Dee Ann Patterson

Oklahoma

News Editor at The Lawton Constitution

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LPS offers free summer lunch program

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Dee Ann Patterson

Lawton Public Schools is refuting the old adage that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Beginning Monday, those who are 18 years of age or younger will be able to enjoy a free lunch during June and July as part of LPS’s annual Summer Meal Program. The lunches will be available Monday through Friday at select sites across Lawton; registration is not required.
LPS pig farm to be ready when school starts

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Dee Ann Patterson

Lupi Construction has begun work on a 2,640-square-foot pig barn at the Lawton Public Schools farm on West Lee Boulevard. The new facility should be ready when school starts in August, according to LPS Workforce Development Director Adam McPhail. kAm“xE H:== 36 @A6? :? E:>6 7@C DEF56?ED E@ 86E E96:C 9@8D C625J 7@C $AC:?8[” |4!92:= D2:5]k^AmkAm|4!92:= D2:5 E96 724:=:EJ H:== 92G6 A6?D 7@C 23@FE a_ 9@8D[ H:E9 C@@> 7@C 6IA2?D:@?] !6?D H:== 36 @?
Child of the sky, Leija pilots a Cessna

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Dee Ann Patterson

She has flown helicopters and jumped out of airplanes and now Christina Leija has piloted a Cessna 182 Tango. Leija is a fifth grade teacher at Crosby Park Elementary School with a love of aviation that she has passed on to her students as they have built and flown a variety of airplanes this year. They started with paper ones, tested out balsa planes and graduated to remote control foam board planes, which they flew on the playground.
MHS' own Flanders Field tells of Highlander sacrifices

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Dee Ann Patterson

Students in Jacqueline Harmon’s ceramics classes at MacArthur High School have set out to create their own Flanders Field of poppies in the school’s Veterans Memorial area. The story of the poppies was made famous by Canadian poet and soldier Lt. Col. John McCrae, who served as a surgeon in World War I. Poppies popped up in Flanders Field in Belgium after artillery shells churned up the landscape and released the dormant seeds.
Friends needed to get kite high in the sky

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Dee Ann Patterson

Sometimes you just need a little help from your friends. Jaxson Turner, 9, needed all the help he could get. His green kite just wouldn’t cooperate. kAm“v6E FA[ 86E FA[ 86E FA[” E96 r2CC:286 w:==D t=6>6?E2CJ $49@@= 7@FCE9 8C256C J6==65 6?4@FC286>6?E 2E 9:D <:E6 2D 96 C2?
Carriage Hills kite day chaotic, fun

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Dee Ann Patterson

Danika Bridges hasn’t flown a kite for seven years, yet the MacArthur High School junior was on the Carriage Hills Elementary School playground recently helping students do just that. Bridges was one of about 15 students from the MacArthur High School Athletic Advisory Council helping students untangle string, build kites, hold kites aloft while students tried to get them to take flight or otherwise enjoy a nice kite-flying day in Oklahoma.
Sky's no limit for Crosby Park 5th graders

2 weeks ago | swoknews.com | Dee Ann Patterson

The playground at Crosby Park Elementary School was recently in dire need of an air traffic controller. Planes were skittering across the basketball court, veering off course across the playground, nose diving into the ground and landing in trees. One even crashed into the backstop of the baseball field. It looked as if someone needed to call the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate all the accidents.
MHS cellist to serenade graduates Friday

2 weeks ago | swoknews.com | Dee Ann Patterson

If it is true that all the world’s a stage, Angelo Chip will have the spotlight all to himself for a few minutes Friday morning during MacArthur High School’s graduation ceremony. The MHS 17-year-old senior has been selected to play a solo on his cello at the event and admits to being a bit anxious.
Rookie FIRST Robotics team overcomes adversity

2 weeks ago | swoknews.com | Dee Ann Patterson

Life Ready Center’s FIRST Robotics team learned how to deal with adversity during its rookie season this year. First came delays in building the robot. Then came breakdowns at competition, where the team also was hit with a round of sickness. But the eight members prevailed to compete at their first contest, and they learned a host of lessons along the way. kAmx? 255:E:@? E@ =6DD@?D @?
Student led project cleans up Crosby Park neighborhood

2 weeks ago | swoknews.com | Dee Ann Patterson

A communitywide cleanup project organized by Crosby Park Elementary School student Serenity Colbert-Whitelow almost didn’t happen again. The first cleanup was scheduled for April 26. At the appointed time, tornado sirens were sounding and floodwaters were rising as Lawton received about 5 inches of rain in two hours, resulting in widespread flooding.