Several Watertown Unified School District 5th-8th graders participated in a Math Meet earlier this month at UW-Whitewater sponsored by the Southern Lakes Advanced Learners Network. Our students competed in five different math events, and then enjoyed a delicious lunch compliments of Pizza Ranch of Watertown.
We hope everyone is staying warm today! A message has been emailed to WUSD families regarding an update to the dining menus due to today's school closure. Please read below:
Today’s cold weather school closure has necessitated modifications to portions of this week’s menus as a result of food preparation and production activities that had taken place in advance of the school closure announcement on Monday. The online menus have been updated to reflect these planned menu changes.
Please visit our online menu platform to review the updated menus here: https://myschoolmenus.com/organizations/2346.
Thank you for your flexibility and understanding.
WUSD CLASSES CANCELLED TOMORROW - NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES TODAY!
Due to the extreme cold temperatures and wind chill, the Watertown Unified School District is cancelling school tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21, 2025. In addition, all after school activities are cancelled today, Monday, January, 20, 2025.
Please stay safe and warm!
WUSD Parents & Guardians:
Please watch for an email and/or text message this afternoon regarding signing on to Rooms - a new two-way secure messaging tool that will enable parents, teachers, coaches and students to stay better connected. Please note - upon registering, you will enter a virtual "waiting room" at your student's school. This is where all families will gather until Rooms opens district-wide later this spring. Rooms will go live at the start of the Third Trimester or Fourth Quarter depending on where your student(s) attend school.
🎳 Happening Tonight! 🎳
Come "Bowl the Blues Away" this evening at Watertown Bowl 18! The public is invited to attend this special bowling event from 6-7 p.m. where they will not only have fun bowling at a discounted rate of $2 per game, but they will also have the opportunity to learn more about mental health services in Watertown.
For more information, contact Kenda Roman, WUSD mental health coordinator, at romank@mywusd.org.
The cafeteria at Douglas Elementary School is bustling for breakfast! Check out these breakfast helpers and safety patrollers hard at work helping students and keeping others safe!
Watertown High School students studying German as a foreign language recently learned about German holiday traditions, traditional German food, and had the fantastic opportunity to attend the Christkindlmarkt in Chicago! As part of these learning experiences, the students presented their research and wrote skits where they made plans to eat at a restaurant, order food, enjoy a friendly conversation, and pay the bill - all in German!
While at the Christkindlmarkt, the students sampled German food and purchased small handcrafted gifts. Enjoy these photos of the German student at the Christkindlmarkt, acting out their skits, and showcasing their traditional gingerbread cookies.
Endeavor Charter School is now accepting new students for the 2025-26 school year! Endeavor Charter School is located within Watertown High School and provides a unique alternative to traditional learning environments. Current high school students and incoming freshmen interested in attending Endeavor are invited to apply today at endeavorcharterschool.org.
Current Watertown 8th graders and their families will have an opportunity to tour the Endeavor classrooms during Freshman Preview Night next Thursday, Jan. 16.
📣 Attention parents and guardians of current Watertown area 5th graders! Riverside Middle School will host two Parent Information Meetings for incoming 6th graders - one on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. and another on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 8:15 a.m., both in the Large Group Instruction (LGI) room at the middle school. There is no need to pre-register, please attend when it is most convenient for you.
WUSD Nutrition Services moves to new hot lunch menu platform and app through My School Menus.
Download the My School Menus app or access the new menu link for all WUSD schools on the district's homepage (https://myschoolmenus.com/organizations/2346) or on each individual WUSD school building website.
Features of this new platform include:
• Complete list of all food choices available to students
• Nutrient data for menu items
• Ability to Build-A-Meal and create customized meals
• Ingredient information for certain menu items
• Allergen identification by filtering menu items
• Dietary preference identification showing symbols identifying foods
• Translation to 180 languages using Google Translate
Please contact the Nutrition Services office at (920) 262-7536 with any questions.
Our students and staff had so much fun during the month of December spreading holiday cheer for all to see and hear - Happy Holidays from the Watertown Unified School District! 🎄🎅⭐
Students attending Endeavor Charter School celebrated the holiday season by ringing bells for the Salvation Army, making cookies both to give away and to enjoy at their class party, and by planning a week of dress up days. The Endeavor Charter School is located inside Watertown High School. To learn more about this unique charter school and its different learning pathways, visit: www.watertown.k12.wi.us/o/endeavor.
Our HOSA students have been busy! Students from Mr. Gibson's Health Observations class recently started their first day of observation rotations. These students (and others not pictured) have the unique opportunity to job shadow medical professionals both at Watertown Regional Medical Center and at local private practices four days a week for nine of the 12 weeks in the trimester. In addition, Health Observations students organized and ran a successful blood drive at Watertown High School, collecting 55 units of blood from both students and members of the community.
Did you know that Douglas Elementary School has a therapy dog program? New this school year, Bailey the golden retriever is present each day to provide love and support to Douglas students. A special fundraising concert sponsored by the Watertown-Beaver Dam Elks Lodge 666 is taking place on Saturday, Jan. 4 to help offset costs associated with Bailey's ongoing training and care.
Purchase tickets using the QR code, at the door the night of the concert, or by visiting: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/douglas-elementary-therapy-dog-fundraiser-tickets-1114902145329?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios.
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.
JOIN OUR TEAM!
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.
