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March 30, 2022 Round Town March 30 Great Plains Amusement Camival, Ackley Park West. March 31 Great Plains Amusement Camival, Ackley Park West. ‘April1 Elk City High School students ready to board the bus, bound to SWOSU to part jpate in the SWIM meet. Those in attendance were Brynn Armstrong, Samuel Brewer, Belem Chavira, Kiera Coslow, Delaney Fletcher, Mason Friesen, Camdon Galeener, Blake Goldtrap, Ayden Harris, Jill Meador, Bryce Great Plains Amusement McClinton, Jocelyn Pranabdev, Vivek Pranabdev, Rachel Putman, JP Remond, Jaser Reyes, Jackeline Sanchez, Tate Schones, Rosa Soto, Nathaniel Carnival, Ackley Park Touchstone, Kooper Twyman, Harrison Wheeler, Xiangdong Wu, Becky Yang and Rylee Yeager. Courtesy map. West. April2 ECHS Students Place at SWIM Great Plains Amusement Southwestern _Interscho- mentals~Mason Friesen (Ju- -Jackeline Sanchez (Junior) McClinton (Junior) dev, Jocelyn Pranabdev, Tate lastic Meet hosted high school nior) 2nd place Native Spanish 2nd place Psychology—Jill Schones, Delaney Fletcher Camival, Ackley Park students from across the state 2nd place Biology I~Becky T-Rosa Soto (Junior) Meador (Junior) Juniors: Rachel Putman, West. to compete in a written test on Yang (Sophomore) 1st place Chemistry- 3rd place —_Electricity/ Camdon Galeener, Blake Gold- a variety of subjects. Elk City st place Leadership~Ma- -Kiangdong Wu (Senior) Electronics--Pierre Remond trap and other local schools trav- son Friesen (Junior) 2nd place Algebra I- Gunior), Kooper Twyman (Ju- Sophomores: Ayden Har- Southwest Farm & eled to Weatherford on Thurs- Ist place Spreadsheets- -Kiangdong Wu (Senior) nior) gis, Harrison Wheeler, Belem day, March 24 for the event. -Brynn Armstrong (Junior) 1st place Plane Trigonome- Other students who partic- Chavira Home Expo and Bull Sale, Elk City sent 26 students, who 2nd place HTML & Web try--Kiangdong Wu (Senior) ipated in the meet were: Other Freshmen: Samuel Brewer, Convention Center. participated in 30 different Page Design—-Rylee Yeager 3rd place World History- students in attendance: and Thomas Wiesner. subjects. Fourteen of those Gunior) -Nathaniel Touchstone (Soph- Seniors: Vivek Pranab- participants place in the top 3rd place Spelling-Kiera omore) April3 three. Ast place American Gov- Principal junior. The state of Oklahoma Coslow (Junior) that did not take the test as a Great Plains Amusement Students who placed and 1st place Native Spanish I- ernment--Mason Friesen (Ju- Carnival, Ackley Park their subjects were: ~Jaser Reyes (Sophomore) nior) pays for them to take this na- 2nd place Music Funda- 1st place Native Spanish II- 1st place Geography--Bryce Continued from page 1. tional test. Other state test- West. ing starts on April 12th with juniors taking the science test, space, with visibility down the United Methodist Church will fortunate here. I think our kids ‘April 13 they will take the his- Southwest Farm & Foster hallways to the bedrooms. We be present and preaching at are building it with a tornado the morning service. It will be do a pretty good job with it. Our teachers have found what tory test, followed by the man- datory US citizenship test giv- Home Expo and Bull Sale, Convention Center. Continued from page 1. shelter and generator. We will a celebration that focuses on works for them, and we leave a en to the freshmen, Students lot of that up to them. We have will be required to pass the citi- one they think is the best fit. furnish the living room furni- the local accomplishment of a general policy, but our teach- zenship test to graduate. April 4 Children then are placed in ture, dining room furniture bringing the home to fruition. ers can use them for different Academics seem to be and six twin beds for the kids’ He would like to thank Pas- things in the classroom. Some the home based on that crite- teachers use more of that than balanced with athletics and CASA Volunteer Train- ria. Our main support is to the rooms. It also has a handicap tor Scott Rogers, the Elk City others.” organizations. McClure has ing begins. 213 S. Jeffer- mom and dad, and the kids still accessible bathroom in one of United Methodist Church Over the past two years, seen students become more the kid’s bedrooms,” Howard family, the Elk City communi- involved in the clubs and or- son. have a DHS caseworker who is said. ty for supporting the project, teachers and students had to ganizations, in addition to the working their plan to get them navigate education as it never There will be an open and the builder Terry Stone had been done before. The pan- football and basketball suc- home. But obviously, being the cesses. April6 agency that serves the family, house, aftera special service at with Culverstone Homes. If demic changed school, teach- ers, and student's education. “We have seen an increase GPRMC Health & Well- we interact with the child a lot, the United Methodist Church someone is interested in be- in our clubs and organizations, “We had a hard time for ness Fair - ‘Spring Into as well as acting as a liaison in Elk City, on Sunday, April coming a foster family with a while getting everybody since we have had an emphasis with DHS,” Howard explained. 12th at 12 p.m. The public Circle of Care, they can con- back into a normal routine in them. We've really tried to Health’. 10 AM-4PM - Once the parents are ap- is invited to attend. Bishop tact Jennifer Long at jennifer. of school. Two years ago, we get our kids involved in some- GPRMC Lobby. thing, whether it’s athletics, proved and children are placed, Jimmy Nunn from Oklahoma longacircleofacare.org missed the whole fourth nine weeks, Last year, we were on fine arts, or one of our clubs. the Circle of Care will be the an A/B schedule here for a We have actually created some April 7 supportive element of the while, where kids just came a new clubs over the last couple Merritt Cemetery Asso- home along with the added community of care support. Merritt Students couple of days a week. In trying to get everybody back, I think of years, and we havea club fair when the eighth graders come ciation will have their an- to tour,” McClure noted. Win Physical As part of the support, there the majority of our kids have A new class that has made nual meeting at 6:00 pm will be a welcome basket when realized that they would rath- er be here all the time. They a difference with some stu- in the Merritt High School a child arrives, a monthly sup- would rather have a normal dents is the eSports class. He Commons. port group meeting with other foster parents, and a free co- Science Division at school day, rather than going back and forth. I think it took has seen an increase in student grades. They tend to maintain The cemetery is located op that has clothing, toys and us a semester, or so this year to eligibility, especially with stu- ‘west of Merritt School on other care items. There is a SWIM Meet get back to where it was before COVID,” McClure explained. dents who may have not done so in the past. BK E. 1130 Rd. clothing reimbursement allot- With students being out “Students got into eSports ment, along with financial sup- Merritt High School Students, along with other area high of the classroom and learning and they want to compete. port for community activities. school students, traveled to Weatherford on Thursday, March remotely, the question of test ‘That was a way to help keep April 8 Paid respite care is also part of scores had to be addressed. them off the ineligible list. It’s 24 to compete in the annual Southwestern Interscholastic Meet Canute Prom, Conven- the Circle of Care benefits. ‘Two years ago testing was not helped us with that. We had (SWIM). The school tied with Weatherford in Class II for the completed, and last year they During the 2021 year, Circle some kids last year that were tion Center, Physical Sciences Division. took a majority of the tests. state champions in eSports, so of Care has served 253 foster ‘The Merritt Students placing at the meet were: ‘The differences seemed to be it’s been really positive for us,” families throughout the year, obvious. he continued. Do you have an event or recruited 71 new foster fami- ‘Third Place in Art History - Emma Wells “We have seen some learn- As the last nine weeks com- ‘Third Place in Biology II - Jolea Gilbert something else you would lies, and served 523 children in ing loss with our kids which mence, so do the activities. The Second Place in Leadership - Dayli Pollard is not their fault or our teach- like to share with the foster care. Out of those foster ‘Third Place in Management and Marketing - Jenny Quisen- ers fault. Not being in school, dates McClure noted included prom being April 22nd in the community in the Round families, there have been 34 berry there was a lot of material that high school commons area, adoptions finalized. our kids did not cover that they Town Calendar? “The Elk City home is a Fourth Place in Management and Marketing - Lexi Frazier normally would have covered. state band competition will Email the information ‘Third Place in Personal Financial Literacy - Richard Aldridge take place on Thursday, March 2,700 square foot home, with A lot of credit should be given 31st in Ada, and choir travels for the event to editor@ four bedrooms and four and a Third Place in HTML and Web Page Design - Jocelyn Kos to the teachers in our building, to state on April 1st in Shaw- half baths. The floor plan is an First Place in Visual Basic - Lexi Frazier but also in our district. They've nee. The high school and mid- ecdailynews.com. ‘Third place in Chemistry - Kargin York made a really concerted effort dle school spring band concert open living room and kitchen this year to go back and catch First Place in General Science - Kargin York our kids up, giving them the will be on May 5th, while the ‘Third Place in Earth Science - Chris Zebra choir concert will be held on fundamentals, and still mov- “ElkCituNews Fourth Place in Oklahoma History - Zoe Carisle ing forward. So we've seen alot Sunday, May 1st at 2 p.m. McClure boasts individual ‘Third Place in Civics - Jelaine Chervenka ofprogress,” he added. accomplishments of Maddie Superintendent Mike Fourth Place in American Government - Jelaine Chervenka Benton named Academic All Sparks implemented a new Fourth Place in General Tech Ed I - Colton Nodal program, called Mastery Con- State and Danni Sottile named (USPS # 173-020) nect for benchmark testing. as FCA All State. The annual 580-225-3000 This program has allowed Brown and White awards as- semblies will be May 11, with Is published twice weekly by Beckham County Media, LLC McClure and the high school the scholarships given in the 109 W. Broadway, El Ik City, OK 73644-4736 teachers to monitor students’ progress, This program is also morning, then clubs and aca- Periodicals Postage Paid at Elk City, OK 73644 demic awards given in the af- used throughout the district. “In our school, we have a ternoon. Baccalaureate will be POSTMASTER: Send address changes to PO Box 964, Elk City, OK 73648 benchmarking system, where Sunday, May 15th at 2 p.m. we have been able to track the and graduation will follow at 4 progress of our students. We p.m. SUBSCRIPTIONS Josh Umholtz....Publisher have seen a steady increase On May 16th, summer Deliverd by mail: Shery! 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