Due to the high number of Students and Staff who are ill, we will be closing school the next two days to disinfect the school and allow those who are sick time to recover and hopefully stop the spread of whatever is attacking us. Many have tested positive with Flu-A, Flu-B, or strep. It seems to start with a headache, nausea, and fever. Please wash any blankets or outerwear your child may have had at school. Hopefully it will run its course and the 4 day break will allow us to disinfect the building. Since this outbreak has mainly affected our elementary and not our upper grades, the Junior High Basketball games this week are cancelled, but the high school basketball games will go on as scheduled at this time. If any changes arise, we will send another notification.
Sophomores will have interviews with a Kiamichi Career Tech Counselor tomorrow. They will be held on our campus. Please remind them to dress nice and remember to be polite and have good eye contact and body language when talking with her.
Monday, January 27th JH basketball at Dewar at 3:00. HS basketball will play at Stuart vs. Tushka at 6:30.
Mrs. Mabray will be sending 506 forms home with some of our students today. Not all students will receive one, but if your child brings one home, please complete and return it as soon as possible. These forms are important for helping our school secure federal funding. Thank you for your support!
The JH boys' game times for tomorrow in the Canadian tournament have changed. They will now play at 4 p.m., while the girls' time will remain the same at noon.
High school will also play tomorrow night at home vs Wewoka at 6:30.
JOM Field Trip
Just a reminder that our 10th grade students are scheduled to tour the Kiamichi Technology Center in the morning. Students will leave school at 8 AM and return by lunch tomorrow. Students will not be allowed to wear hats or caps or carry backpacks or cell phones during their KTC tours.
After seeing the latest weather data, we will be closing Thursday and Friday for snow days as it is predicted to begin snowing earlier tomorrow. Kids stay safe and have fun in the snow!
First semester report cards were handed out to all students today and are also available in your child's online grade book.
The Emergency Management Service projects snow of 2-4 inches for our area beginning tomorrow around 9am and ending by noon on Friday, with accumulation of up to an inch by 4pm Thursday and snow increasing through the evening and over night. At this time, we plan to have school as normal tomorrow. There could be a possibility of an early release time if the snow starts accumulating more and earlier than predicted tomorrow. We will keep you informed if anything changes. If we have to dismiss early tomorrow or snow out on Friday, we will just have a snow day with no work sent home.
Senior Parents and Guardians, this is a reminder that our Senior FAFSA submission day is this Wednesday, January 8th beginning at noon. All of our seniors created a Federal FSAID at school last month and all their parents and guardians were required to have their FSAID's created and ready to use Wednesday to finalize their students applications. Instructions about creating a FSAID can be found at studentaid.gov. Opt-out forms are available at school but must be picked up by a parent or guardian. It is a now state law that every Senior must complete a FAFSA application or submit an opt-out form. If you have any questions please contact Mrs. Blasengame at school.
Reminder that Lamberts Farm and Ranch and Stuart Farm and Ranch are closed tomorrow and Wednesday. Please plan accordingly and don't run out of feed.
Check out the dress-up days next week!!
On Monday, December 9th, your senior created their FAFSA account and requested their FSAID. All seniors must complete this step before they can submit their FAFSA in January. Each parent who lives in the home with the senior must also create a FAFSA account in order to receive a FSAID to sign their child's financial aid application. Please visit studentaid.gov and create your parental account before the end of December so your child will be ready to submit their financial aid application in January. If you have any questions concerning this process you can contact Mrs. Blasengame.
Our girls game has been moved to 10am tomorrow due to a scheduling conflict. We play Indianola JV. Boys still play at 7:30pm vs Panama.
Reminder for Pre-K through 6th grade Christmas Dance is this Friday, December 6th, from 6pm-8pm, in the Activity Room. Cost is $7/person.
As we mentioned in yesterday's email, Stuart School had to update our Gradebook URL to the following address this week:
https://oked.sylogist.com/stuart
You should have received an email this morning with a password reset link for you to use to set up a new password for your account. All teachers, students, and guardians will have to reset their passwords in order to access the Gradebook program. You have a 7 day window to complete your password reset.
There are basketball games scheduled at Home this Friday 12/6 for 5th-8th vs. Bearden. The 5th & 6th girls will start at 10am.
Reminder: Senior Class Chili/Bean Dinner w/Bingo tonight starting at 5:30 p.m.
Please come join the Seniors of '25 for their Dinner/Bingo Night, tomorrow, 12-3-24 in the school cafeteria. $25 per person gets you dinner and 2 bingo cards to play all night! Chili/Bean dinner w/ dessert. $5 each additional card.
