Sports teach kids valuable life lessons, including the importance of individuality and self-expression. In this student-athlete interview, Isaiah Miller, a multi-sport athlete at Southeast Middle School, talks about the impact sports have had on his life and how they've helped shape him into the person he is today.
In this OKCPS student-athlete interview, Nevaeh Silva, a multi-sport athlete at Southeast Middle School, discusses the role sports have played in her life and how joining the wrestling team has given her the confidence to try new things.
In the last decade, our fields and playing surfaces have helped place thousands of kids on a better path in life. One of those kids is Daryen Jefferson, a multi-sport athlete from Douglass High School. In this OKCPS student-athlete interview, Daryen explains the impact sports have had on his life and how increased opportunities to join a team have helped him stay on the right track.
On Saturday, September 11th, we packed the park alongside community partners, Southeast Middle School student-athletes, and the South OKC community to celebrate the official opening of a new public softball field, football/soccer field, and outdoor stage at Southern Oaks Park.
KiZE Concepts has committed to donating 10,000 KiZE Bars to OKCPS Athletics throughout the 2022-2023 school year. This donation will help eliminate the barrier to healthy, nutritious local food for many OKCPS student-athletes while fueling them to perform better on the field and in the classroom.
The inaugural OCU Stars Mile Night got off to a perfect start with more than 150 runners from OKCPS and around the state participating in 12 heats. The night was anchored by the Simon Greiner Elite Mile men's and women's races with OCU's Shimales Abebe clocking a 4:07, the fastest time in Oklahoma this year.
On Thursday, April 21, 2022, we held a community celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony to introduce the completed Lopez Foods Sports Complex at U.S. Grant High School to the public. In typical Fields & Futures fashion, food, music, and festivities were involved!
With a full slate of running events stacked up throughout the past month, April could be called Running Month here in OKC. And thanks to the Simon Greiner Track & Field Program, we left our footprints all over it!
On a brisk Monday evening in early March, the Simon Greiner Track & Field Program packed Douglas High School's Moses F. Miller Stadium with more than 150 student-athletes from nine OKCPS middle schools for a middle school track & field clinic.
With amazing fall weather, a spectator-friendly course, and an energetic atmosphere, Webster Middle School provided the perfect setting for the All-City Athletic Conference Middle School Cross Country Championship.
