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The Hornet Buzz!!!
Colcord Public Schools Newsletter
Employee and Students
of the Month 2015
Superintendent Bud Simmons presents awards to September
Students of the Month. Shania Bennett-High School, Dylan Barry-Middle School and Cade Linn-Elementary. Not shown is
Employee of the Month Becky Farris.
November, 2015
Hornets Headed to Second
Round of Football Playoffs
The Colcord High School Hornet Football Team
will travel to Vian to play in the 2nd round of the
Oklahoma High School Football Playoffs on Friday, November 20, 2015 at 7:30. They advanced to
the second round after beating Nowata 14-12 in a
hard fought defensive battle. They finished the
regular season with a record of 8-3 and finished
with a district record of 4-2. It was good enough
to finish in 3rd place in District 2A-7.
Thank you to Rob and Laura Armbrister of
Farm Bureau Insurance and Financial
Services in Jay, OK and Adam and Julie
Armbrister of Subway of Kansas, in Kansas,
OK, for sponsoring the Colcord Employee
and Students of the Month.
October Employee and Students of the Month. Employee-Sandi
Shackelford, Elementary-Madison Hancock, Middle SchoolJacob Enyart, and High School-Breanna Linn
Veterans Day Program
FCCLA Students Compete
Colcord’s Family, Career, and Community Leaders of
America traveled to Grove to compete in Star Events on
Tuesday, November 17. Maria Her placed second in
Career Investigation, Sawvtoj Vang placed 2nd in Life
Event Planning, Adriana Morris placed 3rd in Children’s Literature and the team consisting of Zelda Lee,
Yer Vang and Skyla Drywater finished 3rd in Illustrated Talk.
A special congratulations to Evan Rich for placing 1st
in Children’s Literature. She will compete in Regional
Competition next February in Owasso.
Logan Shelley was the speaker at the annual
Veterans Day Program put on by the Colcord
Student Council. The program was held in
Hornet Arena on November 11, 2015. Mr. Shelley stated that he isn’t worthy to speak for the
Veterans since he didn’t serve but he delivered
a very special thank you for the sacrifices of the
ones who did.
See inside for more information and pictures.
Veterans Day Program 2015
The 2015 Veterans Day Program was
held November 11, 2015 in Hornet Arena. The guest speaker was Mr. Logan
Shelley, a 1997 graduate of Colcord
High School.
The Student Council is led by Mr. Edward Tuder. Officers are Evan Rich,
President, Amber Downing, Vice President, Maria Her, Secretary, Claire
Dunn, Treasurer, Kim Hannon, Report-
er, and Sergeant-At-Arms is Caitlin
Harris. Representatives are: Trae
Drywater - 12th grade, Cainan Lay 11th grade, Yer Vang -10th grade,
Summer Tuell -9th grade, Abigail Lyons -8th grade, Aidan Roe -7th grade
and Audrey Brown -6th grade. Evan
Rich -Indian Club, Kim Hannon BPA, Claire Dunn -FCA, Amber
Downing -FCCLA and Maria Her -
Cosmo.
Special Music was provided by the
Colcord High School Band and the
Colcord Elementary, under the direction
of Mr. Frank Riddle.
Veterans of Colcord Schools are:
Mr. Jeremy Scott
Marines 3 1/2 years
Mr. Frank Riddle
Army 4 years
Colcord FFA 2015
Power and Tech Class build round hay bale feeders.
Delaware County Leadership Conference attendees, hosted by the
Colcord FFA chapter held in Jay, OK on Nov 5th, 85 total in attendance
including 4 state officers. All 5 Delaware county chapters had representation as well as a few chapters from other counties including Adair and
Mayes county
Delaware County Leadership Conference
Greenhouse workday in October Joel Hancock, Bud Simmons, Jeremy Husong, Mike
Londigan, Tracy Denny
Tulsa State Fair Cattle Grading contest participants
Colcord 2015 Cheerleaders
by Cayley Barbee
This year there are 16 cheerleaders plus Hugo on
the cheer squad. Freshmen are Isabel Guthrie and
Lanie Rios. Sophomores are Gracie Barbee, Kaley
Williams, Lacie Kirby, Sydney Chandler, and
Kaylee Potter. Juniors are Claire Dunn, Breanna
Linn, and Evan Rich. And our Seniors are Alyssa
Billups, Destiny Pack, Amber Downing, Maria
Her, Olivia Dunn and Cayley Barbee. And don’t
forget our Mascot, Hugo Hornet (Cainan Lay).
Amber, Olivia and Maria are the squad’s cocaptains and Cayley is their captain. The cheerleaders are starting to prepare for their cheer competition in January.
Blast From the Past
Below is an excerpt from the August 1, 2010 ‘The Hornet Buzz’ Newsletter.
Please send any information you would like included in future Hornet Buzz Newsletters to:
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Message from Superintendent Simmons
Students please eat breakfast and lunch in the cafeteria everyday. We want you to be healthy and
full everyday. We have excellent choices and a great atmosphere in our Cafeteria's. Most of you can eat for
free, and if your not sure if you can, ask Mrs. Sharon Simmons in the lunch room. It is imperative that you
eat breakfast as well as lunch everyday. Every time you eat you're helping the school.