JH basketball games have been moved up today at the Sharon-Mutual Tournament.
Our 4th grade participated in the 1st Annual 🏀PIG Tournament🏀 in PE. All students did a great job. The four finalists showed not only their skills on the court, but also great sportsmanship. 👏
1st Place: Asher Voelzke
2nd Place: Axl Long
3rd Place: Lincoln Unruh
4th Place: Autumn Schultz
Coach Booth looks forward to making this a yearly tradition for 4th graders in the future.
🏆📚 Congratulations, 7th Grade! 📚🏆
For two consecutive quarters, the 7th-grade class has claimed victory in the AR Snow Cone Challenge, out reading the staff, 8th grade, and 9th grade! This quarter, they earned an impressive 777 AR points, securing a well-deserved free snow cone or bag of cotton candy treat. 🍧
While everyone is doing an amazing job reading, 7th grade has proven themselves to be remarkable readers. Their dedication, effort, and love for books are inspiring! You should all be incredibly proud of your hard work.
The big question is: Can they make it a three-peat in the 3rd quarter? The competition is heating up, and everyone has a chance to take the ribbon. Let’s keep turning those pages and see who will come out on top next time! 📖
Okeene Elementary Redbud Reading Challenge Round #2 Winner: Lucky Duck!
As all of you are aware, it was brought to the attention of school administration that a possible threat was being made against our school on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. We immediately informed law enforcement of the situation and together with their efforts felt we could safely and successfully carry out our shcool day while investigating the incident. I can now inform our consistuents that our administration with assistance from law enforcement have concluded that there is no verifiable truth to these accusations. On behalf of Okeene Public Schools we want to thank Chief Rackley for his imediate support and organization of an unbelievable police presence. Chief Rackley organized a response team comprised of various law enforcement agencies to be present at the beginning of our school day with several officers remaining on campus througout the day to ensure the safety and well-being of our students and staff. We also want to thank all of our parents and legal guardians who entrust the safety and well-being of your children to us here at Okeene Public Schools. I assure each of you that it is a responsibility we do not take for granted. Thank you for your continued support and Go-Bless our school and community!!! Yours in Education, Okeene School Administration.
Picture Day is this Wednesday, January 15th. PreK - Junior individuals, new Seniors, and missing faculty will be taking pictures! 📸
Due to inclement weather, Okeene Public Schools will have a Virtual Day tomorrow, January 10th. Stay warm, Whippets! ☃️🧣
Due to inclement weather, the Okeene Invitational Basketball Tournament has been postponed until Saturday. Top seeds have advanced to the winners bracket and lower seeds have advanced to the losers bracket. Tournament play will pick up in the semifinals on Saturday and finals on Monday.
Early release today, January 9th @ 1:00pm! 🌨
The Okeene Invitational Basketball Tournament has been postponed due to weather. We will proceed with a Friday, Saturday, Monday format until further notice. Here are the updated brackets as of Thursday, January 9th at 10:30am.
After assessing the situation, the current radar, and expectations for this evening in the parking lot; OPS has decided to postpone the entire Okeene Invitational Tournament until tomorrow. We will proceed with a Fri, Sat, Mon format. Please watch for any other updates.
Our Junior High Whippets and Lady Whippets will be participating in the Sharon Mutual Junior High Basketball Tournament next week.
The Redbud Reading Challenge kicked off today in Pre-K through 2nd grades. Each week, students will read two books and vote on their favorite. The winning book will advance and by April, Okeene Elementary will have chosen their favorite book to win the Redbud Reading Challenge.
The 2025 Okeene Invitational Basketball Tournament starts this Thursday! Our Lady Whippets play Hinton at 7:00pm and our Whippets follow against Geary at 8:20pm.
Gym Rats starts back up tomorrow, January 7th at 6:30am in the old gym for any 3rd-8th graders. 🏀
Reflecting on December: A Blessed Community in Okeene, Oklahoma As we step into a new year, I can't help but reflect on how truly blessed we are here in Okeene. We are surrounded by a supportive community, a dedicated school board, and an admininstration that tirelessly works to make everying we do in school possible. Our supportive parents are always there to help us along the way, and we are privileged to teach the most amazing students any teacher could ask for. Looking back at December, it was a month that reminded me of what education is really about. Our 7th-9th grade students came together in a beautiful display of selflessness and community spirit. They wrote Christmas cards and made 3D printed key chains for recovering soldiers at the Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda, MD, sending over 70 heartfelt cards before the holidays. They also filled stockings for one another, learning and embodying the true spirit of giving. These acts of kindness and generosity showed me once again what makes Okeene students unique and special. They taught each other-and me-what it means to give without expecting anything in return. To watch students write cards to injured soldiers-strangers they don't know- and put gifts into stockings as if they were Santa is something I wish you all could have witnessed. There aren't words to describe it. Tears might. My heart grew. Thank you Okeene, for making 2024 an inspiring and incredible year. Here's to continuing the spirit of support and community in the months to come! December proved that our students are becoming exactly what we want them to be, learning from the incredible examples set by parents, administratiors, and community members. It was a great MONTH to be a Whippet!
Attention!! The Quarterback Club will be hosting the annual football banquet on Monday Jan. 6 at 6:30PM in the cafeteria.
Okeene will be hosting Court of Praise on January 15th! It is open to any groups/schools, so please make plans to join for food, worship, and guest speaker, Brady Wilson! RSVP to Coach Brickman.
Okeene Tournament begins the week we return to school. Here are the January 9-11th Okeene Invitational Tournament brackets.
Our high school basketball team took a trip to ORU. They got to watch a great game and see a little chaos! 🏀
