BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL SEASON IS HERE!

The test date schedule is located on page 13. GOOD LUCK STUDENTS!

LET THE TESTING BEGIN! Book Review….2 Readers’ Poll… 2 Sports…………… 3 FFA…………………4 Career Exploration…….5 Academic Team………………6 Elementary News………………7 FCCLA…………..11 Student of the Month………….11 Guess Who…..12 Speech………….12

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13 Reasons Why Book Review Cindel Parker

Clay Jensen comes home one day to find a box of cassette tapes on his porch. The box is addressed from Hannah Baker, a classmate of Clay’s and his crush. Sadly, Hannah had committed suicide two weeks prior. On these tapes are the thirteen reasons why Hannah ended her life. On the first tape, Hannah says that she holds certain classmates responsible for her death. She has instructions for the person listening; once the person has listened to the tapes, they must send it to the next person on the list and if they fail to do so the tapes will be released publically. Throughout the story it moves between Clay’s and Hannah’s points of view. Later in the book the reader discovers the reasons for Hannah’s suicide.

13 Reasons Why kept me on the edge of my seat. This story takes you through Hannah’s misfortune and how she felt and how she was treated by others. Jay Asher keeps you turning page after page. I recommend this book to everyone; it is an amazing story and well written.

READERS’ POLL JACE STAFFORD

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A MILLION DOLLARS?

“I would spend it all on myself”- Morgan

“I would buy food, water, and lots of dogs.” -Quinby

“I would buy a new dog and a house, and give the rest to charity.” - Jeromiah

“A Lamborghini” - Jesse

“I would help people who are in need”-Halee

“The first thing I would do is create my own enterprise entitled Prestige Worldwide. That’s going to cost me about $130,000. Then I’m going to buy Alex a new truck. I’ll probably keep my truck. I would buy Dawson new rims and tires, and getting my homie “cuz” a new record deal. Then I’m going to buy Orion a new exhaust system. That’s what I would buy with a million dollars.”-Tyler

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Hammon Warriors The Hammon Warrior Boys Basketball team did a tremendous job this year. In the beginning, it started out a little bit rocky, but towards the middle of the season everyone was in tune with each other and worked as a team. The Warriors fought passed Districts to get to the Cache Area Consolation Finals against Tipton. The Warriors played a great game against Tipton, but Tipton prevailed to be the Area Consolation Champions. With that loss, the Hammon Warriors season was done. The Lady Warriors came out strong in the beginning of the season, but Lady Warriors couldn’t keep that momentum towards the end of the season; therefore, the lady Warriors finished with a record of 12-16.The Lady Warriors played a great game against the Granite Lady Panthers, but they came up short in the deciding game.

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FFA Competitions

Hammon FFA Reporter, Easton Travis

The Hammon FFA Chapter and 4-H club have been very busy over the last couple of months. Things started at the Roger Mills livestock show on February 22-24. We are proud to say that every Hammon student received first place in their class, and we had many Champions and Reserves. Of these, we had 5 exhibitors who qualified for the Premium Sale. The students who participated are Easton Travis, Dacey Meadows, Kendyll Harris, Laurian Sorenson, Jaylynn Lamb, and Shannon Ayers.

From there, we participated in the Woodward District Livestock Show. Highlights from Woodward include Kendyll Harris and Easton Travis qualifying for the Premium Sale. This is a big accomplishment, which required lots of hard work and dedication on their behalf. The competition at the District Livestock Show was incredibly intense this year. Despite this, all of the exhibitors from Hammon placed in their classes, which is a big accomplishment. These exhibitors include Easton Travis, Dacey Meadows, Kendyll Harris, Jaylynn Lamb, and Shannon Ayers.

We spent our spring break in Oklahoma City at the Fair Grounds for the Oklahoma Youth Expo (OYE). Exhibitors who competed at OYE are Easton Travis, Kendyll Harris, Jaylynn Lamb, and Shannon Ayers. Highlights include Easton Travis’ 6th place Hampshire Barrow, and Kendyll Harris’ Hampshire Barrow which placed in the top 10 in her class.

The events coming up for the Hammon FFA Chapter include Judging Contests, Quiz Bowl contests, State FFA Convention, and our FFA Banquet.

Bible Study

Bible study has been going great! We have had some really good lessons lately. We heard from Lexi, Libby, Martina, Devin, Abby, and Chelsea. Some of the topics we have discussed are God’s plan, defeating the enemy, the Lord’s Prayer, your identity in Christ, the necessity of being urgent about our faith, and forgiveness. Also, we have donated some money to the Water Is Life organization, an Oklahoma-based company that provides filtered drinking straws and filtered buckets to supply clean drinking water to third world countries. They also share about the True Living Water of Christ when they deliver the straws and buckets. We are filled with joy knowing that we can make a difference in people’s lives around the world. We are ready to finish out this school year strong with God on our side.

SWIM

Congratulations to Cindel Parker and Devin Scott on tying for 1st place in HTML and Web Design at Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Interscholastic Meet in Weatherford. Six students also placed in the top ten in their subject; Kenny Bass in Anatomy and Physiology; Karli Carpenter in Spanish I and American History, Libby Unruh in Spanish II, Alison and Emily Moore in Algebra I, and Abbey Morton in Chemistry.

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Career Exploration

Cindel Parker

Spring is in the air which means graduation is right around the corner. In the Career Exploration class, the seniors are planning and preparing for their future. For the past three weeks, Lauren Candelaria, Martin Goodman, and Brooke Musick have been working diligently on their possible degree plan with

specific careers in mind. Lauren is interested in earning a Master of Science in Nursing to become a registered nurse, a clinical nurse specialist, or a certified nurse midwife. Martina is also interested in a career in nursing as she wants to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree to become a registered nurse, an intensive care unit nurse, or an emergency nurse. Brooke is interested in earning a Bachelor of Arts degree to pursue a career as a publishing editor, a journalist, or a high school teacher. I interviewed the girls and asked them some questions about this subject, here’s what they had to say.

Why do you want to go into your career?

Martina: Always something interesting

Lauren: I think it would suit me best Brooke: I like books

Where do you plan to attend in the fall?

Martina: SWOSU Lauren: OSU, OKC

Brooke: NSWOSU

How has Career Exploration helped you plan your future?

Martina: It helped me with college information

Lauren: It helped me to branch out to other jobs

Brooke: It helped me how to ask for a letter of recommendation

If these careers don’t work out what other career would you be interested in?

Martina: Pediatrics

Lauren: Pharmacist

Brooke: Professor in college

What is your inspiration to go into these jobs?

Martina: All of the nurses that helped me in while I was in the hospital

Lauren: My Aunt Amanda

Brooke: My love of literature

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Karli goes to Washington

Local Junior, Karli Carpenter, recently won an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C. for a week. She had to take a written test over the history of rural electrification and Northfork. The top four people with the best test scores were interviewed, and Karli was one of two winners out of a total of seventy people.

Top, left to right; Edmund Carpenter, Zane Mailett, Kendyll Harris Bottom, left to right; Maisy Rainey, Cade Allen, Ayden Page

Corbin and Bailey showing off their new FFA jackets.

Alex Thain working on calligraphy in Art.

Makayla Harman practicing her calligraphy.

7TH AND 8TH GRADE ACADEMIC TEAM

The 7th and 8th grade team competed at the Regional Academic Meet at Vici. Team members were Maisy Rainey, Jaylynn Lamb, Kendyll Harris, Cade Allen, Ayden Page, Edmund Carpenter, Zane Mailett, and Brandon Bardwell. The team had placed 2nd at District in January and went in with a 5th place seed. Despite winning toss up rounds of sudden death, we were eliminated after two matches. The following week, the 7th graders traveled to Kremlin for the Regional Meet. This team had won District and went in as a 3rd place seed. The first match was a win, but then lost the following two matches. Much time was spent before school and at lunch going over questions. With the app Trivia Crack, students answered daily challenges as well. On to next year!

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Hammon Head Start will be taking applications for 2015-2016 school year on April 10, 2015. If your child or you know of a child that will be turning 3 or 4 by September 1, please bring the following to make an application for next year.

• Birth Certificate • Proof of income for the last 12 months • Updated immunization record • Social Security card for applicant/& family member • Insurance card

If you have any questions, please feel free to call the Head Start office at 580-473-9110 or Tamara Hodge’s cell phone at 580-821-4682

Bridge to Kindergarten and Kindergarten News

Things have been pretty exciting since we’ve returned from Spring Break. We are working super hard to get ready for next year. Our senior mentors have visited our classrooms a couple of times and we have really enjoyed it. One day they left us all encouraging notes that made our day. The last semester we will begin science units on Fridays, starting with a magnetic unit. The students shared their magnetic bottles with the older students and enjoyed getting to tell them what they learned. We are really looking forward to our field trip in April.

Head Start Applications

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First Grade News

We’ve really been enjoying the nice, warm weather. We all enjoyed our Spring Break. Some of us traveled to far- away places, and some of us stayed in Hammon and enjoyed playing with our family and friends. It’s hard to believe that we only have a few weeks of first grade left. We’ve become great readers and have been practicing every day. A few weeks ago we enjoyed learning all about polygons in math. We even got to create our own polygons out of straws. We want to thank all of the parents helping with our Easter Party. We always have such a great time at our parties thanks to our parents.

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3rd Grade News

I hope everyone had a relaxing Spring Break. The third grade has been test prepping because it is that time of the year again. Our Reading Test will be April 14th, and our Math Test will be April 16th. Please make sure you are looking over the materials I have been sending home. I am proud of how hard they have been working in the classroom to prepare themselves for the State Test. In addition, the third grade was excited about their spring break, here are some of their favorite activities they did:

Jalie-I went to the Saint Patrick’s parade, and rode the fire truck. Shannon-I showed a pig at the FFA show. Lexee-I went to visit the Bombing Memorial site in OKC. Linsey, Jakira, Ethan -I went to the water zoo park. Allysia-I played softball with my dad and visited my grandma. Kate- I competed in a motorcycle race, and got 2nd place. Jaycen-I went and stayed the night with an old friend. Angelica-I went shopping with my mom. Dereiana-I went to Mexico City to visit family.

Grace-I went to Colorado to visit family. Bryler-I watched television, and played X-Box 2. Conor-I got a new shirt from my dad’s car club. Taytum-I went to Arizona and saw the Grand Canyon. Edwin-I played X-Box One all day. Kadence-I went to see the movie Cinderella and the zoo. Jeremiah- I went to visit family out in the country and explored their land. Phoenix-I went to visit family and stayed up all night, and played Play Station 3. Justin-I watched television all day, and went to Elk City.

The 4th graders have been working very hard to prepare for their OCCT in April. Our state reading test is April 14th and our math is April 16th. Test prep isn’t the most exciting thing for them, but they work hard to earn a “brain break”. Most of our breaks are a short dance session, where the kids follow fun dance moves on the smart board from some of their favorite songs. Almost all of them have been brave enough to try it and some have become professionals! Some of the girls have also been very busy on their traveling basketball team and even had the chance to play in the state tournament! We have also celebrated several birthdays in March. Once testing is over, I know the kids will be excited to start working on some science experiments and eventually take a field trip!

4th Grade News

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Fifth Grade News

Wow! This year has gone by so fast! January and February are a little slow after Christmas, and then March is just gone. We have been busy trying to get everything done before test time. We start our first State Test April 9th.

We had a very nice Valentine’s party. We ended up with lots of goodies and cards. We enjoyed our gifts that the FCCLA students made. They did a really nice job putting things together.

The students that met their Accelerated Reader goals got to spend the morning with Mrs. Goodall and her students. They had a great morning creating a new animal from four animals. They had to choose a trait from each animal and decide what biome it would be able to survive in. They got to design their animals and the biomes with all sorts of materials. They did an amazing job and had such a good time doing it. We would like to thank Mrs. Goodall and her students for making it such a great day. The students also got to go to the park with the third and fourth

grade to have pizza and ice cream. The students were Jolie, Jaxon, Kaylee, Tiela, Lathan, and Alex. We are very proud of the hard work that these students put in to achieve their goals.

We had two students chosen as Star STEM Students at STARBASE this year. Jolie and Alex were chosen by their instructors for this award and were honored at a banquet at the

Western Technology Center in Burn Flat. They had a very nice evening with family and friends. They especially liked their trophies and plaques. We are very proud

of both of them!

The Cheyenne Language students got to go on a field trip with Mrs. Whiteskunk to Roman Nose State Park. They had really good time!

We are sure looking forward to our field trips coming up. It’s not long before summer break, and we are sure looking forward to that!

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FCCLA Finalists

Avery Wilson, Preslie Parkhurst, and Jaylynn Lamb attended the Regional FCCLA Star Events at Pauls Valley. Jaylynn placed third in illustrated talk; Preslie placed third in the new facts test.

On March 26, Jaylynn, Preslie, and Avery competed at state for the above mentioned FCCLA Star Events. Jaylynn competed in Life Event Planning, and Avery and Preslie teamed up to compete in Entrepreneurship. Avery and Preslie placed second in the contest which means they qualify to represent Oklahoma at the National FCCLA Convention in Washington, D.C. in July.

STUDENT OF THE MONTH

JANUARY

Preslie and Avery show off their awards.

FEBRUARY

Bailey Miller Morgan Miller Jaylynn Lamb

Anna Duran Devin Scott

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Student

• Male or female? Female

Guess Who Emily Kephart

Speech Competitions Alexsis Thain shows off her NW Regional 3A Runner-up medals she won over the weekend at the Regional Speech Tourney in Alva. Alexsis competed in Poetry and Humorous Interp. After three rounds of grueling competition, Alexsis was crowned the 3A NW Regional Champion in Poetry and the 3A NW Regional Runner-up in Humorous Interp. Alexsis had previously qualified at the SWOSU tournament for Regionals with two 1st place wins. Alexsis will now travel to the State Speech Tournament April 10-11. The tournament will be held on the OU campus in Norman. Alexsis was accompanied by her Speech coach- Brenda Archer, Principal-Mike Higgins, and her grandmother-Sandra Etris of Cordell. Her parents and siblings attended on Saturday. Congratulations, Alexsis! Good luck at STATE!!!

TEACHER

• Male or female? Female

• Height? 5’6”

• Hair color? Brownish-blonde

• What students do you interact with? K-12

• What are your activities outside of

school? Gardening and reading

• How long have you taught? 30 years, 3

at Hammon Public Schools

• Are you married? No

Extra- taught in Japan for 1 year

STUDENT

• Male or female? Female

• Height? 4’9”

• Hair color? Brown w/ blonde highlights

• What grade are you in? 12th

• How many years have you been a

student at Hammon? 8 (k-12)

• Who are your close friends? Emily K.

Brittnee, and Harley

Extra- I’m a cheerleader

Last month’s edition: Teacher- Mrs. Burch Student- Riley Fairchild

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TEST DATES Grades 6th-12th are all online test with the exception of 5th and 8th grade writing tests.

AM Tests begin at 8:30 and PM tests begin at 12:15 in the HS and elementary libraries.

Wednesday, February 25th – Grades 5th and 8th Writing (AM)

Paper Pencil Format

Tuesday, April 14th – Grades 3-8 Reading (AM)

Wednesday, April 15th – Grades 5 and 8 Science (AM)

Biology I (PM)

Thursday, April 16th –Grade 5 Social Studies (AM)

Grade 3-8 Math

Tuesday, April 21st – English II Multiple Choice (AM)

English III Multiple Choice (PM)

Grade 7 Geography (PM)

Grade 8 US History (AM)

Wednesday, April 22nd – English II Writing (AM)

English III Writing (PM)

Tuesday, April 28th – Algebra I (AM)

Algebra II (PM)

Wednesday, April 29th – Geometry (AM)

US History (PM)