November 17, 2017 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 57, Number 3

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Pg. 2… Elementary News Pg. 3… Senior of the Month Pg. 4… JH/HS News Pg. 5… Puzzle Pg. 6...Sports

What’s happening at

BF-DC Schools ——————————————————-

November 17

HS Basketball vs Sayre

Library Lock in

November 20

9th Grade Academic Team @ VICI

Basketball Meet the Players

November 22-24

Thanksgiving Break

November 27

JH Basketball @ BF-DC Invitational

November 28

5th – 6th Basketball @ Canute

HS Basketball @ Canute

November 30

5th – 6th Basketball @ Merritt

JH Basketball @ BF-DC Invitational

December 1

5th – 6th Basketball @ Arapaho

HS Basketball @ Arapaho

December 2

JH Basketball@ BF-DC Invitational

December 4

JH Basketball vs Navajo

December 5

JH/HS Basketball vs CBA

December 7-9

HS Basketball @ Binger-Oney

Tournament

December 9

FFA AFR Speech Competition @

Stillwater

FFA Leadership Camps @ OKC

December 11

5th – 6th Basketball @ Cordell

JH Basketball vs Cheyenne

HOMECOMING

December 12

Christmas Music Program

December 14

JH Basketball @ Hobart

December 15

Homecoming Dance

HS Basketball vs Sentinel

HOMECOMING

BF-DC Host Tenth Annual Veteran’s Day Program To celebrate the brave

men and women in the mili-

tary, BF-DC Government

Club hosted its tenth annu-

al Veteran’s Day Program.

The entire student body at

BF-DC High School and Jun-

ior High School attended

along with the fourth and

fifth grade students from

Will Rogers elementary as

well as the community, to

honor veterans.

FFA officers Katelyn

Webb, Allie Dixon, Grace

Schneberger, Camryn Bond,

Jordan Mason, Lorsa

Hughes, Landon Ringo,

Robert Rush, Donovan

Webb and Riley Johnson

led a team speech about

the duty of Americans and

quoted Kennedy’s inaugura-

tion speech, plus the

presentation of the colors.

Donovan Webb and Riley

Johnson sang the Star Span-

gled Banner. Ryne Garrison

led the introduction of the

23 veterans attending. The

veterans included Mel Kel-

ley, Jimmy Piercey, Dusty

Westcott, Tom Spence, Lu-

ther Newman, Cliff Goodwin,

Ernie Aragon, Chris Taylor,

Dwayne Webb, Nile Vail,

David Gathright, Bobby

Kemp, James Metz, Bob

Webb, Terry Price, John

Stotts, Josh Herndon, Frank

Loftiss, Jim Snowberger,

Jerry Hartronft and Eric

Price. Jaron Mason and

Alexa Benedict each quoted

a poem about veterans.

Mr. Johnson, superinten-

dent, led the welcome with

kind words to the veterans.

Jake Mooney introduced

Chris Price as the guest

speaker for the program. Mr.

Price, not a veteran himself,

told the point of view of the

families of soldiers. He told

his story concerning his

brother, Eric being drafted in

1967 while he was only

fourteen years old. He

shared the anxiety and fear

of his parents as they

watched continuous cover-

age of the war in Vietnam.

Sharing the progressions of

the term his brother served

and the meager amount of

communication, Mr. Price

left a still silence in the

room. He reminded every-

one present the reality of

how quickly life can change

and how veterans certainly

do pay a humongous price

for the country’s freedom.

Afterwards, all veterans and

their spouse enjoyed a meal

at the First Baptist Church.

Miss Glover led her all

girls choral in A Patriotic

Salute by Linda Spevacek.

The program closed with a

slide show of local veterans

and the FFA retired the col-

ors.

The Government Club

consists of Ryne Garrison,

Jake Mooney, Jaron Mason,

Alexa Benedict, Katelyn

Webb, Kalie Walters., Des-

tiney Spradlin, Tamika

Price, Caitlin Johnson, Zya-

ne Gonzales, Maranda Mal-

donado, Jordan Weese and

sponsor Mrs. Patsy Lyles.

The organization prepared

and served a brisket lunch

with all the fixings to the

veterans and their spouses

following the program at

the First Baptist Church

Fellowship Hall.

Alexa Benedict

Government Club

Reporter

Students and Patrons,

We have much to be

proud of at Burns Flat-Dill

City Schools. Concerning

our fall sports, our fast pitch

team was very competitive

and had an exceptional sea-

son. Coach Ashton Ellis is to

be commended for her

work.

Coach Lori Schneberger’s

Cross Country team not only

qualified for state but car-

ried off the Academic State

Championship for the third

year in a row with a 4.0 av-

erage. Can you say, “THREE

-PEAT!”?

The Eagle football team

didn’t have the win-loss rec-

ord that they wanted due to

injuries and youth, but they

never quit. Coach Jacob

Schneberger was encourag-

ing the entire season and

this drive will pay dividends

in the future.

I also want to compliment

Mr. Chad Blocker, our Ag

Education instructor. His

students have been success-

fully involved in a number of

events and his annual labor

auction was very well-

attended and brought in

necessary donations to help

fund this important pro-

gram.

As has become the cus-

tom at BF-DC, our Academic

Team is once again enjoy-

ing a successful season.

Mr. John Foley’s team was-

seeded in first place from

district and won first place

at Regionals. Congratula-

tions!

Our young band program,

under the direction of Ms.

Cassie Glover, has made

significant strides this

school year. I’m sure every-

one enjoyed hearing them

play at the football games.

Keep up the good work.

Extracurricular activities

are an important part of

every student’s education.

These activities teach coop-

eration, dedication, self-

sacrifice, discipline, a sense

of belonging and many oth-

er important life lessons.

Parents, please encourage

your child to join activities

such as the school band,

FFA, FCCLA, or any

sport. By allowing your chil-

dren the opportunity to ex-

plore diverse interests, you

give them the opportunity

to discover what they are

passionate about. Once

your child finds an activity

that they enjoy, succeeding

in the activity could ulti-

mately build their confi-

dence and self-esteem.

Many studies also show

that those students in-

volved in extracurricular

programs have better

grades, behavior and work

habits as well as less ab-

senteeism.

The sense of belonging

that participants get is also

a great reason to be active.

Pride in your school and

community are priceless.

Students should involve

themselves in more than

one activity especially in a

small school like ours. Be-

sides providing support for

fellow classmates, it can

also impress colleges or

potential employers looking

at a student’s resume. Be-

ing well-rounded can be a

critical component of the

decisions made regarding

your child’s future success.

In closing, I hope you can

see just how important ex-

tracurricular programs are

to a student’s achievement

and please congratulate

those students who are

already showing their Eagle

Pride as they represent our

school and community.

Respectfully,

Larry R. Johnson,

Superintendent

Burns Flat-Dill City Public

Schools

From the Superintendent's Desk

November 17, 2017 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 57 Number 3 Page 2

September

Star Students

Will Rogers Elementary “Star Students” for the month of

September were chosen. These students were honored at

Eagle Time.

Each teacher selects a student to be honored for punctu-

ality, cooperation, citizenship, and hard work.

The October Star Students were selected and honored

Monday, November 6 at Eagle Time.

Students were as follows: top row from left to right -

Loghan Bruce, Ben Sharp, Bailey Frost, Willie Salcido, Evan

Merwin.

Second Row left to right- Lanie Rowell, Jonah Fite, Ashtyn

Villegas, Faith Schneberger, and Cache Steffes.

Front row from left to right- Caleb Johnson, CJ Parker, Tan-

ner Reeve, Payson Tate, Noah Watanabe, and Kadence

Garner.

Congratulations to these students for their hard work,

discipline, and good character!

2nd Grade Visits P-Bar Farm On Oct 10, Mrs. Selman's

and Ms. Howes' 2nd grade

classes visited P-Bar farms

pumpkin patch and corn

maize following their Scho-

lastic News Giant Pumpkin.

They learned about the life

cycle of a pumpkin and that

each seed for a giant pump-

kin can cost up to $1,600.

While on the farm, they

learned that in Oklahoma

there are 5 million cows and

the age of the average

farmer is 56. The majority

of crops grown are

corn. The classes enjoyed

their visit and look forward

to going again every year.

Students Celebrate Drug Free Week The Will Rogers Elemen-

tary celebrated being drug-

free with Red Ribbon Week

Oct. 23-27.

Will Rogers Elementary

students showed their crea-

tivity in a poster contest

about being drug-free. Win-

ners of the poster contest

were first place - Bella Fer-

kins, second place - Isabella

Henley, third place - Nicole

Portocorrero, fourth place -

Miranda Altstatt, and fifth

place - Riley Flewelling.

The students had a blast

with Red Ribbon Week dress

-up days! There was a differ-

ent dress-up theme used for

each day of the week. One

of the favorites was Crazy

Hair Day!

Teachers dressed up

their classroom doors and/

or walls, also! The third

grade teachers, Mrs. Giles

and Ms. Dean, won first

place. They decorated the

hall walls with clothes that

each had some piece of

advice about staying drug-

free!

Will Rogers Elementary

supports the drug-free initi-

ative to be healthy and

strong and stay drug-free

by saying "NO" to drugs! 4th Grade Students Harvest Pumpkins Will Rogers Elementary

students planted pumpkin

seeds in a patch on the

west lot of the school. The

seeds grew into amazing

pumpkins. 4th grade Math

and Science class have

used the pumpkins to bene-

fit Pumpkin Math. They

used the pumpkins to work

on measurement and bal-

ance. Plus, they will roast

the seeds and make a deli-

cious pumpkin pie with

homemade whip cream.

The pumpkins were festive-

ly displayed in the hallways

for audiences to enjoy at

the Trick and Read. Accom-

panying each decorated

pumpkin was a “Pumpkin

Adventure” story and as-

signed number. The story

written by the students

shared a fictional adventure

4-H Perform in Share the Fun Brad from the OSU Exten-

sion office in Cordell spoke

to the Cloverbud and Junior

4-H members. He gave an

educational presentation

over cotton and had a cot-

ton boll craft for the kids

which involved making cot-

ton boll angel ornaments.

The members participated

and performed in Share the

Fun on Saturday November

11th. Junior 4-H members

preformed “We are the

World” as a group. Morgan

Adam performed a dance

routine and won 1st place.

Sage Adams performed on

the saxophone and received

2nd. Paisley Tate did a gym-

nast performance. The Clo-

ver Buds performed a Tur-

key Track routine. Waverly

Schneberger played piano.

with the character and its

assigned number. Reading

these wild adventures de-

lighted the audience of stu-

dents and families.

The 4th grade Math and

Science classes painted

rocks and wrote inspiration-

al quotes and pictures on

each individual rock. These

rocks were placed strategi-

cally in the Burns Flat com-

munity to inspire the com-

munity. Please, allow these

rocks to make your day bet-

ter. Please, help this cam-

paign grow by leaving the

rock for others to enjoy or

move it to another location

for others to enjoy. This

project was inspired by the

w e b s i t e h t t p : / /

thekindnessrocks

project.com.

Students attend Washita County Fair The Burns Flat-Dill City

early childhood students

attended the Washita Coun-

ty Fair Friday morning, Au-

gust 18. The students visit-

ed the livestock barns and

various exhibits. Tammi

Stumpf with Barnyard Bud-

dies had several special

"critters" there that the chil-

dren loved petting and ob-

serving. Among these ani-

mals were a baby deer and

a baby squirrel! The stu-

dents were in awe at the

precious, little creatures!

Early childhood teachers

and assistants chaperoning

the students were Will Rog-

ers Elementary Principal

Mrs. Lace Davis, Dean of

Students Mrs. Desarae Sim-

mons, Mrs. Cansler, Mrs.

Britton, Mrs. Raleigh, Ms.

Balzer, Ms. St. John, Ms.

Bales, Mrs. Shropshire, Mrs.

Black, and Mrs. Weese.

The Will Rogers students

and staff would like to

thank the Washita County

Fair super intendents

and workers for allowing

the students this opportuni-

ty to see, enjoy, and be a

part of the county fair!

WR Elementary Host Trick or Read The Will Rogers Elemen-

tary celebrated reading with

"Trick-or-Read" Night Tues-

day evening Oct. 24 in the

elementary school. The

teachers dressed as book or

story characters and pre-

sented various books, po-

ems, stories, or activities for

the children. Students and

siblings dressed up as their

favorite book characters,

also. Students and families

went from room to room

participating in four ses-

sions. It was an intriguing

night listening to stories,

creating artistic pieces, and

seeing all the teachers and

students in their awesome

costumes!

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December 9th:

ACT test

December 11th:

Jr. High Basketball

Homecoming

December 15th:

Sr. High Basketball

Homecoming

Homecoming Dance:

(9th – 6th)

Counselor Corner

Caitlin Johnson is the Sen-

ior Eagle of November. She

is the daughter of Caleb

Johnson and Michelle Hall.

She has a sister Jaicee and

a brother Caleb Jr. She has

participated in many activi-

ties at BF-DC including fast

pitch softball, cross country,

basketball, power lifting,

track and field, FCA, Stu-

dent Council, Math and Sci-

ence Club, Government

Club, Veterans Day, Year-

book, slow pitch softball,

cheerleading, and vocal

music. Caitlin has won The

Masonic Fraternity of Okla-

homa - Student of Today

award, Superintendents

Honor Roll, Oklahoma High

School Honor Society, Na-

tional Honor Society, Aca-

demic Achievement, Out-

standing Student in English

1, Algebra 1, Algebra 2,

World History, U.S. History,

and Trigonometry. She has

also participated in Upward

Bound, SWOSU Interscho-

lastic Meet, and was on the

OSSAA Track State Champi-

on team. Caitlin has com-

pleted community service

by helping with the grade

school track meet, with the

election in 2016, Govern-

ment Club, 8th grade gradu-

ation, Senior Awards, Sen-

ior Graduation, Senior

Breakfast, and Senior Prac-

tice. She plans to attend

SWOSU on a track and field

scholarship and get her

bachelors in nursing and

then work on her Masters

Jaron Mason is the Senior Eagle of the Month for No-vember. He is the son of Larissa and Toby Mason. He is the grandson of Kay and Larry Ledbetter and Connie Mason. He has a younger sister Jordan Ma-son. Jaron has participated in football, basketball, golf, track, power lifting, FCA, Government Club Secretary, Math and Science Club, FFA, History Day, Student Council Vice President, class reporter and 4-H county and club president. He has in-ducted into the 4-H County Hall of Fame, a member of the 4-H Key Club, award All Around Student, a member of Oklahoma Honor Society and the National Honor So-ciety. Jaron has completed community service by work-ing with the community out-reach club “Loving Hearts and Helping Hands Club” started by his sister and him to help raise money for peo-ple in the community. After high school Jaron plans to attend OSU and study engi-neering. Jaron’s favorite high school memory is when he scored his first touchdown. The team won their first home game in 4 years, and Jaron scored 3 touchdowns including one for 80 yards.

HS Student of the

Month October

Raven Horn is the Senior

Eagle of the Month for Octo-

ber. She is the daughter of

Chris Horn and Kimberly

Johnson. She is the grand-

daughter of Bill and Clara

Johnson and Bill and Joy

Johnson. She has 4 sib-

lings; Saber Horn, Julie

Dudgeon, Carter Dudgeon,

and Bella Dudgeon. Raven

has participated in fast pitch

Student of the Month Junior High

6th - Annrayia Harrison

7th - Dylan Glass

8th - Leeila Bland

Donovan Webb is the BF-

DC Student of the Month for

October. He is the son of

Donald and Crystal Webb

and the grandson of Dwain

and Marva Web and Deb

Gordon. Donvan has one

sister Katelyn, and two

brothers Dalton and Braden.

He has participated in bas-

ketball, baseball, FCA, FFA,

band, and Student Council.

Donovan has been a mem-

ber of the National FFA Cho-

rus twice, the Oklahoma

State FFA Chorus twice, 101

Classic Band, and the Tri

State Honor Band three

times. He was the Basket-

ball MVP in 2015, Baseball

MVP 2015-2016, and has

been a Student Council Of-

ficer twice. Donovan has

volunteered at the Special

Olympics, with the band

carnival, and with the bas-

ketball food drive. He plans

to attend Oklahoma Chris-

tian and major in Bible Stud-

ies, open a barbershop and

preach part time. His favor-

ite high school memory is

hitting a “home run” in the

Mountain View Gotebo Tour-

nament only to find the cen-

ter fielder pick up an inch in

front of the fence.

HS Student of the

Month November

Kayela Staples the Novem-

ber Student of the Month at

BF-DC High School is the

granddaughter of Chris

Marik and the daughter of

Kristeena Wheeler. She is

also the granddaughter of

Paula Briones, Beth and

Rod Hadfield, and Ann and

Sercey Staples. She has 3

siblings Delayne Ray, Taylor

Davidson, and Adrean Rodri-

quez. Kayela has been very

active during her years at BF

-DC participating in cross

country, track, cheerleading,

basketball softball, FFA,

FCA, and Student Council.

She has won awards three

times for Cross Country Aca-

demic State Champion, Su-

perintendents Honor Roll,

Principals Honor Roll, Na-

tional Honor Society, and

Oklahoma Honor Society.

Kayla has been an active

Senior Eagle of October

Jake Mooney is Senior

Eagle of the Month of Octo-

ber. He is the son of Brian

and JoAnna Mooney. He

has one brother Josh and

one sister Joey. He has par-

ticipated in football, basket-

ball, golf, baseball, track,

FCA Vice President, Govern-

ment Club Vice President,

Math and Science Club, FFA,

History Day, Student Council

Reporter, and class secre-

tary. He has received

awards for Senior Eagle of

the Month, Principals Honor

Roll, and All Around Stu-

dent. He has completed

community service by help-

ing with the Veterans Day

Program and campaigning

for Todd Russ. He plans to

attend Western Oklahoma

State and becoming a regis-

ter nurse. His favorite

school memory is making

his first shot in a fifth grade

basketball game.

volunteer. She has helped

paint a classroom in Tisho-

mingo, clean up the after-

math of the Moore tornado,

volunteered at a dog shel-

ter, volunteered at Oklaho-

ma School for the deaf, and

help at a food drive by bag-

ging food for Kids Against

Hunger. Kayla plans to at-

tend Oklahoma State Uni-

versity and receive a degree

in education, speech pathol-

ogy, or pediatric nursing.

Her fondest memory during

her years at BF-DC was

bonding with the softball

girls on the bus and winning

Cross Country Academic

State Champion three years

in a row.

Senior Eagle of October

softball, slow pitch softball,

basketball, student council,

Spanish club, chess club,

math and science club,

yearbook, and newspaper.

She has received awards

for Student of the Month,

National Honor Society,

Oklahoma Honor Society,

Color Guard, Superinten-

dents Honor Roll, Principals

Honor Roll, BF-DC High

School Slow Pitch MVP

2016-2017, 2016-2017

Shortgrass Slow Pitch High

School All Conference, Sen-

ior Eagle of the Month of

October. Raven completed

community service by help-

ing Wayne Walters with his

campaign for state office.

Raven plans to attend Army

basic training in South Car-

olina and then attend West-

ern Oklahoma State Col-

lege and pursue a teaching

career. Her fondest

memory at BF-DC is having

the privilege of meeting and

having the greatest best

friend in the world - Lorsa

Hughes.

Senior Eagle of November

at SWOSU or UCO to be-

come a Pediatric Nurse

Practitioner. Her fondest

memory of her time at BF-

DC is when she made state

in the 100 yard dash and

placing 7th in the state her

junior year. She also enjoys

power lifting meets be-

cause she says it is fun

when she beats the boys at

meets.

Senior Eagle of November

Student Council

News

The student council offic-

ers returned from the OASC

(Oklahoma Association of

Student Council) conference

in Broken Arrow on Tuesday

November 14th. Those at-

tending were Alexa Bene-

dict, Lorsa Hughes, Donovan

Webb, Jake Mooney, Ryne

Garrison and Jaron Mason.

The Student Council Advisor

Ms. Smith and parent/

board member Brian

Mooney chaperoned the

students for the weekend

trip.

The student heard three

great speakers during the

general sessions, Keith

Hawkins, Ed Gerety and Bill

Cordes. The three speakers

addressed making a differ-

ence in someone’s life,

making the most of your

time, caring about each

other and thinking positive.

The students came away

with new friendships and

new leadership skills.

Senior News

In English the seniors are

reading “Canterbury Tales”.

Many of the seniors partici-

pated in the Veterans Day

program; the seniors who

helped were Tamika Price,

Zyane Gonzales, Jaron Ma-

son, Jake Mooney, Ryne Gar-

rison, Jordan Weese, Kate-

lyn Webb, Miranda Maldona-

do, and Caitlin Johnson.

Brandon Yates

Staff Reporter

November 17, 2017 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 57 Number 3 Page 4

7th Grade News The BF-DC 7th grade is

studying graphs in math. In

English they are working on

Essays.

Alexa Green

7th Grade Reporter

Harley Pledger

Staff Reporter

6th Grade News The BF-DC 6th graders are

working on integers in math

and in science they are

leaning about polar bear

habitats. In STEM they are

working roller coaster pro-

jects and in geography they

are learning about Aztec

history.

Priscila Martinez

Students Reporter

Harley Pledger

Staff Reporter

8th Grade News The BF-DC 8th Graders are

learning proportions in their

math class. In English they

are finishing their contest

essays and reading “The

Giver”. In science they are

studying waves and in histo-

ry they are recapping the

Articles of Confederation. In

art they are working on di-

mensions. A few weeks

back the 8th grade class

went to Western Technology

Center to learn about the

technology center and the

classes offered.

Leelia Bland

Students Reporter

Harley Pledger

Staff Reporter

Math Students Measure Trees Ms. Ellis’s, math teacher

at BF-DC, students enjoyed

a change of scenery as they

got to apply math in a real

life scenario. They took the

lesson of indirect measure-

ments to the commons ar-

ea as they found two differ-

ent items (trees, buildings,

scoreboards, etc.) to meas-

ure using math they had

previously learned that

week.

FFA News Students Stay Busy The BF-DC FFA chapter

has been quite busy over

the past month with open-

ing ceremonies teams, the

annual labor auction and

the AFR speech contest. On

October 17, 2017 two

opening ceremonies teams

competed at the Elk City

Regional Opening Ceremo-

nies Contest. Sadly neither

of the teams placed. Grace

Schneberger placed second

in the Freshman Creed

along with Alexis Plaza who

placed third. As a chapter,

they are very proud of how

everyone has been repre-

senting BF-DC Schools.

A major fundraiser that

the chapter just held was

the annual labor auction.

The officers and Mr. Blocker

would like to thank every-

one who bought, donated or

helped. A special thank you

goes out to all the cooks

who prepared the delicious

meal for everyone that

night. Overall the auction

was a huge success and

they are extremely grateful

for living in such a giving

community.

On Tuesday, November 7,

2017 Allie Dixon, Grace

Schneberger and Jordan

Mason went to Cache to

On October 25, 2017, the

Oklahoma Shakespeare in

the Park actors performed

William Shakespeare’s A

Midsummer Night’s Dream

in the Don Lemke Gymnasi-

um. Students attending in-

cluded the junior and senior

classes from Sentinel and

grades 9-12 from Burns Flat.

Wil Rogers (Demetrius,

Quince, Oberon) Ashley Fris-

bee (Hermia, Puck, Snug)

Jodi Nestander (Titania, Hel-

ena) Austin Morris (Bottom,

Lysander) were the actors

who performed multiple

roles.

A Midsummer Night’s

Dream is one of William

Shakespeare’s best known

and best loved plays. Okla-

homa Shakespeare in the

Park’s special production of

this classic is designed to be

a young person’s introduc-

tion to the beauty of Shake-

speare’s language and char-

acters. The production is 55

minutes in length and main-

tains all of the subplots, that

of the Wedding of Theseus

and Hippolyta, the prepara-

tion and performance by

local working men in honor

of the wedding, the world of

Titania and Oberon and the

love story of four young peo-

ple from Athens and their

adventure in the woods. The

Shakespeare in the Park

cast of 4 actors portrayed

seventeen characters! The

students were excited to

watch the quick character

changes and creative cast-

ing! While this model of

theatre – a small cast of

actors playing multiple roles

with a cut script and travel-

ing – has a long history

throughout Europe and Eng-

land stretching from the

Middle Ages, you can easily

imagine this model being

employed from the earliest

beginnings of theatre. In

Shakespeare’s time, touring

productions would leave

London and take to the road

for various reasons; the

4-H News BF-DC 4-H has several

members elected as Washi-

ta County 4-H officers.

Jaron Mason was elected

Washita County 4-H Presi-

dent, Jordan Mason was

elected Vice President,

Makia Maxey secretary,

Jayden Kendrick reporter,

Macie Elmore treasure, and

Leah Avery song leader.

The BF-DC 4-H member

worked the Washita County

Carnival and Bean Supper.

The Carnival and Bean Sup-

per was a huge hit as it is

every year.

Jordan Mason was the MC

at the 4-H Share the Fun

event and also senior

champion individual with

her performance. The club

is looking forward to plan-

ning and working junior

roundup in December.

compete at the American

Farmers and Ranchers

Speech Contest. Allie ran in

the speaking category

“Agribusiness” with her

speech “Find A Way,” Grace

Schneberger and Jordan

Mason both ran in the Sci-

ence and Natural Re-

sources. Grace with her

speech “Wolf at the Door,”

and Jordan with her speech

“The Food Fight.” All three

girls competed in the Inter-

mediate age division. Grace

Schneberger brought home

fourth place, Allie Dixon

placed third and will be

competing at state. The

chapter is proud of all three

girls for competing and rep-

resenting Burns Flat-Dill City

Schools well.

Donovan Webb recently

performed with the National

FFA Chorus in Washington

DC at the National FFA Con-

vention. This is Donovan’s

second year to perform with

the Chorus. Congratulations

Donovan for doing a great

job.

Camryn Bond

FFA Reporter

Marcie Diggs

Staff Reporter

FCCLA News On October 10, FCCLA

members traveled to

Weatherford, Oklahoma to

attend the district rally. The

FCCLA members were Har-

ley Pledger, Katelyn Webb,

Zyane Gonzales, Maranda

Maldonado, Tristan Crowley,

and Julie Halligan. They en-

tered a T-shirt contest and a

poster contest, but did not

win either. They listened to

Lucas Ross, from Marlow,

Oklahoma, as the motiva-

tional speaker. He talked to

FCCLA members about how

to be leaders in their com-

munity, state, and world.

Burns Flat-Dill City FCCLA

members were on the Pow-

erPoint presentation for

recognition for their services

to their community.

FCCLA members are selling

pumpkin rolls for the holi-

days. The cost for the pump-

kin rolls is $15.00 and they

can be purchased from any

FCCLA member.

Katelyn Webb

FCCLA Reporter

Julie Halligan

Staff reporter

plague, political or religious

suppression, the winter

weather, or financial need.

Theatrical lights are not

transported because of the

time involved in setting

them up and the availability

of adequate power. Besides,

Shakespeare’s plays were

written for performances in

the middle of the day when

the sun was the only source

of light illuminating the audi-

ence as well as the action.

All the students were excit-

ed and thoroughly enjoyed

the performance with many

asking when we could have

another play. A grant

through the Carolyn Watson

Foundation made it possible

for Shakespeare in the Park

to be performed at our small

school. We are appreciative

of this gift that enabled us to

view the great performance.

Katelyn Webb: I liked how

you could see the irony that

Shakespeare used in his

plays. The performance

brought to life what the pag-

es sometimes seems to dull.

Tristan Cowley: The play

was a refreshing and unique

take on Shakespeare’s

work. I thoroughly enjoyed it

from start to finish. I also

appreciate their dedication

to accuracy shown by the

case of a toy lightsaber.

Leslie Gearhart: I liked the

Shakespeare in the Park

because it was easy to un-

derstand what was going on

and what happening in the

play. It had a great cast to

play the roles; they all did

well. I enjoyed the way it

was performed.

Joe Trevino: The comedy A

Midsummer Night’s Dream

was a spectacular play. The

plot of the comedy was fan-

tastic and humorous, but the

actors were the ones that

amazed me. Each actor

taking on four or more char-

acters was inspiring to me.

Getting to see this play and

meet the actors was an ex-

hilarating event.

Students Enjoy Shakespeare in the Park at BF-DC

Chess Club News

The BF-DC Chess Club

elected club officials on

November 14th. Aaron

Schmidt is the club presi-

dent, Rebel Fricks is the

club reporter, and Brody

Neely is the club treasurer.

The Chess Club is hoping

to be able to take a group

of chess club students to

neighboring schools to

teach their students about

chess. They hope to be able

to have meets and tourna-

ments with these schools in

the future.

Anyone who wants to pur-

chase a BF-DC Chess Club t-

shirt should see Mrs. Abel

or Mrs. Webb for more infor-

mation. The shirts feature

artwork from Jesus Chavar-

ria.

Caterra Cobb

Staff Reporter

Freshmen News

In math the 9th grade stu-dents are working on solv-ing equations. In English the freshmen are reading the Odyssey, and in science they are working on formu-laic compounds. Mrs. Abel is selling the extra boo bags from Halloween, for those who didn’t previ-ously buy any. Nyiraa Carter Student Reporter

Caterra Cobb Staff Reporter

Sophomore News

The sophomores in math

are solving equations with

substitution and elimina-

tion. In English they are fin-

ishing Julius Caesar Act 2.

In biology they are starting

chapter 5 over cell respira-

tion. In art class they are

working on landscapes. The

10th graders in world history

are reviewing the chapter

on Greece.

Julie Halligan

Staff reporter

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November 17, 2017 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 57 Number 3

Equal Opportunity Policy

The Burns Flat-Dill City School District com-

plies with Titles VI of the Civil Rights Act of

1964, Title IX of the education Amendments

of 1972. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation

Act of 1973, and their implementing regula-

tions administered by the U.S. Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare’s Office for

Civil Rights. If also complies with Title VIII of

the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and is imple-

menting regulations administered by the U.S

Department of Health, Education, and

Welfare’s Office for Civil Rights. It also

complies with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

of 1964 and is implementing regulations

administered by the U.S. Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission. The institution

does not discriminate on the basis of race,

color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or

handicap in admission or access to, or

treatment or employment in, its program and

activities.

Movie Review

“IT” the movie is a very frightful scary movie. It is about a

crazy wicked clown that terrorizes the town of Derry and

comes to life every 27 years. The movie is based on the Ste-

phen King book “IT”. If you like scary movies I would highly

recommend this one because it is scary. I believe the movie

is for mature audiences only because it will really make you

dislike clowns.

Brandon Yates

Staff Reporter

Page 6 November 17, 2017 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 57 Number 3

5th and 6th Grade Basketball Starts

The 5th and 6th grade

teams have played 3 games

each. The boys won all

three games but sadly the

girls lost all three games.

So far this season they have

played Mangum twice and

WOCS once.

Playing for the girls team ;

Elcee Price, Natalie Plank,

Rylin Hall, Anna Yates, Na-

talie Bloomer, Joey Mooney,

Olivia Reynolds, Ivy Guolad-

dle, Gabby Espinosa, Jaicee

Foley, Alivia Ferkins, Alexis

Velasco, Tyera Rojas,

Annrayia Harrison, Alexis

Alvarez, Priscila Martinez,

Inez Gonzalez, Ebany Smith,

Logan Williams, CarolAnn

Hendrick, Penelope Rivera,

Keylee Green, Analyse Wil-

Academic Teams News

The BF-DC seventh and

eighth grade Academic

Team competed at OAAC

Districts on November 8th.

The eighth grade won first

place. The high school Aca-

demic Team competed at

Regionals on November

11th,, they won first place.

The freshmen academic

team will compete at the

Froshmore tournament on

November 20th at Vici.

Julie Halligan

Staff reporter

FCA News Mighty Eagles Compete and Win During the last FCA meet-

ing, club president, Lorsa

Hughes gave the devotional.

She focused on James 2:19.

In this verse, it states “You

say you have faith, for you

believe that there is one

God. Good for you! Even the

demons believe this, and

they tremble with terror.”

Lorsa used this verse to re-

mind everyone that just be-

lieving in God does not set

you apart from evil. Every-

one as Christians has to live

by faith with their actions.

They have to behave as

Christians in every scenario

no matter who is near. FCA

will continue to invite com-

munity ministers to teach

and have its devotionals

every month.

Alexa Benedict

FCA Reporter

Marcie Diggs

Staff Reporter

The Mighty Eagles at-

tended their first competi-

tions for this school year

and did very well. They left

early Friday, October 27 for

their bowling competition

that was held in Oklahoma

City. Each of the bowlers

bowled three games and

their scores were averaged.

The Mighty Eagles had a

great day and brought

home two blue ribbons and

one red ribbon. Attending

the bowling competition

were senior Justin Davis

who placed first, Freshman

Erica Noyes who brought

home the other first place,

and fourth grader Chevy

Moore that fought hard to

bring home the second

place ribbon.

The next day, Saturday,

October 28, the Mighty Ea-

gles loaded up and headed

to Yukon to compete at

their first horseshoes com-

petition. They all did really

well. Representing the

Mighty Eagles were Katy

Horne, Justin Davis, and

Erica Noyes. Katy brought

home a red, second place,

ribbon. Justin and Erica

ended up in a battle for sec-

ond and third place. It was

a fun game to watch and

ended with a nail biting tie.

Because of the tie, they

each threw two more horse-

shoes to break the tie. Eri-

ca got a ringer and won the

close match giving her sec-

ond place while Justin re-

ceived third place. The

Mighty Eagles would like to

give Josie Jackson a special

thank you for helping them

at the horseshoe competi-

tion.

Justin Davis

Staff Reporter

Football Ends Season

BF-DC High School football

finished their season with 2

wins and 8 losses. Not the

best season but the boys

played hard and never gave

up. There were many stand-

out players during the sea-

son including Jake Mooney

was an 8 Man Football All

Star and the District Utility

Player of the Year and Jaron

Mason was an 8 Man Foot-

ball All-Star Alternate and

1st team All District Run-

ning Back. Others men-

tioned by Coach Schne-

berger were Brayton

Mathews 1st All-District

Quarterback, Riley Johnson

1st Team All-District Offen-

sive Line Men, Clayton

Jones 1st Team All-District

Linebacker, John Shorter

1st Team All-District Line-

backer and Luis Margerum

1st Team All District Defen-

sive Back. The team was

very proud that they won

two home games this year

and were able to ring the

Victory Bell after the win-

ning games.

Joel Marez

Staff Reporter

lie, Haylee Davis, Layken

Luttrell, Nicole Portocarrero,

Bailey Frost, Sienna Garcia,

Kora Tipton, Brendalyn

Crotts, Makayla Sutton, Ri-

ley Flewelling.

Playing for the boys

teams; Gage Stegall, Caden

Carter, Chris Carter, Dylan

Walker, Jaxon Selman, Rob-

ert Plaza, Aaron Ellis, An-

drew Martinez, Michael Can-

aday, L.J. Mason, Nicholas

Kemp, Isaiah Sutton, Jacob

Hendrix, Christian Eakins,

Ben Sharp, Luis Nieves, Tre-

vin Mayfield, Zach Bohanan,

Kenny Kluth, Sage Adams,

Coby Flewelling, Luciano

Cooper, Armando Nieves,

Arthur Arnold, and Damion

Casses.

Cross Country Girls Win Academic State Championship

HS Girls Cross Country

ended their season by quali-

fying for state. They com-

peted at the state Champi-

onship meet in Shawnee,

OK. While there they re-

ceived, for the 3rd year in a

row the Academic State

Championship for 2A Cross

Country with a GPA average

of 4.0. HS girls cross coun-

try team members are

Grace Schneberger, Makia

Maxey, Alexa Benedict, Jor-

dan Weese, Kayela Staples,

Jordan Mason, and Tori

Cline.

Joel Marez

Staff Reporter

Band and Choir Have Busy Few Weeks The Burns Flat-Dill City

Band and Choir have had a

very busy few weeks. On

October 28th they played at

the Burns Flat Birthday

Bash, they visited the

SWOSU campus, and they

performed at the Veterans

Day Program

The band went to the

Southwestern Oklahoma

State College campus in

Weatherford, OK for the

SWOSU Massed Band

Homecoming events. There

were 600 students from

across the state who attend-

ed this event before the

football game on Saturday,

November 4, 2017. The BF-

DC Band took 35 students

to the event.

Jade Boatman and Minnie

Restivo played with the All

Senior Honor Band hosted

by SWOSU on Saturday No-

vember 18th. The girls

spent the day at SWOSU

practicing and then per-

forming.

On November 10, 2017

select choir students per-

formed in the Veteran’s day

program hosted by the Gov-

ernment Club. Choir stu-

dents who performed in the

program are: Cherokee Gilli-

han, Kirsten Bennett, Madi-

son Rannolds, Paola Baez,

Destiny Foley, Keila Mar-

shall, Ozzlynn Noyes, Melody

Julian, Niyraa Caryer, Betha-

ny Whitaker, Emily Gear-

hart, Alexa Green, Mattie

Glover, Gabby Garica, Mac-

kenzie Todd, Haley William,

Ashley Gillihan, Elizabeth

Smith, and Maci Julian.

The Burns Flat Dill City

music department will be

hosting a Christmas concert

on December 12th at

6:30pm. The 7th-12th Grade

band, 6th grade band, and

7th -12th grade choir will be

performing at the program.

Minnie Restivo

Students Reporter

Harley Pledger

Staff Reporter

Jordan Weese Signs Letter of Intent

Jordan Weese signed her

letter of intent to play col-

lege softball with USAO on

Oct. 16 in the high school

gym. She received Full tui-

tion and fees paid along

with $150 towards books.

Those in attendance were

her travel ball coach Terry

Millus, Head USAO softball

coach Jayden Wallis, high

school coaches Brock

Steffes and Ashton Ellis,

along with faculty Mr.

McCown high school princi-

pal and Superintendent Lar-

ry Johnson. Her family In-

cluding mom, dad brother,

sister and grandmother

were also present along

with her softball and cross

country team and a few

fellow classmates.

Some of her high school

softball awards have includ-

ed All Conference Fast Pitch

during her freshman, soph-

omore, and junior years,

Max Preps National Player

of the Week as a Freshman,

All Conference Slow Pitch

her sophomore and junior

year.