Okeene Junior-Senior High school is a public school serving students in grades 7 through 12 in Okeene, Oklahoma

Okeene, Oklahoma

Okeene is a town in Blaine County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,240 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Okeene is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

. It has currently enrolled under 200 students(counting grade school as well)

History

The first school in Okeene was established in 1901. A high school program was added in the 1920s, making Okeene the first town in Blaine County

Blaine County, Oklahoma

Blaine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of 2000, the population is 11,976. Its county seat is Watonga. Blaine County is the birthplace of voice actor Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck....

 with a high school.

Extracurricular activities

Student groups and organizations at Okeene include band, FCCLA

Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America , formerly known as Future Homemakers of America , is a nonprofit U.S. career and technical student organization for young men and women in family and consumer science education in public and private schools through grade 12 across the United States...

, Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...

, FFA

National FFA Organization

The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...

, National Honor Society

National Honor Society

The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...

, science club, speech, Academic Bowl, student council and Technology Student Association

Technology Student Association

The Technology Student Association is an international Career and Technical Student Organization made up of over 150,000 Middle School and High School Technology Education Students. TSA is the premier CTSO dedicated to STEM Standards: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics...

.

Athletics

The Okeene Whippets compete in Class A of Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association

Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association

The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association , is an organization which organizes secondary school activities at the state level, such as sports, speech tournaments, and music competitions. Derald Glover is its president. The OSSAA is a member of the National Federation of State High School...

 sports, currently fielding teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, softball, and track.

State championship titles held by the Whippets include:

• Boys' basketball: 2006
• Football: 1981 (Class B), 2006, 2007
• Girls' track: 2003, 2004, 2005

Notable alumni

• Jake Lindsay (class of 1937), businessman; namesake of an endowed scholarship and two chairs at Northwestern Oklahoma State University
  Northwestern Oklahoma State University
  Northwestern Oklahoma State University, also known as NWOSU, is a university in Alva, Oklahoma, United States, with satellite campuses in Enid and Woodward. A state university, it offers both bachelor's and master's degrees.-Establishment:...
  
  
• Donald Dumler (class of 1957), principal organist at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
  St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York
  The Cathedral of St. Patrick is a decorated Neo-Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral church in the United States...