapter, Top 5 Ag Mechanics at OYE, State Runner-up Oklahoma Junior Wheat Show, & Mr. Milligan was elected as a board member for the OK Ag Ed Teacher Association.
- The PHS Class of 2025 will graduate 75 seniors tomorrow and were awarded $144,000 total in local scholarships.
ATHLETICS:
The 2024-2025 sports teams and band represented Perry well this year!
- Football Winning Season & 1 All-State Athlete
- Softball State Semi-Finalist Team & 3 All-State Athletes
- Wrestling State Qualifiers & 1 All-State Athlete
- Basketball Winning Season & 1 All-State Athlete
- Track & Field State Qualifiers
- Boys Golf State Qualifier
- Baseball Winning Season (All-State selections TBA)
- Band OSSAA Sweepstakes Winner & 2 All-State Members
STAFF ACHIEVEMENT:
- Congrats to PPS District Teacher of the Year - Mandi Justus (Pre-K)
- Perry Education Foundation awarded over $13,000 in grants to PPS teachers this spring
- Thank you & best wishes to retiring educators/staff - Kynda Sheets & Debbie Rodriguez
FACILITIES:
- We recently started renovations on the field house at Daniels Field, where the football/track locker rooms and boys wrestling room are located. This approx $600,000 upgrade will be funded by remaining bond funds. Demo work is complete and improvements will include new flooring, new lockers, new ceiling, paint, updating showers/bathrooms/plumbing, HVAC ductwork modifications, new LED lighting, etc. We’ll host an open house for the community to tour it this fall.
- We plan to have a grand opening for the walking trail and outdoor classrooms - TBA.
Now, summer break has officially arrived and we wish you a safe, healthy and restful summer!
Looking ahead, the first day of school is Thursday, August 14, 2025 and you can view the full 2025-2026 school calendar HERE.
To reach us over the summer, please note PPS office hours at all school sites this summer are Monday-Thursday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Chad Wilson
Superintendent
Perry Public Schools
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