Inola Public Schools

eginning this school year, Inola High School offered students the opportunity to not only take Speech and Debate as a class, but to also compete in tournaments. Recently, several Inola High students competed at the regional speech and debate tournament, and eight qualified for the state tournament. The state qualifiers were seniors Kaytlyn Eagleton (in Dramatic Interpretation) and Tyler Gleason (in Poetry). Additional qualifiers were MaryGrace Maner (in Monologue), Ian Buchanan and Landen Soderquist (in Public Forum Debate), and Cooper Russell, Boston Winkler, and Hayden Cannaday (in Policy Debate). Deleea Meeker, teacher and coach of the debut Speech and Debate program, commented, "I am so insanely proud of these kids who joined me in this first year of the program and have let me throw them into events!”

Inola School sent teams from all three sites to compete in the annual STEM Boat Race at the Pryor YMCA. This year's victors were the high school STEM students with their boat, the Bifrost. Mr. Todd Dixon's STEM students have been working on their boats for the past few weeks. Boats are only allowed to be constructed using cardboard and duct tape.

The Inola High School STEM program has been recognized in a video competition hosted by the MidAmerica Industrial Park. Inola students won Outstanding Creativity for their video about Berry Global, Inc., a Fortune 500 global manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products, locally located in Pryor. Pictured below (left to right): Adam Miller, Kyler Burgess, Teacher Todd Dixon, Ryan Phillips, Caden Davenport, Jack Moore, Orion Higgins, Kaylynn Wiley, Yengkhong Vue, Sheldon Beal, Dave Rowland (President and CEO of OK MFG Alliance), Thomas Mathews (not pictured Isaiah Schwing)

Inola High School had two wrestlers selected for All-State. Jedd Barrett and Jose Flores were both chosen for the distinguished All-State titles. At the state wrestling tournament in OKC, Jedd Barrett (195 lb) finished 2nd in state in his category. Additionally, Jose Flores placed 3rd in the 145 lb division. Cason Thomas also placed 3rd in the heavyweight section (285 lb).

Inola High School Presents Mamma Mia April 1st & 2nd at 7:00p April 3rd at 3:30p Ticket prices: Adults: $10.00 Students/Seniors 65+: $5.00 Children 3 & Under: Free All tickets can be purchased at the door. Doors will open 30min before the performance time each day.

Inola Distance Learning Students- Meal Pre-Ordering Meals will be available to students of Inola Public Schools. The school must be notified by email by 9:00am if students would like a breakfast/lunch that day. It is preferred for you to indicate on one email if you would like meals all week. This will be our procedures: Please email mcox@inola.k12.ok.us giving the students name and grade, and indicating white or chocolate milk. You will get a breakfast and lunch, one of each. If you prefer to only receive lunch you must indicate that on the preorder email. Meals will be available for pick up from 11:15-12:00 on days when school is in session. All student meals will be distributed at the Middle School Cafeteria back door entrance Grab-N-Go style (please remain in your vehicle and provide your students names). We will only be serving 1 meal option for lunch and breakfast. A roster is used to identify students picking up meals (siblings who are not Inola Public Schools students are not eligible to receive a meal). All meals are FREE to Inola Public Schools students Meals are subject to menu change. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English. To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: How to File a Complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: 1. mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; 2. fax: (202) 690-7442; or 3. email: program.intake@usda.gov. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

The Cross Country End of Year Party was held on Tuesday, November 30th at Simple Simon's Pizza in Inola.

Inola High School’s Fishing Team, led by coach Greg Lawrence, competed this past weekend at the Skiatook Fishing Tournament. Skiatook Lake is known for being called the Dead Sea because of the difficulty in fishing it. The high school team had several duos finish in the top 24 spots both Saturday and Sunday (October 16 & 17). Brock Flanagan and Grady Castleman placed 8th overall. Fisher Long and CJ Lawrence earned 3rd out of 65 boats, qualifying them for the state fishing tournament. Members of the Inola High School Fishing Team: Coached by Greg Lawrence Lane Addy David Bradshaw Grady Castleman Aden Cherniski Caleb Duncan Lakin Ellison Joseph Estes Brock Flanagan Jose Flores CJ Lawrence Hannah Lawrence Fisher Long Zavian McKay Adam Miller Cole Ryder Wyatt Sterling Coby Watson Will Wilhour

Inola Fishing Team competes in Fishing Tournament at Skiatook Lake on Saturday, October 16th.

Inola Fishing Team completes in Fishing Tournament at Skiatook Lake on Saturday, October 16th.

Inola Fishing Team competing in the Fishing Tournament at Skiatook Lake on Saturday, October 16.

Football Homecoming 2021

The Inola FFA program had members compete in the Commercial Cattle Grading Contest at the Tulsa State Fair. Their Educational Booth placed 4th in their division. The Inola FFA program is led by Maggie Brown.

The Pride of Inola competed in a band competition at Glenpool on Saturday, October 2. They placed 4th in Class 4A Blue, and 3rd in Drum-Line in 4A. The Pride of Inola is led by Director Brennan Marcotte, an alum of Inola HIgh and Northeastern University.

SEE YOU AT THE POLE at 7:15 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd

As many of you know, Inola FFA & 4-H kids have been busy this week competing with their livestock projects at the Rogers County Fair. Our kids worked super hard this week and did very well in their respective species! We had three FFA members and five 4-H members make the Premium Sale tonight! If you are wanting information about attending the event, the student livestock exhibit meet and greet will begin at 5 p.m. followed by the scholarship and awards presentations from 6 - 6:30 p.m. The live auction will begin at 6:30 p.m at the Claremore Expo Center. Thank you all again for the support you show the kids and their projects! Students who made it: Zoey Berg- Market Lamb Wyatt Sterling- Market Steer Bryce Spurlock- Market Steer Radley Keener- Market Lamb Katie Duncan- Market Steer Wanda Hass- Breeding Ewe Thomas Hass- Breeding Gilt Michael Hass- Market Hog

We will be having a Pep Rally this Friday September 24th after 7th hour. Please adhere to the Pep Rally schedule! Theme is - Construction Zone/Neon

The was the 2021 Inola Cross Country Meet. We had 40 teams and almost 1,100 athletes run total for all 6 divisions.

IHS teachers entered a float in the Hay Day Parade and placed 3rd.

Inola Students Visit NASA Three Inola High School students had the opportunity to visit NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston this past summer. Abigael Cravens, Jonathan Menzel and Caden Thomas are all current IHS seniors. Northeastern University’s Educational Talent Search selected students from across the state to visit the Houston campus. During this week-long camp, students heard from a NASA astrophysicist (whose current project is updating commodes on the International Space Station). Astronaut Ken Cameron spoke about his time in space as well as what led him to pursue his profession. Additional activities included exploring STEM concepts through experiential activities, having the chance to design a Mars habitat, build and launch their own rockets and create cryogenic and thermal protective tiles that were tested with liquid hydrogen and heat torches. Furthermore, students participated in a SCUBA diving portion to closely simulate what gravity would feel like in space.