These Douglas Tigers happened to all wear their school colors last Friday!
These three WHS ladies were the champions of the 3rd hour, team sports, floor hockey unit with an overall record of 6 wins and 2 losses in our round robin tournament. Pictured from left to right - Aubrey Fendt, Liz Hafenstein and Morgan Scher.
WHS students Carlos Ancira-Espino, Liz Hafenstein, Tessa Schwager and Morgan Scher recently earned the honor of being the champions of 3rd hour team sports in Phy Ed class. Way to go!
These Douglas students are enjoying the recent warm weather with a little recess fun!
6 donors needed! Give the gift of life this Saturday, November 18th at the Webster Elementary School gym! Each donation can save potentially 3 lives of local WI patients in need! As a thank you, Versiti is offering all attempting O donors a $25 e-gift card (code: PIE)! Versiti is offering all attempting donors a BOGO offer with Noodles & Company as well as a chance to win $2500 in DIY projects!
Mrs. Canenguez's classroom at Schurz School celebrated All Saint’s Day on November 1st. To celebrate, they remembered the famous Gigantic Kites made in Guatemala.
Earlier in October, Watertown High School students were treated to a German Fest sponsored by our local chapter of the National German Honor Society. First hour classes competed in a daily trivia contest to win root beer floats and warm pretzels--Ms. Meissner's class enjoyed the prize! Students also looked for a new daily hiding sport for Hannah the Bear, winning German chocolate for bringing her back. After school, students guessed how many German candies were in a jar--congratulations to Connor Hawes for coming closest!
HOSA recently held their "HOSAween" event. Leah Salva and Amelia Dean were the winners of the pumpkin carving contest with their "Nightmare Before Christmas" pumpkin.
Grades 2/3 Classes at Lincoln STEM had members of the Dodge-Jefferson Beekeepers Association share a presentation and conduct a simulation of honeybees in a hive as an extension of their Life Cycles & Survival Project Lead the Way module.
On Monday, 10/9, four of our WHS students participated in the Badger Conference Honors Orchestra. Jacob Johnson, Sarin Johnson, Kieran McCarthy, and Sara Rodriguez spent the day rehearsing with other students from our conference and were led by Oriol Sans, Director of Orchestral Studies at UW-Madison. They rehearsed throughout the day at the Hamel Music Center on the UW-Madison Campus and performed a concert in the evening, attended by family and friends. The students learned music by Grieg, Assad, Bernstein, and Stravinsky. Also participating in the event were students from Beaver Dam, Edgewood, Fort Atkinson, McFarland, Monona Grove, Mt. Horeb, Oregon, Reedsburg, Verona, and Waunakee.
First year German students competed against other classes to see which class could be the fastest at passing a ball to every student while counting in German. They came up with creative strategies to increase their speed!
Grades 4 and 5 at Lincoln Stem played Treble Clef Twister in Music class. Students drew their own staff and treble clef. Music Teacher Michelle Beine called out hand/foot and left/right to put on the correct line or space.
Mr. Olszewski brought his fifth graders on a trip to the office to formally meet Mrs. Stankey in the health room! During their morning meetings, Mr. O and his class explore and discuss the Essential 55 life skills - one of which is greeting others by name! “Good morning, Mrs. Stankey!”
Mathematicians at work from 4/5 Lincoln STEM! Students are enjoying our new program Number Corner and are learning how to effectively communicate their reasoning during Math.
Mr. Stollberg and Miss Olen's classes joined up for Trivia Thursday during their morning meeting! While having a blast, students worked on SO many skills - focusing attention, listening, sharing their ideas, supporting ideas with evidence, cooperation, and accepting outcomes. Learning is fun as a 5th Grade Douglas Tiger!
What do two former LEAP students and one current LEAP student have in common? All three of these LEAPsters had grandfathers who taught Science together at Watertown High School. See if you can decide which student belongs to Mr. Buescher, Mr. Alvarez and Mr. Niemann?
More Homecoming fun while WHS athletes visit during Douglas Elementary's lunch time as part of Homecoming celebrations.
Students at LEAP Elementary had an egg-cellent time collecting eggs from their hens and using them for a learning project. After learning about how long it takes an egg to go from a hen to the store, students observed and compared store bought eggs to the school’s hen’s eggs - that included how the eggs tasted! Students enjoyed an egg-stra delicious breakfast straight from their own coop!
All Veterans are invited to join WHS students and staff on November 10, 2023, for a breakfast and ceremony in honor of Veteran's Day. Please RSVP by Friday, October 27th. R.S.V.P's can be submitted online here:
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The WHS Class of 1993 recently held their 30th class reunion. During half time of the homecoming football game, they presented WHS Principal Josh Kerr with a donation in memory of 11 unique and wonderful classmates that have been lost.
