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Serving Western Oklahoma Since 1901 Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Weekday Edition Ezra Randle Talks Dreams OVERALL How did the school perform 6 and Visions in New Book overall? Points Possible: 85 soHOOL IES OVERALL ( ©) How did the school perform 564 56% covenent a overall? RNa Sn eon eco Points Possible: 85 SCHOOL STATE High School. By Sheryl Ponce ata high rate of speed, thrown out and down an embankment 20 feet on her back. Sometimes God has a way. There’s a saying that, OVERALL According to Ezra Randle’s book “Dream and Vision Analy- ‘He works in a mysterious way.’ So, it was a God thing for me to zation Guide,” all dreams and visions are confirmations from make my arrival October the 24th, 1958. They named me Ezra; it How did the school perform God. His book provides the reader a path to understanding God's is a Hebrew name that means son of an encourager. It means to overall? 56% solutions for everyday problems. Randle has been interpreting help people, andI have lived up to my name,” he continued. dreams for the past 48 years and wants to help others allow God Randle and his wife, Melanie, strive for greater in their Cov- Points Possible: 85 to lead and guide them through the knowledge he shares in the enant Kingdom Ministries, Inc. They are a mobile evangelistic book. ministry and conduct dream training. The book is part of that “[ tell people that when you're born, you come fully loaded ministry. Their mission is to empower people for greatness. ‘Through God’s word they travel across the nation on their path and fully prepared. God doesn’t wait until you get to be 15 or 16 SCHOOL STATE years old to give you anything. I've tried so much to let people to deliver the message of the Spirit and the Word. know everything that you would ever be in life. Gifts, abilities, Randle talks about distractions that cause disobedience. This and talents and callings are there at birth. I was born with it. It brings delays that will cause a person to miss their turn to God's Middle School. was manifested at the age of 16. As we walk in obedience, and destiny that was given to them at birth. This causes a detour, which could also be called destruction. that's where a lot of time things are not manifested, it’s because we don’t walk in the spirit of obedience,” Randle explained. “Destruction follows delay. The last one is devastation. You're devastated because of the destruction and because of the delay, Elk City Public Schools’ Report Card Result in On Oct 24th, 1958, Randle was born to Ethel Lee Randle. When she was seven months pregnant with him, she and her six because of the detour and because of the distraction. So those are all the words that I tell people you need to watch. Because children were in a tragic car accident. Two of her children did not make it, and by all accounts Ezra and/or his mother should not have survived the crash either. if you're supposed to take Exit 37 and you miss it, and you now have to go to another exit, then you're not going to get the prize,” Two Bs andaC “My mother was thrown out of the vehicle that was traveling See Dreams page 2. By Sheryl Ponce The Oklahoma School Report Card indicators were pub- School Report Card Indicates Merritt Public lished for the district’s administrator, teachers, parents, and other stakeholders in the community on the public dashboard, OklaSchools.com. The individual school demographics may Schools as A and B Composite Performances also be found on the dashboard. These are the results from the 2021-2022 school year, although not all of the data was avail- able. This included the per-pupil expenditures. The purpose of OVERALL How did the school perform 80% @) OVERALL How did the school perform 68 the report card is to find areas where students may grow, and the school can improve. There were four schools in the district’s report card. Those overall? overall? 56% included the elementary school from PreK through third grade, 56% Elk City IES from fourth grade through sixth grade, the mid- Points Possible: 85 Points Possible: 75 dle school seventh and eighth grade, and the high school ninth grade through 12th grade. In 2022 the enrollment was 2102 students. In the area of Academic Achievement, the elementary earned a C with 56 percent compared to the state’s 49 percent. SCHOOL STATE SCHOOL STATE They earned 16.9 points out of 30 points. Of the 115 students enrolled, nine percent scored advanced, 25 percent were profi- cient, 32 percent scored basic, and 35 percent were below basic. Elementary School. High School. In the Academic Achievement of the English Language Arts, the elementary school earned 8.8 points out of 15 points, By Sheryl Ponce demic year’s enrollment. Seventy-eight percent of the students which resulted in 45.9 percent, compared to 44.7 percent in the were reported as white, 13.3 percent were reported as Hispanic, district, and 43.7 in the state, Eight percent were advanced, ‘The Oklahoma School Report Cards have been published, and 4.6 percent were Native American, 2.5 percent were two or more 24 percent proficient, 30 percent were basic, and 38 percent the results from the 2021-2022 school year are in. They have races, 1.2 percent were Asian or Pacific Islander, and .03 percent been separated by the elementary school and high school. The were below basic. In the area of math, the elementary scored were Black. Those students who were not considered economical- ly disadvantaged were 44.6 percent of the 325 enrolled students, data that is displayed on the public dashboard (OklaSchools.com) 8.1 points out of 15 possible. They had 47.9 percent compared are made from a variety of measurements that include account- while 55.4 percent were considered economically disadvantaged. to the district's 48.1 percent and the state's 41.3 percent. Ten ability-specific indicators along with other contextual measures. Twenty percent of the students were considered students with percent were advanced, 24 percent proficient, 34 percent were ‘This gives the public an understanding of a school's success and disabilities and 6.5 percent were English Language Learners. basic, and 31 percent were below basic. challenges. Overall Merritt Elementary was given an A with 80 When looking at the composite Performance Level Snapshot The elementary’s report card came in as a F for Chronic Ab- percent compared to the state's 56 percent. of all the elementary students, 13 percent tested advanced, 30 senteeism. The school made 70.24 percent, compared to the ‘The Elementary school earned a B for Academic Achievement which indicated how prepared students are for the next grade, percent were proficient, 38 percent tested basic, and 19 percent district's 73.11 percent and the state’s 80.5 percent. The IES’s were considered below basic. Chronic Absenteeism report card was a C, with 87.47 percent course, or level. They earned 30.3 points out of 35 possible points. compared to the state's 80.5 percent. ‘This composite score put the elementary at 86.5 percent while the The Academic Growth indicator shows the average amount district was at 82.5 percent compared to the state’s 48.7 percent. See Merritt page 2. See Elk City page 8. ‘The elementary’s enrollment was 325 based on the full aca- Vol. 120, No. 38 Mail delivery View online «AQUA Weather tomorrow 56 / 40 75 cents, 12 pgs. 580.225.3000 elkcityoknews.com