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Okeene Junior Senior High School

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CEEB code
  
372615

Grades
  
7-12

Student to teacher ratio
  
11.5:1

District
  
Okeene School District

Mascot
  
Whippet

Teaching staff
  
13

Principal
  
Jeremy Osmus

Enrollment
  
175 (as of 2005-2006)

Campus type
  
Closed

Phone
  
+1 580-822-3219

Number of students
  
175 (2005–2006)

Address
  
301 North Main Street, 301 S Main St, Okeene, OK 73763, United States

Athletics conference
  
Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association

Similar
  
Fairview High School, Fairview Public Schools, Lomega Elementary School, Watonga Middle School, Canton High School

Okeene Junior-Senior High school is a public school serving students in grades 7 through 12 in Okeene, Oklahoma. It has currently enrolled under 200 students(counting grade school as well)

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History

The first school in Okeene was established in 1901. A high school program was added in the 1920s, making Okeene the first town in Blaine County with a high school.

Extracurricular activities

Student groups and organizations at Okeene include band, FCCLA, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, FFA, National Honor Society, science club, speech, Academic Bowl, student council and Technology Student Association.

Athletics

The Okeene Whippets compete in Class A of Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association sports, currently fielding teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, softball, and track.

State championship titles held by the Whippets include:

  • Boys' basketball: 2006
  • Football: 1981 (Class B), 2006, 2007
  • Girls' track: 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Boys' track: 2010
  • Notable alumni

  • Jake Lindsay (class of 1937), businessman; namesake of an endowed scholarship and two chairs at Northwestern Oklahoma State University
  • Donald Dumler (class of 1957), principal organist at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
  • References

    Okeene Junior-Senior High School Wikipedia