Banner homecoming royalty included eighth-graders Abigail Light, Amy Puente, Laira Halberg, Sebastian Arreola, Wyatt Sweeney and Jayden Johnson, with pre-kindergarten attendants Jett Royce and Reese Tankersley.
Banner School collected over 420 pairs of socks for the Socktober Sock Collection for the Homeless Alliance.
Maple October Citizenship/Students of the Month, front row from left, Every Stiles, pre-kindergarten; Hollis Wedman, first grade; Braelyn Hutchings, third grade; and Blaiklyn Barton, second grade; back row, Presley Swigart, fifth grade; Garett Moss, sixth grade; Ellie Shamblin, eighth grade; Adison Steffler, seventh grade; and Lainey Rowell, fourth grade. Not pictured: Carson Smith, kindergarten.
The Okarche High School Speech Team opened its competitive season by hosting 15 schools in Classes 3A and 4A for the annual Warrior Classic Speech and Debate Tournament.
Okarche had several placings in the tournament. Senior Brody Sadler was named tournament champion in domestic extemp, while senior Riley Black was tournament champion in dramatic interp.
Senior Wyatt Lovins teamed with sophomore Zoe Palmer to place second in dramatic duet, with Palmer also placing second in prose. Junior Chloe Goble earned the first-place trophy in humorous duet.
Okarche High School senior Kylie Bailey was recently named to the All-State One-Act Play Cast for Class 4A.
Bailey was one of 11 student actors at the State One-Act Play Contest to receive the honor.
In addition, Okarche’s production of “Property Rites” placed fifth out of the nine-play field that made up the state finals.
Every year El Reno High School conducts a fundraiser called Pink Week.
The school selects a family in which one of the members has breast cancer and raises money for them.
This year the Emily Whitney family was selected. A total of $7,000 was raised for the Whitney family.
The money was raised by student council members selling Pink Week passes.
The pass allowed students to get out of class to participate in various activities including a lip sync battle, a powder-puff tournament and several other activities.
Delta Dental of Oklahoma and the Delta Dental of Oklahoma Foundation awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Kendall Schnoebelen.
Schnoebelen is a second-year University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry dental hygiene student and El Reno resident.
“Supporting the education of future dental professionals is vital to our organization’s not-for-profit mission to improve access to dental care in our state,” said John Gladden, president and CEO of Delta Dental of Oklahoma.
Jake Vulgamore of the El Reno FFA chapter was one of 50 high school freshmen FFA members from across Oklahoma to qualify for the state finals of the Greenhand Quiz Career Development Event held recently at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.
To qualify for the state finals, FFA members must score high on a 50-question written exam and survive a 100-question oral elimination round.
Questions are selected from the Official FFA Manual and other identified sources.
Pictured are the El Reno High School October Students of the Month.
Here are some photos from the Banner fall carnival presented by the Banner PTA.
