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HS softball at Hammon Festival
The Arnett Baseball Tournament begins next Thursday, April 13, at Noon.
📚Happy School Librarian Day to Tasha Hamil!📖
Our students wrote "Books of Thanks" to Mrs. Hamil. These are a few things they mentioned in their "books" that they are appreciative of that Mrs. Hamil has incorporated or introduced this year...
▪️Breakouts
▪️Sequoyah Book Party
▪️Night at the Library
▪️Book Battle
▪️New Book Monday Newsletter
▪️Read Alouds with Novel Effect
▪️Transforming the Library into a Haunted House, a Ship, Whoville, etc.
▪️Helping students find books they really enjoy
▪️Dressing up as book characters
▪️Cups of Kindness
▪️Her amazing attitude
Thank you for encouraging all ages to read!
Elementary Principal, Shannon Shoaf was awarded the Outstanding Administrator Award by the Oklahoma Literacy Association on Saturday. Mrs. Shoaf was nominated by Arnett's 5th grade teacher and President of the Northwest Reading Council, Melia Wheeler. Mrs. Wheeler had to write a letter of recommendation, which is posted below. Arnett Schools is privileged to have both educators within our school system.
"Mrs. Shoaf is a new principal to Arnett Public Schools but she is a lifelong advocate of literacy. Being our former librarian for grades K-12, Mrs Shoaf makes sure that reading and writing is at the top of everyone's priority list in our school.
Mrs. Shoaf promotes engagement in several ways. One way that really stands out is her use of her service dog, Stella. Stella is Mrs. Shoaf’s assistant. Weekly Mrs. Shoaf enters classrooms with her trained service dog (a Golden Retriever) and reads with students. Stella adds an excitement to reading time. Students are allowed to pet and lay on Stella while Mrs. Shoaf reads fun and exciting books. Mrs. Shoaf personally trained Stella, did the research, and went through all the proper channels to make sure she was a good fit for our school. Oftentimes you can find children in the library reading out loud to Stella. This experience has proven to be successful for many of our students who needed a reading companion.
Mrs. Shoaf goes above and beyond to make sure the students in her building are falling in love with reading. She encourages her staff to find books that engage students. She is also very hands on in the classroom. For example, this year during a writing assignment my fifth grade class had to read “The True Story of The Three Little Pigs.” They then had to write papers in either defense or prosecution of the wolf. Mrs. Shoaf happily dressed up like the Big Bad Wolf and stood trial in my classroom. When asked to do this she never hesitated, she just told me to tell her when and she went above and beyond. Her makeup for the trial practically looked professional (she recruited the art teacher for this).
The amount of support Mrs. Shoaf shows towards her staff is almost indescribable. Being a former classroom teacher as well as a librarian, she knows the importance of strong leadership and what that looks like for our school. This year she encouraged all of her teachers to read
“Teach Like a Pirate.” Every week during our staff meetings she held a small “book club” style meeting to discuss what we had learned and read that week. She also created a Google Classroom for her staff so we could discuss that week's topic.
Mrs. Shoaf has been a member of our local Northwest Reading Council for over 20 years. She has even served as president numerous times. She is always encouraging others to stay involved and join. She brings new ideas and is always willing to help with our group service projects. Mrs. Shoaf also seeks out professional development for her staff and encourages us to continue to learn.
Shannon Shoaf is a prime example of what a teacher, friend, literacy advocate, and administrator should look like. She is the definition of a leader. In today's world where so many teachers are leaving the profession, it is educators/administrators like her that make myself and fellow teachers want to show up to work. She inspires me to be a better teacher. I want to work harder for my students because of her.
Mrs. Shoaf deserves to be recognized for her commitment to her students. Mrs. Shoaf deserves to be recognized for commitment to her staff. Mrs. Shoaf deserves to be recognized for her relentless efforts to support literacy. I cannot think of anyone more deserving."
Physical Science has been experimenting with desalinization by distillation this week in lab!
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Camera issue should be fixed now! Go cats!
Ashton Suthers was presented with the DAR Good Citizens Award this morning. Congratulations Ashton!
Arnett students spent the afternoon in Shattuck at the Career Fair. There were over 40 volunteers who spent their time speaking with our students about their careers. We are very thankful for each and every one of them. A thank you to Mr. Royal and his computer classes for helping with the posters for the participants as well as to Shattuck Schools and Gina Huenergardt for hosting this year!
PreK Preview!
After receiving 1st place in the Psi Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma 7th Grade Essay Contest, Whitley Toy Stewart's essay went on to compete at the State Level. Toy is one of two 7th Grade State Winners with her essay "To Them All" over the topic "What is one thing you wish your parents, teachers, or coaches really understood or knew about you?" Toy will be honored and recognized in Oklahoma City this summer. Congratulations, Toy!!
First grade enjoyed a pizza party put on by the BETA Club for being the winners of the Pull Tab Challenge!
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It might be spotty service , but we are gonna give it a try! Go cats!
Yesterday 8 Arnett students competed in the Southwestern Interscholastic Meet (SWIM). They took tests over various subjects and got to enjoy being on campus at SWOSU for the day. Almu placed 1st in the Native Spanish I competition.
Still bad service in Arapaho. We will try again this evening! Lady Wildcats are currently playing Vici.
Spotty service in Arapaho at softball games. We will try again next game!