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Anne Graham is the first-grade teacher at Burlington Public Schools. Mrs. Graham is originally from Blanchard, Michigan. She attended Mid-Michigan Community College and received a business and legal assistant degree. She obtained her degree in elementary education from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. Before teaching at Burlington, Mrs. Graham taught at Flower Mound School in Lawton, Oklahoma, and Medicine Lodge Elementary in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Anne's favorite things about Bu...
Ashlynn Paschall is a senior at Burlington High School. She is the daughter of Elisha and Ross Downing and Brandon Paschall and has four brothers. Ashlynn was born in Wichita, Kansas. In her free time, she enjoys hanging out with her friends and playing basketball. This year Ashlynn is involved in FFA, FCA, basketball, Student Council, and yearbook. Ashlynn plans to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University and receive a degree in nursing. Her dream job is to become an obstetric nurse. Her...
Burlington FFA recently celebrated National FFA Week, Feb. 12-18, with many fun festivities. The celebration began with a Sunday morning service at Driftwood Christian Church. Monday was the FFA chapter's annual project auction fundraiser, where each student sold a project and volunteered service hours. Tuesday was "Anything but a Backpack Day" and "Drive a Tractor to School Day." Students had the option to drive a tractor to school or have family bring them in a tractor. Wednesday, the chapter...
This year Burlington High School made some changes in its cheer program. With a smaller number of high school and junior high cheerleaders, they decided to combine both teams. Brook Keast is the new cheer sponsor this year and has added many new cheers to help accelerate the school spirit during games and pep rallies. Before basketball season started, the team had practices three days a week, focusing on getting into shape, basic movements/motions, and projecting their voices. They plan to...
This year eight Burlington students had the opportunity to attend the 95th National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis, Indiana. They left at 5 a.m. to take on the 13-hour trip. At convention, students attended sessions where they watched keynote speakers, award presentations and chorus performances. Outside the general sessions, students attended leadership workshops at the expo center, where vendors and colleges shared future job and educational opportunities. These students met FFA...
Burlington Schools welcomed a new teacher and coach to Burlington this year. Margo Hamilton teaches elementary keyboarding, seventh grade geography and physical education classes. She graduated from Canute High School and Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) with a bachelor's degree in physical education and a master's degree in psychology. Before coming to Burlington she taught at two other schools in Kansas, three schools in Oklahoma, as well as NWOSU. Margo's favorite part about...
