Due to the wintry weather and potentially unsafe driving conditions that we are experiencing, all Watertown Unified School District after school activities are canceled today, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.
Please stay safe and warm.
Jarred Burke
Superintendent of Schools
Holiday cheer was out in full force Monday night as Webster Elementary School held its annual holiday concert. The students did a great job making everyone in attendance feel merry. Thank you, Wildcats! 🎶🎄🎶
We received so many great donations yesterday to benefit our grades 4K-12 students in need at Stuff the Bus and we are hoping for a repeat today! Come spread holiday cheer with us at the Bentzin Family Town Square from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Just drive up and we will unload your donations for you!
Last week, the Watertown Unified School District hosted three Community Input Sessions to receive feedback on its preliminary Long Range Facilities Plan. The district has been working with Plunkett Raysich Architects (PRA) since early March to develop this plan that will shape the look and structure of district buildings into the future. This long range plan is being developed based on future enrollment projections, highest and best use of classroom and programming space, evolving teaching best practices, and economic feasibility.
The feedback received last week from district staff members, parents/guardians and community members will play an important role in this planning process. Thank you to all who attended. A second round of Community Input Sessions will take place April 22-24, 2025. To learn more about the district's Long Range Facilities Plan, please visit https://www.watertown.k12.wi.us/page/long-range-facilities-planning-study.
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The WUSD is hiring Substitute Teachers and Substitute Paraprofessionals. Come work with a great staff and great students here in Watertown! Email Sarah Miller at millers@mywusd.org for more information.
🍕 Mr. Thayer's 4th grade class at Douglas Elementary School has won back-to-back pizza parties for excellent attendance two months in a row! Thank you to Pizza Ranch of Watertown for sponsoring the attendance celebration pizzas at Douglas throughout the school year.
The Watertown High School Music Department presented its annual Holiday Concert on both Sunday afternoon and Monday evening in the WHS Auditorium. All the students - band, choir, orchestra and more - gave a wonderful performance. Thank you to our amazing Music Department staff and to our fabulous students for creating such a beautiful holiday experience for all to enjoy. 🎶🎄🎶
We are pleased to present the Watertown High School Trimester 1 High Honor Roll for the 2024-25 school year. Congratulations to these students on this incredible achievement!
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We are pleased to present the Watertown High School Trimester 1 Honor Roll for the 2024-25 school year. Congratulations to these students on this incredible achievement!
#Tradition_Innovation_Transformation #WatertownWay
We are pleased to present the Endeavor Charter School Trimester 1 Honor Roll for the 2024-25 school year. Congratulations to these students on this incredible achievement!
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We are pleased to present the WUSD eCampus Trimester 1 High Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the 2024-25 school year. Congratulations to these students on this incredible achievement!
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Next Wednesday, Dec. 11, Watertown High School will proudly host the SkillsUSA District 4 Conference from 4-8 p.m. More than 350 student competitors from roughly 40 different schools will be in attendance, with 70 industry judges from local businesses and on hand to support the event.
Students will have the opportunity to compete in 28 unique contests ranging from welding to photography to electronics and much more. The public is invited to view the competitions as they take place. Watertown High School Technology Education Teacher Jesse Domer and his team are organizing the event. He said it will be "an amazing night for students to test their skills and celebrate the trades!" #Tradition_Innovation_Transformation
The second of our three Community Input Sessions regarding the WUSD's Long Range Facilities Planning study will take place tonight at 6 p.m. at Riverside Middle School. We strongly encourage citizens to attend tonight's meeting or the third meeting tomorrow (Thursday) at Schurz Elementary School, also at 6 p.m. This planning study, coupled with community input, will shape the district's school building configurations into the future. If attending this evening, please enter RMS through the front doors by the flag pole.
Pictured are WUSD staff members attending the Facilities Study presentation yesterday. Speaking are Superintendent Jarred Burke, Buildings & Grounds Supervisor Kevin Sukow and representatives from PRA, the architecture firm conducting the study. Also pictured are some fabulous National Honor Society students who volunteered to watch little ones so their parents could attend the meeting. Childcare will again be provided tonight and tomorrow evening.
Douglas Elementary School 3rd graders recently learned about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and hosted a hallway parade of their own prior to Thanksgiving break. Their "floats" were very creative balloons the students decorated themselves! 🎈🦃
The Lincoln STEM Elementary School Student Leadership Team ran a food drive throughout the month of November to benefit the Watertown Food Pantry. These amazing students collected 855 items in total! As an added bonus, members of the Watertown Fire Department picked up and delivered all the items to the food pantry with loading assistance from the students.
We are proud of our Lincoln STEM Pandas for working together to help others in our community. ❤
How cute is this - students in Mrs. Christine Peters' 4K class at Webster Elementary School were treated to a Thanksgiving Feast where they tasted various Thanksgiving Day fare and rated which dishes were their favorites. The tastings consisted of turkey, stuffing, corn, mashed potatoes and of course, pumpkin pie. 🦃
Great holiday gift idea - customizable Gosling bleacher and camp chairs! Order yours today at https://forms.gle/h3DQysNQDwHxkDrh8. Be comfy as you watch the Goslings compete!
Congratulations to these students for earning Innovator in Action awards!
A group of students are being recognized for using their critical and creative thinking, collaboration, and problem solving skills to design a Buddy Classroom program at Lincoln STEM Elementary School. Each classroom "buddies" with another to complete STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) projects, to read, or to build community. We are so proud of these students for their investment in using Transportable Skills to improve Lincoln STEM!
This is always such a great event - the Watertown Athletic Booster Club will host its annual Trivia Night on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Be sure to save the date! The theme for this year's Trivia Night is College Game Day.
While parent-teacher conferences were taking place at Douglas Elementary School on Thursday evening, a special Family Learning Night was occurring in the school’s gymnasium. With the assistance of a great group of Watertown High School students, children attending Douglas were able to play and work on crafts while their parents met with their teachers. The high schoolers helped set up, ran activities, and then assisted with takedown. The Douglas PTO also held a book fair to add to the fun of the evening.
