✨Gore LE Employee Spotlight !✨

📣 Congratulations to our Middle and High School Students of the Month for January as voted by the staff!

Check out our Facebook for more information on the Cherokee Nation Career Exploration Program.

📚 Reminder: All middle and high school students who earn 100+ A.R. points by March 2nd will go on an all-expense paid field trip to The Main Event in Tulsa. . . Keep reading!

Our middle school spelling bee will take place March 25th at 10:30AM. All middle school students who are interested in participating need to sign up in the middle school office by March 6th.

SENIORS: There are currently two local scholarships available.
One is the Evertson Scholarship in memory of Ms. Evertson, a graduate and long-time educator at Gore Schools. Interested seniors must turn in an autobiography, details about your future education plans, and how the scholarship will benefit you in post secondary education. This $2,000 scholarship is available to Gore seniors only, so this is a GREAT opportunity. These must be emailed to Mrs. McFarland by March 13th.
The other is the Wayne and Phyllis Sloan Agricultural Scholarship, which was established in 2025 to honor a graduating senior from Gore High School that best exemplifies the value of the Sloan family farming operation. This scholarship honors the memory of Wayne Sloan and wife Phyllis of 67 years. Things that exemplify the Sloan values are work ethic, loyalty, integrity, honesty, and the love for agriculture. Please complete an essay in 300 words or less describing yourself, your accomplishments, goals for the future, your volunteer experiences, and tell us how agriculture has impacted your life. This $1000.00 scholarship can be used to further education in a field of your choice.
Please access your school email account, which details all requirements for these scholarships or see Mrs. McFarland in the counselor's office.

💖Valentine's Day Friendly Reminder!💖
🚫No glass or balloons on the bus!🚫

💪Our boys and girls HS powerlifting team competed in Chandler today and brought home some hardware in the small school division.
Devon Mannon 1st place in 168 class
Marcus Scott 3rd place in 220 class
Mylee Bruce 3rd place in 143 class
Ameila White 3rd place in 123 class
Maddison Douglass 4th place in 168 class
Congratulations to our Pirates and Lady Pirates!!


💚Our Very Own Little Cherokee Ambassador!💚

🎉 Cherokee Heritage Day at Gore Lower Elementary!
On Tuesday, our students had an amazing time celebrating Cherokee Heritage Day! A big thank you to Marsha Cordray and the Cherokee Nation for teaching our students traditional Cherokee games like stickball, ring toss, blow darts, and the game of graces.
Students learned that blow darts are made from Scottish thistle, the game of graces was adopted from France and played by ladies at the seminary for exercise, and ring toss became popular during the Great Depression when families had very little money for games.
After a fun morning of learning and playing, students enjoyed delicious grape dumplings — a traditional Cherokee dish often served at family gatherings. Thank you to Ms. Nancy, Ms. Ashley, and Ms. Kayla for preparing this special treat!
It was a wonderful day of culture, history, and hands-on learning. Wado to everyone who helped make this day so special! 💛










Huge congrats to Jaydan Gates, the 2026 Oklahoma JH All State runner up at 160lbs! He battled some of the best 8th and 9th graders from all classes across the state, picking up big wins over Tuttle, Jenks, El Reno, Weatherford, and Piedmont.

Last night we recognized our senior wrestlers before their duel against Heavener. Shout out to these guys! We also want to take a moment to recognize the rowdy crowd who came out in full force to support them. (So awesome!) If you have not seen the work these boys put into their season, you're missing out. Our wrestling program is going places!


💚🖤GORE HIGH SCHOOL CHEER TRYOUTS🖤💚
Sign-ups are now posted
on the bulletin board by the library
Open to: 8th–11th graders
Questions?
See Mrs. Lewis
☠️ Show your spirit.
📣 Join the squad.
💚 Be a Pirate cheerleader! 🖤

Congratulations to junior Audrey Smith! She entered Cookson Hills' Youth Writing Contest and won $100! In her writing, she had to reflect on her leadership skills both at school and at home. We're so proud of Audrey and her leadership at Gore!

🏋️♂️ JH Powerlifting in Chandler 🏋️♂️
Each of these young men stepped up, competed hard, and showed great effort on the platform. Good job boys! 🏴☠️



Come out and support the Gore HS Student Council and watch a softball game. This will be a very entertaining event.
Gore Staff vs. Senior Class
Gore Staff vs. Senior Class

☠️🎓🔥 SENIOR NIGHT! 🔥🎓☠️
Gore Wrestling
Join us as we honor our senior wrestlers!
📍 Gore Event Center
🕠 Senior Night Ceremony: 5:30 PM
🤼 Matches Begin: 6:00 PM
Come support your Pirates and celebrate our seniors one last time on the home mat!
Go Pirates! 🏴☠️

🐄This past week we had an amazing time at the Sequoyah County Jr. Livestock Show! We had three students who made sale and one student who received a scholarship! Let's give these students a round of applause for all their hard work this year!
Paisley Oxtoby- 3rd Overall Heifer
Ransom Richardson- 9th Overall Heifer
Luke Wisdom- 12th Overall Market Goat
Gracie Bruce- received 1 our of 3 Scholarships
Alex Perry- Showed her market sheep
Bryce Ford- Showed her doe goat





💖Valentine's Day is this Friday! Here are a few reminders for our parents and students.💖

🥧⚾️Baseball Pie Supper/Auction, Feb. 26th @ 6:30⚾️🥧

