Sophia Butler, Gracie Pruitt, Cole Smedley, and Carter Goldston gave our Senior Salutes this week at KBLP Radio. They did a tremendous job and we appreciate the opportunity to celebrate our seniors. Thank you Amber Findley & Mel Feroli for continuing this tradition.
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Lady Dragons WIN game 1 of Regionals 11-3 vs Cache! They play the winner of Bristow and Bethel in game 2 at 1:30. GO DRAGONS!
We are thankful for these these three: Candy Tuck, Cara Simonton, and Kassi Buchanan. All three are true public servants. They understand and embrace the role that our responsibility as admin/office staff is to serve our students, teachers, and community at large.
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Last night, baseball celebrated their seniors before their win against OKC Knights 7-3. Thank you to our three baseball seniors for all that they have done for our school and baseball program.
Baseball will also head to Elk City for regionals this Thursday. Schedule is attached. Only games that will be streamed are games that Elk City plays. The link to the live stream is http://www.bigelktv.com/
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Your Lady Dragons will head to Cache on Wednesday to compete in the Regional Slowpitch Tournament. Top two teams will punch their ticket to the State Tournament that is played at the ASA Hall of Fame Stadium on April 29th. Good Luck ladies and coaches!
Congratulations to our TSA State Placers from the TSA (Technology Student Association) State Competition last week. Great work Dragons!
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Congratulations to our TSA State Champions from our Technology Student Association State Competition last week. We are proud of each of these students as well as the work of our TSA Instructors April Trumbo & Paul Wollenberg.
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Baseball is hosting OKC Knights tonight for their last scheduled home game. Senior Night will start at 4pm before the game. Game starts at 5.
Soccer will be traveling to Pathways for their last district matchup of the year. Girls start at 5:30, boys following. Address for Pathways field is 4712 S Santa Fe Ave. Oklahoma City.
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PHS Parent Newsletter. Thanks to all teachers, coaches, and sponsors who contribute to newsletter. A special thanks to Rick Hammer for athletic news, Stephanie Knowles for pics, and Kelton Clary for social media graphics! #phsdragons
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Dragon Esports wrapped up a highly successful Inaugural Season. They qualified for the OSSAA State Playoffs in their first season before losing to Edmond Memorial in Super Smash Bros. We are very proud of the players and coaches Kelton Clary, Bryce Tuck, and Conner Lemon who made this possible. Of course none of this was possible without generous donations and contributions from the Purcell Public Schools Foundation and Jeff & Char Page.
PHS & JH TSA had a highly successful week at the State Competition. We know we will bring home MULTIPLE STATE CHAMPIONS, numerous state placers, McKenna Martin elected State TSA Treasurer, and JH Teacher Paul Wollenberg elected to TSA Hall of Fame! Official results coming soon.
Watch out for Dragon Baseball! They have won 7 of 10 and beat a tough Bethel Squad today. Great job players, managers and coaches Cole Sharp, Justin Knowles, Ethan Scott and Matt Maral.
1st Place finishers from the Canadian Valley Conference Meet! 🥇
Ella Resendiz first and threw for a new school record of 39'3"!
Hadleigh Harp 1st in both the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash!!!
Jayden Polk 1st in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:12.07!
New School Record!!
Jayden Polk made more Dragon history today with a incredible 1600 Meter Run, breaking the long-standing record set back in 1986 by Randy McDaniel at 4:39.7.
Congratulations to Haley Kretchmar on being selected to attend the Oklahoma Farm Bureau Capitol Camp and the Oklahoma Youth Leading Agriculture Conference this summer! Way to go Haley!
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All 4 of our choir students received a Superior Rating & Gold Medals at the State Vocal Music Contest: Genesis Guerra, Rose Allen, Noria Stell & Tallon Jones. What an amazing accomplishment! Director Cindy Donaldson has done great things with this program.
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The Lady Dragons Slowpitch team beat Sulphur 12-11 and 8-1 to win the district championship. The Lady Dragons will continue their season next week at regionals. Congratulations to Coach Jones, Coach Raper, and all of our athletes! Go Dragons!
Slowpitch Districts is underway here in Purcell. Lady Dragons will play the loser of Sulphur and Madill at 11:30. Games are streamed live via NFHS! GO DRAGONS!
Day two of back to back district games for our soccer teams. Tonight they head to Crossings Christian. Girls start at 5, boys game following. Go Dragons!
Teacher Feature: Congratulations to our very own, Ms. Jasmine Quinonez, who has been recognized and featured in OEA's Education Focus Spring 2024 Edition. The article is titled "Worth It!". In the article, Ms. Quinonez highlights the learning going on in her classroom along with how social and learning connections are made. Ms. Quinonez teaches English I and Spanish I at our high school. She also serves as Academic Team coach and class sponsor. https://okea.org/.../uploads/2024-Spring-Education-Focus.pdf
In addition to this recognition, Ms. Quinonez was nominated by a former student to be recognized as America's Favorite Teacher and has made it to the 3rd round of cuts. The top 10 nominees from across the nation will be announced this Thursday. Good luck Ms. Q! https://americasfavteacher.org/2024/jasmine-qui-nez
