Howe Public Schools

Meet the Howe Foreign Exchange Students - Selma Leth-Larsen Selma comes from Regstrup, Denmark. She likes to play sports and piano. She is surprised at how little Americans care about the environment. She hopes to learn more English and learn more about our culture. She likes her Vocal Music class. Her mentor student is Zoë Moreno. She is staying with Brandie Lovell. #HPSLions

Meet the Howe Foreign Exchange Students - Ida Friis-Holgerson Ida comes from Horsens, Denmark. She likes to watch the show Friends. She is baffled that Americans drive everywhere. She is surprised at how nice we can be. She hopes to gain experience and not weight from this program. She likes her Vocal Music class. Her mentor student is Lainey Lemus. She is staying with Marlie Place and Callie Corn.

This week's featured value is: Honesty You can Pass It On by doing today's values idea: Clear your conscience today, and address a situation where you could have been more honest.#HPSLions #HPSValues

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Congratulations to the FFA Opening Ceremonies team Placing 1st @ Talihina invitational and 2nd @ regionals STATE BOUND!!! Compete Tuesday the 22nd in Stillwater

5/6th BB Game @ Monroe Tuesday, Oct. 22nd has been cancelled.

This week's featured value is: Inspiration You can Pass It On by doing today's values idea: Keep an open mind today. Focus on finding new sources of inspiration!#HPSLions #HPSValues

Come out and support Howe Middle School tonight from 4:30 - 7:00. There will be a Haunted Hallway at the Howe Middle School during the fall carnival. Get ready to scream!

Don’t miss Howe Public Schools’ Fall Carnival and Coronation ceremonies this evening, Tuesday, October 15! EVERYONE IS INVITED! The Carnival will be held from 4:30 – 7:00 p.m. Due to inclement weather forecasts, locations of all events have been moved indoors. The Senior Class will be hosting BINGO in the lobby of the NEW GYM. Inflatables will be located in the Old Gym and Games/Concession will be located in the Cafeteria building. Be sure to also stop by the Middle School for the HAUNTED HALLWAY! Ticket ($.50 each) and Inflatable Armband ($10 each) sales will be located in the OLD GYM and the Cafeteria. All games in the cafeteria will cost 1 ticket. Coronation will start at 5:15 p.m. for grades 6th-12th and at 7:15 pm for grades PK-5th in the Auditorium. Congratulations to our 2019 Howe Fall Royalty Court: PreK: Tucker Molholt and Juliette Thompson Kdg: Broker Slone and Briley Rana 1st: Hayden Rodon and Jaxi May 2nd: Bentley Meyer-Davis and Emma Newman 3rd: Maddux Barnhart and Alexis Eagle 4th: Kinsler Cox and Zaidi May 5th: Chance Morris and Emily Jones 6th: Jonathan Gibson and Carley Smith 7th: Wesley Toney and Jozlyn Johnson 8th: Aldon Lemus and Sunni Piersant 9th: Lillie Gibson & Timothy Wallis 10th: Jaxon Gonzalez & Lainey Lemus 11th: Alex Reif & Cheyenne Gibson 12th: Ethan Hudlow & Natalie Farrar #HPSLions

Meet the Howe Foreign Exchange Students - Maria Cuevas Maria comes from Castellon, Spain. She competes in a jumping arena with her horse. She likes to dance and take photos. She wants to learn more English and meet new people. She likes her algebra class. Her mentor student is Delaney Permenter. She wants to go to college and have a family. She is staying with the Toneys. #HPSLions

Meet the Howe Foreign Exchange Students - Isabel Kollen Isabel is from Hengelo, Netherlands. She likes to ride horses. She also likes to shop, make new friends, play piano, and travel. She hopes to make new friends and experiences in America. She loves Vocal Music. Her mentor student is Emily Kellogg. She wants to go to college and get a degree in medicine. Her host family is the Sanders. #HPSLions

Meet the Howe Foreign Exchange Students - Martina Berti Martina resides in Pesaro, Italy. She likes playing volleyball and listening to music. She hopes to keep in touch with her friends here. She likes her German class. Her mentor student is MiKia Prier. She wants to find a travelling job after school and visit Oklahoma again. Her host family is Summer and Michael Campbell. #HPSLions

Meet the Howe Foreign Exchange Students - Naomi Rothstein Naomi is from Stockholm, Sweden. She likes to hang out with friends and go horseback riding. She wants to improve her English and keep her friends she makes here. She likes her Algebra and Facs classes. Her mentor student is Hailee Morrison. She wants to be a lawyer. She is staying with Carla Cox.

Next foreign exchange student on the list is Kristine Larsen. Kristine comes from Copenhagen, Denmark. She is interested in gymnastics and music. She likes her Vocal Music class. Tambrah Hewitt is her mentor student. She wants to be a psychologist in the future. She is staying with the Wilbourns. #HPSLions

Now we are going to talk about Rene Arpas. Rene is from Nitra, Slovakia. He likes to play sports and he wants to learn better English. He likes the Athletics class. His mentor student is Timothy Wallis. Rene is staying with Dale and Leah Wilson. He wants to go to college in the USA and then go to the NBA. He has been to a number of countries including Egypt, Italy, and Greece.

This week's featured value is: Inspiration You can Pass It On by doing today's values idea: Hang an inspiration board by your desk.#HPSLions #HPSValues

"WE ARE GOING!" Hey Howe K-12th grade students . . . Join Mrs. Parks' Computer Science students and enter the NASA Langley Student Art Contest! NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia is inviting students grades K-12 to creatively visualize NASA’s science, technology and human exploration activities in the 2020 NASA Art Contest, using the theme “We Are Going.” The contest is open to all children grades K-12. The Art Contest submission period begins  Dec. 1, 2019  and concludes on  Dec. 31, 2019 at midnight EST. For more information visit https://artcontest.larc.nasa.gov or see Mrs. Parks! #Apollo50 #HPSLions

Now we are moving onto Thea Bengtsson. Thea is from Kristianstad, Sweden. She does olympic weightlifting and she likes to work out and play volleyball. She is interested in psychology. She is baffled that Americans have to have a car. She hopes to become an independent individual. She loves Vocal Music. Her mentor student is Harley Calhoun. She plans to go back to Sweden and major in psychology. Her host family is Chris and Brandie Lovell.

For the next week, we will be featuring our high school foreign exchange students in a "meet the student" feature. Up first is Ricky Bellotti from Italy. Ricky comes from Mariano Comense, Italy. He likes to play basketball and listen to music. He wants to learn better English and make more friends. He likes his Athletics class. His mentor student is Timothy Wallis. Ricky wants to be happy in the future. He is also staying with Dale and Leah Wilson. He has been to Spain, Switzerland, and France. #HPSLions

ATTENTION SENIORS!: Senior Tux and Drapes Pictures are scheduled for Wednesday, October 16, 2019, in the basketball gym lobby. Please see the schedule outside Mrs. Donathan's classroom. A $20 sitting fee will be due on Wednesday before you may take pictures.