It was a perfect, sunny morning last Friday for the annual Douglas Dash at Douglas Elementary School. Pictured are our kindergartners running as students in the upper grades cheered them on. There were also many parents, grandparents and guardians present to support the students.
🔥 Hot off the press - The Watertown Unified School District is pleased to share the Spring 2025 edition of its official newsletter, The District Download. Read all the news here: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2120/WUSD/5645519/The_District_Download_Spring_2025_Updated.pdf.
Lincoln STEM Elementary School hosted its annual Showcase Night on Wednesday, May 7. During this special event, students proudly shared their unique talents and displayed projects created over the past several weeks. Many of the projects were informational and some were interactive. The students did a great job "showcasing" their talents and projects to parents and guests.
The Watertown Unified School District Board of Education will host three committee/sub-committee meetings this week. The monthly Board of Education regular meeting will take place next Monday, May 19 at 6 p.m.. To read the meeting agendas for this week, visit https://go.boarddocs.com/wi/watertown/Board.nsf/vpublic?open.
Webster Elementary School held its annual Spring concert on Tuesday evening with performances by third, fourth and fifth grade students. They did a fantastic job and sang beautifully!
🌱 LEAP Elementary School Teacher Melissa Prochaska Awarded Grant to Boost Ag Learning 🍃
Eight Wisconsin educators have received scholarships to attend the 2025 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference this June in Minneapolis.
This three-day conference helps educators use agriculture to teach subjects like math, science, and social studies. It includes farm tours, hands-on workshops, and the chance to meet other teachers passionate about ag literacy.
The scholarship winners are: Melissa Prochaska, LEAP Elementary School, Watertown; Barb Pliner, St. Mary School, Richland Center; Michelle Perzinski, Stevens Point Area Senior High; Nia Frisch, Saint Mark, Newman Catholic, Wausau; Angelique Manvilla, River Trail School of Agricultural Science, Milwaukee; Andrea Thompson, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau; Irene Kutz, Green Lake County AITC, Ripon; and Yolanda Woloszyn, Green Lake County AITC, Princeton.
Each scholarship is worth $1,050 and covers registration and lodging for the conference. Funding is provided by the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation, with support from Compeer Financial, the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board and AgCountry Financial. Congratulations Mrs. Prochaska!
There's only 22 days of school left 🙂. Time flies when we are learning and having fun!
On Tuesday evening, student ambassadors from the WUSD's Endeavor Charter School hosted a special presentation at the Watertown Public Library with Q&A to follow. The students talked about their positive learning experiences at Endeavor, and how the student-guided programming is preparing them for their future post-high school.
Endeavor Charter School is still accepting applications for the 2025-26 school year. To learn more, visit https://www.watertown.k12.wi.us/o/endeavor.
Last Friday, Watertown Police Department Detective Jacob Reitz was a guest speaker in Emmie Carpenter's Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Biomedical Innovation classes at Watertown High School. The students are completing a Forensic Autopsy Project and Detective Reitz provided information regarding crime scene investigations and autopsies.
Thank you, Detective Reitz, for sharing your expertise with our students!
Douglas Elementary School third graders recently competed in the Battle of the Books! More than half of the third graders participated on a team, reading books and competing by answering questions. Pictured are the three teams who finished in the top 3 places – The Rock Squad (left), The Epic March Boys (middle), and The Sports Stars (right). Students pictured include (back row, left to right) Natalie Kreuser, Corbin Biasi, Kane Briscoe, Owen Craft, Michael Tokarski, and Patrick McCarthy; (front row, left to right) Makenzie Collins, Connor Klock, and Hawkens Stratman. Congratulations to all participants!
Lily Sisulak, an art student at Watertown High School, has a mixed media painting currently featured in the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. The piece is part of a show entitled, "When One Door Closes: A Teen Perspective on Change." The exhibit runs through July 13th. Sisulak is pictured here with her work entitled, "A Sprawl of Nature."
On Monday, April 28, students attending the Watertown Unified School District's REACH Beyond Age 18-21 Transition Program volunteered their time to pot 100 trees for the Watertown Park and Rec Dept. The trees were purchased from Dodge County and will be planted in our local parks at a later date. 🌳
Happy School Nurses Day to our dedicated and caring school nurse, Lynn Gilbert, and to her equally dedicated and caring health room assistants - Alex Stankey (Watertown High School), Lisa Dominguez (Riverside Middle School), Tracey Rein (Webster Elementary School), Betty Richardson (Schurz Elementary School) and Theresa Kempf (Douglas Elementary School). Thank to you these special staff members for all they do for our schools! 💗
This past Saturday, Watertown High School was the site of "A Grand Affair" - the 2025 WHS Junior Prom. This special event was decorated to the nines in Art Deco styling with a Great Gatsby flair. More than 400 students were in attendance at the dance, with many also attending the Post Prom at the Watertown Elks Lodge. Thank you to the many local businesses that generously donated gifts for door prizes, and to the many WHS staff members and parent volunteers who help make Prom and Post Prom possible each year.
Congratulations to Jack Sullivan and Lydia Meyers for being crowned Prom King and Queen! Members of the 2025 Junior Prom Court include (fourth/back row, from left) Ava Novotny escorted by Garett Harris and Taija Garcia escorted by Drew Schauer, (third row) Sophia Page escorted by Davis Cashin and Allison Howlett escorted by Brady Lessner, (second row) Tessa Schwager escorted by Eli Clark and Gillian Mihalko escorted by Brady Crane, and (front row) Queen Lydia Meyers escorted by King Jack Sullivan.
Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!
The Watertown Unified School District Board of Education is scheduled to interview and appoint a candidate to fill a vacant board seat at its next regular meeting, Monday, May 19 at 6 p.m. at the Educational Service Center.
Five candidates filed paperwork by the April 30 deadline to apply for the vacant seat. The candidates (listed in alphabetical order) are Steve Good, Laurie Hoffmann, Michael Kujawski, David Morstad and Michael Peacy. Each candidate will have the opportunity to provide a 3-minute introduction and then may be asked questions by board members at the May 19 meeting.
An agenda for the board meeting with a link to attend remotely will be posted the week prior at https://go.boarddocs.com/wi/watertown/Board.nsf/vpublic?open.
There are several WUSD Board of Education committee meetings taking place this week. View the agenda for all Board of Education meetings at https://go.boarddocs.com/wi/watertown/Board.nsf/vpublic?open.
This week, May 5-9, is Teacher Appreciation Week. We are grateful for all our caring and dedicated teachers not only during this special week, but the whole year through.
Thank you to our WUSD teachers for all they do to support our students and their families. 💙
Today we celebrate our very special Nutrition Services staff during National School Lunch Hero day. We appreciate the great work the Nutrition Services Department does in keeping our students well-fed and for the kindness they share throughout the WUSD.
The 54th Massed Band concert carries on a tradition started in Watertown in the late 1960s, and features all of the WUSD's band musicians, 6th through 12th grade. This year's event will feature music from the Broadway musical and smash hit movie, Wicked! Join us on Saturday, May 10 at 7 p.m. for this wonderful celebration of our students' growth this year. Tickets are sold at the door; $3.00 for adults, and $2.00 for students and seniors.
