Arkoma Public School

Mrs. Walden is going to begin enrolling students. This will be done through student emails. She will start with seniors. Please have your students check their school email so she can get them a schedule. If you have questions please contact Mrs. Walden at jwalden@arkoma.k12.ok.us

ENROLLING NOW for the 20-21 school year. Parents will need access to the parent portal on our Wen-Gage site. To get a login please email: acaraway@arkoma.k12.ok.us or call 918-875-3835. To login go to our website and click on grade book!

Physicals for male athletes 6th - 12th grades will be Friday, July 31st at the elementary gym starting at 9am until around 11.am. Coaches will have forms next week that must be completed and signed prior to the physical. Cost is again $10.

Arkoma Schools take New Approach in New Circumstances COVID-19 has put schools into unprecedented territory. Between new approaches to instructional delivery and budget cuts, Arkoma Schools has chosen to take a less traditional approach to school administration. Over the last two years, Arkoma has operated with an Elementary Principal, a Dean of Students and a Superintendent/High School Principal. To continue seeing financial advantages, Arkoma will cut at the administrative level and instead put that money into teaching personnel, classroom budgets and student needs. Shelly Harmon, who has been the Elementary Principal for 19 years, will now serve as the District Principal. Rick Harvey will continue as the Dean of Students and work closely with Mrs. Harmon on district needs. We hope that with the concept of a District Principal, we will see uniformity in leadership, as well as growth in student success and involvement. By cutting financially at the top, we hope to continue offering classes and organizations not necessarily offered at neighboring districts such as: photography, archery, trap, 3rd-12th grade sports, FACS, AP Classes, and concurrent enrollment, to name a few. We were also proud of our new organization started this year to involve students who were not previously involved in other organizations. The Student Activities Board hosted different events throughout the year to involve the entire student body. We look forward to this organization growing next year. We are always looking to offer more unique opportunities for our students to help them gain skills to advance them in the careers of their choice. As many other districts around us, our enrollment jumps up and down each year. With no particular indication of loss or growth, we hope to continue putting in place a system to retain the offerings we have for our students. This will be done by looking at ways to cut costs away from student directly. Over the last two years, we have received grants totaling over $400,000. This has allowed us to improve institutional delivery, curriculum, attendance, literacy, teacher training and much more. We have also received grants to completely redo both libraries with new books and furniture. We have new Promethean boards in every classroom, as well as a 1:1 device for every student in the district. In the last two years, we have purchased all new math, reading and social studies textbooks for the entire district as well. Great things are happening at Arkoma Schools and we would love for you and your child to join us in their educational journey! Cyal Walden Superintendent of Schools

Another project is the moving of first grade into a larger room. Ms Willis has been hard at work cleaning and painting. Check out the before and after with the new black trim!

Lots of work has been going on this summer. One cool project is going on in the kindergarten room. Stay tuned for the finished results!

Another Arkoma alumni will be joining us this year. Let’s welcome Mr. Jess Wells as our new fourth grade teacher! Mr. Wells will also be our archery coach! Mr. Wells has lots of experience working with the youth of Arkoma. He has assisted Coach Weatherton in baseball, has worked summers at KBA church camp and is currently the youth pastor at Arkoma First Baptist. Mr. Wells is looking forward to the school year!!

Let’s have a big Mustang welcome to Arkoma Alumni, Kelsi Blue! Mrs. Blue will teach kindergarten this year. She knows what it’s like to grow up a Mustang and she is ready to teach the next generation!!

Congratulations to Katie Johnson for earning a Silver Medal at the NATIONAL level for the FCCLA Star events. We are so proud of Katie and her accomplishment!!

Please welcome Mr. Brice Barnes to the staff! Mr. Barnes will teach 5th/6th English and Social Studies, as well as sponsor the 5th/6th grade academic team and Middle School Gifted and Talented. He is already preparing for the year and is ready to meet his students!

Please join us in welcoming Mrs. Emily Morgan to the Mustang Family. Mrs. Morgan will teach HS Family and Consumer Science and sponsor FCCLA. Mrs. Morgan believes that every child should feel a sense of belonging.She is looking forward to the school year and meeting her students!

Please join us in welcoming Mr. George Spears to our staff. Mr. Spears will teach 9th-12th grade English. He comes to us with lots of experience and is excited to become a part of our community.

ENROLLING NOW for the 20-21 school year. Parents will need access to the parent portal on our Wen-Gage site. To get a login please email: acaraway@arkoma.k12.ok.us. To login go to our website and click on grade book!

To enroll you will need to log into the PARENT account. To get that information email acaraway@arkoma.k12.ok.us. Please give the parent name and students name.

Enrolling now: Login to Wen-Gage and click Student Records Portal. For login info email student name/birthdate to acaraway@arkoma.k12.ok.us

ONLINE ENROLLMENT for the 2020-2021 school year is now available. To enroll, log on to your child’s Wen-Gage account. You will see a STUDENT PORTAL button. Go there to start enrollment. NEW STUDENTS and those who DO NOT know login information can contact school at 918-875-3835 starting Tuesday for account information and setup. Parents can also come to the elementary office, Monday -Thursday between 9am-2pm to use our enrollment hub to enroll students.

Physicals for female athletes grades 6-12 will be TOMORROW Friday, June 26 at the elementary gym starting at 9am until 10:30am. Coaches will have forms next week that must be - completed and signed - prior to the physical. Cost is again $10.

Please fill out the following survey to help us plan for the Fall semester: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc1WOPAyzBeTZ1QTaub6GD6qOl7CREF_4s2bsxMFE36aZ8vGA/viewform

Physicals for female athletes grades 6-12 will be Friday, June 26 at the elementary gym starting at 9am until 10:30am. Coaches will have forms next week that must be completed and signed prior to the physical. Cost us again $10.

LAST CALL - JH & HS students can pick up and drop off school items Monday , June 15 from 12 - 4 PM. After Monday items will be discarded. Please do not enter any buildings. There will be a box for you to return items. Mr Harvey will bring you items from your locker. Thank you! - rh