Okeene Junior-Senior High School | |
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Address | |
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301 N 6th Street , 73763 United States | |
Coordinates | 36°07′07″N 98°19′00″W / 36.1186480°N 98.3167387°W [1] |
Information | |
School district | Okeene Public Schools |
CEEB code | 372615 |
Principal | Jeremy Osmus |
Teaching staff | 13 [2] |
Grades | 7-12 |
Enrollment | 175 (as of 2005-2006) [2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.5:1 |
Campus type | Closed |
Color(s) | Columbia blue, red and white |
Fight song | Our Director |
Athletics conference | OSSAA |
Mascot | Whippet |
Team name | Okeene Whippets |
Rival | Hennessey |
Newspaper | The Whippet |
Website |
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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)
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. [3]
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.
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:
Okeene took competitive to the next level Saturday in a 51-46 victory over Beaver in the Class A boys state basketball finals. The Whippets became the ninth team in state history to win a football and basketball state championship in the same year.
The Whippets' (13-2) play spoke volumes as they became just the eighth school in Class A to win back-to-back state crowns.