Vici Public Schools - Home of the Indians

Here’s what is happening in Indian Territory for March 24th - 29th! Spring activities are really picking up! #viciproud

Parents- 3rd through 8th grade state assessments will be given in April. Please take a look at the dates classes plan to test to help ensure students are present ON EVERY day his or her class tests. This helps us tremendously to not have to schedule make-up tests. If you have dentist/doctor appointments scheduled for any of the dates your child is schedule to test, please reschedule them, if possible. If your child is present for all of his or her test sessions, he or she will earn ice cream! Thank you for being flexible and helpful as we plan for test season!

For the past three years, Vici students have been fortunate to be under the guidance and direction of Mr. Galen McCune. Now, Mr. McCune has let us know that his duties as Grandpa are calling! We are thankful for his dedication and influence on our students, and we appreciate the time he has devoted to molding our young people. Thank you being a caring educator, Mr. McCune! Now, Vici Schools will be hiring an Ag Ed Instructor for the 2025-2026 school year. Please send résumé and certificate to Superintendent Coby Nelson at cnelson@vicischools.k12.ok.us before April 4th, 2025.

Multiple Vici students were named winners in the OKCTE (Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English) Young Writers Contest. The following students won: Jessa Johnson- Descriptive Paragraph Kruz Gamble- Personal Narrative Miah Moore- Personal Narrative Raquel Todd- Poem Kimberly Hathaway-Short Story The Oklahoma Council of Teachers of English (OKCTE) amplifies and celebrates the work of grades 6-12 writers and the teachers who support them. OKCTE publishes two Oklahoma student anthologies – one for writers in grades 6-8 and one for writers in grades 9-12 – to encourage writers to consider more closely their intended audience. We hope the anthologies will be powerful mentor texts in classrooms across Oklahoma." "With over 300 entries, this is quite an accomplishment, and we thank you for sharing your student’s writing/art with us! Winning students, their teachers, and up to two guests are invited, free of charge, to join other published writers and artists to be recognized and to share a one-minute excerpt of their piece or an artist statement of their artwork. " Congratulations Vici students! We are proud of you! #viciproud

Oklahoma’s electric cooperatives were proud to host the 2025 Leadership Summit this week at Oklahoma Youth Expo. More than 30 student leaders representing electric cooperatives across the state participated in the leadership development program, facilitated by Kelly Barnes and Bill Cordes. Students earned a $500 scholarship provided by their sponsoring cooperative. We’re proud to empower the next generation of leaders! Senior Treyson Robertson was selected to represent Northwestern Electric Cooperative at the Leadership Summit and received a $500 scholarship. Congratulations Treyson! We are proud of you! #viciproud

Raquel Todd has won first place in the statewide Oklahoma Bar Association Law Day Contest for tenth grade writing. This is a wonderful accomplishment! Raquel, and all first-place winners will be recognized at a ceremony on Wednesday, April 2, in the Supreme Court Courtroom at the state Capitol.. Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice Dustin P. Rowe, the highest-ranking legal official in Oklahoma, will present the awards and be photographed with each winner. All the winning entries will also be published on the Oklahoma Bar Association website at www.okbar.org/lawday/contest by the end of the week. Congratulations Raquel! We are so proud of you!

SCHOOL FAMILIES! Our local volunteer fire fighters need some support! If any of our parents and students would like to send or bring items to school tomorrow, we will be glad to deliver them to Leedey! Items in need are listed in the photo from the Facebook page for Western Oklahoma Fire Coverage. Please help our local heroes if you can! We greatly appreciate our Firefighters and first responders! #viciproud *Please bring items to the elementary lobby.

Today's JH softball game at Shattuck has been cancelled.

Today's HS baseball game at Leedey has been cancelled.

Garrett had a fantastic day at the Junior High State Powerlifting Meet. He was the lightest lifter in the 145 pound weight class, weighing in at 135 pounds. He set a new personal record (two times!) on his squat, a new personal record on his bench, and a new personal record (two times!) on his deadlift. Last week at regionals, his total weight lifted between the three lifts was 615 pounds, and today at the state meet he totaled 665 pounds. It speaks to his hard work and dedication in the weight room that he was able to qualify for state in his first year of powerlifting. The future is bright for Garrett and the rest of the powerlifting team. Great job, Garrett! We are proud of you! #viciproud

Red Ribbon Art & Essay Contest Winners Announced by OSHOF The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame will honor 13 elementary, middle and high school students throughout Oklahoma this year for their Red Ribbon Week Art and Essay Contest winning submissions based on the 2024 Red Ribbon Week theme “Life is a Movie. Film Drug Free.” These recipients, consisting of Oklahoma public and private schoolchildren, ages 7-18, will receive honoree medals, commendations from Governor Kevin Stitt and a poster board of their winning submission. It is with great pleasure that we are able to recognize their talent and achievement! We are extremely proud of our 2024 honorees and their pledge to live a drug, alcohol, tobacco and vape-free life, as well as the over 3,035 additional students statewide that pledged to live drug-free! 2024 Red Ribbon Week Art & Essay Contest Celebration Honorees include TWO WRITERS OF THE YEAR from Vici: Rythem Boswell and Landon Coleman! Due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict, the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame is unable to host this year’s Red Ribbon Art & Essay Contest Celebration. We truly appreciate our committed partners like the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Department and Sheriff Tommie Johnson III, as well as Gimme Sugar OKC for their continued support in being involved with this annual awards ceremony. It saddens us that we are unable to honor our Artists and Writers of the Year in person; however, we look forward to delivering medals of achievement, commendations and poster submissions to the winning students at their respective schools. Congratulations Rythem & Landon! We are so proud of you! #viciproud

Good Luck to 8th grade student Garrett Halderman as he competes at the State JH Powerlifting Meet today! Go Garrett! We are proud of you! #viciproud

We've sprung forward and spring sports and activities are in full action! Here is what is happening in Indian Territory for March 10th-15th.

Eleven Vici scientists traveled to the campus of Oklahoma State University to present their research and projects at the 2025 Oklahoma Science and Engineering Fair. Three students placed today in these categories: David Randall and Garrett Halderman placed in 3rd place in JH Physics and Astronomy! Finley Harrel placed in 1st place in JH Plant Science, received a nomination to Middle School Nationals, and received a Scholarship for $2500 to the college of his choice! Congratulations to all of these students who participated and represented our school! We are so proud of you! #viciproud

Vici Elementary teachers and students celebrated Read Across America week and kicked off 🏀📚MARCH BOOK MADNESS!📚🏀We are reading 16 of the teachers and staffs' favorite books over the next 4 weeks and voting on our favorites! The first 2 books to advance to the Elite 8 are The Cat in the Hat and Pout-Pout Fish! Everyone at school is enthusiastic about reading, and Coach L planned some unique PE lessons that incorporated a book and movement! Also, a few VES classrooms had some guest readers from the Indians Baseball team and the Lady Indians Softball team (and Vici Alumna, Kloe Nelson). We love it when the big kids come read to us, and we will have more to share about collaborating with big kids throughout the month. Thank you, Spencer, Kason, Maddox, Kaydence, Zoey, Hannah, and Mia for reading to classes today! March is National Reading Month....and we encourage parents and families to read together! Happy Reading! *More photos in the comments #viciproud

The HS Regional Powerlifting Meet was held today and Vici had 3 men who competed in the competition. Ethan Thompson was in the 169 pound weight class- there were 35 lifters in his weight class. He tied for 5th place on the bench press (a new personal record) and set a new personal record on his squat and deadlift. Ethan placed 15th overall. Blayne Boswell was in the 242 pound weight class and there were 25 lifters in his weight class. Today he set a new personal record on his squat and deadlift. Zachary Wright-Clayburn was in the 132 pound weight class. There were 23 lifters in his weight class. He set new personal records on his squat and deadlift. Great job, Vici powerlifters! We are excited to have this additional program at VPS, and we are proud of you! #viciproud

On behalf of BPA, FCCLA, & FFA, we would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to our recent food and hygiene drive. Your generosity and support have made a tremendous impact, and we are truly grateful. Together, we’ve made a difference in the lives of our own community members and students, and we couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you for your continued support in not only our programs but the entire community. This food has been divided up to the Local Food Pantry that is open every Wednesday, the Blessing Box at the Methodist Church, & our JH/HS school pantry.

The Vici Community Blood Drive is going on until 6 pm! Students can donate and earn points toward their Graduation Honor Cord.

Three of our JH powerlifters had a great day today at the regional meet in Enid- all three boys competed in the 145 pound weight class. Finley Harrel, who has shown a lot of growth, placed in 8th place today. David Randall placed 5th in squat and 4th in deadlift to earn him 5th place in the class. Garret Halderman placed 4th in squat and second in bench, which put him finishing as 4th in the weight class. Both David and Garrett received medals for their placings, and Garrett Halderman has qualified for the STATE JH Powerlifting meet next week! Great job, young men! We are so proud of you! #viciproud

Finley Harrel, Vici 8th grade student, has qualified for the 2025 Scripps Final Regional Spelling Bee on March 8th! The bee will be held at OCCC and will begin at 10:00 am. The winner will advance to the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.! Finley is Vici's first participant in the Final Regional Bee in over 15 years! Good luck, Finley! We are so proud of you! #viciproud