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Watertown High School students are having a great time in Germany this week! The students, led by WHS German teacher Mrs. Kim Schneider and parent chaperones, are seeing some amazing sites and learning so much about German culture. They spent time exploring Munich, where they enjoyed a bike tour and waded in the English Garden. Later today, the students will connect with their host families. Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!

At last night's Watertown Unified School District Board of Education meeting, recent Watertown High School graduates Danielle Krahn and Isabella Acosta were recognized for their outstanding artwork. A painting by Krahn, entitled "Watertown Blue Bird," has been selected for permanent display in the Board Room at the Educational Service Center. Acosta's artwork, entitled "Hunger for Technique," will be displayed at the high school. Pictured are (from left) Danielle Krahn, WHS Art Teacher Mr. Pawl, and Isabella Acosta. Congratulations to Danielle and Isabella - keep creating beautiful art! 🎨🖌

So much fun and learning taking place - Watertown High School currently has two international trips underway with students in both Germany and Panama! We will share photos from the Germany trip soon, and we invite you to follow along with Mr. Eric Kleine and his students in Panama through the WHS Spanish Trips Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WHSSpanishTrips.

The Watertown Unified School District Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight (Monday) at 6 p.m. A special Board of Education meeting will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5:30 p.m. to discuss long range facilities planning. The public is invited to attend both meetings in person or virtually. The meeting agendas can be found here - https://go.boarddocs.com/wi/watertown/Board.nsf/vpublic?open.

Mrs. Pochop recently shared these photos of Webster Elementary School students writing, publishing and sharing their poetry with their friends in younger grades. Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!

The Watertown Unified School District has been named a NAMM Foundation Best Communities for Music Education for the 13th consecutive year! This honor recognizes school districts that have a robust, financially supported and fully staffed music program with diverse offerings. Thank you to the incredible members of our music department staff district-wide, to all our student musicians, and to the parent volunteers that support our music department. 🎶 Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!

Congratulations to these eCampus Academy students for making the Honor Roll and High Honor Roll. The eCampus Academy is an online charter school established in 2020 through the Watertown Unified School District. During the 2024-25 school year, there were 312 students enrolled in the eCampus Academy, with 138 being international students. Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!

Mrs. Fuller’s Interior Design classes at Watertown High School recently took a field trip to IKEA to visualize and apply what they’re learning in class in a more life-like setting. While there, they got a chance to meet IKEA's design team manager and ask questions. The students completed a scavenger hunt and thoroughly enjoyed their time!

✨ We are pleased to present the Endeavor Charter School Trimester 3 Honor Roll for the 2024-25 school year.

✨ We are pleased to present the Watertown High School Trimester 3 Honor Roll for the 2024-25 school year.

✨ We are pleased to present the Watertown High School Trimester 3 High Honor Roll for the 2024-25 school year.

Congratulations to the Watertown High School Class of 2025! On Saturday, June 14, 285 seniors received their diplomas in front of a packed field house of family and friends. This year’s graduating class included five Valedictorians – Alexandria Johnson, Megan Doherty, Reggie Reimer, Sarah Rodriguez-Machado, and William Wrolstad. Many seniors were recognized for their academic achievements throughout the year. We are proud to share these impressive statistics regarding the Class of 2025: 🎓 43 seniors graduated Summa Cum Laude 🎓 13 seniors graduated Magna Cum Laude 🎓 20 seniors graduated Cum Laude 🎓 40 seniors graduated with Honors with Distinction (3.8-4.0 GPA) 🎓 56 seniors graduated with High Honors (3.5-3.799 GPA) 🎓 37 seniors graduated with Honors (3.2-3.499 GPA) 🎓 42 seniors are members of the National Honor Society 🎓 16 seniors are members of the Tri-M Music Honor Society 🎓 29 seniors are members of the Spanish Honor Society 🎓 9 seniors are members of the German Honor Society 🎓 16 seniors are members of the National Art Honor Society 🎓 16 seniors earned PLTW-Biomedical Engineering Honors 🎓 10 seniors earned Academic Decathlon Honors 🎓 13 seniors earned the Global Seal of Biliteracy 🎓 18 seniors were AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) students 🎓 5 seniors earned SkillsUSA Honors Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!

Schurz Elementary School 3rd graders in Yesmi Dresser’s class were recently treated to a movie and popcorn for raising the most money for the Schurz Tiger Run. The students also had the unique opportunity to meet Ms. Dresser’s pet gecko, Ginger. In addition, local Watertown Police Department officers recently visited their classroom to talk about bicycle safety.

✨ Project SEARCH Holds Graduation 🎓 A unique training program designed to connect young adults with special needs to permanent local employment opportunities graduated four more Watertown-area students on Tuesday, June 10. Congratulations to Hayden Eighmy, Patrick Peterson, Darius Heard and Cameron Heimsch! Project SEARCH is led by Watertown Unified School District instructor Tracy Widiker. It was established in Watertown in 2017 by Watertown Area School District employees Abby Bamba, Erin Meyer and Kris Leonard. The program is housed at The Marquardt in partnership with the school district, the Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin, long-term care agencies and the Wisconsin Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Project SEARCH was founded in 1996 by Erin Reihle of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Susie Rutkowski, a special education director, to meet entry-level workforce needs by developing partnerships with school and community agencies to hire young people with disabilities. The students or “interns” work to develop skills in the areas of team building, workplace safety, technology, self-advocacy, financial literacy, health and wellness, and maintaining employment. The program runs on the school year calendar (September-June) and provides students with three different employment rotations at The Marquardt – primarily in the areas of housekeeping, shipping and receiving, food service activities, buildings and grounds, customer service, data entry and clerical work. Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!

LEAP Elementary School 4th and 5th graders enjoyed a special visit to Watertown City Hall (City of Watertown, WI - Government) on Monday. The students toured the different city departments, learned about the voting process, had a blast in the Watertown TV media center, and reconnected with their former teacher Mayor Robert Stocks. Mayor Stocks was the grades 4/5 teacher at LEAP Elementary prior to being elected Mayor of Watertown on April 1. Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!

Support a great cause at graduation - the WHS Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Club (FCCLA) will be selling light breakfast and lunch refreshments before and after the graduation ceremony this Saturday. ☕

WUSD Nutrition Services will be offering FREE summer meals (breakfast and lunch) to children age 18 and younger while the WUSD Summer School program is in session. The free meals are open to any child in the community - they do not need to be enrolled in Summer School to participate in the free meal program. The Summer School program runs 6/18/25-7/18/25. Our meal sites are CLOSED from 7/3/25-7/7/25. IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL MEALS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EATEN ON-SITE. Children age 10 and younger who are not enrolled in Summer School should be accompanied by an adult. Adults accompanying a child may purchase breakfast for $3 or lunch for $5. Please see the flyers for site locations and meal service times.

Good luck to our Watertown High School Varsity Girls Softball team as they compete in the State Quarterfinal game tonight against DC Everest! Thank you to all the parents and family members, friends, WHS staff members, and the members of the WHS Band who gave them a cheerful send-off. 🥎

We wish our WUSD staff, students and families a happy, fun, and enjoyable summer. ☀ Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!

A Field Day was also held at Douglas Elementary School last Friday. Such a beautiful day and so much fun!