The Crook County Cowboy’s Wrestling team left today for the Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) State Championship being held in Portland at the Memorial Coliseum. The Cowboys wrestle Friday and Saturday.   There will be coverage of the event posted to the OSAA website. We wish them the best of luck!!!

The dissecting of dogfish sharks took place in Mrs. Mumm’s science class this week. Crook County High School students practiced basic dissection techniques, conducted a survey of the major systems of the shark, and related their study of the shark to the structure and function of vertebrates. The dogfish shark helps provide some insight into vertebrate evolution and classification.

Crook County High School students in Mr. Mumm’s science class studied the relationship between different types of energy. The students formed teams and created a ‘roller coaster’ using styrofoam, tape, cardboard, and marbles to learn about velocity. In addition to creating their roller coaster, students had to draw a picture of it and include the height/length. In the end, students had to show calculations used to get their final velocity of the marble.

Here are students working on the Balsa model of the storage shed they will be building.

Crook County High School Agriculture Teacher and FFA Advisor, Dan McNary, had the opportunity to take a small group of Freshmen to the Central Oregon District FFA Ag Sales Career Development Event (contest) on November 7. The group of four members – Bailey Everest, Abby McNary, Mason Calhoun, and Marli McClellan – each took a test of 50 questions that dealt with all aspects of agricultural sales and marketing. Each member then attempted to sell a product of their choosing to a customer while being evaluated on their sales skills by a panel of judges. Dan and the students worked hard to prepare for this event. Their hard work and efforts paid off for them as they won the contest, besting the other five beginning teams from their FFA district handily.

In addition to the competitive success that this group had, they also assisted in delivering 677 pounds of non-perishable food to the First Baptist Church Food Pantry that the chapter had raised in the month of October with the help of Les Schwab, Wilco, the Prineville Band of Brothers, and our generous community. This was in addition to the 6,000 lbs. of potatoes that the chapter helped our FFA Alumni grow, harvest and donate to the Holiday Partnership to support families in need this holiday season. Congratulations and thank you to Bailey, Abby, Mason, and Marli.

The CCHS Girls & Boys Basketball teams are holding their Basketball Extravaganza this Saturday, December 1^st from 5:00 p.m. -8:15 p.m.  There will be a spaghetti feed starting at 5:00 p.m. with 4^th-8^th grade Spurs and Junior Cowboys playing 7 minute games at 5:30 p.m. followed by CCHS Alumni playing (Any CCHS alumni who would like to play come down on Saturday evening and join the fun).  There will be silent auction items, fun games for all to participate in and a chance to meet the 2018-19 girls and boys basketball teams.  The cost is $5.00 for an individual or $20.00 for a family.   You can purchase a ticket from any CCHS player or get one at the door.   Come on down to CCHS Saturday, December 1^st and enjoy an evening out with dinner, basketball, and a silent auction supporting CCHS basketball programs.

CCHS students were exploring color theory in their Art 2 class. The assignment was to create a cohesive composition using at least six different color schemes. Students were given a specific assignment and were allowed to explore different options applicable to the project.