Reminder: Tomorrow, Nov 4, is picture retake day at all Minco Schools. These will begin at the beginning of the day. Order forms were sent home to Elementary parents of those children that were absent on Picture Day. If you have questions, please call your child's school.
The Minco High School Football Game at Casady has been moved from Friday to Thursday night. This Thursday Minco will travel to Casady. Kickoff is at 7:00PM
Congratulations to softball district offensive player of the year Tara Hoehner. We are very proud of you!!!
Minco Public Schools would like to congratulate all of our Lady Bulldog Softball players who made the All-District Team: MVP- Julie Hoehner, Pitcher of the year- Briley Keeble, and Defensive player of the year- Dallas Brothers. A job well done by these young ladies!!
Make plans to join us this Friday night at 6:30PM for senior night activities. These festivities will proceed the football game here vs. Hinton.
On-Line MINCO Clothing Store
Apparel comes in Adult Men’s sizes, Women’s sizes and Youth sizes and includes T-Shirts, Shorts, Hats, Polos, Jackets, Sweat Pants, Hoodies, etc.
Pay for your items on-line, and the purchased merchandise will be mailed to your address.
A percentage of the proceeds from Minco’s Sports Locker will be donated to the Minco Basketball Booster Club.
See the website below:
https://shopsportslocker.chipply.com/MGB/
This Tueaday is Parent-Teacher conferences. Please signup for an appointment by calling your child's school. There will be NO MIM afterschool program this week. Have a great fall break!
Please go to this site here for tickets to the state softball tournament. This should work:
https://gofan.co/app/school/OSSAA
This is a reminder that we will not be in school tomorrow for the state tournament. Minco plays at 11:00AM at Hall of Fame Stadium. With a victory Thursday, the team will play at 4:00PM Friday. We will dismiss school at 1:15 on Friday if the girls win on Thursday. We will keep you updated.
The junior high football games at Apache scheduled for Thursday have been cancelled. Thank you
Tonight our softball team in playing in Piedmont. Please click on this link to purchase tickets. NO TICKETS will be sold at the gate.
https://www.purplepass.com/#239159/P_I_E_D_M_O_N_T____W_I_L_D_C_A_T_S-HS_Softball:_Piedmont_Varsity_&_JV_vs._Minco-F&M_Bank_Softball_Stadium-September-27-2022.html
Minco is hosting the softball regional playoffs this Thursday and Friday. Tickets must be purchased online at WWW.OSSAA.COM
REMINDER:
SCHOOL IS BEING DISMISSED AT 2:00PM FRIDAY. THANK YOU.
This is the Minco Football Schedule for next week....
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
Thursday 9/22/22:
Parade 6PM downtown Minco followed by a community PEP RALLY
Friday 9/23/22:
Tailgate Party at high school and middle school11:30-2:00
SCHOOL WILL BE DISMISSED at 2:00PM Friday
WE ARE NOT FAILURES!!!
By Kevin Sims
Minco Public Schools Superintendent
WE ARE NOT FAILURES AT MINCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS!!! The last few months and especially the last few weeks, I see daily the sentiment that public schools are failing our children. I am not naïve enough to know that this is true in some places, but let me tell you in Minco, Oklahoma this is not the case. Are we perfect? NO! Do we need to improve? YES! In fact if we quit trying to improve and be better, we don’t need to be in the school business. Are we failing? NO! It can be frustrating to hear the daily sentiment that is out there, but let me tell you again, Minco is not a failing school!
As a superintendent in 2020-2021, I can tell you it was hell!! Our numbers went from 560 to 500 in school. For the first six months we averaged at least 100 to 150 quarantines a week. Some children missed over 60 days because of being quarantined. We had to close our elementary school due to covid for a week because we had so many teachers out. It was a rough year, yet we remained in school and steadfast in our efforts to educate our children. We did not fail.
In 2021-2022 Our numbers grew back to 560 students. Several students came to us from Epic Charter School. I am in no way knocking those families as 2020 was a mess. I believe in parental choice for their children’s education. Schools are meant to be in person. Nothing can replace the student-teacher relationship. NOTHING! We, as every other school in the nation, had many students who were behind. Trust me when I say we worked hard to catch them up. Learning loss is real. I am proud of our efforts to get our students back on track. Yes, we still have a lot of work to do, and we are working hard to do just that.
Then there is this year. Politically, the nation is in a real mess! The Left Wing Mob wants to push woke garbage. The Right Wing Mob wants to defund public schools and ban books like Charlotte's Web. Right in the middle of the political fringes are good people who show up daily to teach, love, feed, transport, and coach our children. Some of these people are Republicans. Some of these people are Democrats. All these people have one thing in common: They love our students. We are not failing! The next time you see a Minco teacher, bus driver, coach, support staff, or administrator take a moment to thank them for showing up and caring for our Minco students.
You have my word as superintendent that we will work hard to teach our children, protect our children, and love our children. You can tell me we need to improve, and I will agree. You can tell me we make mistakes, and I will agree. You can tell me we are failing, and I will take you to task because we are not. I am proud of our little school district! MINCO IS NOT FAILING!!!
Please show your support for our Elementary Secretary this coming Monday!! Wear Pink Minco!!!
The Junior High Games at Apache tonight have been cancelled due to the weather.
If a parent/guardian completes a free or reduced-price meal application in July or August 2022 and that
meal application is approved for free or reduced-price meals, they will be eligible for Summer 2022
P-EBT benefits retroactively when pick-up files are sent to DHS in October. This will only apply to
Summer 2022 benefits.
Minco Public Schools has an immediate opening for a school cook. If interested, please call Robin at 405-714-4110