The Skiatook Veterans of Foreign Wars Post presented the Voice of Democracy
Speech Contest Winners this week. Elissa Freeman Potter won first place, Braden
Gorton won 2nd place, and Lucas Trego won 3rd place. The students won the
contest by recording audio speeches on the topic: Is America Today Our
Forefathers' Vision? Each student received a cash prize from the Skiatook
VFW and their speeches will be entered in the state level contest. The Skiatook High School has participated in the Voice of Democracy speeches for over ten years winning multiple district, bi-district, and state placings.
Did you know OSU-IT is the number two most affordable college in the US for STEM? Did you also know they require no minimum GPA or ACT score to be admitted? Students who visited the OSU-IT Okmulgee campus on December 5th learned all of this and more thanks to our partnership with GEAR Up, who sponsored the post-secondary field trip. Since the visit, we have already had multiple students apply! We are so excited for our Bulldogs and their future!
Students in our FACS (Family and Consumer Science) classes have been busy learning basic stitching practices.
Fun and games in Mrs. Jordan’s classes! Students enjoyed a game day on Friday, combining learning with laughter and teamwork!!
Eight debate students came home with nine team and speaker awards
from the Tulsa Debate League Tournament #4 held on Dec 13.
Skiatook award winners included Isabel Womack, Jeneatta Martinez, Jacob
McKee, Addisyn Miller, Cash Stuever, Arthur Nicolas, Dalton
Vice, and Cole Farmer. Tyler Currey was team manager and judged the novice
debate division. Alumni Cole Martin and Cole Butler provided volunteer judging
for the team. The next TDL tournament will be Jan 24.
Mrs. Prock's FCCLA leadership class put together a door decorating contest between the high school teachers. They judged the doors and held a Parliamentary Procedure to discuss and vote on the winning door. Congratulations to Mrs. Perdue for Best Overall Door and Mrs. Crawford for Most Creative! Thank you to all the teachers that participated, our hallways look extra jolly!!
Skiatook High School Drama & Debate received a $5,000 grant from the National Speech & Debate Association. The grant is part of the Keith West Memorial Fund set up by the family of a former debate coach.
Skiatook was selected from over 200 applicants nationwide based on the extreme financial need to support a team achieving performance success. The money can be used for entry fees, judging fees, and team meals. The team needs matching donations to
make the most of the money. If you can help please contact Coach Keith Denslow
at the high school at kdenslow@skiatookschools.org
https://youtu.be/gonssVujqPo?t=165
The varsity boys' wrestling team is off to a strong start with their big win against Cleveland(65-15). This week is wrestling homecoming, featuring a home dual against Owasso on Tuesday. Students can earn class cup points by dressing up for theme days for homecoming week: Adam Sandler (Monday), Color Wars (Tuesday), Way Back Wednesday, Dress to Impress (Thursday), and PJ Day (Friday).
📸Kimberly Cordova Photography
Botany students started pansy and viola (Johnny jump ups) from seeds. They will plant these in the spring to help beautify the entrance of our campus.
GearUp sponsored a college visit to UCO on Monday, December 2nd for 25 of our juniors and seniors. They visited Nigh University Center, walked around Broncho Lake, the Business Building, Chambers Library and had lunch at Ayers Kitchen at Bausher Place.
The Bulldog Angel tree is up and running! We have MANY angels that need help this year. The angel tree is located in the commons area of the High School. You can grab your angels there!
All presents need to be returned by December 13th. You can drop them off at the front desk or in the choir room.
Please remember to attach the angel to the unwrapped present.
We hope that you can help us make Christmas bright for all of these students/angels in our district!
Skiatook won 8 team and individual awards at the
Tulsa Debate League #3 on Nov 22
Varsity
4th place team Kenneth Vice & Cole Farmer
Jr. Varsity
3rd place team Lucas Trego & James Seratte
4th place team Cash Stuever & Camden Stuever
Novice
11th place speaker Arthur Nicolas
17th place speaker Estella DeLong
Top 50 Evan Whitehill
Top 50 Caitlin Donoho
Novice judging was done by Jacob McKee and
alumni volunteers Cole Martin & Cole Butler.
Congratulations to everyone for a wonderful job on Turkey Challenge! On Friday the FFA Students delivered 15,365 cans/boxes of food to SEAC to be distributed. It is amazing how this district shows up every year to help the community. A special shout out to SIE. Stuco has the official numbers but the amount of food we picked up there was staggering. The three pictures attached are of the students sorting items.The trailer loaded with food, there is also 5 ft in front of the gate you see that is full as well as the nose of the trailer. A third picture is of the over 1,000 boxes of pop tarts.
Thank you to everyone who participated!
Parents,
Skiatook Public Schools will not be in session for the holiday break on November 25th through November 29th. All staff and students will return on December 2nd. We hope everyone has a wonderful holliday break!
Skiatook FCCLA competed in District STAR events in Collinsville today! Skiatook FCCLA will go on and compete in more competitive events at Regionals in January.
Yazan Al-Shaer placed 3rd in New Member Facts
Gabi Maturino placed 3rd in Repurpose and Redesign
Come out and support our SHS Choir!
Parents,
Please see the revised Thanksgiving Lunch Menu for all sites on November 21st!
We have some exciting things coming to all of our school sites this upcoming week!
Tuesday, November 19: Apple Pumpkin Parfaits (please see attached flyer) will be offered as a lunch option at all sites!
Thursday, November 21: Thanksgiving Holiday Meal will be offered at all Skiatook School locations. (menu is attached)!
Botany students have been propagating pothos cuttings and creating compost. We are grateful to offer this class this year.
Several of our students traveled to Pawhuska to attend the Osage Nation College and Career Fair on November 7th.
