McLoud Alumni

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The McLoud Alumni Association recognizes past Teachers, School Personnel and/or Board Members each year at the annual Alumni Reunion.  These honorees are added to the Redskin Remember Program.  This program was started in 2004 with two elementary teachers that taught at McLoud in the thirties.  They attended the annual reunion every year, up into their nineties.   Three to five people have been honored every year since. The honoree is given a plaque and their names are added to the plaque that sits in the J.E. Walker Fieldhouse trophy case.

The following Cook and Teachers were honored at the Alumni Reunion, July 13 th , 2024. Oletta Carrales - McLoud School Cook: Mrs. Carrales has cooked and served students at McLoud Public School for 43 years of dedicated service. She is still an active employee of McLoud Schools. Mrs. Carrales had four children graduate from McLoud Public School and still lives in the area. This honor was a surprised to her and her family was present to help her celebrate. An honor well deserved.

LoRene Akins - English & Journalism: Mrs. Akins taught high school English, Journalism, and was a Pep Club sponsor in her six years (1971-1977) at McLoud Public School. She was over the Warrior Staff for several years and had a big influence on many students’ lives. Mrs. Akins passed away July 9, 2023, but her daughter Julie Akins Clark was on site to accept her award.

Jim Steward - Vocational Agriculture: Mr. Steward started teaching Vo-Ag in McLoud in 1971 and taught five years or until 1976. In his five years, McLoud had one of the most active Chapters in the State. He taught the students farming and carpentry skills, as well as public speaking, judging teams, and farm business accounting. The Chapter attended and participated in State and National FFA Conventions every year. Mr. Steward moved the Ag Department from the old school campus to the new or present high school campus in 1975-76.

Allen and Gina Lewis – Teacher/Coach/Custodian: Allen Lewis was a 1974 graduate of McLoud High School, who returned to his home school in 1979 to teach and coach for over 35 years. He coached basketball, football, baseball, softball and track. Allen won many awards during his tenure, All-State Softball and Football Coach; and Oklahoma Assistant Coach of the Year. He influenced the lives of many students during his teaching and coaching career. Allen passed away January 1, 2015 and his funeral was held in the J.E. Walker Field House to a house full of past and current students, teachers, family and friends. The City of McLoud honors Allen every January 28th as “Allen Lewis Day”. Gina Lewis served McLoud Public School as a custodian for 22 years before she retired. She said she did a lot of coaching from the sidelines. However being retired, she continues to work two months every summer cleaning and waxing the floors in all of the McLoud School classrooms and cafeteria’s Allen and Gina had two children that graduated from McLoud and two grandchildren attending McLoud now. One grandson, Tryce, was Valedictorian of the 2023 class.

Linda (Anderson) Stevens - Elementary Teacher: Linda Anderson Stevens was also a 1974 McLoud High School graduate. She attended McLoud all 12 years of her education. She started her teaching career at McLoud in 1983 and taught for 25 years before retiring in May of 2018. Mrs. Stevens taught first grade, second grade and finished up with pre-K. She loved working with the little ones and watching them learn to read. There is no doubt that she had a large influence on her students and their parent’s lives, and she deserved this honor. Linda had two daughters that graduated from McLoud and one grandson, Connor, was Valedictorian of his class in 2023. She has one grandson that will be a freshman this coming year at McLoud.

More retired teachers or school personnel will be added to the Redskin Remember program in 2025.  Their names will be announced in the Reunion letters mailed in May, 2025.

If you know where one of your retired teachers are and would like to honor them please send their contact information to mcloudalumni@gmail.com so their name can be added to a list of teachers.  Only three to five teachers are honored each year.  Please review this list of past honorees.

The following teachers have been honored in the past:

Bill Goddard-2023-Board of Education

Earl Powell-2023-History/ Government/ Yearbook Teacher

Gene & Kay Abney-2023-Coach/Elementary Teacher

Zella (Stacy) Wright-2023-Administration

Edna Holmes - 2022 - English Teacher

Steve Tipton - 2022 – Band/Music Appreciation

Gary Hodde - 2022 – Teacher/Coach/Asst. HS Principal/Athletic Director

Val & Tracy Gokey - 2022 - HS Counselor/Reading Specialist

Willis McCoy - 2021 - Band/Music Appreciation

Harold Scott - 2021 - HS Principal/Coach

Dawna Green - 2021 - Elementary Teacher

Donna Magruder - 2021 - Elementary Teacher

Rick Ray – 2021 - Sr. High Principal

Pamela Griffin - 2020 - Teacher /Coach

Joe Dale Nolen - 2020 - Board of Education

Jessie Palmer - 2020 - Bus Driver

Mike & Judy Harrell - 2019 - Coach/Science /Alumni President

Clayton & Debbie McCoy - 2019 - Coach/Health /Business Teacher

Dickie M. Smith - 2019 - Principal/ Teacher/ Coach

Warren & Lynda Boles - 2018 – Teacher/ Vice Principal/ Athletic Dir./Photographer

Janice Stotts - 2018 - English Teacher

Dorothy Porter - 2018 - English Teacher

John & Pam Ables - 2017 - Math/Elementary Teacher

Betty Carver - Houtz - 2017 - Elementary Teacher

Harold & Barbara Hartman  - 2017 - Principal/Teacher’s Aid

Francena Wahpepah  - 2017 - Director Indian Education

Steve & Maris Ward - 2016 - Coach/Teachers

Elfridge Nikkel -  2016 - Elementary Teacher

Eddie Blevins  -2016 - Math Teacher

Eula Ross - 2015 - Cook

Jerry Bird  - 2015 - Custodian

Bula Bird -  2015 - Cook

Richard & Carolyn Hendricks  - 2014  - Coach/English Teacher

J.E. & Sarah Rooker - 2014 - Coach/Teachers

Leo Nowakowski - 2014 - Board of Education

Charles Florence - 2013 - VoAg Teacher

Joan Walker-Jones - 2013 - Elementary Teacher

Richard Brown - 2013 - Custodian

Millard Basinger - 2013 – Custodian

Jim Walker - 2012 - Board of Education

Dean Cagle - 2012 - Board of Education

Iris Dial - 2011 – Elementary Teacher

Phyllis Foster - 2011 – Elementary Teacher

Vernon Ebert - 2010 - Teacher/Coach

James Gordon - 2010 - Science Teacher

Victor & Norma Adams - 2009 - Teachers / Math/Elementary

Robert & Mary Lou Nunn - 2009 – Teachers/ Vo.Ag/Elementary

Marie Wilkins - 2009 - Commerce

Leon Ross - 2008 - Teacher/Coach

Ralph & Jackie Long - 2008 - Teacher/Coach/Commerce

Juanita (Lawson) Mosier - 2007 - Administration

Norma (Summers) Higdon - 2007 - Administration

Sonja (Winkler) Starkey - 2006 - Administration

Jerry Dowell - 2006 - Principal/Teacher

Ruth (James) Walker - 2006 - Administration

J.E. Walker - 2005 - Superintendent

Paul & Pauline Rooker - 2005 - Principal/Counselor/Teachers

Herman Hodde - 2005 - Bus Driver

Dorothy Rankin Gay - 2004 – Elementary Teacher

Blanche Cochran - 2004 – Elementary Teacher

Erwana Ferrell - 2004 - Vo. Home Economics Teacher