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“I hate this, I don’t want to have to go thru this!” Don’t blame you for feeling that. But sometimes, maybe you need ‘this’. Maybe, it’s going to prepare you for something that is coming your way, years from now. Or just maybe, it is to shape you into becoming a better person. Truth is, your Creator knows you, and knows exactly what’s needed in your life.
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I reluctantly recognize it makes good business sense to play “Jingle Bell Rock” and rev up the holiday merchandising engine long before I’ve tasted Thankgiving turkey, but I refuse to sing carols or buy gifts until after Turkey Day.
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It’s fall, and we’re once again falling back into the dark ages. Not really, of course. It’s simply the end of the charade we’ve all played for the past eight months called Daylight Saving Time (DST). Every first Sunday in November, we all pretend that we get an extra hour of sleep, move whichever ancient non-resetting clocks we still own back one hour, and begrudgingly welcome the dinnertime darkness. While our internal circadian rhythms won’t change immediately, we’ll instantly alter our external daily schedules to align with the new norm. And everybody does it because, well, because it’s the law.
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Tupelo Public School is pleased to announce it has received a $5,000 Classroom Enhancement grant from the Carolyn Watson Rural OklahomaCommunity Foundation administered by the Oklahoma City Community Foundation. The grant will be used to assist in funding the Tigers Flying High, which will allow Tupelo High School to provide educational opportunities that will expand its students’ horizons. “We are so pleased to have received this grant and appreciate the support of the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation. We are excited to see where our STEM/Aviation & Drone classes go moving forward with the help of this grant.” says Mrs. Sarah Bills, Tupelo High School Principal.
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The absentee inperson voting period (early voting) for the November 8 General Election drew 350 voters to the Coal CountyElectionBoard office, according to statistics released by the Oklahoma State Election Board.
Read moreThree hundred sixty-two junior and senior GEAR UP students from 31 schools recently traveled to the Expo Center in McAlester, OK, to participate in an ACT workshop sponsored by Eastern Oklahoma State College’s GEAR UP program. The workshop was presented by Chad Cargill, Founder, and President of Cargill Consulting, Inc. As a high school student, Cargill discovered that many scholarships were based on ACT scores; therefore, he took the ACT a total of eighteen times, raising his score from 19 to 32. He developed his ACT prep workshop based on his understanding of what is on the test and how to take it. During the presentation, Cargill shared test-taking strategies such as Stop-Go punctuation, Letter of the Day, and the math Plug-in technique. He also encouraged students to study for the ACT as well as their regular classroom activities. Students received ACT study materials and links to Cargill’s podcast and online guides.
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