Piper Daniel placed 1st in FCCLA’s district STAR events in Repurpose and Redesign. She advances to the regional competition in February. Way to go Piper!
11/25/2024
During the 12th-14th of November, 2024, tribal-citizen students and guests of the Latta
FFA Chapter participated in a Tribal Meat Inspection Bootcamp, made possible by the Tribal Agriculture Fellowship (TAF). The participants were immersed in learning opportunities related to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the American Meat Science Association (AMSA), and more.
The entirety of the bootcamp was an exploratory opportunity for participants to enrich
their knowledge of meat inspection, regulations surrounding food safety, and learn more about jobs available in the USDA realm. Presentations on these topics were provided by Sharon Beale of the AMSA and Women’s Meat Industry Network, Robert Maddock of the AMSA, and Jasmine Locklear of TAF. Bringing insight from years in the food safety industry, these individuals were able to impart incredible knowledge on the workshop. Participants were also given the opportunity to tour both state and federally inspected local meat processing facilities.
On Thursday, November 14th, the Tribal Meat Inspection Bootcamp brought in a featured
guest, Dr. Hany Sidrek. Dr. Sidrek was appointed the Deputy Assistant Director for the
USDA-FSIS Office of Field Operations in May 2018. He is committed to ensuring the FSIS’
Strategic Goals- 1: Prevent Foodborne Illness and Protect Public Health; 2: Transform Inspection Strategies, Policies and Scientific Approaches to Improve Public Health; 3: Achieve Operational Excellence- are successfully implemented. Dr. Sidrek spoke to workshop participants about his role within USDA-FSIS, the impact of his department, and opportunities within food safety in the United States.
The conclusion of the Tribal Food Inspectors Bootcamp consisted of a traditional meal
celebrating the heritage of Plains tribes, and a discussion about opportunities available to tribal youth involved in agriculture with Jeff Caskey of the Intertribal Agriculture Council.
Beau Griffin and Jake LaMack of Latta FFA competed at the Poteau Welder's Rodeo recently. They took a written test and a tool ID before firing up their welding rig and building a gate to preset specifications. They finished in the top 15.
It’s time for the annual Latta Special Olympic Fundraiser!!
Tutoring will end tomorrow at 3:30, and there will be no tutoring on Thursday. Mrs. Hisaw will do tutoring the week after Thanksgiving Break. She is located in the 5th grade building.
Fundraiser Items need to be picked up on Thursday, November 21st
Middle School Music Room from 12:00 to 5:30
Middle School/HS student council food drive gathered enough food to feed 50 local families for Thanksgiving! 🤩🎉Way to go, Panthers!
DECA Power Trip! Jacoby Impson and Kaiden Harjo represented Oklahoma. They have been to Beal Street, BB Kings, Presley Home, Knoxville , Smokey Mtn tour, by Dollyville, Toured Bush Bean Factory and General Store, Toured the Vanderbilt Biltmore Grounds and Mansion, DECA Leadership Convention, Blue Mountain Pizza,Billy Graham Museum, DECA at spectrum Center, DECA Night at NASCAR Hall of Fame. Joined the DECA miracle minute raising over 15,000 dollars in Helena Relief and adopting a pediatric cancer project.
Our Algebra 1 classes had fun with Barbie Bungee while calculating a line of best fit. They dropped Barbie each time they added a rubber band, measured her distance bungeed, then used their data and graphing calculator to determine a linear regression equation to fit their data. They used their regression line to determine number of rubber bands needed to give Barbie a most thrilling bungee from the lobby of our new gym. This was a great way to wrap up Unit 4 on Linear Equations. Thanks to all students who worked so hard on this project.
Thanks to all the students and faculty who came out and supported our Latta NHS in an effort to raise money for the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. We raised $212 and had a great time playing volleyball. Our winners were the Pink Panthers!
Congratulations to Latta 7th grader, Jaycee Oldenburg, on exhibiting the 3rd overall Champion Dorper Wether Lamb in Louisville, Kentucky at the North American International Livestock Exposition. We're proud of you, Jaycee!
Congratulations to our HS Academic Team! They came in third place at the Regional Tournament on Saturday and will compete in the Area Tournament in January!
Congrats to the 8th Grade Lady Panthers for winning the championship in the Stonewall Tournament!
For the past month the entire 4th grade has been working on a book of kindness and had it published. For kindness week they were able to go into classrooms and share their book with other Latta elementary students. We are so proud of their hard work!
Friday, Ms. Bruner’s Zoology class had fun with fungi and dissected mushrooms! Students were amazed at how intricate a fungus could be while using dissecting scopes! Also, thank you to the Biotechnology Department at the Pontotoc Technology Center for letting us use some of their dissecting scopes this year!
Congratulations to Beau Griffin and Jocelyn James. They recently competed in the Southeast Area AFR Speech Contest. They each won first in their division and will now compete at State in Stillwater on December 7. Way to represent Latta FFA!
Latta Middle School FCA got to pass out FCA “The Four” bracelets today. Bo Walbrick with FCA got to talk about what each of the 4 symbols mean.
Over 100 seventh and eighth graders showed up and got to hear a great message from Coach C about temptation!🖤💛🤍
Latta DECA presented their business pitches at the ECU Tiger Tank today. Great job students.
On October 28th, this shooting sports team traveled to Connors State College for the first time for the Southranch Shootout and competed in trap and skeet. Results were posted yesterday, and Brody McElhannon was Individual Male Champion with his combined score. The wind was outrageous, which made for some tough targets. Way to go, Panthers!!!
Let's go P A N T H E R S!!
