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March 14, 2019 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 58, Number 7 The Talon What’s Inside Pg. 2… Senior of the Month Pg. 3 & 4 … Elementary News Pg. 5… JH/HS News Pg. 6… Puzzle Pg. 7 & 8 ...Sports March 15 th NO SCHOOL March 15 th -16th HS Power Lifting @ State March 17 th Happy St. Patrick’s Day March 18 th -22 nd NO SCHOOL Spring Break March 21 st -23 rd HS Baseball @ Sayre Tournament March 25 th JH/HS Baseball vs Hobart JH/HS Softball vs Arapaho March 26 th HS Softball @ Ft. Cobb JH/HS Baseball vs Mangum Spring Sports Pictures March 27 th Blood Drive – Don Lemke Gym Girls Golf @ Ft. Cobb March 28 th -30 th HS Baseball @ Shortgrass Tourn. JH/HS Track @ Alex March 28 th WR – 1 st Grade Music Program JH/HS Softball vs Duke JH/HS Track @ Alex March 29 th HS Softball @ Arapaho Tournament WR - Spelling Bee April 1 st Happy April Fool’s Day Girls Golf @ Elk City HS Softball @ Sayre JH/HS Baseball vs Hollis JH Track @ Okeene April 2 nd Boys Golf @ Ft. Cobb HS Softball vs Canute and Clinton JH/HS Baseball @ Cordell JH Softball @ Cheyenne Tournament April 3 rd FCCLA @ State Convention History Day @ Regionals April 4 th -6 th WR – Stars in STEM-Career Tech HS Baseball @ MVG Tournament April 4 th HS Softball @ Hammon Tournament 6 th Band @ Rt. 66 Honor Band JH Track @ Ringwood April 5 th JH Baseball @ Arapaho JH/HS Softball @ Sentinel HS Track @ Okeene April 6 th FCA @ Dodgers Baseball Game April 8 th Boys Golf @ Elk JH/HS Baseball @ Snyder JH/HS Softball @ Arapaho JH Track @ @Waurika April 9 th JH/HS Baseball @ Carnegie JH/HS Softball @ Lookeba April 11 th -13th JH Baseball @ Hobart Tournament April 11 th Girls Golf @ Clinton HS Baseball vs Thomas & Geary JH Softball @ Conference @ Carnegie HS Track @ Ringwood April 12 th No School Prom April 13 th Band @ Cordell Band Festival Mighty Eagles @ Track @ Yukon April 15 th HS Softball @Elk City JH/HS Baseball @ Tipton April 16 th Girls Golf Qualifier @ Mooreland Spring Music Program HS Track @ Cherokee HS Baseball vs Gracemont April 18 th National Kite Day – 5 th Grade Kites Boys Golf @ Clinton HS Baseball @ District JH Track @ April 18 th What’s happening at BF-DC Schools BF-DC Future Farmers of America Celebrate National FFA Week February was an amazing month for the members of the Burns Flat-Dill City FFA chapter. The chapter kicked off National FFA Week by attending church at the Burns Flat Church of Christ. They followed up on Monday by sharing their knowledge and love for the FFA organi- zation while interviewing with KECO radio station. Many of the members were able to share their knowledge of livestock with the Will Rogers Elementary students ranging from Pre-K to 5 th grade on that Thurs- day. Friday was a day to celebrate the appreciation that our members had for the teaching staff in the high school by serving lunch to the entire faculty and staff. The Burns Flat-Dill City FFA Chapter finished off FFA Week by delivering goodie bags to the county law en- forcement to show apprecia- tion for their service. Shortly after the conclu- sion of National FFA Week, many students had the op- portunity to exhibit their live- stock at the Washita County Junior Livestock Show. This is the moment that most students have been prepar- ing the animals for, while trying to secure their covet- ed spot in the premium auc- tion. Burns Flat-Dill City stu- dents were able to secure many breed champion and reserve breed champion livestock throughout the show. Of those students that were in the top of their breeds in their species, Burns Flat-Dill City had 2 Grand Champions and 4 Reserve Grand Champion landing 9 total students in the premium auction. Lan- don Ringo was overall beef showman and competed for the prize of super showman. The Burns Flat-Dill City FFA is wrapping up this year’s show season in March com- peting at the Oklahoma Youth Expo in Oklahoma City. Then the chapter will be shifting its focus to Spring CDE and Speech contests. They plan on making an im- pact this spring starting at the district level with goals set to compete at the state level Burns Flat-Dill City FFA Events (March) March 12- 22, 2019 Oklahoma Youth Expo “Oklahoma City, OK” March 26, 2019 Moore Speech Contest “Moore, OK” March 28, 2019 Guthrie Speech Contest “Guthrie, OK”

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March 14, 2019 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 58, Number 7

The Talon What’s Inside

Pg. 2… Senior of the Month Pg. 3 & 4 … Elementary News Pg. 5… JH/HS News Pg. 6… Puzzle Pg. 7 & 8 ...Sports

March 15th NO SCHOOL

March 15th-16th HS Power Lifting @ State

March 17th Happy St. Patrick’s Day

March 18th-22nd NO SCHOOL — Spring Break

March 21st-23rd HS Baseball @ Sayre Tournament

March 25th JH/HS Baseball vs Hobart JH/HS Softball vs Arapaho

March 26th HS Softball @ Ft. Cobb

JH/HS Baseball vs Mangum Spring Sports Pictures

March 27th Blood Drive – Don Lemke Gym

Girls Golf @ Ft. Cobb

March 28th-30th HS Baseball @ Shortgrass Tourn.

JH/HS Track @ Alex

March 28th

WR – 1st Grade Music Program JH/HS Softball vs Duke

JH/HS Track @ Alex

March 29th HS Softball @ Arapaho Tournament

WR - Spelling Bee

April 1st Happy April Fool’s Day

Girls Golf @ Elk City HS Softball @ Sayre

JH/HS Baseball vs Hollis JH Track @ Okeene

April 2nd Boys Golf @ Ft. Cobb

HS Softball vs Canute and Clinton JH/HS Baseball @ Cordell

JH Softball @ Cheyenne Tournament

April 3rd FCCLA @ State Convention

History Day @ Regionals

April 4th-6th WR – Stars in STEM-Career Tech HS Baseball @ MVG Tournament

April 4th HS Softball @ Hammon Tournament

6th Band @ Rt. 66 Honor Band JH Track @ Ringwood

April 5th JH Baseball @ Arapaho

JH/HS Softball @ Sentinel HS Track @ Okeene

April 6th FCA @ Dodgers Baseball Game

April 8th Boys Golf @ Elk

JH/HS Baseball @ Snyder JH/HS Softball @ Arapaho

JH Track @ @Waurika

April 9th JH/HS Baseball @ Carnegie JH/HS Softball @ Lookeba

April 11th-13th JH Baseball @ Hobart Tournament

April 11th Girls Golf @ Clinton

HS Baseball vs Thomas & Geary JH Softball @ Conference @ Carnegie

HS Track @ Ringwood

April 12th

No School Prom

April 13th Band @ Cordell Band Festival

Mighty Eagles @ Track @ Yukon

April 15th HS Softball @Elk City

JH/HS Baseball @ Tipton

April 16th Girls Golf Qualifier @ Mooreland

Spring Music Program HS Track @ Cherokee

HS Baseball vs Gracemont

April 18th National Kite Day – 5th Grade Kites

Boys Golf @ Clinton HS Baseball @ District JH Track @ April 18th

What’s happening at BF-DC Schools

BF-DC Future Farmers of America Celebrate National FFA Week February was an amazing month for the members of

the Burns Flat-Dill City FFA chapter. The chapter kicked

off National FFA Week by

attending church at the Burns Flat Church of Christ.

They followed up on Monday

by sharing their knowledge and love for the FFA organi-

zation while interviewing with KECO radio station.

Many of the members were

able to share their knowledge of livestock with

the Will Rogers Elementary

students ranging from Pre-K to 5th grade on that Thurs-

day. Friday was a day to celebrate the appreciation

that our members had for

the teaching staff in the high school by serving lunch to

the entire faculty and staff.

The Burns Flat-Dill City FFA Chapter finished off FFA

Week by delivering goodie bags to the county law en-

forcement to show apprecia-

tion for their service. Shortly after the conclu-

sion of National FFA Week, many students had the op-

portunity to exhibit their live-

stock at the Washita County

Junior Livestock Show. This is the moment that most

students have been prepar-ing the animals for, while

trying to secure their covet-

ed spot in the premium auc-tion. Burns Flat-Dill City stu-

dents were able to secure

many breed champion and reserve breed champion

livestock throughout the show. Of those students

that were in the top of their

breeds in their species, Burns Flat-Dill City had 2

Grand Champions and 4

Reserve Grand Champion landing 9 total students in

the premium auction. Lan-don Ringo was overall beef

showman and competed for

the prize of super showman. The Burns Flat-Dill City FFA

is wrapping up this year’s

show season in March com-peting at the Oklahoma

Youth Expo in Oklahoma City. Then the chapter will be

shifting its focus to Spring

CDE and Speech contests. They plan on making an im-

pact this spring starting at the district level with goals

set to compete at the state

level

Burns Flat-Dill City FFA Events (March)

March 12-

22, 2019

Oklahoma Youth Expo “Oklahoma City, OK”

March 26,

2019

Moore Speech Contest “Moore, OK”

March 28,

2019

Guthrie Speech Contest “Guthrie, OK”

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Senior of the Month March

Destiney Spradlin is the

daughter of Brian and Jo

Spradlin. She has three siblings; Gunner Luman,

Jordan Spradlin, and Nicolas Spradlin. Destiney has par-

ticipated in the Fellowship

of Christian Athletes, Future Farmers of America, and

Government Club. Destiney

completed community ser-vice by helping with the

Crystal Uecke, Todd Russ, and Dennis Dugger cam-

paigns. She also helped

with the Veteran’s Day Pro-gram. She plans to attend

Redland Community Col-lege in El Reno and major in

Dental Hygiene. Destiney’s

fondest memory from school was the last Home-

coming Dance this year.

The seniors all got together and danced the night away.

Students of the

Month March

John Kilhoffer is the

March Student of the Month. He is the son of

Mark and Kristyn Kilhoffer

and the grandson of Ber-nard and Donna Kilhoffer,

Joe Goularte, and Phyllis Davies. John is a member

of the Burns Flat-Dill City

High School Academic Team and he is on the high

school golf team. He has

received awards for High School Academic Confer-

ence MVP. He has volun-teered at St. Matthew’s

Catholic Church, the Food

Pantry, and completing fundraising for BF-DC Aca-

demics. John plans to at-tend the University of Dallas

and he career goals are to

be a political scientist. One of his fondest memories

was Christmas of 2014

when he visited faraway relatives in Washington

state.

Spring Break is March 18th-22nd State testing for 6th, 7th, 8th, and Juniors will begin April 2nd and run through May 1st. A schedule will be available on the school web-site by March 29th. Juniors will be taking their State ACT test on April 9th. Parents please be vigilant when mak-ing appointments so students will not being missing test dates for their particular grade. If you have any questions concerning testing, please call me, Barbara Smith, at 580 562- 4844 ext 103. Selected students will be attending the 108th SWOSU Interscholastic Meet on Thursday, March 28th at Weatherford.

Counselor Corner

Jr. High Student of the Month of February

6th - Kenneth Kluth 7th - Treyton Owens 8th - Ryden Kluth

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March 14, 2019 Burns Flat-Dill City Schools Volume 51 Number 7 Page 3

1st Grade Learn about Penguins Baby its cold outside! First grade hasn't been able to

enjoy the outdoors, because of the bitterly cold weather,

but they have stayed warm

and toasty, and spent their time enjoying a thematic

unit over penguins. They

explored the different types of penguins, such as the

rock hopper, emperor, king, and aedile. They focused on

comparing and contrasting

the different species of pen-guins. They also talked

about the habitats and cli-

mates that the different species live in. First grade

was surprised to learn that penguins live in warm and

arctic climates. The stu-

dents loved learning lots of interesting facts about pen-

guins, such as the fathers

caring for the babies while the mothers searched for

food. They ended their the-matic unit by studying the

effect that man has on the

penguin's habitats. They

learned about ways that They can take care of their

Earth, to help prevent de-stroying animal’s homes

such as not littering and

making sure that they don't throw away pop rings

without cutting them. To

close out their week, the students watched the mov-

ie Happy Feet and identi-fied the different types of

penguins that they had

discussed and looked for the different characteris-

tics of each penguin, that

they had learned about. It was a fun filled week! First

grade is also excited to be learning sign language for

their upcoming music con-

cert. Their theme is love and friendship. They can't

wait to show their friends

and family everything they have been working on!

Andrew Martinez

Staff Reporter

2nd Grade Celebrate Valentine’s Day

The Will Rogers Elemen-tary 2-A Helpers for Febru-

ary were Elijah Dougherty, Roxy Filbeck, Kayleigh

Casses and Jacob Balch.

The February Star Students were Sam Crabb and Angel

Underwood. The Pizza Hut

Book-it Participants were Kayleigh Casses and Angel

Underwood. The Thunder Reading Challenge winner

was Angel Underwood.

The 2-B Helpers for Febru-ary were Paisely Parrot,

Ezekiel Denny, Faith Schne-

berger, Nathen Glass, Lib-

by Spence, Caden Kauk, Adilyn Bacon and Miguel

Peace. The Thunder Chal-lenge winner was Haley

Homes. The Book-It partici-

pants were Haley Homes, Jayvalee Holt and Jayson

Aeberli.

The 2nd graders celebrated Valentine’s day by exchang-

ing Valentine’s cards and having snacks in their class-

rooms.

Anna Yates

Staff Reporter

The Cloverbud and Junior 4-H meeting was held on

Friday, March 1st. Debbie Bloomer taught a class on

First Aid.

Landon Ringo

Staff Reporter

4th Grade Visits Science Museum

The month of February kept the 4th grade class

quite busy. They started the month by preparing for the

NAEP test which took place

on the 11th. Students dili-gently worked on the music

program for the entire

month and presented a fan-tastic program on the 28th.

While illness and snow days slowed down academics,

students worked hard on their science fair projects.

Penguins were the theme for ELA class and science in

the months of January and

February. The last week of February, fourth graders

took a field trip to the Sci-

ence Museum of Oklahoma.

Drew Johnson Staff Reporter

Kindergarten News

The Kindergarten students learned 58 sight words, and

they learned 20 letters and sounds in February. The stu-

dents stayed busy in Febru-

ary with Valentine’s Day activities, Valentine’s boxes,

and card crafts. They also

are learning to read sen-tences, write to 50, and

more sight words.

Jonathen Cardenas

Staff Reporter

Pre-K Enjoy Farm to You Exhibit

In February the Pre-K clas-ses enjoyed a morning of

Farm-to-You. An interactive exhibit where students

learn how food comes from

a farm and then how their bodies use it to nourish it-

self and stay healthy. This

program was provided by

4-H Learn First Aid

the Oklahoma Cooperative extension. Students were

given free materials from the extension office and

from Dr. Villines, DDS of

Weatherford.

Jonathen Cardenas

Student Reporter

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February Star Students

Carson Cox, Addison Cummings, Alesse Gentry, Abby Guthrie, Eylee Hanna, Jayme Weir, Allison Harrison, Angel Underwood, Sam Crabb, Libby Spence, Cameron Raleigh, Cloe

Fuentez, Nicolas Spradlin, Allison Parker, Sean Harrison, Alex Harrison, Edgar Baez

The 5th Grade Academic Team has been busy practic-

ing. They have 12 students on the team. The fifth Grade

Academic Team does not

compete against other teams but they do practice

and learn the rules for com-

petition. Students enjoy competing against class-

mates to see who can ac-quire the most points at

each practice. They hope

that by working this year that many of them will be

ready to join the Academic

Team at the junior high and senior levels. The students

participating on the 5th Grade Academic Team are

Tanner Uecke, Korbin Perri-

man, Ashley Parker, Kaylee Miller, Addison Moore, Evan-

gelene Denny, Jason Gear-

hart, Travis Connizzo, Cheona Collins, Dakota

Walker, Koda Weese and Brazeun Rojo. The team is

coached by Mrs. McBee.

On Thursday March 7th the 5th grade students visited

3rd Grade News

The Will Rogers Elemen-tary School 3rd graders were

taught a lesson by the 4th grade students as part of

the Stem Project. The les-

son was about electricity and multiplication. The Star

Students for February for

the 3rd grade were Cloe Fuentez and Nicolas Spra-

dlin.

Shae Hess

Staff Reporter

Altus Air Force Base. They had a fabulous time. In the

morning they went to sever-al different booths. They

were able to use a simulator

to fight fires with both water and chemicals. They also

sampled a MRE (meal ready

to eat), worked with laser cameras and had an exer-

cise on electricity. In the afternoon they went

to the tarmac and had tours

of the C-17 cargo plane and the KC-135 fuel plane. The

students even said “it was a

blast”. They had no idea how large the planes really

were until they had the op-portunity to go on board.

The 5th grade students and

teachers would like to give a big THANK YOU to Altus Air

Force Base and the Depart-

ment of Defense for allow-ing them the opportunity to

visit and participate in the various activities.

Dakota Ryden Kluth Staff Reporter

The Will Rogers fourth grade performed the patriot-

ic program, “A Grateful Na-tion,” Thursday, February

28th.

The students sang “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize” cele-

brat ing Black History

Month. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was honored with

the song, “Free At Last.” Other pieces per-

formed by the students

were Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America,” Teresa Jen-

nings contemporary songs,

“Grateful Nation” and “One N a t i o n , ” a n d K a r l

Hitzeman’s songs, “This Flag We Fly,” and “Mount

Rushmore.” The latter song

highlighted the singing voic-es of Joseph Plaza, Alex

Harrison, Ryleigh St. John,

Lanie Rowell, and Trinity Williams. Special speaking

parts were performed by Ashton Elmore, Shawndrick

Harper, Audrey Harris, and

Layla Garcia. Fourth grade teachers are

Mrs. Merkey and Mrs. Fol-som. Mrs. Fite directed the

students.

Valerie Fite

WR Elementary Teacher

5th Grade Visits Altus Air Force Base

4th Grade

Perform

“A Grateful

Nation”

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FCA News

The Fellowship of Chris-tian Athletes (FCA) has

been working on their pray-er circle and ideas to evan-

gelize their community.

They would like to continue to invite everyone to the

prayer circle that is on Fri-

days during encore. The FCA will travel to Ok-

lahoma City for the Dodg-ers game on Saturday, April

6th.

Alexa Benedict

Editor

Three Academic Team Members Qualify for State

The JH Academic team participated in the Clinton

Scholastic Meet on March 5th. Luke Schneberger won

2nd in Current Events, Tren-

ton Owens won 1st in Eng-lish Language Arts, and Bai-

ley Beggs won 3rd in Hu-

manities. These three stu-dents qualified for the State

meet at Redlands Commu-nity College on April 5th.

Alexa Benedict Editor

9th Grade News The freshman class is ready to take their nine

weeks test in math and in science they just finished up

learning the periodic table

and now are learning each element. In English they are

reading “Romeo and Juliet”.

In Oklahoma History they are learning about territo-

ries and land. In vocal they are learning Spring Concert

music.

Morgan Loudermilk 9th Grade Reporter

Morgan Green Staff Reporter

Senior News

6th Grade News

The 6th grade students have been studying the add-

ing and subtracting of inte-gers in their math classes.

In science they are learning

about the reproduction sys-tem and the circulatory sys-

tem. The English classes

are learning about verbs and using the correct tense

of the words. The 6th grad-ers in social studies are

learning about South Ameri-

ca and Central America.

Zachary Bohanan

6th Grade Reporter

7th Grade News The seventh grade stu-dents in math are learning

about volume of a rectangu-lar prism. In English they

are working on active and

passive sentences. In Social Studies they are learning

about Eastern Europe In

science they are studying plant reproduction. In band

they are practicing for dis-tricts contest. In art they are

making portfolio covers. In

communication they are working on a group simula-

tion project. In vocal they

are practicing for the spring concert.

Jolene Thompson

7th Grade Reporter

Nick Jones

Staff Reporter

11th Grade News The junior class is working on prom every Thursday

after school and they have been selling Crispy Cream

donuts.

Camryn Bond

Junior Class Reporter

Caleb Clark

Staff Reporter

8th Grade News

The 8th grade class is learning about probability in

math. In English they are learning about active and

passive voice. In U.S. History

they are learning the amendments. They are

learning about fossils in

science.

Evan Donaldson

8th Grade Reporter

Terry Connizzo

Staff reporter

10th Grade News

The sophomore students went to SWOSU in Weather-

ford on March 6th to see the play “The Crucible”. In Eng-

lish the sophomores are

reading “Julius Caesar”. In biology they are studying

the cell, including cell parts

and the function. In world history they are learning

about the Middle Ages.

Jessica Briggs

Sophomore Reporter

Gabriel Cardenas

Staff reporter

History Day

Students Selling

Biscuits & Gravy

The BF-DC History Day stu-dents are working on script

and paperwork for Regional competition. The Regional

competition is on April 3rd at

SWOSU. The History Day participants are selling bis-

cuits and gravy every other

Wednesday in Mrs. Lyles’s room. You sign up for the

biscuits and gravy on the bulletin board by Mrs.

Schneberger classroom.

Morgan Ferkins

Staff Reporter

Band and Vocal

News

The Burns Flat-Dill City Band attended the Dis-

trict Band Contest and re-ceived a good rating on

stage and an excellent rat-

ing in sight reading. This is the first time the band has

attended district contest.

The Burns Flat-Dill City Band and vocal students

are now working on their spring concert music. The

Spring Concert is set for

April 25, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. Darren Powers, Abby

Sharp, and Marcie Diggs will

be attending the State Solo and Ensemble contest in

April.

Donovan Young

Staff reporter

4-H Needs Fleece Material Donations The senior 4-H club was very busy during February.

On February 7th, three of the 4-H students attended

the Fashion Revue and Im-

pressive Dress contest. Jor-dan Mason and Jayden

Kendrick assisted with the

event. Jordan also compet-ed in both areas. Jordan

Mason competed in the Dress Wear division and

received 1st place, Makia

Maxey competed in the Cas-ual Wear Division and also

received 1st place. Makia

was the overall champion in the Impressive dress senior

division and Jordan was reserve champion. Jordan

also entered a pot holder

she had sewn and received 1st and champion in the

Fashion revue contest. Con-

gratulations to each of them on a job well done.

Three of the BF-DC county officers attended a County

teen meeting on February

18th, where Makia dis-cussed recycling projects

and Jordan went over up-coming events. After the

meeting they each did a

recycling craft. On February 22nd the BF-DC Senior 4-H

Club made fleece blankets

to help a young lady with an important service project.

The blankets will be auc-tioned off to help raise

money for young girl’s med-

ical expenses. The 4-H Club learned of the event and

wanted to help out with this

special cause. Jordan Ma-son also donated a blanket

she had made to the Hearts for Hearing fundraiser put

on by Lisa Hunter. The 4-H

Club has many upcoming community service projects

and could use your help.

They are in need of fleece, material, and old t-shirt do-

nations. If anyone can help with any of these items,

please contact a BF-DC sen-

ior 4-H member or Larissa Mason. Thank you for your

continued support with the 4

-H service project areas. On February 24th Jordan and

Makia entered the poster and photo contest put on by

the Farm Bureau. Jordan

entered in three different photo categories, receiving

first place in each category

and overall champion in the senior division. Makia and

Jordan both entered in the poster contest, where Jordan

received two first place

awards and Makia received a second place awaard. Jor-

dan received overall champi-

on in both poster categories and Makia received reserve

champion. There were sever-al 4-H students that compet-

ed in the Skillathon put on

by the Farm Bureau. Each member did a great job and

seemed to enjoy the new event at the spring livestock

show. On February 25th

Jordan and Makia took pho-tos of each show categories

during the Spring Livestock

show and both gave an-nouncements of upcoming

county events. There were several 4-H students show-

ing and all did wonderful job

with their animals. Larissa Mason the 4-H Club leader

said “I must say how proud I

am of our BF-DC Senior 4-H club, they continue to work

hard and are doing great things.”

Landon Ringo Staff Reporter

FCCLA News April 3rd - 4th FCCLA will go to State Convention.

Michaela Knight

Staff Reporter

Seniors are voting for who will be the escorts at gradu-

ation and voting for who will be the speaker for gradua-

tion. They are also complet-

ing their Senior Spotlight that will appear in the local

newspapers and the year-

book. In English class they are learning about Jonathan

Swift and reading “The Glory Field” by Walters Dean My-

ers.

Michaela Knight Staff Reporter

STUCO News

The Burns Flat-Dill City Student Council has recent-

ly sold jeans passes to teachers. They have also

just celebrated the academ-

ic achievements of the study body. Any students in

the junior high or high

school that maintained a 4.0 GPA was cordially invit-

ed to attend The Academic Banquet on March 4th.

The organization hopes to

continue to honor students by planning the upcoming

awards ceremonies for the

student body.

Alexa Benedict Editor

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Book Review

Holes by Louis Sachar is about a boy named Stanley Yelnats

who is wrongfully accused of stealing an orphanage donation

and must choose to either go to jail or Camp Green Lake. He

decides to go to camp with a bunch of other boys his age

which turns out to be brutal due to the fact that the mysteri-

ous warden, Louise Walker, has everyone dig holes in scorch-

ing heat all day as a punishment which makes Stanley want to

find out the real reason they’re digging holes.

Joey Pesek

Staff Reporter

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Published by the Newspaper Class at

Burns Flat-Dill City High School

P.O. Box 129

Burns Flat, OK 73624 580-562-4844

Call for Advertising Rates or go to:

http://www.bfdc.k12.ok.us/student-news

Sponsor…Marcella Lee Staff Reporters:

Alexa Benedict

Audrianna Yates Brock Bennett

Caleb Clark Dakota Kluth

Donovan Young

Drew Johnson Gabriel Cardenas

Joey Pesek

Jonathen Cardenas Landon Ringo

Michaela Knight-Delao Morgan Ferkins

Nick Jones

Robert Summers Shae Hess

Terry Connizzo Morgan Green

Andrew Martinez

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Eagles End Season with Hard Fought Battle

The Eagles basketball sea-son came to end in playoffs.

The boys played the Hollis Tigers on February 15, 2019

at 2A Districts in Carnegie.

The Eagles played a very hard fought battle and left

Lady Eagles End Season

The Lady Eagles may not have had as many win’s as

they would have liked, but the growth and improve-

ment that they had over the

season has head coach Ashton Ellis excited for the

next season. “It’s not that

they were terrible basket-ball players or athletes, I

just have a completely dif-ferent system than they’re

use to. I have very high ex-

pectations and these girls came in and worked hard

every day to try to meet and

exceed those expectations.” The Lady Eagle’s came back

from Christmas Break hun-gry for wins and to make

people look twice when

they were playing. After Christmas they competed in

the West Central Tourna-

ment at SWOSU in January. They lost to a very difficult

and State Bound Canute Lady Trojans team, but

quickly bounced back. Fri-

day they met up with CBA, a team that in early Decem-

ber had defeated the Lady Eagles by double digits, but

the Lady Eagle’s persevered

and won in overtime 45-36. This put them in the Conso-

lation Championship Satur-

day against Sentinel, anoth-er team that had previously

taken down the Lady Ea-gle’s. Again, the girls came

to play and fought hard for

the entire game, eventually knocking off the Lady Bull-

dogs with a 26-21 victory,

claiming the Consolation Champs trophy and also

getting a member of the team, Junior Madison Flo-

res, on the All-Tournament

Team. The weeks leading up to playoffs meant facing

many difficult and veteran

teams. Districts brought on another team that had pre-

viously defeated the Lady

Eagles by double digits, the Carnegie Lady Wild-

cats, but the Lady Eagles weren’t intimidated even

though they were facing

them in playoffs at their place. From tip to finish

the Lady Eagles fought,

scrapped and played their hearts out. When the

buzzer went off they were victorious, 39-33. The

next two games of

playoffs didn’t go as well as the Lady Eagles had

hoped, losing to very good

teams in the Hollis Lady Tigers and the Cordell

Lady Blue Devils, both of whom are still in playoffs

and will play in the Area

Tournament on Thursday. “I know the girls are dis-

appointed that they didn’t

go further in playoffs. Every team has that feel-

ing except for the last team standing, but I

couldn’t be more proud of

them. They grew, not only as players, but as people

as well. I hope that they always remember this

season, the hardships, the

trials and the successes. We became a family, and

I love each and every one

of these girls like they’re my own. Basketball sea-

son is long and grueling, and I’m so proud of the

girls that stuck with me

through this difficult year. I wish we could keep

these senior girls, Taylor

Garcia, Destiney Spradlin and Kayela Staples, but I

know God has big plans for each of them and I’m

thankful for the founda-

tion they’ve laid for this program.”

Ashton Ellis Lady Eagles

Basketball Coach

everything on the floor. Sad-ly they just could not come

back from a early deficit. With great senior leadership

from Landon Ringo and Do-

novan Webb the Eagles gave themselves a chance

to win the game, but came up short at the buzzer.

These seniors will be missed!

Ryan Kauk Eagles Basketball Coach