Congratulations to the following student who placed at the Seminole Speech Tournament:
Dovan Bucher-1st Place Champs Monologue, Ace Austin-2nd Place Champs Humorous Interpretation, Kyle Austin 3rd Place Champs Prose, Jameson Muller and Emma Chaney-3rd Place Champs Dramatic Duet Acting, Emma Chaney-1st Place 4A Prose, Benito Maldonado-2nd Place 4A Prose, Ace Austin-2nd Place 4A Poetry, Andrew Perkins-2nd Place 4A Monologue, and Alexis Doby-3rd Place 4A Monologue.
All of these students are qualified for the OSSAA Regional Speech Tournament that will take place in March.
Mrs. Blevins Pre-K class studied space last week. They conducted a science experiment to see who could make their rocket travel the farthest by using straws to blow air. It was out of this world!
Marietta FFA competed in the Fresh County Ag Mechanics Show yesterday and brought home several awards including grand champion project of the show.
Brody Bazor: Machinery division champion and grand champion of show
Leo Venegas: Champion tandem trailer
Taylor McCleskey: Champion livestock division
Aubrey Chill: Champion large horseshoe division
Schuyler Blevins: Reserve champion trailer division
Brody Bazor, Joan Vega, Leo Venegas, Schuyler Blevins: Reserve champion single axle division
Allie Hice: Reserve champion large horseshoe division
Camilla Ochoa: Reserve champion outdoor division
Samuel Alvarez: 3rd place fire pits
Kevin Bain & Joe Oakley: 3rd place machinery division
Danny Gordon, famous illustrator, spent his day with our elementary students. The students were captivated with his story of how he creates his characters. Students had a lesson on drawing creatively too!
Congratulations to the following students who placed at the Ada Speech Tournament:
Talon Gomez-2nd Place 4A Prose, Slade Campbell-3rd Place 4A Prose, Cassi Stewart-6th Place 4A Prose, and Bella Faulkenberry-4th Place Novice Prose.
Talon and Slade qualified for the OSSAA Regional Speech Tournament in March.
Thank you to the 7th/8th grade communication class for inviting us to see your projects. Our elementary students listened to their bobblehead presentation on a historical figure.
The high school baseball scrimmage scheduled for tomorrow at 4:30 has been moved to Marietta. Come out and support your Indians!
Congratulations to the Marietta High School Choirs today: the Show Choir is State Bound!!! We qualified for State with 6 Superior Ensembles and 7 Superior Solos. We also had 4 Excellent Ensembles and 4 Excellent Solos. The following students competing in State in April are: Ace Austin, Alexis Doby, Alexis Creasman, Brice Carlile, Eva Bucher, Kamarah Bertrand , Rebekah Alberda, Benito Maldonado, Cynthia Lopez, Haylen Lowery, Jariah Sutherland, Melanie Ortiz and Mina Hughes. Middle School students who received Excellent Ratings on Solos were Claire McGehee and Leah Barber.
High School STAR Educator for the month of February is Stacey Roach. Mrs. Roach has been in education for four years and teaching at Marietta High School for two years. Congratulations to Mrs. Roach!
Congratulations to High School Student of the Month for February Sophomore Daniel Salas and Senior Abigay Miranda.
Thank you to our FFA students. They helped unload our primary and elementary students at parent drop off this morning.
FCCLA officers visit the State Capitol today to advocate for FCS education and FCCLA. Officers had the opportunity to meet with Representative Josh Cantrell.
Primary students learning how to do relay races in PE class and taking advantage of this beautiful weather today!
Don't miss tonight's parent/teacher conferences. There will be no school tomorrow and Monday is a virtual day. We hope everyone has a great weekend!
Primary School Parents-today is the LAST day to turn in any Cookie Dough Fundraiser order forms and money. If you have any questions, give us a call at 580-276-9444. Thank you!
FCCLA officers helped pick-up, organize, and deliver Valentine goodies for all high school students. They were amazing in helping organize lots of balloons, stuffed animals, flower arrangements and candy. Thank you for all your amazing help today.
FCCLA Members toured the Community Youth Services center in Ardmore today. Thank you to MHS Alumni Brandi Pierce for taking time out of your day to show us the wonderful work that you all provide.
FCCLA member volunteered today at Sara’s Project in Ardmore as part of National FCCLA Week for FCCLA Day of Service.
Congratulations to the following students who placed at the Rush Springs Speech Tournament on Saturday, February 10th: Emma Chaney and Jameson Muller-1st Place Dramatic Duet Acting, Kyle Austin-2nd Place Prose, Kara Miller-2nd Place Dramatic Interpretation, Haylen Lowery-3rd Place Dramatic Interpretation, Delaney Aust-Monologue, Kelsi Lawson-3rd Place Poetry, Emma Chaney-4th Place Prose, Bella Faulkenberry-2nd Place Novice Prose, and Shawn Vasquez-Prose Finalist.
Congratulations to Juniors Joan Vega and Emily Faulkenberry. Joan and Emily were finalists in this year’s REA Youth Tour Essay Contest and presented their essays at a banquet on February 8th. Joan placed 5th and won a cash prize. Emily placed 2nd and won an all-expenses paid trip to Washington DC this summer. We are very proud of the way Joan and Emily represented Marietta High School and are happy to celebrate their accomplishments with them!
