Bixby teenagers are trying to make their community a better place by playing it safe.
Bixby’s girl’s soccer coach Justin Elkington hails from England where the number one sport is soccer. With his community involvement, he’s making sure the sport continues to be one of the fastest growing sports in Oklahoma.
GUTEN TAG EUROPE: Students in Angela Novak’s upper level German courses traveled to Germany this spring break to experience the country whose language they have learned to love.
The Bixby High School Drama and Debate team has had the honor of consistently taking home awards at local tournaments since November’s Muskogee Speech Tournament.
Bixby Public Schools recently announced the district is now offering MealpayPlus, an innovative service for meal accounts that has been featured on Good Morning America, CNN and in Good Housekeeping and Newsweek magazines.
The Tulsa County 4-H Foundation has transitioned into the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation-Tulsa County to better serve the club’s population within Tulsa County. Oklahoma 4-H is kicking off the new 2008 campaign “Invest in a Bright Green Future” to sustain the scholarship/event funding program for the Tulsa County 4-H Youth Development program.
The meeting held Feb. 12 at the SpiritBank Event Center in Bixby signified new beginnings. The Tulsa 66ers have signed an agreement to play future games at the center, which can hold approximately 4,500 fans for a basketball game.
Head Swimming Coach Stacy Villucci is in her tenth year as the aquatics director at Bixby High School. She was the assistant coach for six years and has served as head coach for the past four years. Jarred Doubravba is in his fourth year as assistant coach and pool manager.
Twelve Bixby seniors participated in National Signing Day Feb. 6. On this day, high school seniors across the country signed their letters of intent, accepting athletic scholarship offers from colleges.
John Carmichael, 15, of Bixby now has something in common with the United States 38th President Gerald Ford, Pulitzer-Prize winning author Harrison Salisbury and former NBA star John Koncak.
