Purcell High School

Good luck to Jayden Polk as he competes in the 2023 Cross Country Meet of Champions this Saturday. The meet will be at North Rock Creek HS. The boys race will begin at 11 AM. It will be $5 at the gate. Gates will be at the north end of the parking lot ofthe athletic complex.

Thanks to the leadership of several of our teachers and staff, several students have started a business selling coffee and hot chocolate at school to staff and students. They applied for and were awarded a generous grant from the Purcell Public Schools Foundation. "Dragon Brew" celebrated opening day today and the lines were long! This is such a wonderful opportunity for many of our students to build real-life skills and become a larger part of the overall school community. It supports the inclusion of ALL students in our school through increased interactions with peers and staff. Great stuff!

Congratulations Kylen Defreeze: PHS Student of the Month! Kylen is the son of Erik Defreeze and Angelica Brooks. He plays basketball and is on the Principal's Honor Roll. HIs favorite class is Art with Mr. Jon Corea. Kylen plans to attend college and play basketball and major in digital art or graphic design. #phsdragons

I made a mistake on my earlier posting on the time for Veterans Day Assembly. The assembly is at 11AM on Thursday, November 9th. Please join us as we recognize and honor our Veterans both past and present. Performances by PHS Band & Choir. Sponsored by PHS National Honor Society.

Tomorrow, our cheer squad is putting on a school and community gameday performance before they go to regionals on Saturday. The performance will be at 1:10 pm in the high school gym. Gameday Regionals will be on Saturday at Jay High School. The address is 468 East Monroe St. Jay, OK. Performance is at 2:20 pm. Please arrive early to find seating. Attached is the QR code to purchase general admission tickets for regionals. It is $7, and cash is NOT accepted at the door. Any type of device that plays music, sounds, voices, and noise makers of any kind (such as air horns, cow bells, etc) will not be allowed. This also applies to pre and post contest activities. Banners, emblems, and placards will also NOT be allowed. Go Dragons!!

Football isn't over yet, but the basketball season will be approaching! Basketball Homecoming will be January 12th and with all the holidays, PHS StuCo is selling Basketball homecoming shirts open now! Here is the link for online ordering and the order form. I will be bringing forms by to go in Thursday folders for the younger grades. Any questions let me know! https://massivegraphicsstore.com/collections/purcell-basketball

PHS Sophomore Kaden Pliler was one of 12 students chosen from the FFA National Convention Chorus to sing the National Anthem at the Indianapolis Colts game this past Sunday. What an experience and opportunity for this talented young man! #phsdragons https://youtu.be/EFp1B3c-Tao

A win for our Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Team! The team of Lj, Keegan, Matthew, and Greyson defeated Alva 2-0 yesterday in a best of 3. 🕹️ Proud of Dragon Esports. Great job team, and coaches Kelton Clary and Bryce Tuck!

Happy Halloween. I'm posting here the winners from today's costume parade sponsored by PHS STUCO. Fun times had by all! #phsdragons

Another huge honor for PHS Softball & Senior Savanna Edwards: Savanna was selected to the Middle West All-State team! A well deserved honor. Savanna will play in the All-State game June 8th @ Oklahoma Christian. #phsdragons

A TIME FOR GIVING! Help us help our community with our annual food drive! Our Food Drive directly impacts our community by helping families through Lil' Dragons Food Pantry and McClain County Operation Christmas. Please help our community by donating food for our food drive

Opportunity for 9-12 Chickasaw students.

Last week Jenny Allen-Price, PHS English & special education teacher, & Dan Smith, PHS paraprofessional, took their kids on a field trip to visit the Outsiders Museum in Tulsa Oklahoma. The students have been reading the famous book by S.E. HInton that's based in Oklahoma. The book became a famous movie that was filmed in Tulsa in 1983. It was amazing for me to hear from the students how much they enjoyed the experience. I was grateful as well to Ms. Allen-Price for planning a trip for students who don't normally have these opportunities. Well done Jenny & Dan!

PHS Parent Newsletter includes info on ICAP graduation requirements, regular safety updates, valuable parent resources (updated regularly at bottom of newsletter), and plenty of pics and news from Dragon activities and events! https://www.smore.com/er7db

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