High School Principal's Message

 

Dear Parents,

It has been a very busy beginning to the school year for 2025/2026.  Our fall sports have done a tremendous job representing our school district and community and have won several team and individual awards.  Our FFA students have represented our district very well competing at the Rogers County and Tulsa State fair bringing home several honors and awards.  All sophomores have visited both Pryor and Claremore vocational trade centers for those wanting to learn a skilled trade beyond high school.  Our seniors attended the College Fair put on by Rogers State University and received information from area colleges.   The school wide carnival was again a great success thanks to all the parents and teachers for their hard work and dedication.

This year the High School has been implementing our building's mission and vision that we as a staff worked on during last school year. The vision is simple L.I.F.E and the mission to go with that vision is preparing students for L.I.F.E. Not only will we be working on preparing students for L.I.F.E after graduation but also incorporating the character traits that go along with what we have been implementing the last couple of years in the High School building. 

L - Leading students in a direction that exemplifies a commitment to a life-long love of learning.

I - Investing in our students daily to instill character, LIFE skills, and LIFE lessons so that they can be independent and prepared for LIFE.

F - FINISH what you start.

E - Empowering students with the knowledge, skills, resources, and the opportunity to gain experience that will prepare them for a successful LIFE.

Parents please take advantage of the opportunity to monitor your child’s grades and attendance through our student grade book program.  There will always be a direct correlation between poor grades and poor attendance in the classroom.  You may contact Jennifer Bacon at the High School to get access to your password.  If at any time you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us at the High School 918-341-0642.  Seniors and Senior parents stay on top of scholarship and scholarship due dates.  Seniors please make sure that you are checking your emails for graduation updates as well as any other important senior information that comes up.

It’s never too early to start planning and preparing for the ACT test.  Students make sure that you check with the High School counselor when the national ACT test dates are.  All Juniors will have a state test date that they will take the ACT.

If a student goes over the amount of days allowed (7 per semester) in a semester or school year they will be assigned a Tuesday night school to make up for the lost classroom/seat time that was lost. Students also need to  make sure that they are getting to class on time and not being counted tardy. If s student reaches a certain number of tardies Detention and Tuesday night schools will be assigned per student handbook policy.  We will also be monitoring students' grades.  If a student is on the eligibility list for 4 consecutive weeks I will have a meeting with that student and the parent will be contacted during that meeting.  A letter for the parent to sign will be sent home that day for them to sign as well.  The student will then be assigned  an academic Tuesday night school so that they have the extra time and resources to get caught back up in the subject areas that they are behind in.  We have had great success with this over the last 7 years in being able to help students get back on track in the classroom and get their grades up.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER 2025/2026

November 5th Pre ACT Test Sophomores

November 24th - 28th Thanksgiving Break

December 10th School/Panel Picture Retakes

December 19th End of 1st Semester

December 22nd - January 5th Winter Break

January 6th 1st day 2nd Semester

January 19th Martin Luther King Day NO SCHOOL

February 9&10 Parent Teacher Conferences

March 16-20 Spring Break

March 25th ACT Test All Juniors

April 10th Prom

April 22nd  State Testing All Juniors U.S. History/Science

May 17th Graduation

May 20th Last Day of School

The Goal is simple. Better than yesterday. Every. Single. Day.

Mr. Osburn
High School Principal