MHS Leadership
Kim Fleak, Muskogee High School Principal
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Email: kim.fleak@roughers.net |
Kim Fleak is the is the Principal of Muskogee High School. Mrs. Fleak returns to the high school having most recently served as Executive Director of Student Services and previously serving as Executive Director of Human Resources for the district. Prior to serving as a district administrator, she was the Principal of Muskogee High School, a role she held since 2017. In her thirty-year career in education, Fleak has taught grades fourth through twelfth. She began her career as a fourth-grade teacher in Sand Springs. Fleak came to Muskogee in 1993 joining Saint Joseph’s Catholic School teaching sixth through eighth grade for four years. In 1997, she joined Muskogee Public Schools. Fleak spent 11 years at the Muskogee Alternative Program as a teacher, Dean of Students and in 2003 was named Principal before assuming the same position at Harris Jobe Elementary. In her five years at Harris Jobe, Fleak implemented Literacy First, a literacy framework that has been adopted district-wide. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and a Masters Degree in School Administration from Northeastern State University.
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Email: tina.strickland@roughers.net | |
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Located in Building A - Serving Students with Last Names Starting with A-G |
Latin for unconquerable, students and staff in this house are committed to excellence, equity, and determination from our original core value from the R.O.A.D which means respect, opportunity, achievement, and determination. The Invictus motto is veni, vedi, vici which means, I came, I saw, I conquered. In their crest, you will see a lion which symbolizes determination and the mindset of unconquerable. The wheel symbolizes the well known quote penned by poet, William Ernest Henley, “I am the captain of my ship, the master of my fate.” The seven spokes in the wheel represent the letters supported in this house. In the center of the wheel, you will see the symbol for servant leadership of a hand holding a plant. The meaning of the colors represented in the crest are platinum, representing the pinnacle which is the culmination or most successful point and black which is symbolic for strength. In all of the crests, you will see Rougher green as we may be in a house, but we are all one Rougher. |
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Email: brian.doerner@roughers.net |
A 1982 graduate of Muskogee High School, Mr. Doerner has been with the Muskogee Public School district since 1996. He began his teaching career at MHS as a Social Studies teacher and coached Wrestling from 1996-2007. Mr. Doerner’s undergraduate degrees are in Political Science, History and Social Studies Education, with a Master’s in School Administration from Northeastern State University and holds an Oklahoma Secondary Principal’s Certificate. He also attended Saint Gregory’s College in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. His secondary teaching credentials include American History, Oklahoma History, World History, Geography, Sociology, Anthropology, and Special Education. Mr. Doerner has been an Administrator at Alice Robertson Junior High School (ARJH) since 2012 and has served as 8th-grade principal as well as Director of the New Tech Academy at ARJH. Mr. Doerner is committed to Public Education and an advocate of Project-Based Learning. The New Tech Academy at ARJH is the first of its kind in the State of Oklahoma Mr. Doerner serves on the District's Long Range Planning Committee and he is a member of the Muskogee County Board of Health. Brian was recently honored as one of the top 18 in 2018 by the Action in Muskogee (AIM) Educational Excellence Committee for his outstanding support of and contributions to pursuit of excellence in education in the Muskogee Community.
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Robert Pittman, Invictus Dean of Students
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Email: robert.pittman@roughers.net |
Robert Pittman serves Muskogee Public Schools as a Dean of Students at Muskogee High School. He is married to his beautiful wife Melissa and has 2 children and 3 step children that are all grown.This will be the beginning of his second stint at MHS and first year as Dean of Students for Invictus House providing services for students with the last names that start with A-G. He was previously in the same role at the 7th and 8th Grade Academy at Ben Franklin in which he served since 2013. Mr. Pittman joined Muskogee Public Schools in 2001 as an ISP and PE Teacher while coaching football and wrestling. In 2005, Pittman moved into a role as ISP teacher at Alice Robertson Junior High. In his time at Muskogee, Pittman has received The Master Educator Bell Award at Alice Robertson Junior High in 2017, recognized as Site Educator of the Year in 2018 at Alice Robertson Junior High, and in 2019 received a Certificate of Recognition for Valuable Contributions at ARJH. He began his career as an assistant football coach at Southeastern Oklahoma State University where he also received a Bachelor of Science in Education. Mr. Pittman has been a teacher and coach in Terrell,Tx, Sapulpa and Broken Arrow and in 2013 began furthering his education at Northeastern Oklahoma State University, In total Mr. Pittman will be starting his 30th year in education.
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Located in Building B - Supporting Students with Last Names Starting with H-O |
Latin for Respect, reverentia is founded on the principle to seek first to understand and then be understood. Their crest dons a shield with an iceberg in the middle symbolizing that there is more to a person than what meets the eye. The olive branch above the banner represents a quest for peace. The Roman numeral on each respective side of the shield represents 1970, the year Manual Training and MHS integrated forming our Rougher High School today. The wolves symbolize inclusion while the lamp represents wisdom and the compass logic another core value of this power house. Students and staff in this house harken back to excellence, inclusion, wisdom and respect. |
Email: kinsey.cook@roughers.net |
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Lynwood Wade, Reverentia Dean of Students
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Email: lynwood.wade@roughers.net |
Lynwood Wade is a former Rougher, graduating from Muskogee High School in 1990. He led the Roughers to a state tournament appearance his senior season and earned All-State honors. Wade was chosen to represent Oklahoma in the Faith 7 Games against Texas. In 2016, Wade was inducted into Muskogee High School Hall of Fame.
Wade is passionate about Muskogee and that passion runs deep in the family. Most of his family graduated from MHS. His mother, Laura Wade, taught 3rd grade in the Muskogee public school system for 29 years before retiring. His aunt, Kay Swindle, currently is the Director of Before and After Care at Muskogee Public Schools. He is coming home in hopes of getting Muskogee back to powerhouse status. Another passion of Wade’s is education and teaching young students a skill set they can use later in life. Wade has a Bachelors in Recreation Administration from Texas State University. He continued his education at University of Oklahoma earning a Master’s degree in Education Administration. Wade is in his second year serving as an Administrator/Head Boys Basketball Coach and (Dean of Students) at MHS. Basketball doesn’t last forever but character does. Wade and his wife Sarah have two children, Lynwood IV (10) and Lindyn (4).
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Email: jennifer.norwood@roughers.net |
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Located in Building C - Supporting Students with Last Names Starting with P-Z |
The sounding call of House Tempus is Carpe Tempus. Seize the time. Originating from the O for opportunity in our original R.O.A.D touchstone. This house wasted no time in creating their legacy. They believe the world is their opportunity. In their crest, you will see the Phoenix holding their banner which means rebirth and continuity. Each day is made new as are our opportunities to write our stories. On the left size, you will see the numbers 1970, the founding year of MHS, middle left is Carpe for seize and Tempus representing the latin word time which is where we find our opportunities. On the right, you will see 2020, the founding year of this house. The three hands reaching up to the world represent athletics, academics, and arts. The hard hat is our symbol for Roughers and the seven sun rays rising behind the earth is the number of completion as we strive to complete that path to excellence demonstrating our core values while focusing on inclusion and excellence. |
Andre Freeman, Tempus Principal
Email: andre.freeman@roughers.net |
Shonika Breedlove, Tempus Dean of Students
Email: shonika.breedlove@roughers.net |
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Lyris Craig, Tempus Attendance Secretary
Email: lyris.craig@roughers.net |
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