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Anna Adair and Jaryn Little, both 2025 Caddo High School graduates, have been selected as this year’s recipients of the Anita Jeanette Engles Memorial Scholarship. Adair will be attending University of Oklahoma and Little will be attending Oklahoma State University in the fall. Both have stellar academic records and numerous extracurricular activities, including Class Valedictorian, National Honor Society President, Academic All State and members of the State Champion softball team.
Engles was a 1956 honor graduate of Caddo High School. After her death in September of 2020, her family created a scholarship fund to honor her memory and legacy as a professional educator. She retired from Southeastern Oklahoma State University as a tenured professor and distinguished faculty member of the Education and Psychology Department.
The Anita Jeanette Engles Foundation is a nonprofit organization with the sole purpose to assist Caddo High School graduates in their education through college or technical school. As a high school teacher and college professor for over 30 years, Engles provided guidance and was a positive influence to countless students. Her own experience at Caddo High School and the lifetime friends she made inspired her family and friends to create this scholarship fund.
