Midwest City Beacon Education
Teachers surprised with $60k in grants
Mid-Del Public Schools Foundation helps fund a variety of education grants By Jeff Harrison Managing Editor After a one-year hiatus, a popular tradition returned to local schools. The Mid-Del Public Schools Foundation last Wednesday surprised teachers with more than $60,000 in funding through the Big Idea Grants program. The Foundation awarded 68 grants at 18…
Read MoreStudents promote recycling with new club
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Mother Earth has some new allies at Schwartz Elementary School. A group of students are promoting recycling in their school and working on environmentally friendly projects as part of the newly founded Comp Club. The group meets on Tuesday mornings before school. Their first projects include creating mats that…
Read MoreMid-Del School Board to consider lifting mask mandate
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon The Mid-Del School Board will consider lifting the district’s mask mandate at Monday’s meeting. Superintendent Rick Cobb recommends that students and staff will not be required to wear masks while on school property due to declining cases of COVID-19. He is also asking to eliminate mandatory quarantines for close…
Read MoreMid-Del enrollment bounces back
District has added nearly 1,200 students since last school year By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon The Mid-Del School District is seeing its enrollment rebound after thousands of students left during the pandemic. The district has added nearly 1,200 students since the end of the 2020-21 school year. As of Sept. 13, the district reported…
Read MoreMid-Del Schools considering mask mandate
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon The Mid-Del School Board will vote on a mask mandate at special meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7. Under the proposal, all students and staff will be required to wear masks while inside school and administrative buildings and school vehicles including buses. Students and employees will be allowed…
Read MoreMid-Del Schools considering COVID safety protocols as new year approaches
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon Students at Mid-Del Schools will return to the classroom next week for the start of the new school year. District leaders are considering possible safety measures for the new school year as infections from the COVID-19 delta variant rise in the metro. “We’re still consulting with all of the…
Read MoreUpgrades underway at Mid-Del Technology Center
Conference room improvements highlight $1.3 million project By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon The Mid-Del Technology Center is getting a facelift. A $1.3 million project is underway at the building The project includes remodeling the large meeting room, main entrance, and lobby, adding an executive conference room and relocating the teachers break room. Technology will…
Read MoreDel City High School group marching in Pride Parade
By Tonya Little Contributing Writer The Del City High School Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club is gearing up to participate in the OKC Pride Alliance parade on Saturday, June 26 in downtown Oklahoma City. This year’s parade will be the first ever pride parade to be held in the heart of downtown, rather than the previous…
Read MoreSummer school for teachers
Mid-Del educators taking advantage of paid summer training programs By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon School is out for summer. But that doesn’t mean the learning has stopped. Hundreds of Mid-Del teachers have been back in the classroom this summer for professional development training. The district hosted a professional learning conference for principals and educators…
Read MoreStudents share tales from American Revolution
By Jeff Harrison Midwest City Beacon History came alive recently at Schwartz Elementary School. Fifth grade students, dressed in historical clothing, and shared tales from the American Revolution May 13 at the school’s annual living history museum. Students were each assigned a different historical figure. They had to research and write a biography on that…
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