DEADLINE APPROACHING: Do you know a graduate of Watertown High School who has gone on to serve their communities and world through their careers, vocations or service dedication through a variety of endeavors? Someone who has made an outstanding contribution, displayed leadership, is a person of historical significance or prominent figure? If so, please consider nominating them for the Watertown Unified School District 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award! Nomination forms may be found at https://www.watertown.k12.wi.us/page/distinguished-alumni-award or may be picked up at the Educational Service Center - 111 Dodge Street. Nomination forms must be received by May 1st. #WatertownWay
This past week, eCampus Educators Alexis Hail and Jenna Retzlaff met a Ukrainian mom to discuss her daughters' enrollment into WUSD's eCampus virtual school. Olga Lytvynova shared her story from her family's current home in Poland and is eager to get her 2nd and 5th grader back to school! Our #WatertownWay eCampus Academy staff has partnered with US University Pathways in recent months to enroll international students into eCampus to earn a WUSD diploma and a pathway to a Wisconsin college. Connecting with Olga and her family is an outgrowth of this effort and one that WUSD is pleased and honored to be able to support!
Attention Seniors & Families: The Graduation Committee is looking for your childhood pictures for the senior slideshow. If you have pictures you would like to submit, please send them to whsgradpics@gmail.com. The deadline to submit pictures is Friday, May 6.
It's National Volunteer Recognition Week and the WUSD wants to give a 📣 SHOUT OUT to our incredible #WatertownWay volunteers who selflessly support our students and staff! We appreciate you!
Prom is Saturday, May 7 from 8:00-11:30 in the WHS. The theme this year is Enchanted Evening, and it will be a great night with beautiful decorations and dancing. The two junior and senior courts will be presented at 9:30 pm. All students need to be in the prom by 9:30 pm. Directly after the prom, students can go to the Elks Lodge on First Street. The post prom runs from 11:30-2:00 am and is free with your prom ticket. If students are going to post prom, they must be there by 12:15 am, as there will be no admittance after that. The post prom will include a huge buffet of food, numerous games--from a ping pong and bags tourney to many casino games and giant Jenga. Prize money can be won at many games. Beyond that, there will be over 100 door prizes for attendees, including an $800 Trek bike, TV, dorm refrigerator, microwave, numerous cash prizes, gift cards, and much, much more! Tickets are on sale with the bookkeeper in the front office. Tickets are $25 per person, which includes admission to both prom and the post prom at the Elks Lodge. Students can buy tickets until May 4 but don't delay--get your ticket ASAP--students will receive their ticket and wristband at prom on Saturday, May 7.
Congratulations to our #WatertownWay SkillsUSA Chapter Display Team for taking 1st in State! Emma Novotny (pictured), Becca Leis (pictured), Madison Peters (not pictured) and Christian Zastrow (not pictured) competed and will be heading to nationals this summer! Three of these students are current participants in the WHS Youth Apprenticeship Program and the other will be participating next year!
To learn more about the WHS Youth Apprenticeship Program. which connects school-based and work-based learning for our students, please visit https://sites.google.com/mywusd.org/watertown-unified-school-distr/school-to-career-program/youth-apprenticeship?authuser=0.
Let's give a round of applause to these #WatertownWay SkillsUSA teammates for taking 4th place in the Welding Fabrication category at State! We are very proud of you, Jaret Boehm (pictured), Nick Olson (not pictured), and Jesse Topel (not pictured)!
The WUSD values its partnership with our local community businesses and organizations, and here is a success story we'd love to share!
Class of 2018 Graduate Jonathan Nico has been working as an engineering intern with the Watertown Department of Public Works since 2018 through a partnership with our Watertown High School Cooperative Work Program - lead by our #WatertownWay Staff Member Sarah Tarpey! Jonathan remained committed to his internship in Watertown throughout his college years, and upon his upcoming graduation will become a civil engineer. Check out the full City of Watertown Press Release 👇!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zmv2F0dSxtF1m4nLFuZQrM_-GLzmyK2o/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106166443697174895583&rtpof=true&sd=true
Congratulations, Jonathan! We are so proud of you!
Our incredible #WatertownWay LEAP Elementary team is ready for the weekend - how about you? There is no school on Friday, April 15, so we will see you all on Monday!
The WUSD Orchestras are proud to be performing their upcoming concert with Mark Wood - original member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra! Come hear Mark and our orchestras play a wide variety of music from Nirvana, OneRepublic, Michael Jackson, Aaron Copland, and more! Tickets for this event are on sale now and can be found at: https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/63059.
Just a reminder to families that there is NO SCHOOL on Friday, April 15.
We did it - for the 10th year in a row! The WUSD has been named a 2022 Best Community for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation! Through the tireless efforts and talents of our incredible music education staff and students, and the amazing support of our community, our #WatertownWay music programs continue to be ranked among the best in the nation! #BestCommunitiesforMusicEducation
