Broken Bow Schools

🥎Here’s the 2025 Regional Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Bracket starting Oct. 1st. Digital tickets are available at GoFan for $7 plus fee or $10 cash at the gate. OSSAA passes excepted. 65 and over free.

The JOM (Johnson O'Malley) meeting is September 30 @ 6:00 at DIERKS ROOM 9. 🗳️Elections will be held for 2 committee positions.

TONIGHT: 🏈9th & JV @ Durant at 5:30. Game will be at Southeastern 🏈7th & 8th @ Durant at 5:00. Game will be at the Middle School 802 W Walnut Durant, Oklahoma 74701 🥎BBHS Softball at Valliant at 5pm

✨ Shine On Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Kristen Sharp ✨ This week we are excited to spotlight Mrs. Kristen Sharp, our amazing 5th Grade Resource Teacher! Mrs. Sharp has been in education for 7 years and we’ve been blessed to have her at Bennett for the past five. When asked what she loves most about working at Bennett, she shared: “I love the people that I work with here at Bennett. They are my Bennett family and that is the culture and atmosphere that I feel every day.” A few fun facts about Mrs. Sharp: ☕ Favorite snack & drink: pimento cheese with crackers, Simply Cheetos, and of course—coffee! 🍴 Favorite restaurant: Rogue Local 🏃 Fun fact: She has run a marathon! 💡 Favorite quotes: “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar “The secret to getting ahead is to get started.” – Mark Twain What makes her smile the most? 💫 Seeing the excitement in her students when they succeed at school! Thank you, Mrs. Sharp, for the passion, dedication, and heart you pour into your students each and every day. Bennett shines brighter because of you! 🌟

🎓BBHS Dance Team SENIOR Spotlight

Eufaula, Ok (9/27/25)—The Broken Bow Savage Pride Marching Band has secured Second Overall and received the prestigious Outstanding Percussion award at the 2025 Ironhead Invitational Marching Festival in Eufaula, Oklahoma. During the preliminaries, Savage Pride triumphed with awards for Outstanding Color Guard, Outstanding Percussion, and Fan Favorite. Out of 18 participating bands, 12 advanced to the finals. — Congratulations to our incredibly talented and hard working band! #AlwaysSavage #WorkEthic

🏈🍎Savage Football voted Mrs.Wanda Wood as “Teacher of the Week!" Congratulations! Each week during football season the team will select a teacher to honor for their commitment to excellence in the classroom! Practice Players of the Week: Jordan Rivera Cassidy James #AlwaysSavage

Students in BBHS English II classes put their informational research and communication skills on display by giving presentations over a career of their choice. “They really enjoyed learning about the different aspects of life paths they were interested in, and some even dressed up to really send their presentations above and beyond!” says Mrs. Sisco.

The #Carpentry/SkillsUSA classes add new skills to their toolbelts daily by making pens, duck calls, charcuterie boards, counter tops, and deer grunt calls. The students are building character through volunteering for the community and helping show other kids how to master a skill! For example, they've already learned a that making good decisions will help them in life even if they never use their carpentry skills. These are kids that Broken Bow High School can be proud to call their own. Great job kids!

🏈Savage Varsity Football (3-0) takes their unbeaten record on the road to Glenpool tonight to open District 4A-4 play. The Warriors are coached by Savage alumnus and career passing leader Payton Werner. The game will be livestreamed on the 🎥📍@BrokenBowSavages YouTube Channel. https://youtube.com/@brokenbowsavages?si=nu7vAU5dvYtUUBLq As always, our livestream telecast is made available at no charge thanks, in part, to our annual media partners. This year's media partners are: 🏦McCurtain County National Bank 🔸Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, 💦The Broken Tiki 🏘️Downtown Broken Bow, and 👩🏻‍💼Jennifer Broades State Farm Insurance.

🥎Savage Softball captured a pair of quality wins on Thursday at the Tahlequah Festival. Broken Bow rallied to score four runs in the sixth inning to take a come-from-behind 7-5 win over Class 6A Jenks. In the later game, Adelyn French drove in five runs as Broken Bow defeated Grove 9-2.

STICK MAPS AND MANIT DAY Manit Day is a celebration of Marshallese customs and culture, observed on the last Friday in September. Stick maps were ancient navigational tools once used by the Marshallese people to chart ocean swells and navigate between islands. To honor this tradition, students in Mrs. Stiles’ class created their own stick maps to represent places they know well!

🚒Thanks Broken Bow Fire Department for speaking to our Public Safety Class today! #safetyfirstkids

✨Congratulations to our talented students achieving ✨ALL-DISTRICT CHOIR today! HS All District Choir: Brooklyn Frazier Alexis Qualls Alyson Sundberg Kinsey Gilley Khloe Brown Taylee Burris Reagan Sharp Willie Hidson MS All District Choir: Kaitey Beth Guthery Avery Austin Cheyenne Humphrey Gabriella Fonseca Matthew Escobar The All-District Honor Choir in Durant is a prestigious event for middle and high school students where they participate in a festival of performances and clinics.

🍎Job Opportunity: Dierks Elementary is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Paraprofessional to join our team. This position involves supporting teachers and students in a dynamic classroom environment. Ideal candidates should have a passion for education and a desire to make a positive impact on students' learning experiences. For more information or to apply, please call Mrs. Gaston, Principal at Dierks Elementary. We look forward to hearing from you!

🌟 Shine on Staff! 🌟 This week here at Bennett Elementary we are celebrating Miss Billington, our amazing 5th grade math teacher! With six years in education (four of those right here with us), she is known for her positivity, dedication, and love for her students. Her favorite motto is “Stay ready so you don’t have to get ready,” and her students keep her smiling with their goofiness every day. We are so thankful to have Miss Billington on our team! 💛✨ This post is brought to you by ROGUE LOCAL located downtown Broken Bow! Swing by and enjoy one of their famous steaks!

✨ Shine On Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Kristen Sharp ✨ This week we are excited to spotlight Mrs. Kristen Sharp, our amazing 5th Grade Resource Teacher! Mrs. Sharp has been in education for 7 years and we’ve been blessed to have her at Bennett for the past five. When asked what she loves most about working at Bennett, she shared: “I love the people that I work with here at Bennett. They are my Bennett family and that is the culture and atmosphere that I feel every day.” A few fun facts about Mrs. Sharp: ☕ Favorite snack & drink: pimento cheese with crackers, Simply Cheetos, and of course—coffee! 🍴 Favorite restaurant: Rogue Local 🏃 Fun fact: She has run a marathon! 💡 Favorite quotes: “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” – Zig Ziglar “The secret to getting ahead is to get started.” – Mark Twain What makes her smile the most? 💫 Seeing the excitement in her students when they succeed at school! Thank you, Mrs. Sharp, for the passion, dedication, and heart you pour into your students each and every day. Bennett shines brighter because of you! 🌟

Empowering Tomorrow's Leaders

The new OK Promise application is now available!! Click on this link to apply: https://secure.okcollegestart.org/applications/Oklahoma_Promise/apply.html *Current seniors have until December 31 to apply. *If you've already applied and need to change to the new certified public school OK Promise form, you'll need to complete the Oklahoma's Promise Change of Status Form. This form is required to change the eligibility track an Oklahoma's Promise student is on: Click on this link to access the form: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=iGyZ8zUQCEWSWbEl9MULHZyRO8ki92tCjuSjkTH2MhRUNEVTOFlVSEo4OUxJNkZKWDkzN1c4VTNTWS4u&route=shorturl No Change of Status Forms will be accepted after December 31st of the student's senior year of high school.

A sincere THANK YOU to our sponsors who make tonight's event possible! See you soon!