If your student has attended Howe Public Schools prior to this year and you filled out the new student pre-enrollment by mistake, you may get a message saying your enrollment was rejected. This simply means that you need to fill out the returning student online enrollment when it is available.
Just a reminder, baseball for JH and HS will practice tonight (7/18) at 7pm at the field. Please bring physical if you haven’t turned one into the school yet. This is our first practice for fall baseball and you must attend if you plan on playing when school starts. - Coach Shawn Womack
Attention returning students: The online enrollment portal release is delayed due to a technical issue within PowerSchool. More information will be shared soon! Thank you for your patience! #HPSLions
2022/2023 School Supply List
Enrollment Update: Returning Student: All students wishing to attend Howe Public Schools for the 2022-23 academic year are required to complete their enrollment through the online portal. This link will be released later this week. Enrollment should be completed prior to July 31, 2022. In addition to the information supplied through the online portal, there will be additional enrollment documentation that will be required when school begins. Failure to complete student online enrollment may result in delays to assigning a student to classes.
New Student: All new students wishing to attend Howe Public Schools for the 2022-23 academic year are required to complete their initial pre-registration through the online portal athttps://bit.ly/howenewstudent. To ensure that there are no delays in the registration/enrollment process, please make sure to list the student’s physical address so that we may determine the appropriate residential status of the prospective student. Once registration is complete and residential status has been determined the administration will contact the prospective student’s parent/guardian with information regarding the completion of the enrollment process. The notification process will begin no later than August 1, 2022.
Attention Howe Lions and Lady Lions: Athletic physicals are scheduled for Wednesday, July 13 starting at 8:30 am at the Gym for 5th-12th grade boys and girls. #HPSLions
Juniors & seniors wishing to concurrently enroll for the Fall semester, need to do so asap. If you need assistance, contact Mrs. Donathan via email at amydonathan@howeschools.org. Mrs. Donathan is also frequently available in person at the school during the summer. Please call ahead at 918-658-3368 to confirm her availability. #HPSLions
Last day to get your fireworks!!! Stop by the old BNB store shop in the A/C and support Howe students!!!
Come get your fireworks from Howe FFA 4H Booster Club Fireworks!!! Sales at the Old BNB!!! Open 2-8 or later through Independence Day!!!
Attention student athletes and their parents: just a reminder of the OSSAA dead period rule. See attached flyer for details. #HPSLions
We’d like to give our PK-12th Math and our Special Education teachers a big shout-out for completing a 30 hour Curriculum Alignment and Mapping Institute at Howe Public Schools over the past five days! Our PK-12th English Language Arts teachers also completed two days of the training. We’d like to thank Kim Collier with Collier Education Consulting for leading our teachers through a wonderful week of learning, collaboration and planning for the 2022-23 school year! There is never enough time in the school year for teacher collaboration, and our staff benefited greatly by this week of planning together! #HPSLions
From Coach Brown: Shiloh played in the Native American All-State game today in Okmulgee! I got to see her play again.. I have to say.. it is a little weird not to be coaching her.. She did a fantastic job today and represented Howe Public Schools in a great way! 2 All State games down and 1 to go! #HPSLions
Congratulations to Ky Lynn & Shiloh Fletcher for representing Howe High School and your respective tribes in the Oklahoma Native All State games. Ky was selected to play in both the basketball & baseball games. Thank you Coach Nichols for the photos and post! #HPSLions
The Howe Choctaw Youth Advisory Board Chapter finished up strong with the Howe middle school working on John Maxwell’s Leadership value, Relationship! Students also finished up their Choctaw beading projects and Choctaw language games. Thank you Howe YAB for being a part of this year's Choctaw Nation POSSE Summer School at Howe! We appreciate all that you've done for our students! #HoweProud
PK-12th new student pre-registration is now open for the 2022-23 school year. This form should only be completed if the student DID NOT complete the 2021-22 school year at Howe Public Schools. (Please note: out-of-district students without an approved transfer will be contacted by the Elem/HS office once pre-registration is submitted to notify of approval or denial of transfer.) Returning student online enrollment will be available July 1, 2022 #HPSLions
Howe FFA members Lindsey Reppen and Abby Hale attend Eastern Oklahoma State College Meat Evaluation Camp to learn to become more competitive in the Meats Evaluation CDE contest. Eastern's camp and the Career Development Event open doors for degrees, training, and future careers for young FFA members
High school diplomas, transcripts, & report cards may be picked up in the high school office. Please, ensure that all equipment has been returned and fees have been paid before retrieving these items.
Seniors will be required to sign for their diplomas. A parent or guardian may pickup diploma if student is under 18. #HPSLions
The Choctaw Nation STAR Program application is now available through Chahta Achvffa, the Choctaw Nation’s official member portal. Parents and guardians can now apply for rewards for their students in 2nd - 12th grade for the Spring semester, providing final semester grades.
NOTE: Individual schools will no longer apply for STAR rewards on the student’s behalf.
#cnostarstudent
https://www.choctawnation.com/services/star/
Elementary and middle school report cards and 8th grade diplomas will be ready for pickup in the elementary office starting tomorrow.
Howe FFA 2021-22
Just In Cased You Missed It . . .
Howe FFA has spent the 2021-2022 school year hard at work participating, competing, and even hosting many activities and community service events. These activities have built the individual skills, confidence, and leadership skills the FFA members in turn take into their day to day lives and advance the core values of the FFA organization to the surrounding community and beyond. Howe FFA members advanced to the State level through qualifications in Opening/Closing Ceremonies Greenhand CDE, FFA Sporting Clays, Prepared Public Speaking, and Agriscience Fair. Four members advanced to Area in prepared public speaking, winning their category at the Regional level, and one of which placing 3rd at Area in the Spring, and one winning the Area AFR speech contest taking 4th at the state level. Multiple community service projects throughout the year gave students an opportunity to give back to the community that has supported them. The chapter also hosted the Poteau Region Legislative dinner, Oklahoma State FFA Officer Goodwill tour, Howe Invitational Speech Contest, Howe FFA/ 4-H ABGA Show, as well as multiple campus wide FFA Week activities and motivational speaker Brandon Baumgarten during FFA Week.
In 2021, the following Howe FFA members competed in the Opening/Closing
Ceremonies CDE contest placing 1st at the Poteau Regionals and advancing to the state contest in Stillwater, OK: River Cogburn, Breanna Welch, Micah Davidson,Mayra Amezcua,Abigale Parker, and Kyrstin Thompson.
The following Howe FFA members competed in CDE contests around Oklahoma and advanced to state held in Stillwater,OK.
Electricity-Brayden Duncan, Trey Roberts, and Caitie Malone.
Vet Medicine-Krystin Thompson, Mayra Amezcua, Breanna Welch, Farah Brem, and Erica Baldwin.
Forestry-Tyler Sumpter, Jayce Warmbier, Kamren Sisemore, and Haven Page. Tri County 3rd place team
Entomology-Lauchlan Duncan, Noah Logan, Luchy Athey, and Victoria Sharp.
Meat Judging-Lindsey Reppen and Abby Hale.
Sporting Clays-Jackson Morris, Taylor Roberts, Weston Graham, Trey Roberts, Kamren Sismore, Tyler Sumpter and Thomas Leatherwood. SE Area 3rd Senior team & State Qualifiers
Livestock- Carter Brown and Lindsey Reppen participated in livestock shows throughout the year with numerous top 5 placings and both making the Leflore County Premium Sale.
Mayra Amezcua organized and encouraged community service projects for the FFA members, she arranged the following events: Cinderella Project (cleaning & disinfecting local church nursery), Halloween Safety Videos, multiple Wagging Tails events (volunteering at the local animal shelter), A canned food drive partnered with NHS and Howe Cheerleaders, and Operation refueling Santa’s Sleigh (snack/drink donations to postal workers at Christmas). The
following students participated in these events: Mayra Amezcua, River Cogburn, Joeylynn Doyle, Lindsey Reppen, Victoria Sharp, Breanna Welch, Abby Hale, Alanna Contreras, Kennedy Dean, Brayden Duncan, Darren Hudlow,Jonathan Gibson, Tyler Ray, Brason Davies, Chesney
Sewell, Aiden Wann, Kyrstin Thompson, and Vincent Rorabugh.
The following FFA members participated in speech contests throughout the year: Victoria Sharp, Lindsey Reppen, Abby Hale, Mayra Amezcua, Lachlan Duncan, Kennedy Dean, Chesney Sewell, Kayleigh Chitwood, Micah Davidson, Abigale Parker, Kyrstin Thompson, Breanna Welch, and Alanna Contreras.
The following students placed 1st in their categories at the Poteau
Regional contest and advanced to Area: Victoria Sharp (placing 3rd @ Area), Lindsey Reppen, Mayra Amezcua and Micah Davidson. Victoria Sharp placed 1st in the Southeast Area AFR Speech contest advanced to state and placed 4th, fall 2021. (AFR Area 1st Victoria Sharp),
(AFR State 4th Victoria Sharp), (Regional- 1st x4, 3rd x4, 4th x2), (Area- 4 qualify, 3rd x1)
Howe FFA has been very busy this year making the most of their FFA careers in manydifferent areas, having a well rounded program that has something for all students. While these are not all of the accomplishments of Howe FFA members throughout the year, it does offer a highlight of their accomplishments and to what is to come. The program will continue to become even more competitive every year as students continue to build their knowledge and confidence.