This week has been full of excitement and school spirit!
Last Saturday a few of our FFA students entered their projects in the Ag Mechanics Show. They were each interviewed over their project and then presented them for the public.
Merced Sanchez designed and built a fire pit.
Sean Sanchez designed and built a welding table. 
Martin Sanchez built two beautiful metal stools with wooden seats. 
Lathen West, Dayson West, and Baxter Brown designed and built an awesome bench out of an old pickup tailgate. Sunday and Monday many of the Arnett students traveled to Woodward to the District Livestock for the barrow & gilt hog show. The kids all did great showing their projects. We had several place in their class.
Class 9 Dark Cross Barrows:
McKenna Haney 2nd
Class 3 Dark Colored Gilts:
5th place Brooklyn Vincent
Class 1 Dark Colored Gilts:
5th place Brooklyn Vincent
Showmanship Winner - Hallie McCartor
Tuesday the goat show went on in Woodward. We had a few kids enter their goats in the show. They all did very well!
Class 10 Wether Goat
3rd - McKenna Haney
Class 9 Wether Goat
2nd - Madison Haney
Class 8 Wether Goat
2nd - Madison Haney
3rd - John Campbell
Wednesday we had three students, Raylie, Jozie, and Riah Latta, present their sewing projects in the Make it with Wool competition in the Woodward District Livestock Show. Each student had to complete and interview and model their outfit.
Raylie Latta - Grand Champion Jumpsuit
Jozie Latta - Reserve Champion Skirt with Jacket
Riah Latta - Grand Champion Pant Suit with Jacket
Thursday was the start of the Area Basketball Tournament. Our Lady Wildcats traveled to Enid to take on the Leedey Lady Bison for the 4th time this year. The first two games this year Arnett won. The 3rd game Leedey won. We knew this was going to be a battle down until the last few seconds. Our girls hit a slump in the 4th quarter of the game and were down more than 10 points, but our girls kept battling. They fought hard to come back and take the lead by 3. With 16 seconds left in the game, Leedey hit a 3 pointer to tie the game back up. Landry Bayless ended up pushing the ball up the floor and driving in to hit a layup with 6.5 seconds left. The Lady Wildcats finished the game on top 46-44, advancing them to the second round of Area Friday afternoon in Enid.
Friday the Lady Wildcats traveled back to Enid to take on Kremlin-Hillsdale in another nail biter. The Lady Wildcats battled hard the whole game and ended up coming out on top 56-50.
Saturday the Lady Wildcats traveled back to Enid and met back up with Frontier. The girls came out ready to seek revenge after losing to them in the regional finals. The first half of the game was back and forth until the buzzer went off for half time. The 2nd half of the ball game, the Lady Wildcats walked out with a fire lit. The girls pulled ahead and came out with a big win, 65-42! The girls punched their ticket to state! They will play Wednesday at 1:30 vs Lookeba-Sickles in the Big House. Come out to support our Lady Wildcats!
Cadie McCracken at the line to shoot 2 during the Area Consolation Championship. 
This week's Farmer's and Merchant's Bank "Banking on a Wildcat" goes to Katie Girton. Katie's teacher's had this to say about her: "She is extremely talented in all areas. She is always willing to help others regardless of their abilities. She maintains a positive attitude. She is academically and musically gifted. She is new to Arnett Schools and has had to learn to embrace the changes with a smile on her face." Congratulations, Katie!
In class the past few weeks, the 2nd graders have been working hard on their math fact fluency. They celebrated this week with popcorn, pop, and play for reaching their fact fluency goals!
Back Row: Josiah Hartwell, Beau Bryant, Kade Gaisford, Tyke Williams, Rhett Beck, Tiegan Dearing, Bryson Nickel, Kelln Phillips, Zane Islam, Kyler Ham, Jackson Helfenbein, and Seth Cutsinger
Front Row: Sloane Whitson, Noah Coykendall, Brenly Booth, Spencer Royal, Bexley Campbell, and Tinsley Johnston
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Sat., Feb 24 - Shattuck Speech Tournament
Mon., Feb. 26 - HS baseball vs. Waynoka
Tues., Feb. 27 - Woodward District Livestock Show Premium Sale
Tues., Feb. 27 - HS baseball vs. Forgan
Wed., Feb. 28 - NO SCHOOL
Wed., Feb. 28 - Lady Wildcats take on Lookeba-Sickles for the State Tournament at 1:30
Feb. 28-March 2 - State Basketball
Fri., March 1 - NO SCHOOL
March 3 -5 - State BETA conference
March 4-8 - Read Across America Week
March 5-6 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Fri., March 8 - Breakfast with Buddies