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Altus Schools deemed Certified Healthy Oklahoma Altus Schools, with the support of the Jackson County Health Department and the Jackson County Community Health Action Team, have been participating in the Certified Healthy All seven of the Altus ronmental and policy Oklahoma program Public Schools camchanges. The program for several years. Repuses were deemed began statewide in cently Altus Schools Certified Healthy Okla- 2003 as collaboration has undergone district homa schools. Certified between the Oklahoma wide policy changes Healthy Oklahoma is a Turning Point Council, in the tobacco policy statewide certification the Oklahoma Academy to include smokeless program to showcase for State Goals, the tobacco and vaping schools, businesses, and Oklahoma State Chamdevices. In addition, communities that are ber, and the Oklahoma the nutrition department committed to healthy State Department of has provided training choices through enviHealth. for all cafeteria work-
ers by certified chefs. They learned seasoning and spicing techniques to lessen the amount of sodium in food served to students. The addition of fresh fruits and vegetables to the mealtime, as well as snack times in the elementary grades, was made possible through various grants the nutrition department has been awarded. The CATCH program, a comprehensive approach to nutrition, physical activity and education, has been implemented in all of
Altus Intermediate School December Students of the Month
ack Row (L-R) Jaycee Foster, Siara Arrington, Cadence Padgett, & Rylie Cline. B Front Row (L-R) Grace Humble, Chasity McNeal, Zao Avilla, Alan Villegas, & Nataly Nunez-Herrera.
the elementary schools within the past two years. All of this progress within the school district has landed six schools with the status of Excellence: Altus High School, Altus Junior High, Altus Elementary, Rivers Elementary, and Altus Primary. In it’s first year, Altus Early Childhood received a designation of Merit, missing Excellence by one mark. In addition, Altus School Distirct also recieved Certified
Healthy Status. “Achieving districtwide Certified Healthy School Award status this school year shows continued progress and dedication to maintain a solid health and wellness foundation in home and school. This reinforces the principal of a healthy school environment and the necessity for life-long healthy living by all our students and staff. I could not be more proud for our district to earn this distinctive honor.”
AIS Academic Team to compete in regionals
Altus Intermediate Academic Team is set to compete in the regional academic meet in Elk City on Thursday, Jan. 19. This is first year AIS has taken part in academic meets. The team, sponsored by Stockman’s Bank of Altus, consists of both 5th and 6th grade students that exhibit excellence in academics and citizenship. They meet on Wednesday afternoons, after school. The team competed earlier in the school year at the district meet and earned the right to compete at regionals with a third place finish. Students have also been competing in the OOAC online competitions throughout the school year. They recently placed 2nd in the state in English Language Arts and 1st in Science.
6ht grade team: Trinity McDole, John Preston, Morgan Beason (standing) Francesca Sacco, Nick Borghini (standing) & Wyatt Jenson.
Back Row (L-R) Destanee Harrell, Alenna Cole, Paul Hammer, Grey Winsett, & Jeremy Hawkins. Front Row (L-R) Emry Solis, Alaeah Yarbrough, & Sarah Ford.
Altus High School Top Dogs in Jan.
Pictured Left to Right: Freshmann, Tori Booker, Junior, Kennedy Kerr, Principal, Rita Beisel, Sophomore, Haley Leyja, and Senior, Kendell Reuter.
5th grade team: Emma Mason, Craig Rush, Paul Hammer, Bray Davis & Gavin Langham.
