Get those yearbooks ordered!
The Class of 2024 Senior Boys participated in the Annual BBQ hosted by Ameristate Bank. Marci Bond welcomed the gentlemen and Clay Edwards entertained with singing while they ate. The guest speaker was Trent Smith, he played football at the University of Oklahoma and for the Baltimore Ravens as well as the San Franciso 49ers. He spoke about "time." Time goes by quickly and you are never guaranteed how much time you have. Spend it wisely and with people who you value and on things that are important to you. Thank you Ameristate Bank for the hospitality, entertainment, and hosting this year's Senior BBQ.
Votes are in. This year's AHS Teacher of the Year is.....
Parents,
Thursday, April 11th will be a distance learning day for all Atoka Public School students. We are sorry for any inconvenience. If you have any questions, please reach out to your child's school office.
The Class of 2024 Senior Girls participated in the Annual Senior Tea hosted by the Pioneer Club today. The Pioneer Club President, Mrs. Kathy Moore welcomed the ladies with 3 words of wisdom, FAIL, which stood for First Attempt In Learning, END- Effort Never Dies, and NO- New Opportunities. We enjoyed the guest speaker Susie McEntire-Eaton. She encouraged the girls to not let life's defeats get you down but how to take advantage of each situation and learn from them. We also enjoyed tea sandwiches and cookies provided by the club. Thank you Atoka Pioneer Club for hosting this year's Senior Tea.
FCCLA competed in State Competitions this last week in Stillwater. We have 4 members compete, Libbie Bush and Zaylie Glover in Entrepreneurship, Aubree McDaniel in Career Investigation, Audrey McClour in Public Policy Advocate and Lillian Ryan in Meat Identification. Audrey and Aubree placed in the top 3. They will be recognized at State Convention later this month
Reminder, there will be no school tomorrow, Monday, April 1st. School will resume on Tuesday, April 2nd.
AHS students place at Curriculum Contest.
Atoka FFA Plant Sale.
Mrs. Everett's Agricultural class students have been working hard preparing and growing spring flowers. You can purchase the flowers on 3/28 from 2:30-5:30, 3/29 from 10:00 -2:00 at the Atoka FFA Greenhouse, or 3/30 from 10:00-2:00 at the Atoka Town Plaza. For a full list of inventory and prices see the attached flyer.
Join us Tuesday, March 26th at 6pm for a community forum at the cafeteria . We'll be answering any questions or concerns you may have about the upcoming bond election. We'll be serving hot off the grill burger baskets for supper!
Attention 4th grade parents. Your student will be returning to AES at approximately 4:00pm. Please be at the school at that time to pick up your child.
If you have students off campus today, know that we are in close contact with their teachers and coaches to avoid storms and travel safely. This may affect their return times. We will notify you as their return times are updated.
Due to the weather, our 4th graders will be late for dismissal. They have stopped in Tulsa at a school that has a safe room until the storm passes. Fourth-grade parents will need to pick up their students from school. ETA is unknown. We will post an update when the students are 20 minutes away from the school.
Due to the chance of severe weather, the after-school program is cancelled for today.
Your child will be coming home their regularly scheduled way unless you contact the office. The safety of our students and staff is our number one priority. Thank you for your understanding!
On Wednesday, March 14th a group of seniors took a trip to KTEN Studios and was given a tour from News director Brandon Agans to get a little behind the scenes. Seniors learned the amazing amount of work put into making sure people get to watch the news. They had the opportunity to sit through their midday show and experience the news in person from either the control room or the news studio! Thank you KTEN.
Article written by Senior John Gibbons
Atoka High School attended, with success, the 47th Annual Invitational Scholastic Contest at Murray State College, Tishomingo OK. Congratulations to the following students for placing in their chosen scholastic contest.
Alexia Cross- Physics- 1st place
Jace Smith- World History- 2nd place
Parker Burrage- Trigonometry- 4th place
Alabama Chitwood- Biology- 5th
CONGRATULATIONS!
Alexia Cross and Mr. Swift received an award from the National Center for Women & Information Technology. Alexia earned the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing. Mr. Swift, TSA advisory, earned the AiC Educator Award.
In addition, Rachel Maltz and Ruby Miller received honorable mentions.
Below is a link to the article posted by Oklahoma CareerTech.
https://oklahoma.gov/careertech/media-center/press-releases/2024/oklahoma-careertech-students--teacher-win-ncwit-aspirations-in-c.html
McCall Middle School students participated in PI day today with Mrs. Strasbaugh! We did this early because of track on 3/14. Students learned many ways to represent PI in fun ways! Thank you Mrs. S for making learning fun!
Don't forget to join us Tuesday evening March 5th, at 6pm at the Atoka Cafeteria for a community forum on the upcoming bond election. Free hotdog meal provided! The panel will include school board, school admin, financial representatives, city officials, architects and more!
Congratulations to Keisean Shields. He will be continuing his basketball career at Copiah-Lincoln Community College.
