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DEER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA NATIONAL AWARD WINNER

(The only elementary school in the Nation to receive the award
and the first school in Oklahoma.) 

Deer Creek Elementary received a phone call recently from Washington, D.C. naming it the only elementary school in the United States to receive the National Take Pride in America Award.  The elementary school and principal Debbie Straughn, will be honored at an awards ceremony in late September at the White House’s Executive Offices.  Actor Clint Eastwood, will also be on hand to present the National Award.

Take Pride in America, coordinated by the U.S. Department of the Interior, is a National partnership program that recruits, supports, and recognizes volunteers who work to improve our land and environment.  Take Pride involves federal, state, and local governments.

The National Award is given to the school that best exemplifies creativity and ingenuity in carrying out the goals and mission of Take Pride in America.  The award is given to a school for a project (in this case it is Deer Creek Elementary’s outdoor classroom and how they involve every student and teacher) in curriculum that is related to the world around them.  It also includes parents and how they volunteer at their school.  This National Pride in America Award is given to a school that exemplifies excellence in all areas.  Deer Creek Elementary is the first school in Oklahoma to receive this National Award.

Deer Creek Elementary

4704 NW 164

405-348-9100

Principal-Debbie Straughn