Norwood Public School

Norwood is off to a wonderful start with school back in full swing. We are very excited to begin another great year at Norwood Public School. Norwood School would like to give a special Thank You to Cherokee County Sheriff Jason Chennault and his deputies for being here August 4th to welcome our students back to campus. We would also like to say Thank You to the Northeastern Oklahoma Community Health Center in Hulbert for providing athletic physicals for our students.

Great opportunity for all of our Cherokee students to get some help with school clothing. The Cherokee Nation’s Respond, Recover and Rebuild $150 school clothing assistance application is now live on the Gadugi Portal here: https://gadugiportal.cherokee.org. To qualify, students must be enrolled Cherokee Nation citizens as of July 16, 2021. Students must be 5-18 years old during the application period, or must be enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grade or an equivalent school program. The program is open to every Cherokee student who meet this criteria, regardless of residency or income. Read more at https://anadisgoi.com/index.php/government-stories/631-cherokee-nation-offering-150-in-clothing-assistance-for-all-qualifying-cherokee-students-regardless-of-residency-or-income

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Norwood Athletics is excited to announce that we will be hosting a fundamentals camp open to all schools incoming grades 3rd- 8th. The days will be June 8 - June 10 and the times are 9 am - 11 am. The forms can be found on our website and Facebook pages also they can be picked up from the office. A copy of the form has been sent home with each in person student currently at Norwood.

Division 3 State Championships Overall 3rd Place Team

Brelynn Macomb with another State Championship in the Division 3 200M Dash Tieing the State Record with 25:34

Cooper Woodworth 5th place Division 3 Shot Put State Championships

Brelynn Macomb Division 3 100M Dash State Championship with a new State record of 12:33!!!!!

Division 3 State Championships Boys State Champion 4X100 Relay Team

Brelynn Macomb with 3rd place in the long jump at the Division 3 State Championships!

The Cherokee Nation Summer Nutrition Program is now accepting applications for the Summer EBT for Children program. The goal is to have cards out to family’s in early May, depending on the timeline of when the households apply online with data. Parents to apply, you will click on or copy and paste the following link in any browser. https://health.cherokee.org/public-health/women-infants-children/sebtc/ This federally funded program is available to anyone; you do not have to be American Indian to qualify. Qualifying families will receive approximately $30 of free food per child per month for May, June and July. Benefits are on an EBT card (works like a debit card) that allows you to purchase healthy food for the summer. Participation in this program will have no impact on other government assistance that you and your child receive. Information provided by you on the data spreadsheet or any records obtained for this program will be kept confidential as required by law and will be used only for this project. Once approved, Summer EBT cards will be mailed to the address provided along with a list of participating stores and a food card (shopping list) that will help you identify approved food items. Families with questions can call Cherokee Nation SEBTC at (539) 243-3265 or (800) 256-0671 ext. 5589 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday with questions. Thank you for working with Cherokee Nation WIC and partnering with us to reach out to our area families to supplement nutritious foods for the summer months. Wanted to inform school districts we were approved to extend the online application form through April 30th. All households that applied early and verified will receive EBT card packets in the mail first 2 weeks of May. Households applying April 15th through April 30th, will receive packets towards the end of May. Melissa Stayathome Special Assistant, Cherokee Nation WIC Summer Nutrition Electronic Benefits Project

Norwood is excited to announce that we applied for a 21st Century grant for our school. If we are funded, it will create many exciting opportunities for our students & our community.

Norwood School would like to say "Thank You" to County Commissioner Chris Jenkins & County Foreman Alan Vann for always being willing to help our school whenever needed.

March 2021 News

Norwood School will remain with virtual instruction Thursday, February 18th and Friday, February 19th due to adverse road conditions. We will return to traditional instruction Monday, February 22nd. Stay safe and warm. Thank you, Keith Fisher

Due to adverse road conditions and extremely low temperatures, Norwood School will remain with virtual instruction Tuesday and Wednesday. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please stay safe and warm. Thank you, Keith Fisher

Due to adverse road conditions and extremely low temperatures, Norwood School will remain with virtual instruction Monday Feb. 15. Stay safe and warm! Thank you Keith Fisher

Due to adverse road conditions, Norwood School will remain with virtual instruction only tomorrow and Friday. Google classrooms will be open as scheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience. Stay safe and stay warm! Thanks, Keith Fisher

Parents, Due to inclement weather, Norwood School will transition to virtual instruction "only" Wed, February 10th. Google classrooms will be open @ 8:00 A.M. with staff available until 3:00 P.M. for student questions. We apologize for any inconvenience. Stay Safe, Keith Fisher, Superintendent Norwood School

Norwood School will be conducting our virtual parent/teacher conferences on Friday, February 5th. There will be no classes, traditional or virtual on this day. Your child’s teacher will be contacting you Thursday evening or Friday with student’s progress or concerns. Friday, February 12th will be a normal school day for our students/staff. We were scheduled for a Professional Development Day on the 12th, but are postponing it at this time for more instructional time. Please remember, in the event we have inclement weather and are unable to safely attend school, we will transition to virtual. We will always make an announcement. Our 8th grade students are selling Blue & Gold Sausage until Thursday, Feb. 11th. All money is due at time of order. Also, we still have some popcorn from Popcornopolis left, if you would like to purchase some please contact the office @ 918-478-3092. Thank you, Keith Fisher