
Our #WatertownWay LEAP 2/3 class is trying out Osmo Tangram and Plugo Link - tangible play options that pair along with iPad activities - during their Media Center time. #innovativelearningatLEAP




These hardworking Green Tigers Garden Club members helped to beautify the Schurz Elementary garden by spreading mulch!



Congratulations to our #WatertownWay award winners at the 51st Massed Band Concert - which was held Thursday, May 5, 2022 at WHS. Watertown High School Band directors Reid LaDew and Chad Martin and Riverside Middle School Band directors Wanda Doughty and Theresa Janke Oestreicher led each ensemble individually. Theresa Janke Oestreicher directed the massed band in performing “Music from West Side Story” by Leonard Bernstein.
Congratulations to Jackson Barta, Director’s Award for Musical Theater Orchestra; Sheldon Behymer, Spirit Award; Jacob Tietz, John Phillip Sousa Award; Lilly Farmer, Spirit Award; and Raigan Good, Patrick S. Gilmore Award.
These students won a scholarship from the Watertown Music Booster Club to attend summer band camp or band lessons. Congratulations to Olivia Trepte - flute, grade 6; Josh Butzen - percussion, grade 7; Julian Byrne - percussion, high school; and Samantha Mendoza Hernandez - trumpet, high school.



These #WatertownWay RMS Panthers worked on their cardiovascular fitness by running the Partner Pacer test!


Happy Mother's Day to all of our #WatertownWay moms! 👱🏾♀️ 👩🏾 👩


This past Thursday, our #WatertownWay RMS Track & Field athletes had a home event at WHS! Check out these action shots! Way to go, Panthers!




The WHS Chapter of the National Tri-M Music Honor Society donated $1,500 this year to our three #WatertownWay elementary school music teachers in the WUSD! The high school musicians donated the money to purchase instruments, buy new technology for the classroom and pay for field trips that will broaden the musical experiences of our elementary students in Watertown and inspire them to continue making music. We are proud to be the Watertown UNIFIED School District! 😍




Excitement was in the air at LEAP on Tuesday as Mrs. Pirkel welcomed our incoming Kindergarteners for the 2022-23 school year at our #WatertownWay Kindergarten Orientation! They had the chance to check out the school, meet new friends, and do fun activities - like making a leopard mask! As a reminder of their fun time together, Mrs. Pirkel sent them home with a cute homemade bag, their mask, and a book.


When you can't find the sunshine, be the sunshine! ☀️These #WatertownWay Douglas 5th graders wanted to bring the sun to recess today!




Here's a second SHOUT OUT to show our appreciation for our School Lunch Heroes:
Our #WatertownWay Nutrition Services team has worked tirelessly to provide emergency meals to students since the pandemic closed schools in March of 2020. The extension of free meals for all students for the past two years, coupled with severe supply chain disruptions, has created many unique challenges requiring nutrition programs to be creative in the areas of staffing and meal production. A HUGE THANK YOU to our Nutrition Services staff for the effort and care that you pour into your work daily for our students!


In honor of Mother's Day, our #WatertownWay Schurz Elementary Green Tigers and their mothers enjoyed time together during our Bouquet and Tea, Mom and Me event. Members and their mothers made bouquets and enjoyed treats.





May 6, 2022 is School Lunch Hero Day! Thank you to our amazing #WatertownWay Nutrition Services Team! We appreciate you!


Miss Leahy’s Fiber Fabric Foods classes learned all about Italy and had a chance to make homemade pasta! We bet it was tasty!





Our #WatertownWay fifth graders at Lincoln STEM are teaching a few third graders how to grow lettuce in our hydroponics machines! It's so great to watch these mentors in action!




2nd Graders at Webster Elementary have been learning about the basics of Tee-ball from fielding, batting and game play. Here they are playing a 4 vs. 4 mini-game!


Mrs. Degrandt's #WatertownWay 8th grade ELA class discussed the power of storytelling in a Socratic seminar. Students listened to the comments of others, thought critically for themselves and articulated their own thoughts and responses to the thoughts of others.

Here's a SHOUT OUT to Ms. Steuerwald for helping our #WatertownWay Douglas Tigers to grow - and glow - in Physical Education class!


The Board of Education is conducting surveys for WUSD families and staff members to learn more about the values and qualities that our stakeholders are seeking in our next Superintendent. Your input is valuable and appreciated. This survey will be open from May 4-May 18.
Link to Survey: https://survey2.ecragroup.com/index.php/165987?lang=en


It's always fun learning something new! These #WatertownWay Spanish course students played a card game called Mano Nerviosa - a popular card game in many Spanish-speaking places that helps students learn and practice numbers in Spanish.


May is Mental Health Awareness month and our #WatertownWay WHS Student Services team is showing their support with these amazing t-shirts. We are so thankful for these WUSD staff members and for all that they do for our students and families!
