Hominy Public Schools

Hominy Public Schools is a public school district headquartered in Hominy, Oklahoma.

The district, in Osage County, includes Hominy. It includes parts of the Osage Reservation.[1]

History

In 2001 the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs of the United States Department of Education gave a five year grant to the district for bilingual programs. The district used the Osage language as its bilingual language; the usage of Osage in the county was the main factor in why the Osage County Interlocal Cooperative's evaluator and grant writer chose that language as the district's bilingual language.[2]

Schools

  • Hominy High School
    • As of 2022[update] the school has Osage language as a class for world languages.[3] Additionally, as of 2023, a teacher used the book Killers of the Flower Moon to teach about Osage history, and the students were scheduled to watch the film version.[4]
  • Hominy Middle School
  • Hominy Elementary School
  • Hominy Early Childhood Center
  • Hominy Alternative Academy

References

  1. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Osage County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
  2. ^ Marks, Dawn (2001-01-29). "Oklahoma schools join dual-language program". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  3. ^ Duty, Shannon Shaw (2022-09-30). "Awakening the Osage Language". Osage News. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  4. ^ Wallis, Beth (2023-11-30). "'This is their story': Why a teacher in Osage County wants to teach Killers of the Flower Moon". KGOU. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
  • Hominy Public Schools
  • "Hominy High School twenty-first annual commencement program : May sixteenth to May twentieth, nineteen hundred thirty-two". Oklahoma Department of Libraries.
  • https://hominyheritage.weebly.com/uploads/2/5/6/2/25623635/1904_school_-_r.pdf