Purcell High School

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Dragon Alums Giving Back Yesterday the PHS Cross-Country Boys placed 14th in the State Championships. Freshman Jayden Polk finished 10th overall and made All-State and set a new PR with a time of 16:28. That time is only 9 seconds off Kyle Ginn's school record of 16:19. That record was set in 2020 and Kyle continues his Cross-Country career at Roger's State University. The part I love about this story is that Kyle came to support Jayden and the entire team yesterday offering them all support and encouragement. That's a true Dragon right there! Congratulations Kyle Ginn and thank you for representing your school and community with pride!

Purcell HS - TSA results for the Arklahoma Contest in Roland. Great job students & instructor Paul Wollenberg! Audio Podcast: 2nd Place Hunter Shaw, Caden Anderson, Ross Brock Cybersecurity: 3rd Place Shiv Patel Dragster: 1st Place Hunter Shaw, 2nd Parker Page Drone UAV: 1st Place Shiv Patel Flight Endurance 2nd Place Josmar Munoz Graphic Design: 3rd Place Wyatt Field Music Production: 3rd Place Kenna Lee, Reed Clary, Asa Byrne Project Fair: 1st Place Addison Arnold

Note this event times have changed: 10/30 & 10/31 @ 7PM Please see this opportunity to support the PHS Tennis program: 7th annual haunted house is sponsored by Oklahoma Elite Realty and Nature's Native Spirit. Feel free to call, text 405-863-6941 for any questions. 1911 Deer Trail in Purcell Chasity Nimsey-Broker/Owner

Dragon Football improved to 7-2 & 5-1 (district) with 42-14 win over Little Axe Thursday. The Dragons will wrap up regular season Fri @ Comanche. Thank you Band (loved the new Ghostbusters rendition) and Cheer celebrated jersey night! One more week til the playoffs! #phsdragons

Congratulations PHS Boys Cross-Country! They finished 14th overall today at the OSSAA 4A State Championships. Freshman Jayden Polk finished 10th overall to qualify for All-State! Erick Suarez finished 61st. Carlos Pacheco 99th, Josh Hamilton 130th, and Landon Brown 140th. Caesar Suarez and Fernando Resendiz also completed. 5 out of 7 runners established Personal Records. Tremendous job all runners, managers, and Coaches Ray Samford & Josh Beal

Please see this opportunity to support the PHS Tennis program: 7th annual haunted house is sponsored by Oklahoma Elite Realty and Nature's Native Spirit. It will be on October 28th starting at 6:30pm and going until? We will also do on October 31st but starting at 7:30-? We never charge but will gladly accept any donations this year. All donations will go to Purcell Tennis Team with Krysta Ann Matthews . We have full size candy bars, and other goodies as well. We do need bodies for our haunted house..preferably alive ones, but will consider others. I will also sign off for community service for any student that needs it. Feel free to call, text 405-863-6941 for any questions. 1911 Deer Trail in Purcell Chasity Nimsey-Broker/Owner

Today, we celebrated the Boys Cross Country team and their accomplishment of making it to the State Cross Country Meet. The team will be running at Edmond Santa Fe tomorrow at 12:15. Please see the attached picture regarding tomorrow's send off. Go Dragons!

Spanish Club met this week and learned about Hispanic traditions and Dia de los muertos. Mayra Munoz, PHS Spanish Teacher, provides students from all backgrounds an opportunity to gather, enjoy fellowship, have fun, and learn new things. Great work Mayra and students.#phsdragons

Attention HS Students & Parents. The next ACT Testing Date is December 9th. Application deadline is Nov. 3 (next Friday). Remember all juniors will take the ACT in the spring at PHS! Click on link to register: https://my.act.org/

Families that may be in need of food assistance may find opportunities at The Share Center at Food and Shelter, a Food and Resource Center in Norman. More information is available on the website and on the flyer. https://www.foodandshelterinc.org/thesharecenter

I've had several inquiries about Halloween Dress-Up Day. We can only imagine what our teachers will come up with this year! Students: Have fun and please follow the rules. #phsdragons

Thanks to our Dragon Fire Booster Club for all of their hard work supporting Dragon athletics. They provide needed additional funds to support our programs but also support other clubs and organizations by providing opportunities to work concessions. #phsdragons

I wouldn't say it's a slow week (no such thing with school events!) but we can catch our breath a bit before winter sports. Thursday night football, TSA & Choir Events, 1st basketball event, and of course Boy's Cross-Country @ State this weekend! #phsdragons

PHS after school tutoring begins 10/23 and runs thru semester. PHS teachers and math tutors available nightly. #phsdragons

STATE BOUND!!! The Purcell boys finished 6th overall at the Waurika Cross Country Regional which will send them to Edmond next Saturday! The boys were led by freshman Jayden Polk. Jayden finished 5th overall with a time of 16:54.56. Next across the line was Erick Suarez. He finished 18:00.50 and placed 19th. Third for Purcell was Carlos Pacheco who ran a 18:32.90 for 32nd place. Fernando Resendiz finished 55th in a time of 19:47.82. The last scorer for Purcell was Josh Hamilton. Josh finished in 20:35.25 and placed 65th. The Displacers for Purcell were senior Landon Brown and freshman Cesar Suarez. Landon finished in 20:50.43 and Cesar crossed the line in 21:17.68. They will all compete next Saturday at Edmond Santa Fe at the State Cross Country Championship. Congratulations to all runners and coaches Ray Samford, Josh Beal, and Kelton Clary. #phsdragons

Thursday night was a beautiful evening for football and a great opportunity to honor America's veterans and those who serve our country. Our football team came up short but we were proud of their effort. Dragon Pride Marching Band performed for the final time and joined with the Washington band to perform the national anthem. Sophomore Kaden Pliler performed before the game. We honored football, cross-country, band, and cheer seniors and parents. Thank you to Goldsby Construction and Sheehy Signs for presenting our local American Legion with a generous donation. #phsdragons

PHS Pep Rally Fun! Thank you Cheerleaders and coaches Grant Gish & April Trumbo for putting on another great Pep Rally. Thanks to Roger Raper and Kurt Gray for serving as our announcers! #phsdragons

TSA had a great day at the Fall Conference. Members had the opportunity to visit several workshops learning about innovations in AI, meteorology, computing, etc. Our Chapter is proud to have PHS students representing at the State and Regional level. McKenna Martin State Reporter, Kenna Lee, Western Region Treasurer and Josmar Munoz, Western Region Sergeant at Arms helped to lead the conference and activities. #phsdragons

Plenty of post-season honors on the way for the PHS Lady Dragons Softball after their amazing season. Congratulations players and coaches! #phsdragons