Did you miss the Basketball Playoff Tshirt order last week? If you still want to order a tshirt only for $20, please text your name and sizes by NOON today to Mrs. Feely at 580-822-5014. They will be delivered by Feb. 10th during PT Conferences. You can pick them up at the HS library.
❤️🍬 Sweeten Someone’s Valentine! 🍬❤️
The Jr./Sr. High Gifted & Talented program is selling Valentine Candy Grams! Each Candy Gram includes pop, candy, and a small gift.
💖 $5 each
📅 Orders due February 10
📬 Turn in orders to Mrs. Hursh or your child’s teacher
Support our Gifted & Talented students and make someone’s day a little sweeter! 💕
The Jr./Sr. High Gifted & Talented program is selling Valentine Candy Grams! Each Candy Gram includes pop, candy, and a small gift.
💖 $5 each
📅 Orders due February 10
📬 Turn in orders to Mrs. Hursh or your child’s teacher
Support our Gifted & Talented students and make someone’s day a little sweeter! 💕
Groundhog's Day is upon us and the First Graders made their predictions as to whether or not he would see his shadow. With a vote of 14 to 9 we are hopeful he will NOT see his shadow and spring will come early. We also wrote about which season we prefer winter or spring. ❄️ 🌞 ⛄️ 🌺
Elementary Webstore Fundraiser is still going strong! https://okeenemerch2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/
How it works:
• Choose your shirt style, then select from multiple design options (usually 3 per style)
• The embroidery options are located at the top of the page
• Checkout options include:
📦 Ship to home
🏫 School pickup – include your student’s name so items can be sent home with them.
How it works:
• Choose your shirt style, then select from multiple design options (usually 3 per style)
• The embroidery options are located at the top of the page
• Checkout options include:
📦 Ship to home
🏫 School pickup – include your student’s name so items can be sent home with them.
Congrats to our Lady Whippets for finishing 3rd in the Shattuck Tournament with a win over Arnett!
The Covington-Douglas games originally rescheduled for this Saturday, January 31st, have been canceled. They will not be made up.
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
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
Our Okeene Lady Whippets won 3rd place in the Shattuck Shootout today while our boys fell short in overtime. The Whippets play at home tomorrow night against Geary starting with junior high at 4:00pm!
Today's Whippet basketball games at the Shattuck tournament can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgtzWzTuJmk
Join our 4H and FFA for a Turkey and Pulled Pork dinner on Sunday from 11:30-1:00pm at the cafeteria! 🎟️
There have been some changes to the grade school and junior high games next Thursday, February 5th, in Okeene. With these adjustments, we were able to reschedule the Dover High School games for that evening as well.
The grade school basketball games tomorrow have been canceled.
A HUGE THANK YOU to these staff members and volunteers. Your hard work made it possible for classes to resume tomorrow. We are so grateful! ❄️
The basketball games tomorrow night, January 27th, against Dover have been postponed. We will update when a new date is determined.
Okeene Public Schools will start at 9:00 AM tomorrow, January 27th to give custodians time to salt and busses more time to run their routes. There will be no breakfast served. There will also be no Gym Rats.
There will be no school tomorrow, January 26th. Stay safe and warm, Whippets! ❄️
Although the concert was cancelled due to extreme weather on Saturday, Senior Caden Reames, participated in the OKMEA All State Wind Symphony at the state conference this past week. He earned 4th chair overall! We are so proud of his accomplishments!
Updated game times for the Shattuck Shootout next Wednesday, January 28th.
Please don't let your students leave their Chromebook in the car in this bitter cold—they have LCD screens and the extreme cold will make them non-functional. Remember, if you're cold, so is your Chromebook-bring them in! 🥶 💻 ❄️