Shawnee Students Celebrate School Board Recognition Month

Will Rogers Elementary Principal Jackie Noble, far left, listens as Art Teacher Sidney Smith speaks. Art students Lainey Wilson and Riley Chamblin presented a large, 3D wolf painting, created as a fifth-grade collaboration, to the Shawnee Board of Education on Jan. 10 for School Board Recognition Month. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
Will Rogers Elementary Principal Jackie Noble, far left, listens as Art Teacher Sidney Smith speaks. Art students Lainey Wilson and Riley Chamblin presented a large, 3D wolf painting, created as a fifth-grade collaboration, to the Shawnee Board of Education on Jan. 10 for School Board Recognition Month. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan

A reception was held before the Jan. 10 Shawnee Board of Education meeting at the Shawnee Public Schools Central Office. It featured performances by the Jefferson Elementary School Honor Choir and the Shawnee Middle School eighth-grade band, with the help of SHS student Loralei Brem, since several members were absent. There were also refreshments available for those in attendance.

During the meetin…