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Sara Burgener of Rivers Elementary School (right) was the winner of the Teacher Character Award at the Professional Oklahoma Educators banquet. Principal Brian Harwell (left) representing Ada Jr. High, was the winner of the School Character Award.
The...
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Two Altus elementary schools, Sunset and L. Mendel Rivers, are participating in a program sponsored by the company Bound to Stay Bound Books. The goal is to raise money for new books to support curriculum, reading programs, and student requests. One hund...
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Sunset Elementary will be hosting a Parent Read Night with the theme “I love it when you read to me,” on Monday, May 6th, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. The event is for Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers and students to share their love of reading with parent...
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Altus Public Schools will conduct pre-enrollment Monday, May 5, through Friday, May 10, for children who will be attending kindergarten during the 2013-2014 school year. All children are required by law to attend kindergarten. In order to ...
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Altus Schools will send home Choice of School Forms on Monday, May 6, with all pre-kindergarten through third-grade students.
These forms allow students to indicate which school they would like to attend during the 2013-2014 school year.
Elementary st...
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Members of the Seventh Grade Academic Team from AJH recently won the State Championship. They are (from left) Makayla Waller, Kayla Jenks, Mar’a Kennedy, Jaxon Sealey, Devin Flores, Megan Sherlock, Gage Vernon, Sonia Coffin. With them is Coach Ana G...
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In preparation for state testing, Will Rogers Elementary School has held fun events to encourage students to do their best on the tests. On Tuesday, April 9, the fourth graders had an old-fashioned sock hop to encourage them to ‘sock it’ to the tes...
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The Oklahoma City Thunder’s mascot, Rumble, visited Washington and Rivers Elementary Schools recently, where he put on his “Slam Dunk the Test” program. He gave test taking tips and encouraged the students to do their very best on the upcoming stat...
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Duck Stamp Contest. His artwork, pictured above, will be entered in the National competition for the Federal Junior Duck Stamp. He will receive $200 for winning Best of Show in the Oklahoma Contest. There were 95 entries from Oklahoma students, and th...
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Division winners in the 2013 Bulldog 5K were (from left) Hunter Webb, AJH Boys Division; Dayna Brown, AJH Girls Division; Bobby Wakeman, Altus Schools Staff Male Division; Alan Oritz, AHS Boys Division and Overall Male Winner; Lori Redden, Altus...
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On March 26, 2013, 21 members of the Altus Junior High School Leo Club made Easter Baskets for the children at the local Head Start Centers. The members made 107 baskets in one hour, during their meeting.
AJH Leo Club sponsor is Mrs. Natlyn Christian....
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The Women’s History Month Committee at Altus Air Force Base recently sponsored a career fair for girls at Altus Junior High School, emphasizing many careers which use science, technology, math, and engineering.
At left, SrA Whitney Wilson a...
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Mr. James LeGrand, left, is presented with the Horace Mann-Abraham Lincoln Fellowship by agent David Lemley.
James LeGrand, an Advanced Placement History teacher at Altus High School, will take part in the Horace Mann-Abraham Lincoln Fellowship Program...
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Third and fourth graders participated in the Roosevelt 1st Annual Raider Fun Run 2013 on Friday, March 15. The students were challenged to a two-mile run/walk (8 laps around the Altus Junior High track). They wore bracelets that teachers marked each t...
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Above, Showing off The Wizard of Oz books purchased by the APS Foundation are Breanna Jenkins, Mrs. Susan Bradley, Malea Gonzalez, and Jayden Nolan.
At left, Maddison Welch and Audrianna Mendoza put the finishing touches on the themed hall decorations....
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Altus Public Schools and Altus Air Force Base hosted a Parent “Get InvolvED” night last week at Altus High School. Parents in attendance attended break-out sessions on preventing bullying, the common core curriculum, drug awareness...
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All district schools achieve “Excellence” level
Representing Altus Public Schools at the Certified Healthy Oklahoma Awards Luncheon were members of the Altus School District Wellness Council (from left) Sheryl James, counselor at Rivers and Washing...
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In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday, The Cat in the Hat, also known as Kelly Leiter, Altus Extended Studies and RTI teacher, visited Roosevelt Elementary School, where she read to the students. Here, she is pictured with kindergartners from Mrs. Brooke ...
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Altus High School will host the second annual “Pound the Pavement” Bulldog 5K Walk/Run at the Altus City Reservoir at 10 a.m. on April 6. This year, the event will be open to the public, as well as to Altus Public Schools staff and students age 12 an...
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The Altus Junior High School Seventh and Eighth Grade Academic Teams each won second place at their Regional Academic Meets, and they are now headed to the State Meets at the University of Oklahoma on April 13 and April 20.
Seventh grade team members a...
