Briggs School -

5th/6th Academic Practice Wednesday, October 9 from 4:00-5:00.

4-H meeting Tuesday, October 8th at 3:30 in Mrs. Childs' room.

Football recap: 5th/6th Alex Ryals scored the opening touchdown in a 40 to 14 loss to Woodall. Logan Ryals closed out the scoring with a 60 yard touchdown and added the two point conversion. Great effort by Layne Pence, Landon, Gruber, Jasper Birdtail, and Josh Meigs. The 5/6 grade ended the season 1-5-1. 7th/8th Woodall Beat Briggs 46 to 20 Thursday night at Sequoyah High School. Brenden Holden scored on a touchdown reception from Layne Morgan to close the gap at 14 to 8 after a disastrous start. After falling behind 22 to 8, Jevan Dick caught a big pass that took Briggs down to the 5 yard line where Brenden Holden scored his second touchdown on a run this time, Cutting the score to 22 to 14. Briggs recovered a fumble and had an apparent touchdown called back on a hard penalty of the receiver not asking the referee if he was on the line of scrimmage. Daylin Cross' 60 yards were wiped out by a penalty flag and Woodall would go on to take a 30 to 14 halftime lead. Jevan Dick scored another spectacular touchdown while getting interfered with and not getting any help from the referee. His touchdown made it 36-20. Woodall scored an insurance touchdown against the number two defense for Briggs for a final score of 46 to 20.

3rd - 8th Athletics Parents, We just kicked off our 2024 Briggs Athletics fundraiser with TeamFunded and we need every parent to follow the instructions below and make sure your player has as many shares as possible by this evening. The more shares, the better! We need to be shooting for 50-60 shares per athlete. This will only take each parent a couple of minutes to complete on their device. Here are the easy steps to get this done! 1. Download the TeamFunded App https://apps.apple.com/us/app/teamfunded/id1439897444 2. Insert your player's phone number 3. Press the RED share button. 4. Press the GREEN bar that says click here to start sharing. 5. Click on as many contacts as possible, up to 100. 6. Share and Submit 7. If you have more than 100 shares, repeat above steps 3-6. Thank you for participating! Go Briggs!

The Briggs School Johnson O’Malley Program (J.O.M.) will be giving J.O.M. Pre-K through 8th grade students a $5.00 credit to use for the purchase of a book at the Briggs School Book Fair. The Book Fair will be held October 7th– 9th in the library.

Reminder: Parents, please do not send your child DoorDash during school hours. This creates a safety risk for our students. However, you are welcome to deliver items to Michelle for your child. Students may pick up the items between classes. Thank you for your cooperation and helping us keep our students safe!

Dear Briggs 3rd- 8th Grade Athletic families, On Wednesday, Oct. 2nd beginning at 5:30 PM, there will be a parent meeting held in the upper gym. All 3rd- 8th grade families of students in PE and athletics are encouraged to attend. Many of you know that we will not be having the Briggs Basketball League this year. This was our biggest fundraiser for the PE/athletics program. This year we are going to try a different fundraiser that requires no selling on your part and is very easy to do. We will be receiving 80% of the profits from this program. The parent meeting on the 2nd will go over all the details of this new fundraising program. Notes were previously sent home with our PE and Athletics students. If you didn’t receive the note or haven’t had a chance to fill out the information needed, do so at your quickest convenience before our meeting today. A link has been provided below. The monies raised will help purchase uniforms, pay entry fees, pay for meals when the team travels long distances, and for new PE/athletic equipment. We are also adding soccer as a sport at Briggs this year, so the money raised will also help purchase equipment and uniforms needed for this. If you will, please fill out this Google form before our meeting today, we would greatly appreciate it! If you have a sibling in 3rd - 8th, please use the oldest athlete’s phone number as the number to use on the Google form but put both of your names on the “First Name” portion of the Google form (For example: First name: Seth & Jake, Last name: Burgess) https://forms.gle/1Bc2YEFGQHzNRZPa7 Please come to the meeting on Oct. 2nd and learn how to help us make money to provide the students at Briggs School with the equipment they need for PE and athletics. Thank you, Briggs School Athletic Dept.

3rd-8th grade PE/athletics students and parents, this is a reminder about the fundraiser meeting tomorrow (10/2) at 5:30 in the upper gym. This is a very important meeting. PE/Athletics students were give notes.

5th-8th girls, if you are wanting to play in the powder puff football games, you will need to pick up a permission slip in the front office. All permission slips are due back by Friday (10/4).

In academic team action yesterday, the 5th grade team defeated Shady Grove 150-100, 6th grade lost by 3 questions 80-110, 7th grade won 120-60, and the 8th grade tied 120-120. Great job academic team!!! The next academic match will be Monday, Oct. 7th against Grand View beginning at 9:30 here at Briggs.

5th-8th football against Woodall Thursday, Oct. 3rd beginning at 5:00. The games will be held at Sequoyah High School. This is our pink out game and will be the last regular season game.

Today is Monday, Sept. 30, 2024 Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and remain standing for the Oklahoma flag salute. Attention, salute, pledge...... (Students not wishing to participate in the pledge shall not be required to do so; however, students are required to be respectful (still and quiet) while others participate. Robotics team practice times: Mon. & Tues., Elementary Practice and Wed. & Thurs., Middle School Practice 4:00-5:00 All Robotics t-shirt money is due today! Please turn in any orders to Mrs. Davenport. Academic meet against Shady Grove today beginning at 9:00. The match will be at Briggs. Members will be called out when it is their time to compete. We will be competing in the middle school breakfast room so please be quiet when in that hallway. 7th/8th academic team practice today 4:00-5:00. 5th/6th practice will be Wednesday 4:00-5:00. 5th-8th Cross Country Tuesday, October 1st at Stilwell (Carson Park). Bus will leave school at approximately 8:15 a.m. Events start at 9:30 a.m. ORES State Cross Country competition, Friday, Oct. 4th at North Rock Creek in Shawnee. 5th-8th football against Woodall Thursday, Oct. 3rd beginning at 5:00. The games will be held at Sequoyah High School. This will be the last regular season game. Lunch today: bacon ranch mac & cheese OR cheeseburger, green beans, side salad, fruit, and milk Lunch tomorrow: chicken nuggets OR steak fingers, mashed potatoes & gravy, glazed baby carrot, dinner roll, fruit, and milk The cooperative challenge for this week is to: use "I" messages After announcements students will observe approximately one minute of silence. During this time they may reflect, meditate, pray, or engage in any other silent activity that does not interfere with, distract, or impede other students.

ORES State Softball Tournament Saturday, Sept. 28th at Fire Lake Softball Complex in Shawnee. Briggs will begin pool play at 10:00 against Grove and then at 11:00 against Brushy. Everyone please wear your school colors tomorrow as we send our softball team off to state!!

Robotics Team Practice Times Elementary Practice: Mondays and Tuesdays from 4:00 - 5:00 Middle School Practice: Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 - 5:00

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and remain standing for the Oklahoma flag salute. Attention, salute, pledge...... (Students not wishing to participate in the pledge shall not be required to do so; however, students are required to be respectful (still and quiet) while others participate. ) 5th/6th academic team practice Wednesday, September 25th 4:00-5:00 7th/8th softball today at Locust Grove beginning at 4:30. There will be 2 games. ORES State Softball Tournament Saturday, Sept. 28th at FireLake Softball Complex in Shawnee. Briggs will begin pool play at 10:00 against Grove and then at 11:00 against Brushy. 3rd-8th cross country Wednesday, Sept. 25th at Maryetta. Starts at 9:30. Bus will leave Briggs at approximately 8:15 that morning. 4-H meeting Wednesday, Sept. 25th at 3:30. Everyone is welcome to attend and learn more about 4-H. 5th-8th football Thursday against Grand View. This game will be held at Tahlequah High School and starts at 5:00. Robotics team practice times: Mon. & Tues., Elementary Practice and Wed. & Thurs., Middle School Practice 4:00-5:00 Student of the Month assembly Friday at 8:15 Robotics is taking orders for Briggs Gear t-shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies. Remember the homeroom class that orders the most will receive a snack basket for their class. Get those orders & money in by Friday!!! Lunch today: pizza OR hot Italian sub, baby carrots, cucumber slices, fruit, and milk Lunch tomorrow: BBQ pulled pork OR BBQ cheddar mini meatloaf, loaded mashed potatoes, green beans, dinner roll, fruit, and milk The cooperative challenge for this week is to: demonstrate a stop and think strategy After announcements students will observe approximately one minute of silence. During this time they may reflect, meditate, pray, or engage in any other silent activity that does not interfere with, distract, or impede other students.

5th/6th academic team practice on Wednesday 4:00-5:00 7th/8th softball Tuesday (Sept. 23) at Locust Grove beginning at 4:30. There will be 2 games. ORES State Softball Tournament Saturday, Sept. 28th at Firelake Softball Complex in Shawnee. Briggs will begin pool play at 10:00 against Grove and then at 11:00 against Brushy. 3rd-8th cross country Wednesday at Maryetta. Starts at 9:30. Bus will leave Briggs at approximately 8:15 that morning. 4-H meeting Wednesday at 3:30. Everyone is welcome to attend and learn more about 4-H. 5th-8th football Thursday against Grand View. This game will be held at Tahlequah High School and starts at 5:00. Student of the Month assembly Friday at 8:15 The cooperative challenge for this week is to: demonstrate a stop and think strategy

Football Recap: 7th/8th Keys played the Braves in 11 man football on eighth grade recognition night for Briggs. They got all they wanted from the home team. Jevon Dick caught a 42 yard touchdown pass from Layne Morgan to give the Braves a 6-0 lead. Brenden Holden then had a 10 yard run for a touchdown and added a 2 point run to make it 14-0 Briggs. Daylin Cross had a TD rec, from Layne Morgan and a 2 point catch to make it 22-0 at the half. In the 3rd quarter Layne Morgan had a spectacular TD run. Gavyn Walker caught a wide open 2 point catch off of a Layne Morgan pass to finish the Braves scoring at 30-0. Keys would add a late touchdown, as everyone on the roster got to play for Briggs. Final 30-8, Briggs moves to 5-1 with Moffett forfeit. Great play from Logan Ryals, 5th grader played up, started on the offensive line. Reese Carpenter got a big hit on defense and Jackson Crow had his first interception. Daylin Cross had a fumble recovery at linebacker. Team had 6 sacks. Briggs plays Grandview next Thursday at Tahlequah HS.

Football recap: 5th/6th Briggs pulled off the big come from behind tie on Thursday. After falling behind 14-0, Josh Meigs got on the board to pull Briggs within 14-8 with a 12 yard run. Alex Ryals added the 2 pointer. With 5 minutes left in the 4th quarter and down 22-8, Alex Ryals had the play of the game as he raced 65 yards to get it to 22-14. Then the Braves got a huge stop on defense and forced a punt. Si Smith then shocked the Rockets with a 55 yard run with 37 seconds left. Alex Ryals tied the game on an option keeper to complete the Comeback victory 22-22. 4th grader, Alex Ryals, got his 1st interception of the year. Great play by Robert Vann, Landon Gruber, Layne Pense and Cale Rhodes.

4-H Fun!

8th Grade Softball/Football Recognition Night Sept. 19th at 5:30! 5th/6th will be playing Moffett beginning at 4:30. 8th grade recognition night will take place at 5:30. 7th/8th will be playing Keys beginning at 6:00. *Image credits go to Leslie Cochran