CALUMET PUBLIC SCHOOLS

🎄 Elf on the Shelf... Principal on the Roof?
Mr. Major and Mrs. Renbarger welcomed students with some rooftop holiday cheer on the last day before break. (Rumor has it a Mr. Voss elf was even seen on the roof by several students as well.)

Merry Christmas and enjoy Christmas Break!

6th grade completed Christmas Around the World in our classroom 🌎 🗺️ This was a completely student-led project and they were very creative with their research and brought yummy treats for us to try. We traveled to Fiji, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Japan, and South Africa.

A huge congratulations to Kingston Arnold for reaching the 1,000 career point milestone during last week’s Canton Tournament! 🏀

🎉 Congratulations to our IXL Leaderboard Champions! 🎉 Our elementary students recently took on an IXL challenge to see who could master the most skills—and they did an amazing job! 🏅 Elementary Skills Masters 🥇 Tris Bowers – 56 skills mastered 🥈 Brooks Taylor – 49 skills mastered 🥉 Judd Nix – 44 skills mastered Our 5th & 6th graders also competed to see who could answer the most questions correctly. Their dedication and perseverance truly paid off! 🏅 5th & 6th Grade Correct Answers 🥇 Asher Curtis – 2,562 correct answers 🥈 Ellis Stewart – 1,568 correct answers 🥉 Jon Bingham-Gambel – 1,557 correct answers Way to go, students! We’re so proud of your hard work and commitment to learning 👏📚✨

🎄 Christmas Break is coming up! 🎄

Please note that Thursday, December 18th will be an early dismissal day, with buses running at 12:30 PM.

Christmas Break: December 19 – January 5
Monday, January 5: Staff Professional Day

We hope everyone has a safe, warm, and Merry Christmas! ❄️✨

Congratulations to the Lady Chieftains for placing 3rd and to the Chieftains for winning the Canton Tournament! Also, a big shout out to Hayden Mayfield and Randi Upchego for making the girls' All Tournament team. On the boys' side, Kingston Arnold and Kaleb Thiessen made the All Tournament team, and Hunter Mayfield is the tournament MVP!

🎄❄️ Location Update!

Due to the threat of cold weather, Calumet’s 80th Annual Community Christmas Pageant has been moved to the Old Gym here at the school.

📅 Sunday, December 14th
🕕 6:00 PM
📍 Calumet Old Gym

Our Junior High Academic team wrapped up their season with an awards banquet on Wednesday. The team took home the third-place trophy for the Chisholm Trail Conference. Coen Taylor and Lexi Richardson earned All-Conference honors, and Coen also placed third in individual scoring.

A favorite Christmas tradition in Mrs. Jech’s class is Cocoa & Canvas! Each year, Mrs. Jech’s grandma, Carol Koehn, joins the class to lead a guided painting that students get to take home and treasure. This year marks nine wonderful years of this special tradition. 🎅🏼🎨✨

The Canton Tournament starts Thursday. Come out and support the Chieftains and Lady Chieftains all three days.

Canton Public Schools asked us to help spread the word about a Coat Drive happening during the Canton Basketball Tournament. If you plan on attending, consider bringing a new coat to donate!

Each new coat gets you two free entry tickets for Saturday’s games.

🧥 Canton Tournament Coat Drive
📅 Saturday - December 13, 2025
⏰ 7:00 AM – 10:00 PM
📍 Canton High School Gym, Canton, OK

Big day for Calumet Esports! 🎮🔥 Coen Taylor and Easton Gibbins battled in the OKSE Middle School State Championship today and showed major growth from last season. Shout-out to Coen for finishing 3rd place in today’s State Tournament!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Check out the elementary school's snowmen!

Your year in review is loading… 🎧✨

Our Yearbook Staff is hard at work wrapping all of our best moments into one awesome 2025–26 yearbook.

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Game Day, Chieftain fans! 🏀🔥

Our Calumet High School basketball teams are on the road to Hinton tonight to take on the Comets! HS Girls tip off at 6:30 PM. Please note: There will be no JV games in Hinton this evening.

Good luck to our JV Boys Basketball team as they compete in the second round of the Cimarron Winter Classic today! They face Stuart at 4:40 PM. 🏀🏀

We had a blast at mini cheer camp!

8th graders Coen Taylor and Easton Gibbins are headed to the OKSE Middle School State Tournament for Super Smash Bros. this Saturday at SWOSU!

Congratulations to these two for qualifying and good luck at State! 🎮🔥

This week, during Chieftain Time, some of our wonderful Chieftains took a break from the classroom to make AMAZING Christmas ornaments! We love seeing our students hidden talents shine bright🎄🌟