Congratulations to our 7th grade class king Wesson Smith!
Howe High School Red Ribbon Week Activities flyer "Restore and Empower your Dreams with positive, healthy choices! #HPSLions

Congratulations to our class King and Queens!
3YO - Joelle Wellman and Kitt Wright
PreK - Brinley Moholt and Benson Womack
Kindergarten - Miranda Yandell and Tryton Johnson
1st - Carlos Martinez and Hartlyn Newman
2nd - Jolee Wann and Broker Slone
3rd - Matalyn Plummer and Harper Atkins
4th - Emman Newman and Bentley Thompson
5th - Emerald Strider and Aiden Gunnels
6th - Brileigh Blake and Logan Gardenhire
7th - Jalynn Wann and ??? (will announce tomorrow)
8th - Breanna Wann and Gauge Wann
Next week is Red Ribbon Week. Really Excellent Decisions Week!! We all pledge to be drug free. Follow the schedule for dress up for each day.

Parents/Guardians,
Just a reminder: students will not be on campus tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 22). Friday will be a virtual learning day. Students should login to their classroom learning management system (Seesaw or Google Classroom) for lesson instructions. Please contact your child's teacher for more information on virtual day assignments. #HPSLions
Congratulations to Howe's new National Junior Honor Society officers.
President - Aniston Cox
Vice President - Cooper McClain
Secretary - Mariah Smith
Treasurer - Kadynce Delt
Reporter - Psalm Yandell

Reminder - Fall Carnival king and queen contestants need to have money into their homeroom teacher, sponsor or the office by 12:00 pm on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Highest selling girl and boy from each grade will be the king and queen for that grade. Classes can continue to sell until October 26, 2021.
Picture retakes are tomorrow. If you were not here, or are new to the district, your photo will be taken tomorrow.

Zoe Moreno has been chosen as this week’s Howe Intern of the Week. She works Monday through Friday with Lampkin Cleaning Company. As a senior at Howe Schools, Zoe has big plans for her future career. Zoe plans to join the Navy after high school graduation. While serving in the military, she plans to pursue a degree in Criminal Justice and Forensic Pathology at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. #HPSLions

FFA Members headed out for the state contest in Stillwater tomorrow

Just a reminder . . .
Fall Break is Thursday, Friday and Monday, October 14-15 and 18.
Friday, Oct 22 is a Virtual Day, no students will be on campus that day.
#HPSLions
Updated Basketball schedule - 5th/6th basketball time changes:
Games at Heavener on Oct 25 will be as follows . . .
9 am - 6th grade girls
9:45 am - 6th grade boys
10:30 am - 5th grade girls
11:15 am- 5th grade boys
#HPSLions
State Bound!!! FFA Members win the Poteau Regional Opening Ceremonies contest headed to State Monday!


Mrs. Parks' Computer Science I and II students (along with Mr. Casey's 3rd hr Multimedia class) attended an Amazon Future Engineer Virtual Fulfillment Center Tour today. The students learned how computer science, engineering, and people work together to fulfill customer orders at Amazon. Throughout the tour, the students got to meet and hear about the careers of three engineers who enable this technology. The computer-science focused interactive tour provided a front-row seat into how algorithms, machine learning, and more power the Amazon fulfillment process. Mrs. Parks' students will be chatting with additional Amazon engineers soon, and also competing in the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge! #HPSLions #amazonfutureengineer
Our Howe HS eSports team welcomed a special guest speaker today during their 5th hour class. Former CASC eSports team member and Heavener HS graduate, Dawson Adrean spoke to the class about the skills and teamwork needed for competitive eSports, and shared tips for developing specific skill sets. The newly formed Howe HS eSports team is a member of the Oklahoma eSports League (OESL), and the team is already scrimmaging/competing with other schools around the state in after school matches, under the guidance of their Coach, Mr. Brett Casey. In Sept, OSSAA added eSports as a sanctioned sport. During this first year under OSSAA, eSports will be exhibition season only, and OSSAA state championship competitions will start during the 2022-23 school year. According to the website NFHS.org, [eSports] "provide many opportunities for growth and learning, such as the creation and practice of “soft skills,” including communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity. Many of the same skills that employers are looking for in recent graduates." Learn more about eSports at https://www.nfhs.org/media/1020194/parents_esports_guide.pdf. Good luck to the Howe Lions eSports team during their match today at 4 pm! We would like to send a BIG THANK YOU to Dawson Adrean for sharing your valued expertise and motivation with the team! #HPSLions
Good luck to the Howe FFA students competing in the Regional Greenhand contest, please excuse them. Thank you!
Mayra Amezcua
River Cogburn
Krystin Thompson
Micah Davidson
Abigayle Parker
Breanna Welch
#HPSLions
Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) is a program that helps children who would have received free or reduced-price meals at school if not for the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Sept 17, students who qualified should have received a debit card preloaded with funds that can be used for groceries.
For the 2020-21 school year, school children must meet two important eligibility requirements:
Children must have been enrolled in a school district that participates in a federal meal program where meals are served at a school, and
Children must qualify for free or reduced-price meals based on income and have turned in the free or reduced-priced meals application to school for 2020-21, OR be enrolled in a school that participated in the Community Eligible Provision, Provision 2 or Provision 3 federal program in 2020-21.
There is no application process for these benefits. Families will receive benefits automatically if their school has identified to the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) that a student qualifies.
If your child received virtual instruction in 2020-21, and you believe your child meets the eligibility criteria and you do not receive your card by Oct. 15, 2021, please go to sde.ok.gov/pebt page to fill out an inquiry form. If you believe you did not receive your card due to a change in address, you will need to fill out the inquiry form. The form will become available by Oct. 15.
Howe FFA Update: Tomorrow 10/12, there will be an officer meeting at 7:30 am.; Wednesday 10/13, there will be a Howe FFA Chapter meeting in the Ag room during lunch. Lunch will be provided. #HPSLions


