Tis the Season—For a Christmas Survey

By Desktop Publishing Class November—December 2018

The Wildcat Welch Public Schools Monthly Newsletter

By Addison Chenoweth

A Christmas-themed Google survey was emailed to Middle School and High School stu-dents. Of the thirty-four who responded, 91% said they have an artificial Christmas tree. More responses are listed below. Those who participated were entered in a drawing and the winner was Seth Schaper. Look for the next survey in your email for your chance to win. What is your favorite Christmas Snack? Olivia Pitcher: Peanut Butter Balls Kaylee Johnson: Candy Canes Olivia McGuire: Sugar Cookies Allie Bradbury : Pecan Melts Quinn Bowin: Egg Nog Justin Haskell: Peanut Brittle Seth Hayward: Anything I Can Find

What is your favorite Christmas Movie? Clayton Schmidt: The Polar Ex-press Haley Kagy: Elf Chloe Hitz: The Polar Express Emoree Bradbury: The Grinch Avery Brannon: A Christmas Story Brennae Perkins: Home Alone Clayton Lester: A Christmas Vacation What is your favorite Christmas Song? Reagan Etzel: Jingle Bells Landry Layton : Let it Snow! Maddison Schaper: The First Noel Justin Haskell: Leroy the Red-neck Reindeer Draven Richards: Santa Clause is Coming to Town Olivia Pitcher: Santa Baby

Haskell Signs With NEO

Hailey Haskell, Welch senior, recently signed a letter of intent to play softball with NEO A&M College. Congratulations!

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The November students of the month have been selected by a vote of the faculty. The elemen-tary students are Wryker Holmes and Trapper Johnson, the middle school student is Camryn Etzel and the high school students are Daniel Windle and William Robison.

Elementary Wryker Holmes is in 1st grade. He lives with his aunt and uncle, Anthony and Amber Puckett. His fa-vorite subject is reading be-cause it is good. His heroes are cops. Outside of school, Wryker’s favorite things to do are to play basketball and watch movies. When he grows up he wants to be-come a cop and firefighter. Trapper Johnson is in 5th grade and is the son of Brandon and Misty John-son. His favorite subject is reading because he likes to read. His role model is Jesus. Trapper’s favorite thing to do outside of school is watch

Netflix. When he grows up he wants to be a police lab guy.

Middle School

Camryn Etzel is in 6th grade; her parents are Jason and Tracy Etzel. Her favorite subject is Math because it is easy and fun. When she is not at school, she likes to go to the lake. She plays softball, basketball, and track. When she gets to high school she is looking forward to taking computer classes. Camryn’s future goals are to go to college and become an Orthopedic Doctor.

High School Daniel Windle is a sophomore

and is the son of Chris and Lenny Windle. He is involved in Art Club, TSA, NHS, FCA , and Archery. Daniel also plays football, basketball, and base-ball. His biggest inspiration is Michael Jordan. He plans to become an aerospace engineer. William Robison is a senior; his parents are Ryan and Melissa Robison. His favor-ite subject is mythology be-cause he loves the stories. He is a member of the foot-ball team. His biggest inspi-ration is his friend Crissy. His future plans are to go to OSU IT or Tri-County Tech to pursue his certifica-tion in computer net work-ing and repair.

(l-r): William Robison, Daniel Windle, Wryker Holmes, Trapper Johnson, and Camryn Etzel

by Jaci Clinton

November Students of the Month

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The December students of the month have been selected by a vote of the faculty. The ele-mentary students are Ben Hitz and Katie Wright, the middle school student is Gage Miller and the high school students are Aubrie Lester and Jaci Clinton.

Elementary Ben Hitz is in 2nd grade; his parents are Corey and Brandy Hitz. Ben’s favorite subject is Math. He says it’s easy and fun to learn. Ben’s role models are Jesus and his mom and dad. Outside of school, his favorite things to do are to play Fortnite and play basket-ball. When he grows up, Ben wants to become a pro basket-

ball player and a police officer. Katie Wright is in the 5th grade. Her favorite subject is Art. She says she enjoys this subject because it teaches her about things that happened long ago and paintings that were painted long ago. Katie’s role model is her sister. Out-side of school, she likes to play with her animals. When she grows up, Katie wants to be-come a vet.

Middle School Gage Miller is in the 8th grade and is the son of Gala Miller. Gage’s favorite subject is Math because he enjoys problem solving. His extra-curricular activities include Quiz Bowl

captain and TSA President. He also plays football, basket-ball and baseball. When he gets to high school, Gage is looking forward to taking Ge-ometry and Calculus. His fu-ture goals are to attend college and major in something Math or science related.

High School Aubrie Lester is a freshman; she is the daughter of Troy and Mandy Lester. Ag is her favorite subject because she really enjoys showing livestock, cattle grading and judging. Aubrie is involved in FFA and BPA. She says her dad is her biggest inspiration. After high school, Aubrie plans to be-come a physical therapist. Jacie Clinton is a junior; her parents are Danny and Kelli Clinton. Jacie’s favorite sub-ject is science because she likes to learn new things. Her extra-curricular activities include BPA Vice President, NHS and Art Club. Jaci also plays fast-pitch softball, runs cross coun-try and does track. Gary Ice is Jaci’s biggest inspiration. Her future plans include going to college and starting her own life.

December Students of the Month

(l-r): Gage Miller, Jaci Clinton, Ben Hitz and Aubrie Lester. Not pictured: Katie Wright

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Mrs. Biggs’ 1st Grade

All A’s Alina Ardon

Brogan Castle Ben Fullbright

Marley Goodwin Hallie Hart

Jasper Mayfield Hayden Rodriguez

All A’s and B’s Caiden Blalock

Samantha Feltynowski Victoria Feltynowski

Wryker Holmes Tripp Janda James Kelley Bentley Moss Lakyn Riddle Myrical Starr Rylee Walker

Mrs. Thomason’s 2nd Grade

All A’s

Hadley Chenoweth Rhett Griswold Maddison Kagy Adalyn McCord

Angelica Senglaub

All A’s and B’s Caidence Gomes

Ben Hitz Canaan Keith

Ulises Villa Abigail Webster Jae’Lee Wilbur Braxton Rider

Mrs. Headlee’s 3rd Grade

All A’s Kyndall Dorsey

Alex Edens Max Etzel

Will Fullbright Whitley Goodwin

Anna Villa Zoey Walker

All A’s and B’s Vanessa Aguilar

Wyatt Cook Gracelynn Darby

Anjelee Deatherage Landon Hart Ryder Riddle

Mason Webster Majen Wiegand

Mrs. Dees’ 4th Grade

All A’s

Joseph Clinton Devin Massey Breely Mills

Lilliana Rodriguez

All A’s and B’s Thomas Ashworth

Landon Beaty Leon Lee

Rosalinda Morales

Mrs. Haraughty’s 5th Grade

All A’s Jaylee Castle

Trapper Johnson Esmeralda Morales

Douglas Stevens

All A’s and B’s Kade Burgess

Madolyn Campillidi Maverick Campillidi

Naomi Collins Gracie Cook

Jake Haraughty Seth Higgins-Kagy Frankie Johnson

Alexus Lasiter Kaitlyn Senglaub

Jamee Watson

Elementary Honor Roll—1st Nine Weeks by Jaci Clinton

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Middle School

Superintendent Honor Roll Gabriel Boston Harlea Drury Camryn Etzel

Easton Schaefer Olivia Ashworth

Tea Haws Serenity Jordan Lucas Layton Dalani Tucker Kaylee Welch Gage Miller

Boone Perryman Lexi Smith

Principal Honor Roll Mason Clinton

Nicole Feltynowski Cash Tucker Flora Edens

Lucchese Mooney Cheyenne Vaughn

Leilani Herman Sage McLain

Tyler Webster Jenna Burgess

Nolan Haraughty Cruz Gonzalez

Kailey Hall Jagger Jordan

Abbey Morgan Bryndl Biggs Taryn Earp

Dylan Johnson

Honorable Mention Andrew Massey Belinda Zacarias Gage Buchanan

Lindsey McDonald Andrew Stoner

Jasmine Anderson Juliana Johnson

Ty Tucker Mason Wiegand

Samantha Hlebasko Maria Senglaub Elizabeth Zuscar

Myka Blalock Cassandra Letterman

Chade Morgan Deighton Pigeon Lydia Armstrong

Allie Bradbury Gabriel Hitz

Kristina Wright Marcos Fonseca

Kacee Stoner Jonathan Shelton

High School

Superintendent Honor Roll Kelli Tucker

Avery Brannon Reagan Etzel Haley Kagy

Seth Schaper Rose Small

Halle Rupert Daniel Windle

Brady Chenoweth Charlcie Gatewood

Rachel Rife Emoree Bradbury

Hailey Haskell Maddison Schaper William Robison

Addison Chenoweth Brennae Perkins

Addey Small

Principal Honor Roll Autumn Dotson Olivia McGuire

Kevi Tucker Faith Lee

Aubrie Lester Korbin Booth

Sayler Hayward Chloe Hitz

Landry Layton Jessie Pitcher

Harlee Schaefer Robby Foust Jaci Clinton

Justin Haskell Nathan Beaty Olivia Pitcher

Honorable Mention Seth Hayward Clayton Lester Kase Wiegand

Middle/High School Honor Roll—1st Nine Weeks

The Elementary Book Fair will be

February 7-15

by Addison Chenoweth

The 5th grade team hosted the District Quiz Bowl Tournament on December 4. Welch played three rounds against Oklahoma Un-ion. Welch ended up 1-2. Both teams will ad-vance to the regional tournament on January 19 at Chelsea.

President; Bryndl Biggs, Sergeant At Arms; front - Mason Clinton, Treas-urer. TSA also spon-sored a fundraiser mak-ing personalized Christ-mas tree ornaments.

The TSA Officer Team traveled to Norman for the Fall Leadership Conference October 24. Pictured left to right: Lucas Layton, Reporter; Jenna Burgess, Vice President; Gabe Hitz, Secretary; Gage Miller,

Welch Hosts District Quiz Bowl

TSA Update

BPA News by Emoree Bradbury

for competition time. BPA president Addey Small was chosen to be the nominee for the Business Division for Oklahoma Career Tech for the Presidential Scholar Award. If she is

chosen, she will have the chance to travel to Washington D.C to represent Oklahoma. BPA also sponsored an angel tree gift. The group got to spend an evening together shop-ping and eating out.

The members of BPA have been busy so far this year. The spring State Leadership Con-ference and Competi-tion is March 11 - 13. Everyone is preparing for their competitions and waiting patiently

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TSA Officers at the Fall Leadership Conference

(l-r): Trapper Johnson, Naomi Collins, Grady Gatewood, Jake Haraughty, Jaylee Castle, Esmeralda Morales, Douglas Stevens (front)

BPA members Korbin Booth & Kaylee Johnson

With December arriv-ing, many people have been working on the FFA Christmas float. Our FFA Chapter par-ticipated in the Blue-jacket Christmas parade and the Welch Christ-mas parade on Decem-ber 1st. However, be-sides the Christmas pa-rade, many other activi-ties have been going on as well. Kaylee Johnson and Ethan Costerisan attended the Made For Excellence (MFE) Lead-ership Conference on Saturday, December 1st and returned from rep-resenting their FFA Chapter on Sunday, December 2nd. When competing at the Open-ing Ceremonies/Greenhand quiz contest on October 16, the 8th

grade competitive Creed team placed third overall. Taking place in Miami, Oklahoma on October 27 at the Cole-man Theatre, Landry Layton starred as Jud Fry in the musical Ok-lahoma! in a joined school production in-volving Vinita FFA, Ketchum FFA and Ketchum Show Choir. Welch FFA’s December activities include: the Tulsa Farm Show trip on December 6th, OYE pig nominations are due on December 16th and for anyone who is exhibiting livestock at the county fair, spring livestock show check-ins will be December 15th in Vinita and in Welch on December 19th.

Welch FFA by Landry Layton

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The annual door decorating contest was held in the high school December 7. (l-r): Freshmen 1st place; Sophomores, 2nd place; Juniors, 4th place; and Seniors, 3rd place.

In Mr. Stovall’s Oklaho-ma History class the students recently had an assignment to create their own tribe. Re-quirements included: Name for their tribe, Meaning of the name, Housing, Hairstyles, Language, System of government, Famous person from their tribe, Family structure, Histo-ry of the tribe.

by Aubrie Lester Tribe Name: Aubotone-wan Meaning: The Awesome One Where they come from: Florida Terrain: Sandy, beach-es, and palm trees Housing: 2 Story houses made out of gold Hair styles: women- had curled hair; men- short hair Language: Tonewan System of government-

Aubrey is the governor Famous person: Dale Brisby Family structure: Mat-rilineal History: The Aubo-tonewan tribe made stylish moccasins & sold them at an awe-some price of $12 mil-lion. They controlled Florida for 93 years and let no one else live there because they are too cool for them. The tribe raises sheep, pigs and hermit crabs.

quarter. The Colcord game was close until 2 minutes left in the game when we had to start foul-ing. Nowata played really well. They were an area finals team last year and will be excellent again this year. Salina is on Tuesday and they were an Area team in 3a last year so they will be a great team too. “I think our defense has been very solid in each game and shot selection is excellent. Our offense should continue to im-prove through the season

Junior High Update: The junior high Boys team is currently 5-2 with wins over Bluejacket, Afton (twice), Wyandotte, and Fairland. “The boys are improving each practice in running plays and switch-ing defenses.”- Coach Bates. High School Boys- The Cats are 0-3 with losses to Fairland 42-27, Colcord 40-25, and Nowata 51-17. Fairland was close for the first half before they ex-tended the lead in the 3rd

as players get experience. Practices have been pro-ductive and the kids are improving in various ways.”- Coach Bates Girls Team: Coach Good-win- “We are continuing to work hard and improve each day in practice. Once we get a few more games under our belt, I will have a better idea on what areas we will need to spend more time on in improv-ing.”

Oklahoma History Project

Basketball Season Underway

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By Hunter Deerinwater, Coach Bates & Coach Goodwin