August 2020

The first round of county small-school softball bragging rights went in favor of Union City as the Tigers defeated Calumet last week in nine innings 16-14 in the 2020 season opener for the Chieftains.

Calumet had 19 hits in the loss, led by doubles from Audrey Gathers, Allie Harris, Abby Nitzel, Tina Ortiz and Presley Stilley.

Sarah Nitzel and Abby Nitzel added a triple each.

Abby Nitzel led all hitters with five, followed by Sarah Nitzel, Harris and Stilley with three each. Gathers and Maklya Nitzel added two hits each.

Northeast

Birch: Elevation normal, water 80s and dingy. Crappie fair on jigs and minnows around brush structure and channels.

Ft. Gibson: Elevation above average, water 82 and less than 1 ft. visibility. White bass good on in-line spinnerbait, sassy shad, spoons and topwater lures around creek channels, points and river channel. Blue catfish slow on shad below the dam.

The mission of El Reno Public Schools for the return of school in August of 2020 is to ensure all students learn at the highest levels possible while taking all steps necessary to reduce any risks to students’ health and safety.

ERPS believes students learn at the highest levels when directly engaged with a classroom teacher through a guaranteed and viable curriculum.

We understand this can be accomplished in different forms depending on the need of the student and the overall wellness of the school and community.

Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year at Hillcrest Learning Center. We are ready to share the many experiences of the MAGIC of Hillcrest.

We are excited and ready to start another year of learning success. The staff has been super busy getting our school ready to meet our PK/K “Wand”erful students. Hillcrest Learning Center welcomes Joselyn Hernandez teaching PK, Karissa Liticker teaching K and Sara Heasley moving to K.

Other additions will be Tiffany Baxter, Bri Stroman and Denise Woods to our special education department.

We are so excited to start the 2020-2021 school year at Rose Witcher Learning Center.

After our extended break, getting to be with the students in the school building makes us so happy. We, of course, will miss our second-graders who are now third-graders, but we get to have our first-graders come back to us as second-graders. We also are pleased to welcome our new first-graders.

Welcome Lincoln to the 2020-2021 school year. Our theme this year is “BE!”

We are super excited to meet all of our third- and fourth-grade students and just BE … together for the first time in a long time.

This year at Lincoln we plan to BE … happy, healthy, ready, responsible, friendly, helpful, adventurous, kind and thankful, all while keeping a social distance. This year may look a little different but we are planning to just “BE” present and learn!

So, get ready, Lincoln, we are planning to BE a lot this year.

I am so excited to be joining the El Reno family and am looking forward to the upcoming school year. This will be my 19th year in public education and the 10th in administration.

The Roblyer staff has already made me feel so welcome. I am excited to get to know the students who make this place great!

Though we are experiencing unique challenges in our world today, we know that a positive outlook makes a world of difference.