Watertown 4 Kids

Enrollment Remains Open!

There are still openings available in our Watertown Unified School District Little Goslings Peer Model program at Douglas Elementary School. Peer model screening date is Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Click here to register your child - https://forms.gle/vxEMcFfrBLQxLFeG7.

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.

Enrollment is Open! There are still openings available in our Watertown Unified School District Little Goslings Peer Model program at Douglas Elementary School. Peer model screening date is Tuesday, July 22, 2025. Click here to register your child - https://forms.gle/vxEMcFfrBLQxLFeG7.

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!

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!

The staff and students at LEAP Elementary School enjoyed perfect weather for their annual Field Day last Friday. Special thanks to all the parents and members of the Watertown High School FFA who led games and activities and participated in the event. ☀

Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!

Webster Elementary School 1st graders had fun visiting the Betty Brinn Children's Museum in Milwaukee this week. 🚌

**2025 Retiree Recognition** The Watertown Unified School District extends its sincere appreciation to all staff members retiring this year. Thank you for your dedication to our schools, and for working so hard to make not only our classrooms, but our community, a better place. Today we recognize retiring staff member Sue Roth for her 36 years of service to the WUSD. Thank you, Sue, we wish you all the best in your retirement! 💙

Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!

The annual Art Walk and Chalk the Walk took place along Main Street in downtown Watertown yesterday. The rain ended just in time for organizations to set up for this special event. The Bentzin Family Town Square, the Watertown Public Library, downtown businesses, and downtown sidewalks were packed with people viewing artwork, and enjoying games and activities. Thank you to the Watertown Arts Council and the WUSD Art Department for doing such a great job organizing this annual community event. 🎨🖌

Douglas Elementary School held its annual Bicycle Rodeo last week. Thank you to the Watertown WI Police Department for helping our students learn about bicycle safety. 🚲

Tradition. Innovation. Transformation. #WatertownWay!

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

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.

There's only 22 days of school left 🙂. Time flies when we are learning and having fun!

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!