Homecoming float decorating is underway! Senior and freshmen students are pictured working on their floats yesterday after school. We look forward to seeing the completed float designs at the Homecoming Parade starting at 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon! The Homecoming Parade route is along Main Street from Eighth Street to Third Street. 🌟
Catherine Kaczmarek, a 2024 Watertown High School graduate, will be recognized at the 97th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis October 23-26 for being named a prestigious National Finalist in the field of Specialty Animal Production. Kaczmarek is presently a freshman at Texas A&M University, majoring in Rangeland and Wildlife Management.
Catherine’s achievements will be highlighted at the convention, which draws 70,000 FFA members, parents, and leaders in business, education and government from across the nation. Congratulations Catherine! #WatertownWay!
Junior and Senior students, make plans to attend the WHS College & Career Planning Night on Monday, Oct. 7 from 5:50-8 p.m. Bring your families to learn all about the many educational opportunities and technical career pathways available to you post-graduation.
Webster Elementary School held its Cool, Awesome, and Terrific Students (CATS) lunch on Friday, September 20. Each month, Webster Principal Brad Clark eats lunch with a group of Cool, Awesome, and Terrific Students. These students are picked by teachers in grades 5K-5 for making great gains in an academic area or working super hard.
Picture 1 Grades K-2 (top row, left to right): Makenna Newkirk, Macy Moulton, Rowan Schimmel, (middle row) Roman Castro, Alex Roever, Jonathan Parpart, (bottom row) Jaeda Larsen, Sloane Ferry, and Ayonna Newson-Heller.
Picture 2 Grades 3-5 (top row, left to right): Isaiah Hoffer, Keira Schimmel, Kayden Frazier, (middle row) Eugene Gallert, Nadia Leuzinger, Oliver Muniz, (bottom row) Teddy Rahberger, Braelyn Rein, and Damian Herrera.
The WUSD Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 23, 2024 starting at 6 p.m. Please note, this meeting will be held in the Watertown High School Media Center, 825 Endeavour Dr. The Media Center is the library at the top of the main stairs at WHS. For more information, call (920) 262-1460 or email linskensl@mywusd.org.
Mark your calendar for this Sunday to learn more about an exciting opportunity for Watertown High School students to travel to Germany next summer. Also, host families with high schoolers are still sought for German exchange students coming to Watertown in October. For information, contact Kim Schneider at schneiderk@mywusd.org.
On National IT Professionals Day, it is our pleasure to announce that WUSD Supervisor of Information Technology David Lockstein has been named the BEST TEAM LEADER through the 2024 Connection I.T. Superhero Awards!
The awards included five categories – Best Team Leader (leads to success, inspires others to greatness), Best Catch (made an amazing save, big or small, that averted disaster), Best Rookie (a fresh IT pro who performs like a seasoned pro), Most Unshakable (always calm, patient, and focused in the face of IT chaos), and Best Superpower (capable of performing astonishing feats, no matter the deadline).
The awards are sponsored by Hewlett Packard and Lenovo. Judges included Ed Soo Hoo, Worldwide CTO, Global Accounts, Lenovo; Patrick McGee, Director, Technology Support Services, St. John’s County School District, 2022 Ultimate IT Superhero Award Winner; and Johan Dowdy, Global Head of IT and IT Security, Asana, 2024 Ultimate IT Superhero Award Winner.
Congratulations to Mr. Lockstein on this impressive achievement!
Join us in celebrating National Information Technology Professionals Day! Technology is constantly changing, and these five outstanding employees work hard to keep our students, teachers, staff and families connected on the information highway. Thank you to David Lockstein, Miranda Kluge, Tyler Letlebo, Rich Bowman and Frank Galioto! 💻
Second and third grade students at Lincoln STEM Elementary School enjoyed reading books with trained therapy dogs this morning as part of the Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program. The students moved among four different stations in the gymnasium with each station featuring one adorable therapy dog and a selection of books to read.
Congratulations to Watertown High School Senior William Wrolstad who has been named a Semifinalist in the 2025 National Merit Scholarship Competition!
Today the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of more than 16,000 Semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. About 95 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the Merit Scholar title.
The National Merit Scholarship winners of 2025 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July. These scholarship recipients will join more than 382,000 other distinguished young people who have earned the Merit Scholar title.
SkillsUSA members from Watertown High School and Riverside Middle School traveled to Atlanta, GA in June to participate in the largest gathering and competition of America’s future skilled workforce. This competition is the ultimate recognition of excellence in career and technical education celebrating the accomplishments of 1st Place state competition winners from across the United States.
Our very own Watertown SkillsUSA members competed in:
➡ Urban Search and Rescue Robotics - Jake Johnson and Tyler Johnston (WHS) earned a Bronze medal against high school teams from across the country; and Isaac Manchester and Abbott Skrobak (RMS) won a gold medal, also competing against middle school teams nation-wide 🏆.
➡ Chapter Display - Teagan McGuire, Brayden Haversack, and Sarin Johnson (WHS).
➡ TV Video - Evan Rodriguez and Hayden Leonard (WHS).
➡ Naomi Domer (WHS) served as a National Regional Vice President during the 2023-24 school year and represented Watertown High School on stage at all ceremonies and conference events.
While at the conference, SkillsUSA members attended workshops, seminars, demonstrations and activities that brought together more than 16,500 attendees, including students, instructors, industry partners, government officials, administrators and more. They also enjoyed a visit to the Georgia Aquarium.
The 2024-25 school year is off to a great start! Enjoy these first day photos taken at Webster Elementary School. Welcome Wildcats!
The 2024-25 school year is off to a great start! Enjoy these first day photos taken at Schurz Dual Language Elementary School. Welcome Tigers!
The 2024-25 school year is off to a great start! Enjoy these first day photos taken at Lincoln STEM Elementary School. Welcome Pandas!
The 2024-25 school year is off to a great start! Enjoy these first day photos taken at LEAP (Lebanon) Elementary School.
The 2024-25 school year is off to a great start! Enjoy these first day photos taken at Douglas Elementary School. Welcome Tigers!
It was an exciting day yesterday at Riverside Middle School as teachers and staff welcomed students in grades 6-8 to the start of the 2024-25 school year!
To help students become more familiar with staff and to better understand school expectations, each grade attended a welcome assembly in the school gymnasium. Enjoy these images of our sixth-graders attending their assembly, as well as their first official lunchtime as middle schoolers in the cafeteria.
The Watertown Unified School District Administrative Team wishes all our students a great start to their school year! Welcome back to our WUSD staff, students and their families - let's make the 2024-25 school year the best yet! 🏫🍎🎒
We’re setting the bar high for the start of the 2024-25 school year by announcing that five Watertown High School students have been identified by the College Board National Recognition Program for their grade point average (GPA) of a B+ or higher and their outstanding performance on the PSAT/NMSQT®, PSAT™ 10, and/or AP® Exams.
Congratulations to Julian Byrne, Megan Doherty, Aubrey Keddington, Reggie Reimer and Nathan Rocole!
As part of back-to-school training and team building activities, the staff at Riverside Middle School participated in a "Goosechase" last week where employees enjoyed a scavenger hunt around Watertown. The activity enabled the team members to get to know each other, and the Watertown community, a little better. 🚗🤳
