Month: October 2021

Phoenix and Ethan R.

Mr. Cruzan was born in 1960. Art has been a part of his life. He learned a lot about art from the artist Hal (H.E.) Salisbury, a well known Pastelist in the southeastern portion of our country. Cruzan pursued a degree in Commercial Art during his college years, a degree in Education came second. He became a teacher because a Superintendent and a School Board member came to him, asking him to teach art. Thus his 27 years as an educator began. He enjoys teaching. He also enjoys getting to know his students, watching them develop their artistic abilities.

Zack T. and Douglas S.

Every year there is a festival in Welch, Oklahoma called Harvest Days. Was a great hit. There was a lot of food, and people that were there. A bag of small kettle corn was $5, a medium bag was $7, and a large bag was $10 whole dollars. Every year there are different attractions. This year there were bounce houses and a dunk tank. There was also a hay pile that you could find money in. 

The people that go there either are there for fun or are there to sell things. Most people will make 50+ dollars, maybe more. It takes place on main street and lasts for a couple of days.

How many people were there that you know?  There were a lot.

How long were you there? 9am to 2 pm.

Besides food, what did you buy or see? I saw a dunk tank, some food trailers and two bounce houses.

What was the lowest price you saw when you were there? $1 for a cookie.

If you went with anyone then who’d you go with? My sisters and cousins. I also went with Kaylee Johnson and her siblings.

by Douglas S.

Welch Middle School I-Cap also made anti-bullying posters. That week they were learning about respect, and how to be nice to others. The posters were put up inside the Middle School hallway. There were about 8 posters in total. All about anti-bullying and respect.

Stick Up Against Bullying!!!

Left to right: Emily, Addison

The Little Engine That Couldn’t Bully

Left to right: Douglas, Leon

Reverse the Bullying

Left to Right: Ryder, Wyatt

Kick Bullying Out!

Left to Right: Grady, Trapper

Don’t bully the Little Foals

Left to right: Grace, Miranda

Be Like Linda and Heather, Be Friends!

Left to right: Gracie, Jaylee

BEE Kind, Don’t be a Bully

by Kade

by Hayden L., Addy S. and Kaitlyn W.

Mr. Ullrich lives in Welch, Oklahoma and he was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He went to college at OSU. He teaches agriculture and it’s his first year teaching. He is not married and he doesn’t have any kids. Mr. Ullrich tells his students “wear your safety glasses, I’m about to have to put the child lock on”. His dream vacation is to go on a national park road trip. Mr. Ullrich has been working hard with his students already this year and seems to be doing a very good job. Welcome to the Wildcat family Mr. Ullrich!

by Douglas S.

10/4/21 was Custodian Day at Welch, Oklahoma. A day to thank all of the Custodians at Welch Public Schools. We have this day to thank all of the custodians at the school that help out. We thank the bus drivers, the janitors, the assistant teachers, and the lunch ladies.

by Haden L. Addy S. Katy W.

Coach Gleaves has a lot of kids that like him. I like him. He is one of my favorite teachers. He has a lot of kids that enjoy what  he is assigned for work. I absolutely love Coach Gleaves. He is an awesome teacher and he teaches a lot of cool things.

 Hello. I am the social studies teacher in the middle school. I obtained my Associate’s Degree from NEO A&M in 2004 and then my Bachelor’s Degree from Pittsburgh State University in December 2006. I have spent all but one year of my teaching career at Welch. When I am not teaching, I coach football, power-lifting, and middle school boys basketball.

by Zack T.

On Saturday August 25 from 8 am to 12 held a window wash fundraiser 4 of the 5 cheerleaders showed up to help then several neighborhood kids came over to help. While the girls were very tired in the morning they worked very hard and cleaned somewhere around 10 vehicles. While there was no set price the girls raised $300 in donations. This money will go towards purchasing cold weather uniforms for the team. The girls especially raised enough money for nicer uniforms. One funny thing that happened was about an hour after the girls got dropped off one of the cheer parents returned with the truck they went mudding with. The girls had to clean chunks of wet mud off the windows. While they said it wasn’t funny they laughed the whole time. 

The BPA store has many items to buy, too many to count.

Buy the items to show your school spirit!

They also just released some tattoos! Only 25c for the cheapest one.

The BPA Store is available on Wednesday, home football games, and elementary basketball games.