✨📚 Read Across Okeene 📚✨
Mrs. Unruh and Ms. Haworth celebrated Read Across America Week in the best way — with Book Buddies! ❤️
Our Fifth Grade students partnered up with First Grade students for a special reading time together. Through partner reading, our older students practiced leadership, fluency, and expression while helping build confidence in our younger readers.
Moments like these foster a true love for reading. There’s something powerful about a fifth grader modeling excitement over a book and a first grader looking up to them with a smile. 💙
At Okeene, we’re not just teaching students to read — we’re helping them love to read. ✨📖 #ReadAcrossOkeene #BookBuddies #OkeeneWhippets:
Baseball season is here! ⚾ This week, there have been a few changes to the schedule. Our Junior High takes the field tonight at home. If you haven't been out to see the work Coach Booth has put into the field, you should. It is looking great for the season!
Our Pre-K Pre-Enrollment day will be April 16th in the Pre-K building. Incoming students must be 4 years old by September 1st. Please call the office if you have any questions.
Webstore is re-opened for one week only! Get your orders in ASAP: https://okeenemerch2026.itemorder.com/shop/home/
On Friday, 1st grade recognized Rare Disease Day with a very special guest reader. Laikley’s mom and little sister joined the class to read and teach her classmates about MCADD, a rare metabolic disorder that Laikley lives with every day. They helped them understand what MCADD is, why awareness matters, and how being kind and informed makes a big difference.
1st grade loved learning from them, asking thoughtful questions, and celebrating Laikley—our brave rare warrior! Thank you to this amazing family for sharing their story and helping us spread awareness, understanding, and compassion. 💜🦓
National FFA Week is Here!
We’ve got a busy and exciting week ahead as we celebrate FFA Week! We encourage everyone to come out, show your support, and participate in our dress-up days. Let’s see that school spirit and FFA pride all week long! 💙💛
We’ll wrap up the week on Saturday with our annual FFA Community Breakfast in the cafeteria with pancakes and sausage. We hope you’ll join us for great food and fellowship as we celebrate our members and supporters.
Thank you for always supporting our FFA chapter — it truly makes a difference!
Our first grade students just wrapped up their Celebrating America unit! 🇺🇸 Throughout the unit, they learned about important holidays and symbols that tell the story of our country. We voted to see which one we thought was the best and the Bald Eagle won. To finish it off, students brought their learning to life by creating 3-D printed structures of Mount Rushmore, the Liberty Bell, and the Statue of Liberty. Hands-on learning, creativity, and lots of pride in our great nation—way to go, first graders! A big thank you to Mrs. Hutchison for her help and guidance during the 3D building process. ❤️🤍💙
Elementary students... this one’s for YOU! ☀️Beginning Monday, March 2nd, shorts will be allowed for the remainder of the school year!
Earlier this week at the High Plains Technology Center, students from across the region gathered for the Oklahoma North West Academic Conference (ONWAC) banquet and awards ceremony. The event honored 18 outstanding Academic Team competitors who won their conference and were recognized as All-Conference Players, All-Conference Team members, and Conference All-Stars.
All-Conference Players are those who scored the most points and answered the most questions throughout the season — a true testament to both knowledge and quick thinking. We are incredibly proud to share that Bridger Hursh represented Okeene as an All-Conference Player and was also named one of just five Conference All-Stars, recognizing him as a top five competitor across both the North and West conferences.
In team awards, Cimarron earned 1st place in the North region with Timberlake taking 2nd, while in the West region Vici claimed 1st and Mooreland placed 2nd.
What an incredible accomplishment for Bridger, Coach Wray and for Okeene! Their hard work, dedication, and academic excellence continue to make our community proud. Congratulations to Bridger, Coach Wray and the entire Okeene Academic Team!
All-Conference Players are those who scored the most points and answered the most questions throughout the season — a true testament to both knowledge and quick thinking. We are incredibly proud to share that Bridger Hursh represented Okeene as an All-Conference Player and was also named one of just five Conference All-Stars, recognizing him as a top five competitor across both the North and West conferences.
In team awards, Cimarron earned 1st place in the North region with Timberlake taking 2nd, while in the West region Vici claimed 1st and Mooreland placed 2nd.
What an incredible accomplishment for Bridger, Coach Wray and for Okeene! Their hard work, dedication, and academic excellence continue to make our community proud. Congratulations to Bridger, Coach Wray and the entire Okeene Academic Team!
TODAY @ 11:30AM on Main Street 📣🐾
The Whippets advance in Area! 🐾
Next up: Pond Creek-Hunter
📍 Woodward
📆 February 27th
🕝 2:30 PM
Quick turnaround — same determination. Let’s go, Whippets! 💪🔥
Next up: Pond Creek-Hunter
📍 Woodward
📆 February 27th
🕝 2:30 PM
Quick turnaround — same determination. Let’s go, Whippets! 💪🔥
National Honor Society students were recognized earlier this week at an installation of new members and senior recognition ceremony.
Our Whippets need your support tomorrow, February 26th, in Woodward as they play Balko-Forgan. To get them hyped, there will be a pep rally in the auditorium at 2:50! 📣🏀🐾
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
There are several upcoming National ACT testing dates approaching, so we wanted to be sure to let you know about registration deadlines as well. If your child is not signed up by March 6th for the April 11th test, you'll want to do that soon.
Okeene Dentistry and Braces visited Okeene Elementary School to speak with our Pre-K through 6th grade students about the importance of good dental hygiene. They shared valuable tips on flossing, brushing for a full two minutes, and the importance of visiting the dentist every six months for regular checkups. We would like to extend a huge thank you to Okeene Dentistry and Braces, Dr. Cuevas, and his entire team for taking the time to educate and encourage our students to build healthy habits that will last a lifetime. We truly appreciate your support of our school and community!
Mrs. Long took a few Okeene FCS students to FCS Day at the Oklahoma Capitol last week. They were recognized from the house floor by representative Mike Dobrinski. After, they met with him in his office along with representative Tim Turner and Senator Jech.
Both basketball teams advance in Regionals tomorrow at 1:00pm and 2:30pm in Seiling. Games will be live-streamed on Texhoma's Booster Club YouTube Channel. Access it here: https://www.youtube.com/@TexhomaBoosterClubOrganization/streams
Both of our basketball teams continue in Regionals today. Due to playoffs and streaming rights, neither game will be streamed live, so travel to Seiling and cheer on our Whippets! 🏀🐾
Our Okeene National Honor Society invites you to their Installation and Senior Recognition on Monday, February 23rd at 9:00AM in the High School Auditorium.
