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We have a dog, his name is Patrick Francis Thompson. I wanted to name one of our boys that, but my husband didn’t agree. He said it was “too Irish.”

El Reno High School’s October Students of the Month are Alivia Jackson, Kobe Little, Sabrina Tooley, Jamalay Ruiz and Cloe Gunsolus.

Also earning the award were Garrett March, Alejandro Baeza and Issac Scraper.
 

A mother/daughter teacher duo taught the same poem to their respective classes, although they didn’t know it.

When they realized what had happened, they brought their classes together for a combined performance.

Jeanna Miller’s kindergarten class from Hillcrest and Kaylee Stine’s third-grade class at Lincoln Learning Center joined together recently to recite “Mystic Magination Night.” The photo is from the performance.

Pictured above are the Hillcrest Learning Center pre-kindergarten October Responsibility Awards, from left, Rylee DeShields, Barbara Taylor, Olivia Abbe, Keldyn Webb, Romina Reyes, Lyric Kaup, Everleigh Burnett, Mia Perez, Amirah Scott, Lincoln Probert, Jackson Schuldt, Everly Norman, Willow Hart, Dayana Jaramillo, Mila Bautista, Lynn Davis, Nevaeh Colbert, Cooper Hines, Uriel Ortiz Acevedo and Melanie Moreno Lopez.

Pictured are Hillcrest Learning Center’s kindergarten October Responsibility Awards, back row from left, Abril Avalos, JR Chavez, Alethea Littlebear, Marlee Collins, Jade Ortiz, Elena Ballew, Erin Hunt, Davina Kubica, Symphany Scott, Avery Baughman, Lexlyn Milburn, Layla Mendez, Sebastian Mora Garcia, Ryan Wallace and Zander Jones; front row, Lucas Keeler, Ellie Wells, Parker Cooksey, Jailene Naranjo, Sarahy Gallegos, Gentry Wilson, Everly Garcia, Isaiah Avila, Sawyer Webster and Luna Spruill.

For three consecutive years, Okarche High School’s yearbook staff has been awarded the gold level of the National Yearbook Program of Excellence. The yearbook program placed at the gold level in 2020, 2022 and 2023, and placed at the bronze level in 2021. 

No, there were no ghosts floating around the halls of El Reno High School last week on Halloween, just hundreds of kids getting free candy from student organizations and sports teams during the annual Haunt the High School event.

Sacred Heart students celebrated Halloween with residents of St. Katharine Drexel Retirement Center last week.

Last weekend I went to my cousin, Hannah Ferguson Sanchez’s baby shower.

It was so good seeing everyone. Hannah is Jana and Randy Ferguson’s daughter, so I guess that makes her my second cousin? Not sure how all that works! 

Riverside October Citizens of the Month, front row, Isaac Benson, Greyson Walker, Sawyer Baker, Emma Royse, Isaac Shropshire, Gabby Maggard and Camrynn Foster; back row, Eden Garza, Kason Ward, Brenlee Beverly, Willow Baker, Sage Tosh, Weston Williams, Leyla Johnson, Jaxon Ward, Paisley Powell and Emma Wilds.