Jenks, Okla. — Students in Jenks Public Schools return to class Friday morning.
It’s the debut school year for the district’s new Northwest Elementary School.
“It’s incredibly impressive.” Said Rob Loeber, Jenks schools Director of Communications. “State of the art playground equipment, two gyms... It’ll have a STEM lab, which is our first elementary STEM lab in the district.”
Northwest Elementary has a capacity of about 1,500 students. About 1,000 students will walk the halls this year.
The new school in on Elwood between 71st and 81st. The district produced the video below to help parents learn how to navigate Northwest Elementary.
Also new for Jenks this school year, the high school football stadium has been renamed ‘Allan Trimble Stadium’ after Coach Allan Trimble, who is fighting ALS.