Our latest group of students to earn their AR shirts before Christmas break are pictures above. These students had to reach or exceed forty (2nd grade) and fifty (3rd grade) accelerated reader points to earn this milestone. Congratulations ! READ MORE >
These first grade students reached 30 or more accelerated reader points to earn their AR T-shirt this semester. Congratulations ! READ MORE >
One second grader and seven Third graders earned their AR shirts before Christmas break. These had to reach 40 and 50 points respective in order to achieve this milestone. Congratulations ! READ MORE >
Here is our second group of First graders to earn their Accelerated Reader T-shirts this semester. First graders must reach 30 AR points in order to achieve this milestone. Congratulations ! READ MORE >
Freshmen students from the Jr High had the opportunity to experience Challenge Day on Wednesday, Dec. 18. The overall goals of Challenge Day are to increase personal power and self-esteem, to shift negative peer pressure to positive peer support and to teach students that teasing, violence and all forms of oppression are unacceptable. Students participated in... READ MORE >
Roland FFA team placed second at the Northeast Area Wildlife Management Career Development Event held Thursday, Dec 12, at Muldrow. JH student Wyatt Harvell placed first in wildlife management. Congratulations to these boys and to Mr. Lockwood. Pictured from left to right: Jana Green, NSU graduate student, Wyatt Harvell, Dakota Bush, Drake Davis and Warren Bobbitt. READ MORE >
In October, students from Mrs. Benefield’s AP English class entered the VFW Voice of Democracy contest where they wrote and recorded an essay to the theme of “What Makes America Great”. Seniors Lana Edwards and Makayla Whittenburg were chosen as local winners to advance to the district level. Makayla ended up taking 1st place in the district and will now advance to... READ MORE >
The Roland High School entrepreneurship class, along with our National Honor Society and Student Council visited the nursing home in Roland to deliver Christmas presents and to sing Carols for our community seniors this past Monday, December 9th. Earlier this month, the students gathered and decided as a community project that they would love to collect and make... READ MORE >
Mrs. Colwell found out that the items she had requested to be funded through Donorchoose.org had been completely funded on Tuesday, Dec 3. She teaches 8th grade English, reading and 7th grade home economics classes at the Jr. High. The items she will soon be receiving are: a classroom set of fiction novels, a Hue HD portable USB camera and Magpro pendant necklace... READ MORE >
Members of the Jr High and High School student councils, honor clubs and their sponsors traveled to the Fort Smith Convention Center on Wednesday, Dec 4, to help prepare the Christmas wreaths that will decorate the Fort Smith National Cemetery. They joined several other schools who donated their time and efforts to this worthy cause. We are very proud of all of our... READ MORE >
Sixth graders traveled to Tulsa in early November to Junior Achievement’s BizTown. Students experienced a day-long visit to a simulated town. They learned about entrepreneurship and financial literacy through a hands on experience. Thanks to all the volunteers! READ MORE >
During the last week of October, as part of Roland Lower Elementary's Acts of Kindness, students donated spare change. By choosing to donate to the local animal pound, students knew their money could help provide blankets and food for animals during these cold winter months. Pictured above is Ms. Sara Poindexter's PK3 class presenting our Roland Animal Control... READ MORE >
On Saturday, November 16, The Big Boy Steam Engine wasn’t the only thing rolling into town in Roland, Oklahoma. It was the official start to the VEX Robotics season. Roland Schools hosted the first official tournament of the year, which qualified four teams for slots in the state tournament in the spring. Teams from all over the state came to compete and try to... READ MORE >