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Weston Allen is a senior at Burlington High School. He is the son of Josh and Jessica Allen and has one brother, Paden. Weston was born in Enid, Oklahoma, and is involved in many things, including FFA, basketball, track and golf. In his free time, Weston likes to go hunting and fishing. His favorite food is chicken fried steak. Weston's greatest accomplishment is being a State FFA Degree Recipient and his favorite class is science. His favorite movie is "The Hangover" and the best book that he...
Joseph Cary (JC) Crusinbery was born in Enid. He is the son of Shawn and Paula Darr and the late Cary Crusinbery and has three siblings. In school, JC's favorite subject is math and his favorite activities are FFA, FCA, basketball, golf, One Act and vocal. In his free time, he likes to hang out with family and friends, golfing, and farming. He feels that his greatest accomplishment is being the class valedictorian. JC's favorite book is "No Easy Day" by Kevin Maurer and Matt Bissonnette" and...
The Burlington Lady Elks basketball team has eight members, including four seniors, Ashlynn Paschall, Brooke Whittet, Hallie Hamiliton and Jaedyn Williams. The other team members are Mylee Sims, Kaycee Matzke, Chloe Jantz and Tamiya Evans. This year, the team played 27 games, including tournaments and districts. The girls advanced to regionals with their first game on Thursday, Feb. 16. The people who helped them this year are Coach Margo Hamilton, Savannah Granados, the team managers, and a...
Gayle McNett, school counselor at Burlington School, received her master's degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in December. As a mom of four children, going back to college was not the easiest, trying to juggle family, work and school all at once. However, she was excited and enjoyed what she was learning, which made it a lot easier. Receiving her masters of education in school counseling took her two and a half years to complete the 42-hour program. The most difficult part for...
This month's staff spotlight is on Jenell Newman. Mrs. Newman is originally from Alva and went to college at Northwest Oklahoma State University. She has been at Burlington Schools for 15 years and has been teaching for 20 years. Mrs. Newman has taught Pre-K, second, third and fourth grade. Prior to coming to Burlington, Mrs. Newman taught at Mooreland and Hinton. Mrs. Newman's favorite thing about Burlington is how small the school is and that it is like a family. Her favorite part about...
This year's robotics team of 17 students competed in Alva at the Heartland Best competition in October. The Burlington team has worked many hours since the beginning of the school year preparing for the competition, which helped them win the top three awards at the competition. They received first in the Robot gaming award, first in the BEST competition, and they received the Founders Award. The Founders Award is the highest honor of the special robotics awards, named after the original...
Members of the Burlington one-act drama team are starting their second year of acting. Returning directors are Isi Ofiu and Rachel Spears. The team members are Brooke Whittet, Ky Smith, JC Crusinbery, Mylee Sims, Paige Stoner, Haven Stoner, Jaedyn Williams, Weston Allen, Kevin Kaumans, Andrew Hosey and Trevor Hankey. This year their play is very eventful and funny. Mylee Sims, a junior actor, said that this year's team has a lot of potential and the actors fit their parts well. The team has...
