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MetroFamily Names John Rex Top Charter School

MetroFamily Magazine readers voted John Rex Charter Elementary School as Oklahoma City metro’s top charter school in the annual Family Favorites awards. "John Rex teachers and staff are dedicated to providing the best education possible for our students,” said John Rex Head of School and Superintendent Joe Pierce. “Winning this award is a testament to the exemplary learning environment and one-of-a-kind opportunities we offer." Family Favorites, MetroFamily Magazine’s annual “best of” awards, relies completely on nominations and votes from readers to determine the best family-friendly businesses and organizations in the Oklahoma City area.

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Board Amends Enrollment Policy Beginning in 2019-20

Dear John Rex Families: Since the school opened in 2014, the population of downtown Oklahoma City has expanded and interest in our school has grown significantly. However, we have limited classroom space. The Board voted yesterday in a special meeting to amend our enrollment criteria to better plan for the future and this heightened demand. Please note many of these policy tweaks only apply to new Rex Rockets who enroll for the first time in school year 2019-20. The two biggest revisions moving forward impact enrollment of siblings and applications from Tier 4. Under our new criteria, legal siblings will…

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John Rex Receives $5,000 for STEM Education

John Rex Director of Elementary Education Heather Zacarias receives a $5,000 donation from members of Continental’s Funding the Future committee. OKLAHOMA CITY (Dec. 10, 2018) – John Rex Charter School received a Funding the Future grant from Continental Resources to provide students with hands-on, creative learning opportunities. The school plans to use the $5,000 award to help fund a makerspace: a dedicated room to encourage students to design, experiment, build and invent as they engage in science, engineering, technology, math (STEM) and tinkering. “Our school’s success is fueled by private-public partnerships, and we’re so thankful for Continental’s support in providing…

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