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Our Okeene FCCLA students represented us in a BIG way at State yesterday! 👏 🏆 Dylan Hogue – State Champion in Level 2 Culinary Arts Grill 🥉 Carlos Lopez & Uziel Rubio – 3rd Place in Level 2 Nutrition & Wellness 🥉 William Woolley – 3rd Place in Level 3 Say Yes to FCS and qualified for Nationals! As a chapter, Okeene FCCLA also earned: Gold Chapter Award Recruitment Award 100% Membership A special shoutout to Mrs. Long, who goes above and beyond every day to make our program a success. Our students wouldn’t be where they are without her dedication and leadership! We are so proud of these students. What a great day to be a Whippet! 🐾

Due to the Okeene Junior High Track Meet on Monday, the JH softball team will not play at Vici. However, the high school team will still travel there to play both Hammon and Vici.

Tutoring for junior high and high school students is available Tuesdays & Thursdays after school until 4:30 PM!

Students must sign up before lunch on the day they plan to attend.

There’s also an online tutoring option available to all students through the Okeene Public Library — a great resource for homework help anytime! 💻 Here is a tutorial on how to access it: https://app.tango.us/app/workflow/Access-Live-Tutoring-via-Okeene-Public-Library-14c19c89771f49d8809830a3d261d631

Stem Lab Fun!! The 3rd grade class had a blast competing in the Dash Robot Challenge! Thanks Mrs. Hutchinson for a fun learning opportunity!

The PreK through 2nd grade classes have been listening to the read-aloud challenges and voting for their favorites each week. Our super listeners are seen with the books from the Redbud bracket. On the last day of March, they picked our final winner, "Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme" by Betsy Bird. Mrs. Henri Blehm joined us for our final vote! All of our Redbud books are available at the Okeene Public Library. Go check them out!
Vote #11-The Quacken
Creed Gifford
Iris Macias
Vote #12-Zebra and Yak
Ivy Johannesmeyer
Daniel Huerta
Vote #13-Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme
Declan Moore
Gracelynn Everett
Vote #14-The Quacken
Delilah Pembrook
Silvano Cornejo
Finals-Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme over The Quacken
Kylee Ruiz
Tripp Turner

Each spring, students from across Oklahoma are recognized at the Oklahoma Education Awards for Arts Excellence. This is a prestigious event that honors outstanding high school juniors and seniors for their talent and dedication in the arts.

The 36th annual ceremony will be held on April 21st at the Guthrie Scottish Rite Center, recognizing students in areas such as dance, drama/theatre, instrumental music, piano, visual arts, and vocal music. This year, 145 students statewide were selected for this honor.

We are proud to share that Okeene’s own Caden Reames was named one of just 38 students in the Instrumental Music category!

This recognition reflects not only incredible talent, but also the hard work and commitment that make the arts so impactful in our schools and communities.

Congratulations, Caden! We are proud of you!🎶

Schedule change for Whippet Softball today at Jet! 🥎

Our 2nd–6th grade students had an incredible day at the Civic Center Music Hall enjoying a performance by the Oklahoma City Philharmonic! They explored music from around the world and learned about the many instruments that make up an orchestra. A big thank you to Mr. Alexander for organizing this amazing opportunity and to all of our teachers who helped make the day a success!

The 2nd-6th graders will be attending the Philharmonic Orchestra Concert in OKC tomorrow. Students will need to wear their new Okeene shirt and pack a lunch if they are not getting a school lunch. The bus will be home before school dismisses.

Okeene Public Schools is currently seeking three (3) Elementary Special Education Paraprofessionals for the 2026-2027 school year. If you think you'd be a good fit for one of these positions, please apply.

Senior parents, if you would like to purchase a senior tribute the forms and payment are due Monday , March 30. Please turn this in to reserve your senior a tribute in the 2026 yearbook.

Yearbooks early bird price ends tomorrow. After March 25 the yearbook cost goes up to $40.00 each.

Our track team will not be going to the Thomas track meet on Saturday, March 28th.

Elementary Student Sylogist accounts need to be made by the primary guardian this week. From 8:30am - 3:30pm on tomorrow through Thursday, we have created a sign-up station in the Elementary Resource Room. You can enroll your children all at once, so please make plans to stop in during one of those time slots. The process will only take 20-25 minutes.

Reminder-- This step is MANDATORY and VERY important as it allows us to correctly link guardianship for your student in our new system.

The JH softball games today have been canceled. The HS will play a double header starting at 4:30. Tomorrow's games against Dover have also been canceled.

Elementary Student Sylogist accounts need to be made by the primary guardian this week. From 8:30am - 3:30pm on Tuesday-Thursday, we have created a sign-up station in the Elementary Resource Room. You can enroll your children all at once, so please make plans to stop in during one of those time slots. The process will only take 20-25 minutes.

Reminder-- This step is MANDATORY and VERY important as it allows us to correctly link guardianship for your student in our new system.

In January, a 4th grader, Peyton Long, won the Okeene Elementary Spelling Bee.🥇She was presented her trophy at the 3rd Nine Weeks Assembly. The personalized trophy was made by our JH/HS STEM students and Mrs. Hutchison.🏆 How cool is that? We're proud of your hard work, Peyton! 👏

During National Breakfast Week, our cafeteria hosted a coloring contest for all 1st graders. The winner was Suttyn Krause. She received her prize today at lunch. 👏 We would also like to thank our cafeteria staff for the work they do each day preparing breakfast and lunch for our students. We appreciate the care they put into serving our kids every day. 🥪🍎