Bridgestone Intermediate Center, WHISD

Bridgestone Intermediate School is a 5th & 6th grade center that opened in the 2012-13 school year. It is a beautiful new building in the Western Heights Public School District in Oklahoma City. We are so happy with the combination of 5th and 6th grade students in the same building. We have so much to offer them! We have free breakfast for all students, a full time counselor, an indirect services

teacher, Title I math and reading teachers, a clothing closet and food pantry available to our families, the backpack program, a school based social worker, two principals, and an energetic and innovative staff! We also have an outdoor classroom, a natural habitat with native grasses, trees, walking trails, and pond which provide our urban students with experiences that they would not normally have. At Bridgestone, we focus on preparing our students for the transition to middle school. We have to bridge the gap that can occur between elementary school and middle school. We have the awesome responsibility to keep our students engaged in school so that we can get them through the transitions successfully in order to graduate from high school. When our students graduate from Western Heights with a grade point average of 2.5 or higher, they can attend Oklahoma City Community College tuition free! We believe our school and district can provide a great education for the students in our district and a wonderful teaching opportunity for educators who truly want to make a difference!