Meet Tabatha Hyde, a special education paraprofessional at Yale High School for the past four years. Ms. Tabatha assists Ms. Keeley with meeting the needs of some of our most precious students. She is originally from Davenport, OK and has two daughters, Kaylee who is 14 attends 8th grade at YJH and Lealanie who is 6 is in the 1st grade at YES. They have two dogs, Theo and Sebastion, and a bunny named Rosie.
LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL
Ms. Tabatha and her girls spend their summers camping at the lake and spending time with the family. However, one day she dreams of taking her daughters to Disney World.
ABOUT SCHOOL LIFE
A “good day” at school to Ms. Tabatha is “when your students come to school happy to be here.” When asked about her favorite dish in the cafeteria, she responded, “I would have to say the baked potatoes. They are so good.”
ABOUT THE STUDENTS
Ms. Tabatha enjoys watching our Yale Bulldog football team, as well as our Yale Lady Bulldog volleyball team. Her oldest daughter, Kaylee, currently plays on our YJH volleyball. The wisdom Ms. Tabatha wishes to pass on to our students is that no matter where life takes you, remember where you came from.
JUST FOR KICKS
If she could have grown up in any decade, Ms. Tabatha would definitely choose the 80s because she loves the big hair! Her favorite quote that she lives her life by is “we are all different and that’s beautiful!”
Mrs. Neuway and Mrs. Thurman’s asked our community to support their class each month so that every student would receive a book. This month Keeley Moore’s donation gifted every student “If you Give a Mouse Brownie.” Thank you!
Ms. Jordan's English 2 class studying persuasion and argument.
Yale FFA members Kascen Humble and Katelynn Williams at the 2019 Payne County Fair
Meet Cherie Carter! Mrs. Carter is in her 18th year of teaching, with the past 5 years at Yale Public Schools. She is the instructor for Biology I, Biology II, Geology, Environmental Science and Equine Science and partners with Ms. Keeley as a Senior Class sponsor. Though she is originally from Yelm Washington, she attended Oklahoma State University where she earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree.
When asked about her family, she told us, “My husband and I have four children between us - all of which are grown and live in other states. Two of the kids are engineers, one is finishing her degree to teach elementary and the other works at a museum. My husband retired in September, after 36 years as a Professor of Agronomy at OSU. He had to learn the proper way to do laundry!!!”
LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL
During summer break, Mrs. Carter enjoys traveling with her husband to compete in barrel racing her horses and visiting the grandchildren (and their parents). If that was not enough to keep them busy, they also raise commercial cattle and currently have approximately 90 head.
If she won the lottery, Mrs. Carter claims she would train horses on a full-time basis and write short stories. Her spirit animal is a horse and she shows off her YHS school spirit by attending as many school events as her schedule will allow.
ABOUT SCHOOL LIFE
Mrs. Carter believes positivity from everyone makes for a “good day” at school and she is inspired by the young people she works with each day. “The best thing about being a teacher is when the students “get it,” and you can see the light bulb come on!” stated Mrs. Carter. The wisdom she wishes to share with her students is “be honest and productive. Hate takes up too much energy!”
School picture day is Monday, September 9. Order forms are being sent home with students this week, or you can order now at mylifetouch.com
August Hoeltzel Sr. Wether Showmanship
August Hoeltzel Payne County Fair Division 3 Reserve Champion Market Wether
Yale FFA member Payton Glasby at the Payne County Fair.
FLEX is a time to strengthen skills. JH English students used vocabulary stations today to build their understanding of Greek and Latin roots.
Yale Elementary's PAWS-itivity Awards were handed out this morning! We are so proud to see so many students showing positive behavior in our school.
Mrs. Carter's high school Biology 2 students visited the Museum of Osteology this week.
Take me out to the ballgame!!! HS Baseball is selling tickets for the September 2, 2019 baseball game at the Bricktown ball park. Tickets are $5.00 and you will receive a voucher for an OKC Dodgers hat and be entered into a drawing to win OKC Dodgers merchandise. Please contact a HS baseball player or Mr. Baker at 918-387-2434. Please support the Bulldog baseball program.
JH/HS: to stay out of the rain this morning, JH students may wait in the old gym lobby until 7:45, and HS students may wait in the cafeteria until 7:50.
German 2 students made beautiful Schultüten (school cones, filled with candy and school supplies) for our German 1 students to celebrate the beginning of the school year.
Mrs. Thurman was nominated and won a Stock the Classroom giveaway from P&K Equipment! Her second grade class won a classroom full of supplies. It was delivered this morning and Mrs. Thurman's class was so excited to go through all three tubs! Thank you, P&K Equipment, we appreciate your generosity.
We are excited for our partnership with Oklahoma State University and to have Introductory Psychology taught by Kaylie Bechtel right here on our campus. There are 20 juniors and seniors enrolled in this free college class and they will be earning 3 credit hours this semester. Senior Coby Prather said he is looking forward to the class because "it is not a basic class you usually take in high school." Another senior, Gage Tillison, told us he is taking this class because "it's free, a new experience, and fills in my 7th hour gap." Plans are already in motion to provide additional college classes next semester.
Yale Elementary's first student-led Rise and Shine was performed by Mr. Villar's 5th grade class. Yale Public Schools has a new district wide initiative called PAWS (Polite, Aware, Wise, Safe.) PAWS-itivity Awards were handed out to students who were noticed for leading by example!
Hey Parents,Regarding lunch accounts: If you haven’t returned your student’s Free and Reduced lunch application, please get those in to me as soon as you! If you need one you can complete online at www.yale.k12.ok.us, OR you can pick one up at any school office.
This is also a reminder that you can pay your child(ren)’s meal account at myschoolbucks.com or you can come see me at the High School!
Yale Football is selling spiritwear on Fanshop: https://fancloth.shop/CJMAZ See Coach Ray with any questions.
