Alex Public Schools

January is the month the Caldecott Medal & Honor awards are given to the book with the best illustrations. 2nd-5th graders listened to a blind read & illustrated a cover to represent the story. Our mock Caldecott winners are Blakely Cearlock, Kyndall Fent, Dean Hamilton, Addy Anderson. Congratulations!!!

Our Longhorn Readers of the week . Emery Sturgell, Kainon Ketchum, Wayne Hamilton, Kaiden Garland, Harlie Bailey, and Bryan Rios. Congrats to our top readers for this week.

Friday, January 23, 2026 will be an early release day for students and staff due to the threat of inclement weather. Elementary carline can begin at 1:00 pm, MS/HS will be released at 1:10 and buses will run at 1:15. The final day of the Grady County Tournament will now be played on Saturday the 31st. Please click on the following link for more information: https://aptg.co/xjkjys We pray that you all stay safe and warm during this winter weather event.

Grady County Tournament Game Time Update: Friday's games will be played on Thursday the 22nd. Boys will play at 2:00 PM and Girls will play at 6:00 PM at Dibble.

Congratulations to our 2026 basketball homecoming court: Flower girls & crown bearers: MollyAnn John Ross Tanner Landry Wright Joe Johnson 7th grade representatives: Blaikyn Wilkerson and Kingston Carlile 8th grade representatives: Kynlee Fent and Rylan Sires Junior High royalty candidates: Abby Mcguire and Kaisyn Reeves TE’ara Adams and Drayden Avery 10th grade representatives: Madyson Ingram and Aiden Pearson 11th grade representatives: Sydnee Sartain and Luke McCauley High School royalty candidates: Abby McKee and Karter Seward Kenzie Beauchamp and Beckham Ingram Homecoming is January 30th. Coronation will begin at 5:30 followed by the girls game at 6:00. If you have any questions please contact Ms. Wallace.

Grady County Tournament Update: due to the possibility of inclement weather, the tournament will begin on Wednesday, January 21st instead of Thursday. All game times will remain the same. Updated brackets will be posted as soon as they are available. JH games at Stratford for Thursday are cancelled.

Friday night's pictures from the high school basketball games versus Sterling have been posted... Congrats to both our boys and girls teams for their wins!

https://alexyearbook.smugmug.com/2025-26-Basketball-Pictures/116-HS-BB-vs-Sterling

JH basketball will not be playing at the Stratford festival on Thursday, January 22nd.

High school basketball today, January 19th: No jv games. Varsity girls start at 6:30

January is School Board Appreciation Month, and it’s the perfect time to say THANK YOU to our APS Board members. We are grateful for your dedication and commitment to serving the students of Alex Public Schools.

Pictured from left to right: Kelby Ketchum, Amy McLemore, Devery Pettit, Skyler Foster, and Laurie Drennan.

Congratulations to our JH boys basketball team! Grady county champs!

Friday night commentary was brought to you by Senior Maurice Gray and Superintendent Ead Simon! Be sure to tune into alexlonghorns.tv when you can't be at the game in person.

Join us in wishing our high school academic team success tomorrow at the area tournament! After winning their district tournament, the team is on a roll and is ready to compete!

Edit.. Longhorn Necklace winners for Jan 16 . Baylor Pearson 1st grade, Brycen Reynolds 2nd grade, Awna Kinsey 3rd grade, Kaiden Garland 3rd grade, Kori Johnson 4th Grade, and Hunter Bishop 5th grade

We have started off the Second Semester of our Longhorn Reading Necklaces. We have added 1st Grade to join us in this challenge this semester. Brycen Reynolds, Awna Kinsey, Kaiden Garland, Kori Johnson, And Hunter Bishop was our winners for Friday Jan 16th.

Please click on the following link to access the school calendar for the 2026-2027 school year: https://aptg.co/DfGfCN

Basketball Homecoming Week is January 26th-30th 🏀‼️ Theme: Longhorn Legends! The dress up days and details about the poster contest are posted below.

Reminder, Monday, January 19th is a school holiday for students and staff.

Brayan Rios filled his second library punch card for reading AR books from the library & passing the tests. He was rewarded a trip to the treasure box this week. Way to go, Brayan!

Links to the Grady County JH & HS Tournament brackets can be found at the following link: https://www.alex.k12.ok.us/article/2447479 and under the events tab of the school webpage and app. Both boys and girls got the WIN during the first round of the JH tournament!