Bob...We appreciate everything you do for or class, school, and community!
Christmas Break is almost here!🎄A few quick reminders:
👉 Early dismissal tomorrow, December 18th at 1:00 PM.
👉 Friday, December 19th, will be a Virtual Day. Assignments will be sent home or in Google Classroom.
Christmas Break begins December 20th and classes resume January 5th. Wishing everyone a relaxing and well-deserved break!
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
Your heart for students and daily impact do not go unnoticed. Thank you for everything you bring to our school! 🐾🤍
Send a Santa Sack Surprise!
Help spread a little holiday magic to our Okeene students from Pre-K through 12th grade by purchasing a Santa Sack this season! Each Santa Sack will include:
✨ a drink
✨ a candy bar
✨ a candy cane
✨ two extra special surprises
All orders are due Friday, December 12th, and Santa Sacks will be delivered the following week—just in time to brighten the holiday season!
Let’s make this a festive week our students will remember!
✨ High Plains Bank Christmas Tree Contest! ✨
Our elementary classes decked out their trees at High Plains Bank—and they look amazing!
Stop by the bank to vote for your favorite tree by placing a donation in its box. Every dollar counts as a vote, and the best part? Each class benefits from the money donated. Each winning class also gets prize money sponsored by High Plains Bank! Voting ends on Christmas Eve at noon!
Last year, teachers used their earnings for so many meaningful things— start-of-year goodies, end-of-year gifts for students, Christmas crafts, new classroom chairs, cardstock, manipulatives, STEM bin activities, snacks, novel-study book sets, classroom calculators, postcard-exchange supplies, and new library books. These funds were deeply appreciated by both teachers and students. Your support truly makes a difference.
Head over to High Plains Bank and help your favorite class shine bright this season! 🎄
After several weeks of researching, reading, and writing about the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and key facts about Oklahoma history, our 8th grade ELA students had the chance to put their knowledge to work in a very special way.
Friday, they teamed up with Ms. Hauser’s 3rd graders and used a giant floor map of Oklahoma—on loan from the Oklahoma Alliance for Geographic Education—to teach the younger students what they had learned.
Working in pairs, the 8th graders guided their 3rd grade partners across the map, helping them understand Oklahoma’s counties, cities, rivers, landmarks, and our place in the United States. They also shared kid-friendly explanations of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.
Our 8th graders did a spectacular job stepping into the role of teachers. They were patient, prepared, confident, and engaging. And the 3rd graders? They were incredible students—curious, attentive, and excited to learn from their big buddies.
It was a wonderful day of collaboration, leadership, and learning. We are so proud of all of them!
