Dear Parents and Patrons, Porter Consolidated School is proud to introduce “The Crow’s Nest” newsletter. It will be published monthly with the assistance of parents, students and staff members. The newsletter will highlight numerous activities and outstanding achievements of our Porter Pirates. I hope you will enjoy reading about some of our successes each month. The newsletter will also be available on the school website: www.porter.k12.ok.us

Mark Fenton, Superintendent

APRIL students of the month

Left: Principal Cottle with elementary recipients Katie Holt (2nd grade), Brooklyn Spencer (5th grade) and Ricky King (4th grade) enjoying lunch at Red Lobster.

Below: March & April JH/HS honorees pose before lunch at El Chico. Pictured left to right: Emanuel Tovar (March, JH), Samantha Turner (April, JH), Principal Shackelford, Riley Raney (March, HS) and Alex McCollough (April, HS).

From the Office ...crow’s nest: the upper part of the main mast of a ship or a struc-ture that is used as a lookout point

“When I was trying to think of a name, we looked up words that pirates say. We went through a lot of them, and this meant “look out,” which is kind of what the newsletter does,” said 6th-grader Brooke Cole. Judges chose her name selection after an all-school “Name the Newsletter” contest.

What’s in a NAME?

The Crow’s NesTVolume 1 • Issue 1 • AprIl 2014

FFA members rAck up miles And medAlsMr. Brad Criner and members of the Porter FFA Chapter traveled more than 3,000 miles the past few weeks for judging and speech contests. And no, that does not include travel for livestock shows. Here are just a few of their top placings:

Soil & Water Mgmt - Northeastern Oklahoma A&M 1st place individual - Charles Nichols 2nd place team - Charles Nichols, Jarrod McKinney, Justin Staner, Paulina LedezmaMeat Judging - Redlands College 4th place individual - Emily Snow 3rd place team - Emily Snow, Baileigh Wheeler, Samantha Turner, Mikayla KilgoreMeat Judging - Clairadon, Texas 1st place individual - Kassie Kilgore 2nd place team - Kassie Kilgore, Mikayla Kilgore, Baileigh Wheeler, Emily SnowSpeech - Hallie Barnes (Agriscience - 1st place P.I., 2nd place NE District, state qualifier), Caleb Eutsler (Agribusiness - 3rd place P.I., 2nd place NE District, state qualifier), Kassie Kilgore (Agribusiness - 1st place P.I., district qualifier), Mariah Marshall (Ag Policy - 1st place P.I., 4th place NE District). Top photo: Eutseler, Marshall, Barnes, Kilgore.

NatioNal HoNor SocietyOfficers, Seniors & Inductees

2013-2014 Retiring Officers: President Sabrina Dillingham, Vice President Shyanna Barnett, Secre-tary Colten Wiley, Treasurer Dominique Thomas and Reporter Levi Bolen. 2014-2015 Incoming Officers: President Hallie Barnes, Vice President Macy Plunk, Secretary Paulina Ledezma, Treasurer Aryan Phipps, Reporter Skylar BrattSeniors: Sabrina Dillingham, Colten Wiley and Shayanna BarnettNew members: Hayden Freeman, Hannah McCol-lough, Justin Staner, Macy Plunk, Paulina Ledezma, Aryan Phipps, Skyler Bratt, Ariana Riley, Baileigh Wheeler, Bracy Bratt, Catelyn Vancleave, Dean Van-Vors, Kassadee Merrill, Kolbi Meisner, Lauren Keele, Mariah Marshall and Molly Boyd.

NHS Banquet • April 10

Neil Guinn, 2nd grade, and Collin Plunk, 6th grade, represented the school in the Eastern Oklahoma State Spelling Bee held March 28 in Muskogee

Stephnie Kilgore’s first grade class enjoyed “Trav’s Wild Weather Camp” when the News On 6 team perfomed a weather safety program with demonstrations for the elementary in March.

Profound Pirates Sweep CSC Interscholastics

During a recent writing assignment, Ms. Hamilton instructed her students to choose a building, location or area of Porter that had special meaning to them and write a short essay describing the place and its meaning. Porter Pirates’ Football Field by Dylan Pemberton The Porter Pirates’ football field means the most to me. I moved to Porter my sophomore year and the first thing I looked at was the football field. I had great memories at my old school especially because we beat Porter my freshman year. But, Porter is now my football team and I am playing for the Pirates until I graduate. The football field is important because it has helped the school out in many ways. The sport alone in Porter has brought the community closer. The field has had some great scholar athletes’ play on it, but also some non-scholar athletes. The field helps bring enemies to friends and has also made friends enemies. The football field has changed lives for so many people. The first time I saw the football field was amazing. The day I moved to Porter I went to the school to check out the football program. I met Coach Coppedge and was welcomed to the Pirate football family. I was excited because I knew one day I would start for Coach Coppedge and sure enough I did and I’ve made a big impact. The first thing I thought when I saw the field was “This is going to be a great high school!” My favorite memory on the football field was when I got to paint the field before every game. If you are truly a team player then painting the field means a lot to you. I love to paint the field because it’s my field and I want to have a great program. The field looks the way the players make it, I try to make the numbers perfect. In conclusion, the football field has been an inspiration to all of us. I don’t know what I’d do with-out it. The field means a lot to not just me but the community too. I am proud to play football on that field, and I’m proud to be called a Porter Pirate.

Highlighting the Humanities ...

“Humanities Cat” by Christian Tackett

A group of Porter students made their presence known April 8 at the Connors State College Interscholastic Contest. Students placed individually as follows, and combined to take First Place Sweepstakes in Division 1.

Biology Macy Plunk, 3rd

Environmental Science Kassie Kilgore, 3rd

Charles Nichols, 4thChild Development

Dominique Garcia, 3rd Catelynn Bradley, 5th

General Business Sabrina Dillingham, 4th

World Geography Wesley Forbes, 1st

Adonia Watson, 3rdAmerican History

Levi Snyder, 2ndInternet Applications Spencer Messner, 2nd

Dean Van Vors, 3rd

Physics Colten Wiley, 2nd

Garod McGrew, 3rdSpeech

Caleb Eutsler, 2ndAlgebra II

Paulina Ledezma, 4thBasic Grammar

Hallie Barnes 2nd Macy Plunk, 3rd

Chemistry Skyler Bratt, 5th

Computer Literacy Spencer Messner, 4th

English Literature Kendall Judkins, 3rdFood & Nutrition

Catelynn Bradley, 4th

General Physical Science Colten Wiley, 1st

Garod McGrew, 4thUS Government

Wesley Forbes, 1stEconomics

Wesley Forbes, 1st Paulina Ledezma, 2nd

Geometry Colten Wiley, 1st

Dean Van Vors, 5thOklahoma History Koehn Chaney, 1st Bracey Kilgore, 2nd

Psychology Solomon Cornell, 1st Shyanna Barnett, 3rd

Looking Ahead: May

1 - Field Day3 - Prom

6 - Elem. Awards Assembly - 9 a.m.6 - JH/HS Awards Assembly - 1 p.m.

8 - FFA Banquet - 7 p.m.13 - Sports Banquet* - 6 p.m.

14 - Baccalaureate

Senior Yearbook Ad Deadline:Honor your 2014 senior child/fam-ily member with a special yearbook

ad starting at $30. Contact Ms. Peters or a yearbook staff member by

May 2 for more information.

*The 2014 Sports Banquet will be held May 13, at 6 p.m., in the new gym. High school athletes’ admission is free. All other guests may purchase a $5 ticket From the high school

office by May 8.

15 - 2nd Grade Field Trip16 - HS Graduation - 7 p.m.

20 - 3rd/4th Grade Field Trip20 - 5th Grade Field Trip

22 - Pre-K Graduation - 9 a.m.22 - K Graduation - 1 p.m.23 - Last Day of School

More Dates Available at www.porter.k12.ok.us

CONGRATS!!Porter Consolidated Teachers of the Year

JH/HS &District Teacher of the Year, Sherrye Smith

Elementary Teacher of the Year, Dayna Smith

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Jr. High Track Stars

April 7 • Hilldale