Purcell High School

Last week our Spanish Club held it's monthly meeting. The officers served delicious food and discussed their upcoming community project which is providing needed items for our local Animal Shelter. They also learned more about the culture of the upcoming Day of the Dead. Thank you Spanish Club and sponsors Mayra Munoz and Irma Calixto for helping celebrate the diversity of our school and providing students important service learning opportunities. What a great organization! #phsdragons

Congratulations to our Lady Dragon seniors Ella Resendiz, Hannah Whitaker, and Hadleigh Harp for making the All Region fastpitch team and to Coach Sarah Jones who was selected as Region Coach of the Year! Go Dragons!

It may not feel like fall yet but there are plenty of fun fall activities at PHS. Purcell FFA hosted their October FFA meeting and decorated pumpkins for their annual contest. #phsdragons

Halloween Costume Contest & Trick or Treat the Halls details below. Reminder students: no masks no toy weapons no blood or gore all costumes must meet school dress code Have fun! #phsdragons

Dragon Esports Mario Kart (Brendan, Bradley, Aj, and Fatima) pick up another big win over top ranked Billings. Purcell Mario Kart is 4-1 and ranked 10th in the state! The 20th ranked Rocket League team takes on the #21 Wolverines from Nebraska (not traveling to Nebraska).

Dragon Brew is selling hot beverages, chicken biscuits and breakfast burritos. It's rewarding watch these students take ownership of this operation and learn important business skills such as budgeting, inventory, advertising, and customer service. Great stuff. #phsdragons

PHS Art teacher Jon Corea and elective teachers April Trumbo and Mayra Munoz came up with the idea of a "word of the day" to promote literacy amongst our students. Literacy ( the ability to read, write, speak, and communicate) is best built through a love of reading books and learning new vocabulary. Jon and the other teachers developed this idea through their PLC collaborations and obviously will take advantage of Jon's artistic skills. A PLC (professional learning community) provide teachers regular opportunities to meet and collaborate in order to drive school improvement. All PHS teachers are part of at least two PLC teams @ PHS. Side Note: after our first word of the day (see pic), I quizzed two random students and both knew the previous word of the day. I awarded them both pizzas! Nothing ambiguous about those results!

Huge Congratulations to our talented choir program led by Cindy Donaldson and her assistant Shelby Wehunt for such a fun Halloween program yesterday. The spooky songs, creative costumes, and fun energy made for an engaging performance! Thank you for sharing your talents and Halloween spirit! #phsdragons

PHS Activity Schedule: 10/28--11/2 Highlights: Boys CC @ State! Picture Retakes, STUCO Blood Drive, Sophs to MATC, Halloween Costume Contest, Football @ HH, and Boys & Girls Bball Scrimmages. Busy week. Go Dragons #phsdragons

Purcell Cross Country traveled to Henryetta yesterday for regionals. The boys team finished 6th overall and punched their ticket to the State Meet! Jayden Polk led the team by finishing 2nd overall. The Boys Team will compete this Saturday, November 2nd at Edmond Santa Fe. OSSAA has the race starting at 2:10 PM. Entry to the state meet will be $10 via GoFan or $13 at the gate. This team and coaches have been working hard all season. Come out and support them at the last race of the season this Saturday. Go Dragons!

Dragons football had an exciting night on Friday beating Star Spencer 55-26. Dragons had several big plays on both sides of the ball on Friday. The Dragons will travel to Heritage Hall this Friday. Kickoff will be 7pm. Go Dragons!

Hurry up – stock is flying off the shelves faster than dragons can breathe fire! Visit our table tonight at the football game and embrace the magic and warmth of owning one of these magnificent Dragon Blankets. They will make awesome Senior Night gifts!!

PHS Healthcorp Newsletter linked below. Purcell High School & Chickasaw Nation have partnered with HealthCorps, a national non-profit organization, to support health and wellness initiatives across the district. Pictured below are Addie Godkins, Healthcorp Teen Mentor, Presley Hayes, Regional Program Manager, and PHS Senior Franklin Linker, Student Healthcorp leader. We appreciate their work supporting healthy teen habits. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SFKw5s2dimih98tmFSEwvur93HnNqXzf/view?usp=sharing

Our Healthcorp reps hosted our Wheel of Fitness today during lunch. Students spun the wheel, completed an exercise, and received a healthy snack. Addie Godkins and Presley Hayes are our reps this year and do a great job helping build healthy habits amongst our teenagers. Addie teaches weekly lessons as part of our new Freshman Leadership program. Freshman leadership is taught by PHS teacher Bryan Young. It was great seeing so many students participate. #phsdragons

If you are looking for a great way to celebrate Halloween and support our choir students, please come to their concert this weekend (see graphic). $5 for adults students are free! Old Junior High Auditorium Saturday, October 26 10 AM #phsdragons

Next Thursday is Halloween. Students (and staff) are welcome to wear costumes and participate in our STUCO sponsored trick-or-treat and costume contest. Please be aware of our important costume policies listed in the graphic. #phsdragons

Congratulations to the Dragon Pride Marching Band. They received an Excellent Rating yesterday at the OSSAA Marching Competition in Lawton. They have worked so hard over the past several months and continue to represent their school and community with great pride! #phsdragons

PHS Parent Newsletter. School resumes tomorrow (Tuesday 10/22). We hope everyone had a great fall break! https://secure.smore.com/n/0prcx-phs-parent-newsletter

PHS Activity Schedule: Cross-Country Regionals ,Football, Band, Halloween Choir Program, and a girls basketball scrimmage. Go Dragons! 10/21--10/26

Our Lady Dragons faced off with Weatherford today for the softball state championship. The game did not go our way today, but the fight, determination, and grit that these girls have is unmatched. So very proud of all the girls and our coaches. Huge congratulations on a very successful season.