Due to a very large number number of staff and students attending Shelly McCutcheon’s Funeral, we have made the decision to cancel school on Monday, Sept 12th. Sorry for any inconvenience this might cause.
We took a lightning strike at 8 pm last night. We have been without power since. There are several outages being worked throughout the area. There has been no word as to when power will be restored. Unfortunately, THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL TODAY. Sorry for the late notice and the inconvenience.
There is a rumor of an active shooter at Varnum. This is not the case. Our students and staff are and have been absolutely safe all day. Please know that our students and staff's safety are our utmost priority every minute of everyday.
STATE TOURNAMENT INFO:::
**Varnum Vs Hammon 8:30pm Thursday at Mustang.
**Only Streaming will be on the NFHS Network.
**Online Tickets are available on the OKlahoma Fairgrounds website.
$10 online. OR
$13 cash at the gate.
**No noisemakers, signs, Fatheads.
Due to the forecast of freezing rain and the brutally frigid temperature/windchill, we will pivot to virtual learning on Wednesday Feb 23rd and Thursday Feb 24th. We are already scheduled for no school on Friday Feb 25th{no in-person or virtual). Please stay safe and warm. 🐾💚☃️🐾
Free COVID-19 testing is now available for students, staff and families who have symptoms or do not have symptoms. Call and visit with your child's school secretary for details. Testing can be performed Monday-Friday and on weekends if necessary. Tests performed are rapid COVID-19 Antigen tests that take 15 minutes to get results. Please call 405-382-1448 and press the number for your child's school to schedule your test.
After scheduling your test arrive at the area appointed by our staff member, stay in your car, and call to let us know you have arrived. Staff will come out to your vehicle for testing.
DISTRICT TOURNAMENT INFO (also, general playoff ticket info)
The OSSAA is strongly encouraging the online ticketing option for the Playoffs, even our District Tournament.
District Tournament Tickets are:
$10 at the gate
OR
$7 online through GoFan ($8.35 after fees).
Only OSSAA Playoff Passes are accepted.
**INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ONLINE TICKETING.
Go to "GoFan".
*In the location/school search, type in OSSAA OKlahoma.
*Scroll down until you see "District Tournament at VARNUM".
*Click on it. Select your tickets.
*Once purchased with Credit Card, do not click "Redeem", on your phone, until you are at the gate ready for entry.
They are on sale and available now.
The basketball games vs Meeker at the Whippet Gym begin at 6:30 PM. If you can't attend, catch the action on varnumwhippets.tv
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The Meeker game has been rescheduled for Tuesday night. This will be the schedule for the events of the night:
Homecoming pictures - 4:00 pm
Homecoming - 4:30 pm
Senior Night - 5:30 pm
Booster Club Silent Auction - 6:30 pm
Game - 6:30 pm
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Due to the threat of inclement weather and an unusually high number of Covid cases affecting students and staff, we will be going virtual on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Students will be bringing home work for those days tomorrow. Friendship pictures that were scheduled for Wednesday will be rescheduled. 3rd/4th BB game vs. Sasakwa and 5/6 BB game vs. Paden is cancelled.
Our Whippet Basketball Teams play in the Cashion Tourney today. Boys @ 3 PM followed by girls @ 4:15 PM. If you are unable to attend, you can catch all the action at varnumwhippets.tv. 🐾🏀💚🐾
Varnum PS: We will return to in-person learning on Tuesday, Jan 18th. Please do not send your children to school if they have any symptoms especially sore throat, fever or head ache. If your child is well and symptom free, we encourage you to send them. Although we are successful with virtual learning, we feel that most of our students have the best success coming to school (in-person). We will have our after-school program as well. Thank you for working with us as we maneuver through this pandemic. 🐾💚🐾
Varnum PS: Due to a fairly widespread outbreak of Covid-19 affecting students and staff, we are going to shut down this week. We will not go virtual. My hope was that we could make it through this school year without a complete shutdown, however, I do not believe we would have enough staff to operate this week. I know this creates difficulties for our families but safety is always my first concern. We will return to school Tuesday January 18th.
David Brewer
Superintendent
Reminder: 2nd Semester begins Tues Jan 4th. Empowering Whippets (our before & after-school program also returns Tues. Before-school @ 7am and after-school 3:30-5:30 PM. Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas Break. See you Tuesday! 🐾💚🐾
We have been made aware that there is a Tik Tok post being shared that refers to a threat to schools safety “for every school in the USA, even elementary” on Friday, December 17th. To ensure the safety of our students, we will have a police presence during the school day tomorrow.
While this event is only a rumor, we recognize that social media is a powerful tool. We take any threat, alleged or otherwise, as serious. We ask you, as a community, to be vigilant as well.
We will have a police presence and will be on high alert. All activities will go on as planned.
David Brewer
Superintendent
‼️ 2 0 2 1 Y E A R B O O K ‼️
Yearbooks are FINALLY here!
$35
See Ms. Terry for your 2021 yearbook. Get them before they are gone!🐾💚🐾
Santa and the Grinch will be at the Elf Shelf Holiday store tomorrow after school until 5:30 and student council will take pictures for free. 🐾💚🎅🏻🎄🐾
Varnum vs Oktaha at Whippet Gym at 630. If you can't make it go to varnumwhippets.tv
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Our Ladies and Men vs Roff tonight at 6:30 PM at Whippet Gym! If you can't make it catch the games at varnumwhippets.tv
Whippet Ladies and Men's Basketball vs Mason tonight Nov 9th @ 6:30 PM at Whippet Gym. We have our technical difficulties fixed with Whippet TV if you are unable to attend. https://varnumwhippets.tv/
Come on out and support our Whippets! 🐾🏀💚🐾