Minco School District

The Minco Elementary Christmas Program will be this Thursday, December 2nd at 6:30PM. This is always a great time for our students, families and community. This will be in our high school auditorium at 701 SW 3rd street in Minco.

Thankful!! During this season of Thanksgiving, we are reminded that we are blessed and that we should be thankful for the blessings sent our way. We at Minco Schools are grateful for the good things. We, like everyone else, have been tested, and many have endured challenges and loss in the last year. We also have worked hard to meet the challenges set before us, and our people who work hard for your children and community have stepped up in the last year to meet the needs presented. I am proud and thankful to work with caring, helpful, and kind people. In this age of selfishness, I can tell you that our staff cares for your children. They are in good hands. This is something Minco can be thankful for! As we look to the Christmas season and the new year ahead, this commitment will not change as we work hard for your children. I would like to wish all of you a Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving! May God bless you as we reflect and show thanks for His many blessings. Happy Thanksgiving 2021!! Kevin Sims Superintendent

Mr. Sims will be on Facebook Live on the school Facebook page at 4:30 with an important announcement.

Parents and Grandparents: It is with an abundance of caution that we have decided to postpone Grandparent's Day. We have several students who are ill or under quarantine. Due to this fact, we are going to postpone this great day. We will have Grandparents Day in the spring. I promise you that. We have a duty to protect our community from the spread of viruses such as Covid. While we are disappointed with this decision, it is the best decision. Safety first!! We will announce a new date for Grandparent's day very soon. Thank you, Kevin Sims Superuintendent

This is a reminder that at tomorrow's playoff game at 7PM all veterans and one guest of the veteran may get into the game at no cost. If you cannot purchase tickets online, we will have tickets for $10 at the gate.

Grandparents, We are pleased to announce the return of Grandparent's Day on November 19th, 2021. Due to the Covid pandemic this event was cancelled in 2020. We typically feed near 1,000 people this day, and we fully expect to do the same next Friday. This is such a great day for our students, parents, and grandparents. This year we will be eating in the old gym at the elementary school. Grandparents must check in at the elementary office and we will get their Grandchildren for them. Grandparents may pick up grandchildren in the middle school and take them to lunch early if they also have grandchildren in the elementary. We will run a shuttle to make sure kids from the high school and middle school get to their grandparents if needed. Lunch times in the elementary start at 10:30AM. If you have no grandchildren in the Elementary, we ask you to wait until 11:30 to attend with your grandchildren from the other buildings. Remember ALL grandparents, parents and students must proceed to lunch through the elementary office. If you pick up your grandchildren in middle school or high school and have no grandchildren in elementary , you still have to enter through the elementary office to get to the lunch line. We are very excited to have you back for Grandparent's Day 2021. We look forward to seeing you on November 19th!! Thank you, Kevin Sims Minco Superintendent

This Thursday all Veterans in Minco are invited to the high school auditorium at 8:30AM for doughnuts and coffee followed by the Veteran's Day assembly at 9:00AM in the Minco High School auditorium.

This Friday night at 7:00PM Minco will host Mooreland at 7:00PM in football playoffs. If you are a veteran of the armed forces, you will receive free admission to the game. You will need to purchase your ticket on line at https://gofan.co/app/school/OSSAA. You can also load the GO FAN Highschool Ticket APP. The cost to purchase a ticket is $8.35. Thank you

The OSSAA is requiring that all playoff tickets must be pre-purchased online as no tickets will be sold at the gate. Tickets will not be available until schedules have been set. The following link will take you directly to the site to purchase tickets or you may use the QR code on your phone to purchase tickets. https://gofan.co/app/school/OSSAA

If you are a veteran, either active duty, retired, reserve or national guard, The OSSAA would like to invite you to attend the first round of the football playoffs for free next weekend! That’s right, all veterans and one guest will be admitted free of charge on Friday November 12th to all OSSAA first round football games. The OSSAA appreciates the sacrifices of all veterans, and hopes you will take advantage of this opportunity. Simply show your Military ID card, or driver’s license that shows your military status at the gate next Friday, and you and a guest will be omitted free of charge. See you next week, and thank you for your service!

Parents and Guardians: We need your help. As you all know breakfast and lunch is free for everyone for the second year in a row. So with that being the case, very few of you have completed the free and reduced meal applications. I do understand why, but we need you to complete these by the end of October. Our TITLE 1 funding is dependent upon it. as of right now we have a Free and Reduced rate of 25%. Our usual number is 55%to 60% who qualify for free and reduced meals. Tomorrow night when you attend parent/teacher conferences you can pick up these applications form your child's teacher or the front office including after tomorrow. The verification process is confidential and you check off the income level that you fit under. Only one person in our district sees these numbers. NO ONE ELSE in the school is privy to this information including myself. The free and reduced rate needs to be raised. Its that simple. our TITLE 1 reading department is dependent on those federal dollars. Please complete these forms so we can get our percentage back to normal. Thank you, Kevin Sims Minco Public Schools Superintendent

With the potential of tornadic thunderstorms, we will open the elementary cafeteria and the high school safe rooms located at the north end of the main hallway. Stay weather aware!! Mr. Sims

The Lady Bulldogs will be playing in the 2021 Fast-Pitch State Championship Tournament beginning Thursday Oct. 7 at 6:30 pm on Energy Field at Hall of Fame Stadium in OKC. Tickets may be purchased online only at https://gofan.co/app/school/OSSAA. No tickets will be sold at the gate. We hope to see you there supporting our Lady Bulldogs on their way to TAKE STATE!

Good Afternoon!! You can catch all of Minco Softball today on www.mincobulldogs.tv. Our football game vs Cordell will be broadcast on Oksports.tv at 7:00PM

Good evening!! I wanted to give you an rundown of activities for Friday and Saturday. Friday our girls will play at 12:00 noon at the Piedmont Softball Field. If they win, they will play at 6:00PM Friday. All of Friday's games will be broadcast on www.mincobulldogs.tv. We will allow for you to checkout your children and take them to the softball game. With all the activities, we will not be able to provide a pep bus on Friday. Saturday morning at 10:00 the Regional will conclude in Piedmont. I will be driving a pep bus at 9:00AM and leaving from the high school. Students that want to attend Sat must purchase a ticket for Saturday. You can visit www.ossaa.com or www.minco.k12.ok.us to find the link to purchase the tickets. We are working on getting the Saturday games streamed as well. The weather certainly caused an issue for our playoffs, but we are looking forward to continuing our run to the state tournament. This is a great time to be a Minco Bulldog!! Please email me at ksims@minco.k12.ok.us or call at 405-352-4867 if you have any questions. Thank you, Kevin Sims Minco Superintendent

The Regional Softball Tournament is canceled today. We will keep you updated on the plans going forward....

Minco Patrons, This week is the softball regional playoffs in Minco. There will be no paper tickets. This year to be able to attend the playoff games, you must have purchased your tickets for the event online. Here is the link to make that ticket purchase. https://gofan.co/app/school/OSSAA

Tonight is Homecoming 2021!! The coronation will be at 6:30PM followed by the game at 7:00PM. You can see the corination and game on WWW.MINCOBULLDOGS.TV beginning at 6:30PM

Good afternoon!! There is nothing like this time of year when the hallways are bustling with students, classrooms of students learning, and extracurricular activities are in full swing. We have a lot of success at Minco, and we are proud of our accomplishments inthe classroom, athletic fields, show rings,and fine arts venues. This week we get to celebrate who we are: THE MINCO BULLDOGS!! Homecoming is a great time. We celebrate our students and our heratige. This week we will have our silly olympics on Wednesday afternoon, and this year we are adding a "TAIL-GATE" lunch on Friday for high school and middle school students from 11:30-1:15 PM. Their will be games such as corn-hole and a dunk tank to dunk our favorite people!! On Thursday night, we will have our homecoming parade at 6:30PM along Main Street followed by a pep rally at the football field. We want to see everybody that can to attend this event. This is a fine little parade and rally that gets us pumped up about the big game on Friday night. On Friday we have the coronation at 6:00pm followed by the game vs. Watonga at 7:00pm. WE WANT OUR PLACE FULL OF LOUD FANS!! This is a great time for our students and community. I challenge you to make this night very special by showing up and supporting out kids!! One final event will be the Home Coming Dance at the high school on Saturday night at 7:00PM. What a way to wrap up a great week!! This time of year is special, and we are going to make this a memorable week for our students. HAPPY HOMECOMING 2021!!! Thank you Kevin Sims Minco Superintendent

Good Afternoon!! As we are all seeing covid numbers are going up across the state of Oklahoma. Right now, We have no cases of covid in Minco Schools among our students and staff; however, we do have students with family members that have covid and are under quarantine protocols. Even with the numbers that are low, it is imperative that we have a plan in place in the event of a closure should occur. The OSDE has issued guidance that says if 25% of the student body has an illness such as flu, a closure is warranted. We will be smart and should we see a massive increase in numbers of covid, we will take the appropriate measures necessary. Safety is always important. Please see our plan below in the case a closure is deemed necessary. Thank you, Kevin Sims Minco Superintendent 2021-2022 School Closure Procedures PK and Kindergarten: WORK PACKETS Reading: 30 Minutes per day Math: 30 Minutes per day Story Time daily Grades 1- 2: WORK PACKETS Reading: 30 Minutes per day Math: 30 Minutes per day Grades 3-5: Google Meets for the following schedule: Reading-30 Minutes per day Math- 30 Minutes per day Social studies- 30 Minutes per day Science- 30 minutes per day MIDDLE SCHOOL and HIGH SCHOOL Google Meets for the following schedule: 1st period 8:30AM-9:00AM 2nd period 9:10AM-9:40AM 3rd Period: 9:50AM-10:10AM 4th Period: 10:20AM-10:50AM 5th Period: 11:00AM-11:30AM 6th Period: 11:40AM-12:10 PM 7th Period: 12:15PM-12:45PM 5 Day closure: DAY 1 to 3- No school for students- Transition time DAY 4-5- Follow this schedule Additional Days Day 6-10 Follow this schedule If the closure were to persist, we would follow this same schedule during the entire closure. ALL TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE AT WORK FROM 8:00am TO 2:00PM DAILY CHILD NUTRITION Meals will be prepared daily at the school cafeteria. Bus Drivers will be required to drive routes once a day delivering meals. We will allow for pickup at the high school cafeteria