Wyatt Neuenschwander was 2nd in the 145 pound class today with a 930 pound total at JH state powerlifting competition. Way to go Wyatt!!
Students of the month - February
PreK - Clay Steadman
PreK - Wade Smith
Kind. - Preslynn Lieswald
1st - Kaylin Cole
2nd - Haidyn James
3rd - Braxton Knapp
3rd - Amy Paez
4th - Crey White
4th - Kenlee Morris
5th - Raelynn Majors
6th - Austyn Veach
#trojanprideneverdies
Great Job Students!!!
AR Party
YOU HAVE TO READ FOR YOUR RIGHT TOOOOOO PARTY WITH THE PRINCIPAL!!!
AR students who scored who have scored 50 AR points this nine weeks were rewarded with a pizza party!!!
Great job students!!!
The Ball Insurance Agency has once again made their scholarship available. See Mrs. Hopper for an application.
Do you have a senior graduating this year that’s headed to college or a trade school? If you live within a 50 mile radius of Woodward and are interested in applying for a scholarship, please contact Mrs. Hopper about the Woodward API scholarships available. This year, API will be awarding 6 scholarships one of which will be awarded to a student attending tech school. The deadline for entry is April 9th.
Modern States-OU Thrive College Access Initiative. This initiative will allow Oklahoma’s high school students to earn college credit during the school day at no cost (more information below). Funding for the initiative comes from Steven and Maureen Klinsky and the Carnegie Corporation - this opportunity comes at no cost to
the student or the district!
More information:
For this initiative, high school juniors and seniors take courses online within the school day or on distance learning days.
After students complete course content and pass a practice exam, they take the official College Level Examination Program (CLEP) test. Modern States provides all online courses and vouchers for students to take CLEP tests for free. There is no cost to districts or to the students who participate.
What is Modern States?
Modern States is a non-profit philanthropic organization funded by national philanthropists Steve and Maureen Klinsky and
the Carnegie Corporation. In 2023, over 18,000 students in all 50 states took courses through Modern States and passed CLEP examinations leading to college credit.
Modern States offers online courses for college credit in algebra, sociology, economics, and many other core subject areas.
All of the courses are delivered asynchronously by highly rated college professors. Students who pass College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests are eligible to receive college credit at more than 2,900 colleges and universities.
Watch an overview of Modern States here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_rp3sizcec
How would this initiative work in your district?
This spring, the OU Thrive Center will identify high school students interested in taking Modern States classes in fall
of 2024/spring, 2025. Typically, eligible students are those who are on track academically (e.g., minimum 2.75 GPA). For the fall term, we set aside a class period within the school day (or distance learning day) for 11th and 12th grade students to take Modern
States’ classes. From the pool of interested students, OU Thrive will randomly assign a portion of students to take classes via Modern States. The other students will be assigned to whatever class/study hall they were planning to do. We will compare the outcomes
in these two student groups to test how well Modern States is serving your students.
What are the benefits for your district?
High school students will have an opportunity to earn college credit at no cost. If you find that the initiative works well
within the district, OU Thrive will work with you to expand and deliver courses to your students. Our main interest is to study the effects of Modern States under a credible research design.
How will OU Thrive evaluate the initiative?
They will use a randomized controlled trial design that will generate causal estimates on the effects of Modern States on
participating students. They will examine attendance, GPA, college credits earned, high school credits earned, course completions, and the overall cost-benefits relative to other college access options that students in your district use.
Direct questions to:
Daniel Hamlin, Associate Professor
Director, Online Education Doctorate
Research Director, OU THRIVE Center
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
University of Oklahoma
daniel_hamlin@ou.edu
Students and parents planning to attend the FAFSA prep on Wednesday at 530 should bring your 2022 tax return.
We will have a representative of HPTC here to help seniors and/or their parents with FAFSA preparation on Wednesday, March 13, at 5:30 p.m. in the computer room at the high school. You need to go into fafsa.gov and set up your user ID TODAY for it to be available to you by Wednesday.
So exciting!!
Congratulations to the Trojans as Class C Regional Team Champs in powerlifting!! JD Sessoms placed 4th in his weight class and Dakota Walker placed 2nd in his.
UPCOMING BOARD MEETING DATES
March 11th - Do to a scheduling conflict this meeting will be at 6:30.
March 12th - 6:35 setting the date for the sale of the Bonds
We will keep updated as we move forward.
Great things now and in the future for these young men!
Cooper Hutt placed second; Adrian Palacios placed 2nd; Creed White placed third; Antonio Benites placed fifth; Trevor James placed first; Wyatt Neuenschwander placed first; and Easton Bosscawen placed fourth today and junior high power lifting competition at the Regional level. Great work guys!
S-M juniors will go to HPTC for an ACT prep tomorrow. Career tech students should go to career tech as normal. Non-career tech students will travel with Mrs. Hopper. All students will return to school by lunch time.
Below is the application for the 2024 American Legion Post 19 Scholarship & Boys State registration if any Junior boys are interested in attending.
Boys State:
-Must be a Junior this year.
-Follow the link below & enter woodward19 as the passcode for sponsorship.
-We will sponsor as many who would like to attend.
-Please email names & email addresses of those applying.
https://okboysstate.com/application/
See Mrs. Hopper for scholalrship information.
Hana Chapman was state runner up in the 220 pound class with a combined total lift of eight pounds. Great job Hana!
Mackenzie Bosscawen was 2nd place today at state in the 97 lb weight division. Her combined lifts totaled 425 pounds. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Piper Brown who also qualified for junior high state powerlifting after regional tallies were in. Way to go Piper!
Hana Chapman placed third at regionals in powerlifting to qualify for state.. Congratulations Hana!!
Mackenzie Bosscawen was 2nd at junior high regional powerlifting competition in Fairview today and qualified for State next Monday. A powerful young lady! Great job Mackenzie!!