Howe Public Schools

📸 Grand State memories for our Elem/MS Archery Teams Hard work. Steady aim. Big stage. Our archers represented Howe well, and we’re proud of every one of them. #OKNASP #HoweArchery 🎯

🌟 STATE SPOTLIGHT 🌟 Chesney Julkowski — 3rd Overall Elementary Girl Chesney had an incredible showing at the OKNASP Grand State Shoot! Score: 248 Elementary Girls Rank: 3 5th Grade Girls Rank: 3 Overall Girls Rank: 50 Finishing 3rd Overall among Elementary Girls in the State is a tremendous achievement. Chesney competed with confidence and composure on the biggest stage. We are so proud of you, Chesney! #OKNASP #HoweArchery #LionPride

🌟 STATE SPOTLIGHT 🌟 Bentley Thompson — Top Overall Middle School Boy Bentley delivered an outstanding performance at the OKNASP Grand State Shoot! Score: 277 Middle School Boys Rank: 1 8th Grade Boys Rank: 1 Overall Boys Rank: 9 Personal Best Finishing as the Top Overall Middle School Boy in the State is an incredible accomplishment. Bentley’s focus, discipline, and hard work paid off in a big way. We are so proud of you, Bentley! #OKNASP #HoweArchery #LionPride

STATE CHAMPIONS — Howe Elementary & Middle School Archery!

What an incredible accomplishment for our young Lions!

🥇 Howe Elementary — 1st Place Overall Team
🥇 Howe Middle School — 1st Place Overall Team

Both teams captured 1st Place Overall at the OKNASP Grand State Shoot (Tier II) — an outstanding achievement at the state level!

⭐ Bentley Thompson — Top Overall Middle School Boy
⭐ Chesney Julkowski — 3rd Overall Elementary Girl

These individual finishes helped power our teams to STATE TITLES!

⭐ Elementary School Highlights

🎯 Chesney Julkowski
Score: 248
Elementary Girls Rank: 3
5th Grade Girls Rank: 3
Overall Girls Rank: 50

🎯 Christopher Smith
Score: 230
Elementary Boys Rank: 7
5th Grade Boys Rank: 5
Overall Boys Rank: 167

🎯 Beck Thompson
Score: 229
Elementary Boys Rank: 8
5th Grade Boys Rank: 6
Overall Boys Rank: 171
Personal Best

🎯 Tucker Molholt
Score: 224
Elementary Boys Rank: 11
5th Grade Boys Rank: 8
Overall Boys Rank: 191
Personal Best

🎯 Mason Toney
Score: 221
Elementary Boys Rank: 13
5th Grade Boys Rank: 9
Overall Boys Rank: 208
Personal Best

🎯 Braylee Morris
Score: 206
Elementary Girls Rank: 11
5th Grade Girls Rank: 11
Overall Girls Rank: 172

⭐ Middle School Highlights

🎯 Bentley Thompson
Score: 277
Middle School Boys Rank: 1
8th Grade Boys Rank: 1
Overall Boys Rank: 9
Personal Best

🎯 Ava Peace
Score: 263
Middle School Girls Rank: 5
6th Grade Girls Rank: 1
Overall Girls Rank: 20
Personal Best

🎯 Eva McMurray
Score: 257
Middle School Girls Rank: 8
6th Grade Girls Rank: 2
Overall Girls Rank: 25

🎯 Gracie Sumpter
Score: 256
Middle School Girls Rank: 10
6th Grade Girls Rank: 3
Overall Girls Rank: 33

🎯 Cindy Perez
Score: 255
Middle School Girls Rank: 12
8th Grade Girls Rank: 6
Overall Girls Rank: 36

🎯 Zaylin Williams
Score: 251
Middle School Girls Rank: 15
8th Grade Girls Rank: 7
Overall Girls Rank: 45

🎯 Case Cruse
Score: 253
Middle School Boys Rank: 23
8th Grade Boys Rank: 14
Overall Boys Rank: 67

Congratulations to Coach Jon Sockey! Your leadership and dedication continue to build a championship culture at Howe from Elementary through High School.

From personal bests to TWO STATE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS — our Lions made a statement at Grand State.

We are incredibly proud. More photos to come!

#OKNASP #GrandStateShoot #HoweArchery #LionPride

PAWS-itive Learning in 1st Grade!

Mrs. Sanford’s 1st graders are building strong math foundations by modeling numbers using base ten blocks and place value.

Students worked together at their tables to represent numbers with tens and ones, carefully counting, grouping, and organizing their blocks to match the number cards. This hands-on approach helps our young learners truly understand how numbers are made, not just memorizing them but seeing and building them piece by piece.

From creating full tens rods to counting out individual ones, these students are strengthening number sense, practicing math vocabulary, and collaborating with classmates along the way.

It is always exciting to see learning come to life through meaningful, engaging activities. Great work, 1st grade.

#HoweProud #PAWSitiveLearning #PlaceValuePower #HandsOnLearning

We are very proud of our AG Mechanics Classes. Pictured are a most of the students who worked on Kashen's project trailer and the 1977 3/4 ton pickup this year. Projects like these are a great learning experience for our students. Kashen's trailer was recently awarded the Grand Champion Overall Ag Mechanics Project at the LeFlore County Junior Livestock Show. We still have a few. minor pieces to finish on the truck, but it will be making the cruise nights a lot more fun for our FFA members really soon.

PAWSITIVE PERFORMERS Program will be at 2:15 tomorrow in the cafeteria. Kindergarten and 1st Grade will be performing a couple of songs, students of the month will be presented for January and February and we will recognize our PAWSITIVE PERFORMERS.

Our Howe High School Archers competed with focus and determination at the OKNASP Grand State Shoot yesterday, and we are incredibly proud of how they represented Howe on the line.

🏆 The Howe High School Archery Team finished 4th Overall in the Oklahoma NASP® Grand State Shoot. What an outstanding accomplishment at the state level!

Let’s highlight some of our top individual finishers:

🎯 Jason Utter
Score: 285
High School Boys Rank: 12
10th Grade Boys Rank: 3
Overall Boys Rank: 19

🎯 Waylon Pinto
Score: 284
High School Boys Rank: 15
11th Grade Boys Rank: 7
Overall Boys Rank: 23

🎯 Westin Tarpley
Score: 281
High School Boys Rank: 25
10th Grade Boys Rank: 8
Overall Boys Rank: 40

🎯 Lexi Burnett
Score: 276
High School Girls Rank: 28
10th Grade Girls Rank: 10
Overall Girls Rank: 47

🎯 Raini Baskins
Score: 276
High School Girls Rank: 31
10th Grade Girls Rank: 12
Overall Girls Rank: 51

🎯 Emily Jones
Score: 275
High School Girls Rank: 34
11th Grade Girls Rank: 9
Overall Girls Rank: 55

Special recognition to:

🔥 Kashen Beshear with a 276 and a Personal Best
🔥 Tyler Wallis with a 266 and a Personal Best
📚 Kashen Beshear and Presley Pinto for earning Academic Archer honors

Congratulations also to Coach Jon Sockey! Your leadership, preparation, and commitment to these student-athletes continue to elevate our program. We appreciate all you do for Howe Archery.

A Top 4 team finish at Grand State is no small feat. We are proud of every Lion and Lady Lion Archer who stepped onto that line and competed with discipline, grit, and heart.

#OKNASP
#NASParchery
#GrandStateShoot
#HoweArchery
#LionPride

Update: the results are in - Howe HS Archery team placed 4th! CONGRATULATIONS! What an amazing finish! We are very proud of this team and Coach Sockey!! 🏹 Howe High School Archery – State Championship 🏹 Our Howe High School Archery Team competed at the Oklahoma Grand State Championship hosted by the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) at the Tulsa Fairgrounds today. We are so proud of the focus, discipline, and determination our archers showed on the state line. Competing at this level takes dedication and hours of practice, and these students represented Howe with class and sportsmanship. Congratulations to Coach Sockey and his team! Final scores and team standings can be viewed here: 👉 https://nasptournaments.org/TournamentDetail.aspx?tid=16990 Great job, Archers! We are proud of you! 🎯 #HoweLions #LionPride #NASP #AimTrue

PAWSITIVE PERFORMERS are doing great things at Howe Schools by acting responsibly. We are very proud of these students - McKenzie Adkisson, Gwendolyn Gay, Gilbeeto Luna, Cooper Bentley, Raylan Oliver, Gracelyn McCool, Oliver Ray, Addison Gardenhire, Wesson McGee, Lakelynn Mattox, Layla Jackson, Tala Janway, Benson Womack and Meiko Twyman.

🏀 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP – CLASS 2A AREA III
📍 Porter High School
📅 Saturday, February 28, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM & 7:30 PM

It’s Regional Championship time, Lion Nation!

🦁 Howe Lady Lions vs. Wilburton Lady Diggers
🦁 Howe Lions vs. Pocola Indians

If you can’t make the trip to Porter, catch the action LIVE on our Howe Schools Facebook page. Internet audio broadcast with Mark Couch is also available for those tuning in from home.

Let’s pack the stands, and support our Lady Lions and Lions as they compete for a Regional Championship!

#HoweLions #LadyLions #RegionalChampionship #LionNation

The SHELL Scholarship Deadline is March 15, 2026. Apply or see more information at https://www.shell.us/about-us/careers/shell-graduate-program/scholarships.html#tab-high-school-senior-students

📚✨ Read Across America Week – March 2–6 ✨📚

Next week we’re celebrating Read Across America Week, a nationwide event that promotes a love of reading and encourages students of all ages to discover the joy, adventure, and imagination that books bring to our lives.

Read Across America began as a way to celebrate literacy and inspire lifelong readers. It reminds us that reading builds creativity, strengthens vocabulary, improves academic success, and opens doors to new worlds. Most importantly, it helps our students grow into confident, capable learners.

To make the week even more fun, we have themed dress-up days planned:

📘 Monday – Seuss-tastic Day
Dress up as your favorite character from a Dr. Seuss book.

🦸 Tuesday – Reading Gives You Superpowers
Wear your favorite superhero shirt.

📖 Wednesday – Get Lost in a Book
Wear camouflage and see if we can find you.

🧸 Thursday – Cozy Up with a Good Book
Wear your pajamas and comfy clothes.

🏀 Friday – Team Up for Reading
Wear your favorite sports jersey or team shirt.

We can’t wait to see our students participate and celebrate the power of reading all week long. Let’s make it a fun, PAWS-itive celebration of literacy across our campus. 📚❤️

#ReadAcrossAmerica
#LiteracyMatters
#PAWSitiveLearning
#Seusstastic

🏀🦁 Regional Win for the Howe Lions! 🦁🏀 The Howe Lions earned a big win over Colcord at Porter in the Class 2A Area III Regional Tournament! Final Score: 59-45 The Lions advance to the Regional Championship on Saturday at 7:30 pm. The Lions competed with focus and determination on both ends of the floor, putting together a strong team performance when it mattered most. We are proud of the way these young men continue to represent Howe with heart and discipline. Congratulations to our players and coaches — on to the next round! #GoHowe #LionPride #AreaIIIRegionals

Class 2A Area III Regional at Porter - End of 3rd Howe Lions 40 Colcord 37

Class 2A Area III Regional at Porter - at the half - Howe Lions 26 Colcord 26

Class 2A Area III Regional at Porter - End of 1st Howe Lions 13 Colcord 10

Regional Win for the Lady Lions! The Howe Lady Lions earned a big Regional victory over Colcord tonight with an impressive 83–27 win at Porter. They advance to the Regional Championship game on Saturday at 6 pm at Porter. The team played with focus, discipline, and strong defensive pressure from start to finish. It was a complete team effort and a great showing at Class 2A Area III Regionals. We are proud of these young ladies and the way they continue to represent Howe with hard work and determination. On to the next round! #GoHowe #LadyLions #RegionalWin

Class 2A Area III Regional at Porter - End of 3rd Howe 59 Colcord 23

🎥📣 Live Shout-Out: We see you, Lion fans! 🦁 Shout-out to everyone tuning in on our FB Live from Howe, Heavener, Wister, De Queen, Fayetteville, Florida, and even Arizona! The support stretches far beyond the gym tonight, and our Lions can feel it! No matter where you’re watching from, you’re part of the Pride. Let’s finish strong in this Class 2A Area III Regional playoff battle at Porter vs. Colcord! Howe Nation travels WELL — even virtually! Drop your location in the comments if we missed you!