Earlier this month, 12 Watertown High School students attended the HOSA (Health Occupation Students of America) State Leadership Conference and Competition at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells. The students showcased their competitive skills in the areas of Forensic Science, Emergency Medical Technician, Public Service Announcement, Medical Spelling, and Pharmacology Science. The students also attended a variety of breakout sessions to grow their healthcare knowledge and leadership training.
The students attending the conference were Owen Sjoberg, Jackson Medina, Addie Meintzer, Kieston Keel, Lydia Meyers, Emily Bardenwerper, Hannah Cookson, Sophia Nieto, Kylie Tripp, Ashley Almendarez, Eleyna Stadler and Taija Garcia.
Noah Gibson, WHS teacher and advisor to HOSA, said the program is made possible through student-led fundraising efforts and support from local community partners including Watertown Regional Medical Center; Spero Heritage Homes; Area Dental Clinic of Watertown, WI; Harry E. Gibson, D.D.S.; Deb Kind-Hall, R.N.; and Emily Stoddard, M.D.
We have much to celebrate in the Watertown Unified School District across all grade levels. We also send our best wishes to our student musicians competing at State Solo & Ensemble this Saturday! 🎶
The Watertown High School Visual Arts Classic team participated in the State VAC Competition at Edgewood College on April 11 along with 63 other teams. Watertown brought home 6 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 1 bronze medal.
WHS students and coaches who attended the competition are pictured below. They are:
Back row, from left - Coach Jana Strobel, Alternates Annie Van der Linden and Inky Roberts, Design Artist Ze Zietlow, Alternate Evan Rodriguez, Digital Artist Isaac VanBuren, and Coach Dave Pawl.
Front row, from left - Printmaking Artist Charlie Pliska, Art History Artist Dani Krahn, Photographer Oli Holz, and Functional Artist Mack Christian.
Happy Administrative Professionals Day to this amazing group of WUSD employees - thank you so much for all you do to support our staff, students and families.
We extend our sincere appreciation to Vian Abdulrahman, Terri Danner, Cory Dittmann, Jaime Fischer, Jill Geske, Danielle Hansen, Jennifer Harris, Jean Heiden, Cheryl Hollatz, Diane Klemm, Kathryn Klinger, Kelly Kwapil, Amy Liesch, Lynn Linskens, Sherrie Loeffler-Tietz, Dawn McBride, Jennifer McCrory, Sarah Miller, Kelley Piasecki, Katie Pirkel, Amanda Ristow, Jaclyne Rocole, Sara Schmitz, Katie Schroeder, Crystal Stalker, Angel Vander Steeg, Jean Vesper, Amy Wesemann, Jennifer Willis, Michelle Yelk and Laura Zautner. 💙
The State Youth Art Month exhibit was held at East Towne Mall over Spring Break. Six Watertown High School art students were selected from the Southwest Region to have their work featured in the State show. The artists pictured are (from left) Ryder Larson, Isabella Acosta, Abigail Frentzel, Samantha Yelk, Lily Sisulak and Erin Peterson. #WatertownWay!
Watertown High School held a Pep Assembly Friday morning to honor Flight Feather recipients, to recognize winter season athletes who competed at State, to celebrate attendance milestones and more.
WHS's Flight Feather program provides staff and students with the opportunity to recognize other staff and students for going out of their way to do the right thing or by completing an act of kindness for someone else. So far, 637 Flight Feathers have been submitted this school year for a drawing. Students whose names were drawn included Carson Lindeman, Karter Zimmerman, Nohra Good, Gillian Mihalko, Sophia Tolfa and Sophia Gonzales. Staff winners were Kelley Piasecki and Eric Kleine.
Another special recognition that occurred Friday was the send-off of the Special Olympics Basketball Team - Galaxy - featuring WHS student Alex Wuestenberg and other WHS alumni. The team played at the State games in Oshkosh this past weekend. Go Goslings!
Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!
What a fun Friday for our students - the Watertown High School Show Choir performed at Riverside Middle School and several elementary schools today and they were fantastic! The community is invited to see the Show Choir perform this evening at WHS starting at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are sold at the door - admission is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors and $2 for students.
Please extend a huge congratulations to our FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) members as they competed and all medaled in various events at the FCCLA State Leadership Conference on Tuesday April 9. FCCLA members include Brielle Mueller, Kyler Chentis, Paige Walter, Macie Purtell, Bella Richter, Nadia Schmidt, Brynlee Simon, Tatum Groll, Ginny Sobol, Laura Peralta, Aryssa King, Ella Mock, and Leah Salva. Together they took home one bronze medal, eight silver medals, and four gold medals in events such as Culinary, Baking, Design, Knife Skills, and Education. Two of our members, Nadia Schmidt and Paige Walter, qualified for Nationals in Orlando, FL this summer. Way to go!
Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!
Students in Mr. Blair Thorpe's Financial Literacy class are in the process of learning about investing. Earlier this week, the students had the unique opportunity to learn first-hand knowledge of investing and local investing opportunities from Whitney Townsend, director of Business and Community Development at FCCU (Fort Community Credit Union). Thank you to Whitney for sharing her time and expertise with our students!
