⚾️No High School Baseball today🧢
🏀March Madness Reading Challenge🏀
Sweet 16 Round is complete and the Elite 8 is underway!
Raylee Fisher was drafted to the pros with 50.2 points! Peyton Long earned points to become our newest MVP!
Check out the updated bracket below!
Check out the latest version of our Whippet Wonders STEM Newsletter and see all the amazing hands-on learning happening!
https://shorturl.at/fJKaX
5th and 6th grade Honor Band performed today in Fairview. 🎼🎶
Okeene Public School is seeking two energetic highly motivated individuals to fill full-time vacancies for custodial/maintenance positions. The position will require the individual to clean multiple buildings daily along with assisting in mowing and maintaining the yard around the buildings assigned. One of these positions will begin in April and the other on June 1st of this year. For more information regarding the application process, salary, other compensations, and a better job description, please contact Superintendent Mike Jinkens at 580-822-3268.
It was the "Best Day Ever!" as our 1st and 2nd grade students learned about tools that some students use to help them with developmental disabilities! Thanks to Robin Swaim, Clinical Social Worker III for SoonerStart Early Intervention for bringing the lesson and reading some wonderful new books!
Our March Madness Reading Challenge is heating up! We had a bracket buster this morning! A representative from "OKC Thunder" drafted one of our outstanding readers to the pros! MVP Raylee Fisher signed her first big contract to read at the pro level! Congrats!
Timberlake JH Baseball Tournament Information
Our backpack fundraiser closes tonight at midnight. Here is a sample of what they will look like. The cost is $50. Order online: https://forms.gle/PHGiXPCMVeUc6AH26
Join our FCCLA April 19th for a Community Easter Egg Hunt! 🐰🥚🌷
Ace Long and Blayne Jinkens competed at the Small School State Powerlifting Meet in El Reno today. Ace Long finished with a 5th place medal in the 181 weight class. We are proud of these young men for representing the Okeene Whippets very well. Thank you to Coach Allen for helping these boys have a great season!
The baseball tournament games today have been postponed due to high winds. ⚾️💨 Whippets will play Medford on April 8th for Consolation.
Student Council members had a great day at the District Conference! They discussed their "why" and how they can get more students involved.
Applications are now open for FREE STEM Summer Academies across the state! This summer, Oklahoma's rising 8th – 12th-grade students (current 7th – 11th) have the chance to delve into various STEM fields while experiencing life on a college campus. There are both commuter opportunities (students go home every evening) and residential opportunities (students stay overnight on the college campus). Applications opened on March 1st for these dynamic and activity-packed academies. Space is limited, so early applications are encouraged.
Explore Free STEM Summer Academies taking place on college and university campuses across the state! https://secure.okcollegestart.org/High_School_Planning/Summer_academies/summer_academies.aspx
Join Us for the 2nd Annual Okeene Whippets Trash Bash!
We’re coming together to clean up the highways leading in and out of Okeene—north, south, east, and west!
📅 Date: Saturday, April 19th
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM
📍 Meeting Spot: The Corner
The eSports team and Gifted students are encouraged to attend, but all 7th-12th graders looking for volunteer hours (or just wanting to help out) are welcome!
We also need at least 3 parents to join us! With enough volunteers, we should be done in about an hour.
Let’s show our Whippet pride and keep Okeene clean! 🐾💙
2025 Cherokee Strip Conference Baseball Tournament - March 13 & 14
Congratulations to all of our 1st Semester Junior and Senior High Honor Roll students!
The high school track meet scheduled in Hennessey this Friday has been postponed to Monday, April 14th.
We're opening up another backpack fundraiser. To order, you must complete this Google Form: https://forms.gle/PHGiXPCMVeUc6AH26
Payment won't be required until backpacks arrive. All checks should be made out to Okeene High School or you can pay online using Rev Trak. Arrival is TBD, but we're hopeful they will arrive before the end of the school year.
Our powerlifters competed really well at the OPCA Northwest Regional meet in Enid on Friday. Both lifters qualified for the state meet on March 15th in El Reno.
🏋️Ace Long - 1st, 181 weight class, 1300 total pounds
🏋🏽 Blayne Jinkens - 6th, 168 weight class, 970 total pounds
Good Luck at State💪🏼🐾🩵
