Senior Ads for Yearbook: We still want your senior ads in our yearbook. If you wish to purchase a senior ad, we can accept photos and text through e-mail. E-mail scanned photos and senior photos to jasondykstra@waukomis.k12.ok.us. Payment will have to be mailed to the school at P.O. Box 729, Waukomis, OK 73773. With the uncertainty of our current situation, we prefer that content be delivered to us digitally. We don't know how we can return photos in paper form to their rightful owners.

YEARBOOK UPDATE: As we all adapt to change, one thing that remains constant is the yearbook tradition of documenting the history of our students and capturing their school year forever. We are pleased to announce that the Waukomis High School yearbook adviser and staff are working hard to complete the yearbook and make sure it is printed. Since copies of the yearbook are limited and school buildings have closed, we ask that you please order your yearbook online as soon as possible at https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1046701/Waukomis-High-School/2020-Yearbook/2020011604153758351/CATALOG_SHOP/ If ordering online is not an option, please refer to the WAUKOMIS YEARBOOK Facebook page for info.

WAUKOMIS YEARBOOK NEEDS PHOTOS: We need your help gathering photos to complete our yearbook. We are asking you to send us your printable photos to document what your kids are doing while we all shelter for safety, photos from the school year, photos from field trips, or photos from activities. We NEED pictures from spring activities that had games prior to spring break. Specifically, we need baseball, high school slow pitch, and middle school slow pitch photos. We have NO action photos of these sports, nor group photos of the teams. PLEASE, submit your photos from phones or cameras online at https://www.replayit.com/#/mosaic or on the ReplayIt app, which can be downloaded from the app store. You can also e-mail photos in "actual size" format to jasondykstra@waukomis.k12.ok.us. Please share this with whoever you know who may have photos so that we can make sure that these sports are represented in our book.

If you have not completed the survey yet, please put all your children's names (all in your household) under student name. If you have already completed, do not worry about it. Thank you!

Please fill out the following survey in reference to our future distant learning/internet availability. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmC0oP41okFu1nMepxFM3wTdgnX_ET8oqr6xIyf36iui1V7w/viewform?usp=sf_link

March 25 Dear Waukomis family: Today, we learned that Oklahoma students will not return to the classroom for the remainder of the current school year, following a vote by the state Board of Education. Instead, districts, including Waukomis, will implement continuous learning plans that will allow students to complete the school year at home. State education and health officials believe this move will help our state fight the spread of COVID-19. We are sharing this information with you now so you can prepare accordingly for your family. We understand this change is in the best interest of everyone’s health, which is our greatest priority as a district. The state board’s vote also means that all extracurricular activities and special events will be canceled or postponed as well. Making these difficult decisions, we believe, is simply the right thing to do for our students, our staff and our community. We do have good news: Waukomis is developing a plan to ensure your child will continue to have opportunities to learn and to grow academically, especially with parental support. Because we are unable to safely gather together, these lessons and activities will primarily be delivered and communicated in the best possible ways. As you can imagine, this is a significant transition for our students and our teachers. Waukomis will spend the next week planning for this effort and will share details with your family as soon as they are available. Thank you to all the teachers that have already began preparing unique and creative opportunities to communicate with their students. Teachers will be meeting with their building principals in the near future to discuss further possibilities and create a continuous education plan for the students of Waukomis. For students, it likely will be sad and disappointing to receive confirmation that school as they know it will not resume this year. Please give them a safe place to express their feelings and to vent about the changes in their life. For our seniors and their parents, we know it is an especially difficult time. We will do everything possible to ensure their efforts are recognized and celebrated in special and unique ways. This is an unfair situation, but please reassure them that it does not diminish their achievements. In fact, it will become one more example of how they demonstrated their strength as Chiefs. We have posted numerous resources on our website, including information about free breakfasts and lunches for students under the age of 18, which will continue, as well as answers to frequently asked questions regarding the school closure. You can find these details and more by visiting www.waukomis.k12.ok.us. The site also includes recommendations from the CDC about protecting your health and the health of your loved ones. We ask you to please follow their advice by: (1) washing your hands regularly; (2) staying at home, if you can; and (3) practicing social distancing of at least six feet from others. This is an unprecedented situation, and it has required an unprecedented response. We can still take care of Waukomis students, though. This is a community that sticks together in challenging times, and we know this experience will be no different. As soon as we identify our next steps, we will share them with you. Please stay safe. As always, we appreciate your support of Waukomis Public Schools. Sincerely, Shawn Tennyson Superintendent

Parents please take advantage of the FREE breakfast and lunch program being offered right now. Just call Marisa at 580-260-0211. Leave a message including how many lunches you will need and your address. Thank you

Due to the number restrictions during this COVID-19 pandemic, we are asking all stakeholders who would like to attend the March 20th Special Board Meeting at 5:30 pm to attend via zoom. The web address is https://zoom.us/j/804541545, the meeting ID: 804541545. Thank you for your understanding during this time.

If you would like to just leave Marisa a message with your information such as name,address, and how many grab and go lunches you need to be delivered that is fine.

Waukomis school will be offering a delivery service for those that can’t pick up the Grab and Go Breakfast and Lunch at school. Please call Marisa at 580-260-0211 to make arrangements. Thank you.

The Grab and Go lunch program also offers breakfast!!

PLEASE DISREGARD THE LAST POST ABOUT THE LUNCH SURVEY!! We have updated information. We are considering offering the Grab and Go Lunch program to ALL students of ages 18 and under. Please take this survey so we can plan accordingly. Thank you. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XN9LM57

Good evening. This is an important message for Waukomis families. This afternoon, the state Board of Education voted to close all Oklahoma schools, effective immediately, until at least April 6 in an effort to minimize the spread of COVID-19. This means, following spring break, Waukomis students will not return to school for at least two weeks, and possibly longer, if health officials deem it necessary. Employees will receive information about their responsibilities during the school closure over the next few days. For more information about COVID-19 and for answers to questions about the school closure, please visit our website at www.waukomis.k12.ok.us. Again, there will be no school for Waukomis students until at least April 6. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding. Please be safe and have a wonderful evening.

JH baseball will start at 4:00 today

Yearbook? Yearbook. Here’s why: SO. MANY. MEMORIES. Notes and autographs from friends. Order your yearbook by March 15 and you’re automatically entered for a chance to win a MacBook Air* – a $1,200 value. https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1046701/Waukomis-High-School/2020-Yearbook/2020011604153758351/CATALOG_SHOP/

The 7th grade boys abstinence program that was scheduled for March 25th has been canceled.

Don’t forget today is Fast Friday students will be dismissed at 2:00. HS and JH baseball in Waukomis today against Ringwood at 4:30

Middle School Dance March 27th

Pre-K Enrollment

HS track meet has been canceled tomorrow due to weather forecast.