Red Ribbon Week is next week, October 24-28. Dress up days incorporate this year’s Red Ribbon Week theme, which is “Celebrate Life. Live Drug Free”.
The Arnett Athletic Booster Club 5th and 6th Grade Basketball Tournament begins Monday, October 17, and will be played through Saturday, October 22. See brackets for dates and times.
Bayne Strick holding two of the succulents he propagated during the first section of Horticulture!
Monty Wilson with his garden bench that he made in Mr. Fords Woodshop class.
Wildcat Running Club will begin meeting next Monday, October 17, right after school. We will meet each Monday and Friday for about 30 minutes. I hope to see lots of runners there to get ready for our 2nd Annual 5K/1 mile fun run on Friday, Nov 18, 2022!!!
Arnett Schools has a great custodial staff who deserve our utmost appreciation all year round; however, we’d like to specifically recognize them this week for their hard work and dedication to keeping our facilities looking pristine. Each custodian was presented with a gift certificate to R&R Grocery as a small token of gratitude for we could not get throughout our day without them.
Fall with Friends is next Tuesday, October 11, which is the day before Fall Break begins. It is a fun time for the elementary students to interact with the upperclassmen.
Introducing the Arnett High School Academic Team!! These awesome kids are headed to Beaver on October 10th to compete in their District Tournament. We are so excited to be bringing this new activity into our school.
Not Pictured: Makale Hamil
The media class has been working hard to get our new live-streaming network up and going. The goal is to be live-streaming Arnett Public School events through a Youtube channel. Below is the link for the channel that the school has created:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5WCVivfpGaF72WvRYsI7Bw
Over the next few weeks, the media class will be working diligently to get this channel running efficiently, so that everyone has a chance to follow AHS events. We are super excited and look forward to getting this going, but for now, please follow the link and subscribe to our channel!
Brooklyn Vincent, Eli Coykendall, and MaKenzi Hamil were selected to sing in the Western Oklahoma Choral Directors Association Honor Choir. They will travel to SWOSU on October 24 to practice with the Junior High Mixed Honor Choir followed by a concert that evening.
Shoutout to our students and faculty that attended and led the See You At The Pole event this morning. Huge thank you to Arnett FBC for providing the breakfast burritos as well. Proud to be a Wildcat!
We have some of the BEST, hardworking teachers in our little school! Congratulations, Mrs. Burcham, on being chosen News 9 Innovative Teacher of the Week!
We had 57 total entries for the Ranch Rodeo 5k this morning! Entries included all ages and they were walking, running, and bike riding. Our overall winners were: Ryan Elder-Adult Male & fastest time, Almudena Fuentes- Adult Female, Nicolas Sant’Anna- Youth. Again, thank you to the Ellis County Sheriff’s Department and the Arnett Chamber of Commerce for helping our 7th Graders make this possible. Drop your pictures in the comments if you would like. Everyone have a safe rodeo weekend!
We are ready for Rodeo Weekend! Remember the 7th grade class is hosting the 5K to kick off the day tomorrow. The race will begin at 7:00 am at the Courthouse Square. The first 50 entries receive these Arnett headbands donated by the Arnett Chamber of Commerce. HUGE shoutout to the Ellis County Sheriff's Department for making sure all of our runners have a safe course tomorrow. Can't wait to see everyone there!
Science club shirt orders are due on Thursday. Please turn into Mrs. Dowler. Thank you!
Reminder:
There will be 5th-9th grade Academic Team practice Wednesday, September 7th at 3:30 in the High School Library.
The Mentoring Program will have its first lunch meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 6 in the music room during the high school lunch time. Pizza will be provided.
If you preordered peaches, pears, and/or honey from the Arnett Beta Club, they will be available for pick up at the Arnett Gym from 2:30-5:30 this Friday, September 2nd.
The annual Arnett Ranch Rodeo 5K will be on Saturday, September 17, 2022. Registration will start at 6:30 am and the race will start at 7:00 am. It will start and end at the courthouse square and is free to all ages. The 7th Grade class has been busy preparing for this event and are excited to host. Come on out and get the day started as there is going to be many fun events going on rodeo weekend!
Monday is picture day!
