Arnett Public Schools

We had a lot of FUN running this morning! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMf6oN45/

Arnett 5/6 Grade Basketball Tournament Brackets October 21, 23, 25 2025

🍁 Fall Break Reminder! 🍁
There will be NO SCHOOL October 15–17.

Classes will resume Monday, October 20.
Have a safe and relaxing break!! 🍂

Band students will need to pick up and deliver donuts tomorrow afternoon. They should arrive in the music room by 2.

Fifth and Sixth graders performed their musical stories today. The elementary students were very entertained!

📣 Parent-Teacher Conferences

🗓️ October 13 & 14
⏰ 3:30 PM – 7:30 PM

🍎PK–6th Grade: Conferences will be held in classrooms. Please attend at your scheduled time.

💬 7th–12th Grade: Conferences will take place in the cafeteria. No appointment needed—come and go as you can.

A BIG thank you to Ms. Deryla Dorsey for serving as our long-term substitute while Mrs. McDonald was on maternity leave. We are so grateful for her organization, camaraderie, and care for students and co-workers. As we showed up dressed in her favorite color today, Ms. Dorsey arrived with homemade treats for all her classes on her last day. We appreciate her hard work and dedication these past few weeks.

Arnett Band students are taking orders for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Driven Coffee until October 9th. Doughnuts will be delivered on October 15th and coffee will be delivered sometime before October 31st.

📢 Reminder for Tomorrow – Sept. 30

🎓 Juniors & Seniors
Attending the College Fair at High Plains Technology Center.
🚌 Depart: 8:10 AM
🕚 Return: 11:15 AM
💵 No money needed
👔 Dress nicely!

✏️ Sophomores
Will take the PreACT beginning at 8:10 AM.

We kicked off the day with the A-Town TV Ranch Rodeo 5K! This was our biggest turnout we've ever had with over 70 runners/walkers/bike riders. Dominating the course today with our overall winner was Nicolas Sant'Anna. 1st place - Adult Female was Ashton Suthers. 1st place - Adult Male was Ryan Elder. 1st place - 12 & Under was Kreed Dunham. 1st place - 50 & over was Gayla Bowman. A huge shoutout to Day County Services for sponsoring this and to the Ellis County Sheriff's office for keeping our course safe! Go, cats!

Congratulations to Eli and Adante for making the 2025 WOCDA Honor Choirs! The concert will be held on October 27 in Elk City.

📸 Picture Retake Day is scheduled for Friday, October 10th!
If you were absent yesterday, need senior panel photos, or fall sports (softball, baseball, rodeo) pics — those will all be taken on Oct. 10!

Coach Royal's media and computer classes have been partnering with Officer McDonald's technology classes for this year's Ranch Rodeo 5K video. Our students and staff are pumped up! Come out and support our school as the morning is filled with all kinds of fun, starting with a 5K at 7:00 am, this Saturday!

https://youtu.be/oNdDNQkWsIQ?si=R52LS8sz5ErnCWqI

We'd like to extend a huge thank you to Sgt. Hogan with the Ellis County Sheriff's Office for visiting our school today. She presented two sessions on Internet Safety and Cyberbullying - one for our 7th-12th grade students and another for our 4th-6th graders. Our students received valuable knowledge about staying safe online and making responsible choices in the digital world. We appreciate Sgt. Hogan's time, expertise, and dedication to our students, school, and county.

Reminder!!
PK-11th and Senior Panel pictures are scheduled for tomorrow, September 23.

Schedule Change: All fall sports pictures will be taken on Retake Day. (Date TBA)

Mentors will be selling basketball program ads tomorrow morning (Sept. 22). We will leave the school at 8:30.

2025 Fastpitch Softball District Bracket

Today is National Teach Ag Day, and we'd like to recognize Mr. Johnston, our Agricultural Education teacher at Arnett Schools. From welding projects to livestock shows, we want to thank Mr. J for the time and energy he pours into our students and community.

#NationalTeachAgDay