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Kenneth Teel

The Oklahoma School for Science and Mathematics will be getting one of Mid-Del’s brightest students come fall. Kenneth Teel, who would have been a junior at Carl Albert High School, was accepted as part of the 2014 class at OSSM.  Saturday, July 28, 2012

Mid-Del Homeless Award

The Mid-Del Public School Foundation was one of two statewide selected as selected as recipients of the 2012 Outstanding Program Awards for Local Education Foundations sponsored by the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. The awards, which recognize innovative programs sponsored or administered by public school foundations in Oklahoma, will be presented at the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Fall Forum for Local Education Foundations and Youth Mentoring Programs on Oct. 23 in Norman. Receiving plaques and monetary awards of $1,000 each will be the 2011 Technology Initiative sponsored by the Claremore Public Schools Foundation and the Homeless Student Education Fund sponsored by the Mid-Del Public Schools Foundation. Thursday, July 05, 2012

Bond issues work surges forward

Dirt work. Heavy machinery. Hard hats. These are all signs of construction, and currently in the Mid-Del school district, they are showing up everywhere as work progresses on numerous bond projects approved by voters in September. The biggest projects included in the $90 million bond are two new elementary schools - one at Soldier Creek on SE 15th Street and Douglas, and another on Key Boulevard at East Side Elementary - both in Midwest City. Thursday, July 05, 2012

Students hone artistic skills at Quartz Mountain

For four Choctaw and Del City students, it was a journey that began last winter. They applied, auditioned, and interviewed for the prestigious Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain, which runs through June 24. Over 1,300 students auditioned for just 271 spots, and Jonathan Burkhart, Jesse Chesnut, Erin Wilson, and Rachel Conn were selected to attend the program. The area students are were taught by nationally renowned artists, including Grammy-nominated musician Don Byron. Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Land Run re-enactment

Townsend Elementary students and Mid-Del administrators pulled their wagons and dressed as cowboys and Native American Indians during last month's reenactment of the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889. Monday, June 04, 2012

Steed reads

More than 100 families attended Steed Elementary's "Read and Rise Family Literacy Event" Tuesday. Each student received a make-and-take book valued at $4.99 and a $5 book voucher to spend at the school's book fair. The books and vouchers were part of a $4,075 grant awarded by Target. In addition, Target volunteers attended the event and worked at the book fair. Friday, May 04, 2012