Wynnewood Public Schools

Attention Parents!! Due to the roads becoming icy, we will be running buses at 10:30 am this morning. If your child drives or walks and you would like for them to leave before then, please call the high school office to check them out. If there is an issue with your child going home this morning, please let us know. The number to the high school office is 405.665.2045. You can also text me if that is quicker and easier for you. Thank you, Angie Dixon

Due to the high probability of inclement weather on Tuesday, the following adjustments have been made to the basketball schedule: Monday’s MS/JH games will tentatively be moved to Tuesday, with the hopes the weather holds off. If they are cancelled Tuesday, every effort will be made to reschedule. Tuesday’s HS games will be moved to Monday night @ Wynnewood beginning at 6:30. There will be a JV boys game at 5:00 on Monday as well. **Monday night will be also be Senior Night. We will recognize our Seniors at 5:45** Thank you for your understanding in this matter.

**Attention Savage Basketball Fans** High School Games at Dibble on Friday 1/27/23 Dibble is having Homecoming, therefore the varsity boys will tip at 6:30 pm and the varsity girls will follow. There are NO JV games tomorrow night. Come out and support your Savages!!! GO SAVAGES!!!

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**REMINDER FOR HS POWERLIFTING ON THURSDAY** **Schedule for Dibble Powerlifting Meet** Thursday, January 26: HS Boys and Girls - Arrive at Fieldhouse at 6:30 - Leave for Dibble at 7:00 - Meet Starts at 9:00 - Arrival back at Wynnewood is unknown. We will communicate when the meet is over and when we’re coming back to Wynnewood. - Powerlifting Meets last all day, athletes will need money for food and drink throughout the whole day.

**Wynnewood Savage Athletics Update** The JH Powerlifting Meet at Dibble has been moved to Friday, January 27th. Details below: **Schedule for Dibble Powerlifting Meet** Friday, January 27: MS/JH Boys and Girls - Arrive at Fieldhouse at 6:30 - Leave for Dibble at 7:00 - Meet Starts at 9:00 - Arrival back at Wynnewood is unknown. We will communicate when the meet is over and when we’re coming back to Wynnewood. - Powerlifting Meets last all day, athletes will need money for food and drink throughout the whole day. **The HS Powerlifting Meet at Dibble is still on Thursday as originally scheduled.

WPS Update: Due to the inclement weather coming in Tuesday afternoon through early morning Wednesday, Wynnewood Public Schools will be going virtual both Tuesday and Wednesday. Stay safe and we look forward to seeing our kids back in class on Thursday. *The Stratford high school basketball games have been cancelled for Tuesday, January 24. *The JH Powerlifting Meet at Dibble on Wednesday, January 25 has been postponed. Wynnewood Athletics will update events at a later time. GO SAVAGES!!!

Due to the inclement weather coming in Tuesday afternoon through early morning Wednesday, Wynnewood Public Schools will be going virtual both Tuesday and Wednesday. Stay safe and we look forward to seeing our kids back in class on Thursday. All activities are canceled for both days.

**Schedule for Dibble Powerlifting Meet** Thursday, January 26: HS Boys and Girls - Arrive at Fieldhouse at 6:30 - Leave for Dibble at 7:00 - Meet Starts at 9:00 - Arrival back at Wynnewood is unknown. We will communicate when the meet is over and when we’re coming back to Wynnewood. - Powerlifting Meets last all day, athletes will need money for food and drink throughout the whole day. **On Monday, Coaches will talk with those athletes attending the meet and send home information regarding the meet**

**Schedule for Dibble Powerlifting Meet** Wednesday, January 25: MS/JH Boys and Girls - Arrive at Fieldhouse at 6:30 - Leave for Dibble at 7:00 - Meet Starts at 9:00 - Arrival back at Wynnewood is unknown. We will communicate when the meet is over and when we’re coming back to Wynnewood. - Powerlifting Meets last all day, athletes will need money for food and drink throughout the whole day. **On Monday, Coaches will talk with those athletes attending the meet and send home information regarding the meet**

Good afternoon! The upcoming weather could be an issue for us safely transporting our students home Tuesday after school and transporting them to school Wednesday morning. I just want to give our parents a heads up in case we have to have virtual days on Tuesday and Wednesday. If we have to go virtual, we’ll let you know by 7pm tomorrow. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

**Attention Savage JH Basketball Schedule Update** The JH Girls will play Saturday at 10:00 am in the Stratford Tournament (as previously scheduled) The JH Boys will play Saturday at 2:00 pm in the Stratford Tournament. Make plans to come out and cheer on the Savages!!!

The Junior High games at the Stratford Tournament will be live-streamed on the Stratford Bulldogs YouTube channel.

**Long Message Alert–Please Bear with Me** Hello, Everyone! Over the last week or so, you probably have heard about the upcoming virtual days from your child’s building administration. We know that these kinds of changes in our regular schedule can be problematic for many of our parents. In light of that, I would like to provide you with an explanation as to why this is happening. An explanation won’t solve the problems, but hopefully it will give you some understanding of why we are doing what we are doing. Whether it’s our businesses, our jobs, or our personal lives, our world continues to change. Keeping up with those changes can be difficult. It has always been difficult for school districts to provide important and necessary training and professional development to their staff. In Oklahoma we are allotted 5 days for professional development. Because of various yearly mandated trainings from the State Department of Education, we are lucky to have 2 days available to train our staff on any new instructional programs, tools, or instructional practices, so in the past we did the best we could with the time we had available, but historically, there hasn’t been nearly enough time to provide our teachers with the training they need to continually improve the academic performance of our students, and no one is more frustrated with that fact than them. For most of an educator’s career, learning how to use new technology and new instructional practices has been baptism by fire. They deserve better and our kids deserve better. The COVID pandemic was awful. It forced school districts to offer virtual education as a learning option for its students, which had to be planned and implemented over the course of a few months with little to no training. Nationwide, virtual learning is a work in progress. The silver lining with virtual learning is our ability to make calendar changes without affecting end of year programs and ceremonies such as graduation. If we miss a week because of inclement weather, we don’t have to add days to the end of our calendar to make those days up. If a family is going through a traumatic event that requires their child or children to miss an extended period of time, virtual learning is an option that may allow them to continue their education without being counted as absent. In rare cases, it also allows the district to provide necessary training to its teachers and staff so that we can improve the work we are doing in our classrooms and buildings. This year the district has obligated itself to the implementation of PLCs (Professional Learning Communities). In a nutshell, PLCs are a way to provide teachers with the opportunity to work together collaboratively in small groups by grade level or subject area to analyze and discuss student assessment data in order to take actionable steps to improve the academic growth of their students. This is an involved initiative with many layers and many moving parts, and it is not something that can be properly implemented in a day or two. In order for the trainers to work individually with each PLC team, we need a full day at the elementary school and a full day at the high school, which is why we are alternating virtual days. In order to complete the training, we will also be having alternating virtual days on February 21st and 22nd as well as March 27th and 28th. If there were any other way to do this that wouldn’t affect our calendar, we would do it. I sincerely apologize for the inconveniences and problems that these virtual learning days might cause our Wynnewood families. While we work to get better, we appreciate your patience and understanding. It doesn’t go unnoticed. Sincerely, Tim Simpson Superintendent

**Attention: Basketball Schedule Update** Thursday - 1/12: JH games @ Wynnewood vs Wewoka: - 7/8 Grade Girls @ 6:00 - 7/8 Grade Boys @ 7:00 *Two games only. Tuesday - 1/17: HS games @ Wewoka - JV Boys @ 5:00 - Varsity Girls @ 6:30 - Varsity Boys @ 8:00 SAVAGE STRONG!!!

**ATTENTION** Due to double booking by Bray-Doyle, All MS/JH basketball games are cancelled for tonight 1/9/23. We will look to reschedule. Sorry for the inconvenience. SAVAGE STRONG!!!

MS/JH Basketball Update for Thursday, Jan. 5th. 5:30: 6/7 grade boys vs Terre Verde 6/7 Grade 6:30 : 6/7/8 grade girls vs Terre Verde Girls 7:30: 8th grade boys vs Terre Verde 8th Grade Boys All games will be played at Wynnewood. GO SAVAGES!!!!

The administration of Wynnewood Public School would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year!

From our tribe to yours, we want to wish everyone Happy Holidays and a safe, peaceful New Year. We know that as happy and joyous the holiday season can be, it can also be a struggle and a source of sadness for many. For those dealing with physical and/or emotional challenges this year, we hope the season lands gently on your hearts and souls. We love and care for our community and look forward to serving you to the best of our abilities in 2023 and every year beyond. Please know that you are never alone and that we are here for you. My cell phone number is 440-935-8134. We have some cold weather coming up. Call me or text me if you need anything. On behalf of Wynnewood Public Schools and its Board of Education with warm and kind regards, Tim Simpson Superintendent

As a result of our playoff football run, we moved the professional development training that we originally scheduled for November 18th. The new date for our training is Wednesday, Jan 4th. This will be a virtual day for our students. All staff will report to work and teachers will participate in necessary professional development. Please email your child's teacher if you have any questions about the assignment for that day. . We understand that the 4th is the Wednesday we would be coming back from Winter Break, so we have asked teachers to keep that in mind and make sure that assignments are reasonable. Our kids need the upcoming break as much as our staff does. Thank you for your support and consideration, and please reach out to your building's principal if you have any questions prior to January 4th.