Medford Public Schools

Very tough competition at the Okeene HS track meet today. It was a very fast field of athletes with competitors from 3A and down. Proud of how the boys performed! There were a lot of new personal bests, and they improved as a group. 4x2 relay set a personal best with 1:36, placing 7th. 4x4 relay ran a personal best at 3:50. Chase Abele threw a personal best 116 feet 9 inches in the discus, placing seventh. Kien Willet ran a personal best 55.7 400m dash. Teague Schuermann ran a personal best 56.7 400m dash. Lyric Horn placed 5th in the hurdles with a time of 19.3 and a personal best. Lyric also set a personal best in the 300 hurdles at 48.

Destination: Summer Learning is quickly approaching! Our summer school program is open to students who receive a referral from their teacher and is based on academic need. Parent letters will be sent through the mail on Monday. We are looking forward to seeing our students this summer!

2nd-5th grade parents: please see the attached flyer for information about a summer book club! The form can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWURM7jpU5gSg3sYVioRBd4_eaenaufArtrxP9dUbRCthNfg/viewform Please return the paper form or complete the Google form by April 8.

ATTENTION JH Baseball Parents: Due to the speed of the tournament, the JH baseball games at Pioneer MAY begin up to 30 minutes early today. Games are scheduled for 3:15 and 6:30, so be prepared to be there early.

Results of 7/8 boys meet at Ringwood: 4x100, 1st place: Collin Scantling, Raegan Gottsch, Cole Crochet, Cash Kelley 4x800, 4th place: Tripp Thomas, Mason Drees, Hunter Freeman, Cory Helt 4x200, 1st place: Collin Scantling, Raegan Gottsch, Cole Crochet, Cash Kelley 4x400, 1st place: Collin Scantling, Cash Kelley, Cole Crochet, Raegan Gottsch 800m run, 3rd place: Cole Crochet 400m dash, 1st place: Cash Kelley 200m dash, 3rd place: Collin Scantling 1600m run, 5th place: Mason Drees Shot, 3rd place: Brenden Winter Pole Vault, 5th place: Mason Drees

Great day for the JH Lady Cardinals opening meet @ Ringwood. Top finishers: 1st 4 X 800 relay Hayden Malchoff Brennan Locke Abigail Vaquero-Devora Caedyn Abele 3rd 800m: Brennan Locke 3rd 1600m: Brennan Locke 3rd 4 X 400 relay: Caedyn Abele Abigail Vaquero- Devora Harleigh Reimer Brennan Locke

Proud of these FFA students! First livestock judging contest for these students. They placed 13th as a team at the Redlands Livestock Judging Contest.

Results for the girls 5th & 6th grade Ringwood Track Meet: Cadee Kelley 1st 800m 4th 400m Maddie Drees 3rd 1600m

Results of the Boys 5th and 6th Track Team at Ringwood: 4x100 relay, 5th place: Jayson Graham, Maurell Daniels, Jase Royal, and Braxtin Loveall 4x200 relay, 5th place: Jayson Graham, Maurell Daniels, Jase Royal, and Braxtin Loveall High Jump, 1st place: Jayson Graham High Jump, 5th place: Braxtin Loveall 800m run, 2nd place: Jase Royal 400m Run, 6th place: Kaleb Kysar 4x400 relay, 5th place: Jayson Graham, Jase Royal, Kaleb Kysar, and Braxtin Loveall

Attached is the order of events for the JH track meet at Ringwood Thursday, April 4. The bus will be leaving at 7:45. Please pack adequate lunch, snacks, warm clothes, blankets, and sun screen.

Attached is the order of events for the 5th and 6th grade track meet at Ringwood Wednesday, April 3. The bus will be leaving at 7:45. Please pack adequate lunch, snacks, warm clothes, blankets, and sun screen.

Congratulations to our FCCLA Members who have made the Top 3 in their State STAR Events! They will be on stage at the State Convention on April 11 where they will learn their placings. The first and second place winners in each event move on to compete at the National Leadership Conference in Seattle this summer.

Due to conflicts with track and HS baseball, game dates and times have changed for the JH baseball tournament this week at Pioneer. Please see the attached bracket for updated dates and times.

Congratulations to our faculty and staff members who received Cardinal Compliments during the month of March! Melissa Winter, PK-5 Interventionist; Nicole Freeman, Library Media Specialist; and Jaylene Smetana, Cheyenne Hern, Addison Buller, and Bambi Day, Cafeteria Crew The Cardinal Compliment program is a way for you to salute any Medford Schools employee who goes above and beyond what is expected. Whether you're a parent impressed with that special touch your child's teacher added to a moment, a coworker who thinks their colleague doesn't hear often enough about the great job they are doing, or a community member who witnesses a staff member’s commitment to children - you can send a Cardinal Compliment! To send your own Cardinal Compliment, use the Google Form found here: https://forms.gle/h5nfgYi4CfUDV7RG9

April 1-7 Weekly Calendar

JH Baseball Tournament @ Pioneer April 4th-6th

HS Garber Baseball Tournament April 4th-6th

Yesterday MHS took 18 students to Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, OK to compete in the Southwestern Interscholastic Meet. Over 600 student from across the state were chosen to take subject specific tests ranging from computer sciences to English literature. Top 3 results were posted this afternoon and the following MHS students will be awarded with a medal: Samus Delaney - 2nd place - Computer Sciences - Spreadsheets Hannah Smith - 3rd place - Language & Literature - English Usage Allison Nollenberger - 3rd place - Language & Literature - Spanish 1 Price Locke - 3rd place - Social Sciences - World History Samuel Shepherd - 2nd place - Biological Sciences - Biology 2 Chase Abele 3rd place - Math - Algebra 2 1st place - Math - Plain Trigonometry 1st place - Physical Sciences - Chemistry 1st place - Social Sciences - Geography Full scoring of all students that competed will be released next week. And all students will be able to see their results. Congratulations!

Congratulations to the JH baseball team! They got 2 wins in pool play today to advance to the semi-finals of the Timberlake JH Baseball Tournament. They play at 4:00, Saturday, March 30. Go Cardinals!

We wrapped up Oklahoma Youth Expo Thursday. We had heifers, ewes, doe goats, barrows, and steers. The exhibitors did an amazing job!