Please fill out the following survey in reference to our future distant learning/internet availability. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmC0oP41okFu1nMepxFM3wTdgnX_ET8oqr6xIyf36iui1V7w/viewform?usp=sf_link
March 25
Dear Waukomis family:
Today, we learned that Oklahoma students will not return to the classroom for the remainder of the current school year, following a vote by the state Board of Education. Instead, districts, including Waukomis, will implement continuous learning plans that will allow students to complete the school year at home. State education and health officials believe this move will help our state fight the spread of COVID-19.
We are sharing this information with you now so you can prepare accordingly for your family. We understand this change is in the best interest of everyone’s health, which is our greatest priority as a district. The state board’s vote also means that all extracurricular activities and special events will be canceled or postponed as well. Making these difficult decisions, we believe, is simply the right thing to do for our students, our staff and our community.
We do have good news: Waukomis is developing a plan to ensure your child will continue to have opportunities to learn and to grow academically, especially with parental support. Because we are unable to safely gather together, these lessons and activities will primarily be delivered and communicated in the best possible ways. As you can imagine, this is a significant transition for our students and our teachers. Waukomis will spend the next week planning for this effort and will share details with your family as soon as they are available. Thank you to all the teachers that have already began preparing unique and creative opportunities to communicate with their students. Teachers will be meeting with their building principals in the near future to discuss further possibilities and create a continuous education plan for the students of Waukomis.
For students, it likely will be sad and disappointing to receive confirmation that school as they know it will not resume this year. Please give them a safe place to express their feelings and to vent about the changes in their life. For our seniors and their parents, we know it is an especially difficult time. We will do everything possible to ensure their efforts are recognized and celebrated in special and unique ways. This is an unfair situation, but please reassure them that it does not diminish their achievements. In fact, it will become one more example of how they demonstrated their strength as Chiefs.
We have posted numerous resources on our website, including information about free breakfasts and lunches for students under the age of 18, which will continue, as well as answers to frequently asked questions regarding the school closure. You can find these details and more by visiting www.waukomis.k12.ok.us. The site also includes recommendations from the CDC about protecting your health and the health of your loved ones. We ask you to please follow their advice by: (1) washing your hands regularly; (2) staying at home, if you can; and (3) practicing social distancing of at least six feet from others.
This is an unprecedented situation, and it has required an unprecedented response. We can still take care of Waukomis students, though. This is a community that sticks together in challenging times, and we know this experience will be no different. As soon as we identify our next steps, we will share them with you.
Please stay safe. As always, we appreciate your support of Waukomis Public Schools.
Sincerely,
Shawn Tennyson
Superintendent
Parents please take advantage of the FREE breakfast and lunch program being offered right now. Just call Marisa at 580-260-0211. Leave a message including how many lunches you will need and your address. Thank you
Due to the number restrictions during this COVID-19 pandemic, we are asking all stakeholders who would like to attend the March 20th Special Board Meeting at 5:30 pm to attend via zoom. The web address is https://zoom.us/j/804541545, the meeting ID: 804541545. Thank you for your understanding during this time.
If you would like to just leave Marisa a message with your information such as name,address, and how many grab and go lunches you need to be delivered that is fine.
Waukomis school will be offering a delivery service for those that can’t pick up the Grab and Go Breakfast and Lunch at school. Please call Marisa at 580-260-0211 to make arrangements. Thank you.
The Grab and Go lunch program also offers breakfast!!
PLEASE DISREGARD THE LAST POST ABOUT THE LUNCH SURVEY!! We have updated information. We are considering offering the Grab and Go Lunch program to ALL students of ages 18 and under. Please take this survey so we can plan accordingly. Thank you.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XN9LM57
Good evening. This is an important message for Waukomis families. This afternoon, the state Board of Education voted to close all Oklahoma schools, effective immediately, until at least April 6 in an effort to minimize the spread of COVID-19. This means, following spring break, Waukomis students will not return to school for at least two weeks, and possibly longer, if health officials deem it necessary. Employees will receive information about their responsibilities during the school closure over the next few days. For more information about COVID-19 and for answers to questions about the school closure, please visit our website at www.waukomis.k12.ok.us. Again, there will be no school for Waukomis students until at least April 6. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding. Please be safe and have a wonderful evening.
JH baseball will start at 4:00 today
Yearbook? Yearbook.
Here’s why:
SO. MANY. MEMORIES.
Notes and autographs from friends.
Order your yearbook by March 15 and you’re automatically entered for a chance to win a MacBook Air* – a $1,200 value. https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1046701/Waukomis-High-School/2020-Yearbook/2020011604153758351/CATALOG_SHOP/
The 7th grade boys abstinence program that was scheduled for March 25th has been canceled.
Don’t forget today is Fast Friday students will be dismissed at 2:00. HS and JH baseball in Waukomis today against Ringwood at 4:30
Middle School Dance March 27th

Pre-K Enrollment

HS track meet has been canceled tomorrow due to weather forecast.
Hs softball at Ringwood

JH baseball followed by HS in Waukomis today against OBA. JH starts at 4:30
HS softball is canceled today. HS baseball at PCH 4:30.
Pre-K Enrollment

