Come celebrate our homecoming attendants and queen candidates this evening at 6:30 pm with our Homecoming game vs Geary to follow! The HS/JH has had a fun week dressing up in our Disney theme!
That's our teacher!!! Mrs. Hutchison was just named the Siegfried Excellence in STEM Education Teacher of the Year. There are awesome things happening at Okeene Public Schools!!!
Schedule of events for tomorrow's homecoming festivities! Don't forget the bonfire and pep assembly tonight at 8pm at the Sports Complex also!
Whippet backpacks have arrived!! You can pay for them using RevTrak on the Okeene Public School website. Backpacks are $45 each. You can also pay for class dues ($20.00) in the same way now. There is a step by step tutorial at the following link to walk you through the process. https://app.tango.us/app/workflow/How-to-pay-for-a-back-pack-at-Okeene-Public-Schools-aa1b418cb2d74872b23928003ee11c7e
Mrs. Krause was chosen as the teacher of the month at the Elementary for the month of August. She teaches 1st grade, is our social media/website coordinator and helps manage Skordle. She was presented a gift certificate to Whippet Bites by Mr. Regier. Mr. Brickman was chosen as the teacher of the month at the high school for the month of August. He teaches 7th Grade Science, Biology, and Chemistry. He also coaches football and baseball. Mr. Brickman was presented a gift certificate to Whippet Bites by Anette Alvis, Heidy Franqui-Santos, and Daniella Torres.
OPS will be having our federal programs meeting on September 17th at 11:30 a.m.
Congratulations to three Okeene High School teachers today! Mrs. Hutchison, Mrs. Hursh, and Mrs. Feely were awarded $2,500.00 Marathon Oil Uncoventional Thinking grants to purchase items for their classrooms. Thank you to Marathon Oil for supporting students and teachers across the state.
Kindergarten had a busy day Friday! They read an Ag Book in the morning. Then for math they played musical chairs comparing groups with more, less, or equal amounts. They also searched the rooms to draw shapes and numbers.
XC getting it done at Cherokee! Lots of medals today! 🥇
Congratulations to Elaine Hutchison for being selected as one of four exceptional educators by the Tulsa Regional Alliance! Elaine has received a $5,000 grant from the prestigious Siegfried STEM Excellence Award, which honors the most dedicated and inspirational teachers. She is now a finalist and will be recognized at the Flight Night Gala in Tulsa on Thursday, September 12. If selected as the winner, she will receive an additional $5,000! Best of luck to Elaine as she continues to inspire and impact her students!
The cheerleaders would love to have any Pre- K through 6th graders join them on the track during the 3rd quarter of each home game. 📣 It's only $2 to cheer!
Yearbook is selling spirit items. You may purchase at the school or at the next home high school game.
Before football practice on Labor Day, our Whippet Football team members helped the Catholic Thrift Store change out their seasons to fall/winter. This consisted of making an assembly line up the stairs and passing several bags of clothes weighing up to 50 lbs. They finished in record time, about 12 minutes. Great Job, Whippets!
Okeene FFA is happy to announce they are selling some swag. Attached you'll find our Okeene FFA merchandise store. It will close Sept. 15th with the delivery of the items being a couple weeks after that. Thanks for supporting Okeene FFA. http://okeeneffamerch24.itemorder.com/
Homecoming is next week and the theme is Disney! 🎥 Here is the schedule for the dress up days.
Our Okeene Whippets are being featured on the Skordle Pay Dirt show this week! 🎤🏈You can access it on the Skordle app, Skordle.tv, Sports Animal app, Youtube, and Facebook.
Mr. Woolley's 6th graders held class today at the Okeene Market. They reviewed how to figure unit rate so they can make wise decisions while shopping. 🛒
Meet your 2024-2025 Sixth Grade Class Officers!
President- Savannah Woolley
Vice-President- Emery Fisher
Secretary- Hazen McGinn
Treasurer- Livie Bryan
Congratulations to all candidates and new officers!!
Do to a misunderstanding, the processing fee for RevTrak online payment system will be turned back on affective immediately.
Reminder blue and gold orders are due Tomorrow 8/30
