Last week, our Elementary students wrapped up the Bedlam Food Drive. OSU was the winner with 409 items donated while OU came in 2nd with a total of 273 items donated. The 2nd Grade and 5th Grade were the winners for the classes that brought the most food items. Overall, the school donated 580 pounds of food to our local food pantry, which could not come at a better time with the holidays quickly approaching.
A big thank you goes to the Okeene Chamber of Commerce who awarded pizza for the class winners and raffle prizes for students who participated in the food drive. Those businesses included The Dog House, Spiced Magnolia Mercantile, and Luckie Drug. The grand prizes which included Amazon and Dollar General giftcards were donated by Burghardt Farms.
The showteam merch store is now live. Follow the link below to purchase items in the store. It will close December 3 and items will be ready 2-3 weeks following the closing of the store. http://okeeneffamerch23.itemorder.com/
This past week, 2nd graders in Mrs. Krause's class learned what it means to be grateful + how to make their own pumpkin pies in a bag. 🥧🦃
The FFA Labor Auction is quickly approaching. Let our FFA members cook for you right before Thanksgiving with a pulled pork dinner followed by the labor auction. It will be November 21st in the school cafeteria with a meal starting at 6:00 and the auction will begin at 6:45.
Boys and Girls Brackets for 5/6 Grade Tournament in Cherokee
The Okeene Kiwanis invited Mrs. Laubach, OHS Counselor, the five 2023 HOBY delegates and their families to last Thursday's luncheon. Sydney Biggs, Meade Brickman, Edan Chasteen, Diego Lopez and Destry Swaim attended the Hugh O'Brien Leadership Seminar (HOBY) this past summer at the University of Central Oklahoma. They joined Oklahoma high school students from around the state for an intensive program with activities and seminars to promote leadership and initiative to positively impact their world. During the luncheon, each of these students. shared about their experiences attending HOBY, how they have been inspired to positively impact their class, their school, and the Okeene community.
Thank you Lyndsey for volunteering to be a mystery reader! Her books were all about kindness and being different - it was the perfect message! Our class has loved every mystery reader that we've had!
Lights On!! Playoff football tonight vs Cyril. Veteran's plus one get in free tonight.
First grade wants to thank all the Veterans for their sacrifice and service. 🇺🇸♥️
Alex Hicks, Okeene 4th grader, won 1st place in our district Soil Conservation poster contest. His poster went onto the area contest and placed 2nd. Alex was recognized at the Area meeting luncheon on Tuesday afternoon, November 7, at the Woodward Conference Center where he received a medal for his accomplishment. Great job, Alex! We are so proud of you!
Congratulations to a job well done!
6 amazing high school students gave up their highly anticipated Bedlam Saturday and traveled to OKC's Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics to take a mock ACT test and attend ACT tutoring classes. They started their long day at 6 in the morning and returned tired but knowing just that much more about the ACT! You made us proud! It was a great day to be an Okeene Whippet!!!
Bob Ford presented to the 3rd grade class, along with several high school students and guests. He spoke about his experiences during his time serving in the Vietnam War. He was also our class Mystery Reader last week!
Thank you Bob Ford, and all the other Veterans, for your service to our country!
The Playoffs are here. Per OSSAA regulations, OHS will be using the GoFan ticketing app at the gate. Digital ticketing is available through GoFan. Tickets are $8.35 each. Go to the OSSAA website and click on the RED button on the front page or the link on the football page to access all 88 games in the 1st round of the football playoffs. Cash tickets are $10. There are how-to-guides at https://get.gofan.co/digital-ticketing-guide
Waukomis JH Basketball Tournament Bracket
The 5/6th grade games today (11/6) have been moved up to 4:30pm at Watonga.
Kindergarten had royalty today for our Mystery Reader! Thank you Zoe for coming to kindergarten, donating a book, and having a mini dance party with us 🩵
Day number one at FFA National Convention is in the books. The day started off with a tour of Ozark fisheries where the students learned about all aspects of raising and selling gold fish and koi fish. After a short lunch break at an awesome BBQ restaurant in Martinsville, we went on our second tour at Hunters Honey Farm. Here students learned how every aspect of the honey and bee process goes, learned how beeswax candles are made, and they even got their own personal bottle of honey. Then we rounded out the tours with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a little fun. We even got to kiss the bricks.  We are ready for the first day of convention tomorrow at the National FFA center.
Updated Grade School Tournament Bracket
Skordle Game Of The Week! Let's gooooooo!
Elementary staff forgot what holiday it was!
