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El Reno High School November Students of the Month, from left, freshmen Natalia Guerrero and Landon Callow; sophomores Mara Jolly and Tanner McDaniel; juniors Avery Lagaly and Campbell Eaton; and seniors Kadin Patterson and Landon Moore.

Pictured are Maple students listed on the A Honor Roll, front row from left,, front row from left, Halle Hunt, Audrey Eisenhour, Stoney Baker, Grady Menz, Gavin Basler, Rhett Davis, Hayden Rosholt, Zuri Lewis and Karalynn Ellis; middle row, Kaelynn Racca, Ayden Troncoso, Kassidy Ferguson, Raquel Seymour, Halli Ferguson, Jackson Arnold, Garett Moss, Dominic Steinbruck, Lexi Richardson, Lane Hudson and Tace Tech; back row, Easton Schmidt, Lexi Porter, Pierson Brandley, Skylar Ayers, Davin Shamblin, Brantlie Charmasson, Maddie Moss, Emercyn Looper, Presley Bilderback, Ellie Shamblin and Quinn

Honored as Calumet December Students of the Month, from left, Gunner Snowden, Pheonix Walker, Isabella Freyman and Luis Briseno.

Many El Reno homes were decorated for Christmas with festive lights and displays such as this nativity in the front yard of a home on South Ellison.

Dear Santa,
I want a toy turtle, toy car octopus, toy car elephant, toy car dinosaur, choo choo train, a swimming car shark and a swimming alligator car. I would also like a Rattlesnake
Jake game.
Love, Keaton, 4

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Letters to Santa from Lindy Harper’s prekindergarten class at Hillcrest Learning Center:

I want a mermaid tail costume and makeup. Merry Christmas!
Haley Andrade

I want a doll house. Merry Christmas Santa!
Violet Bigfoot

El Reno teachers have been greeting students with colorful signs and fist bumps as the students and faculty grapple with the roller coaster of in-school, out-of-school created by the pandemic.