
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. š¶
Tradition. Innovation. Transformation.
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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.



We wish our WUSD staff, students and families a happy, fun, and enjoyable summer. ā
Tradition. Innovation. Transformation.
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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. ā

Tradition. Innovation. Transformation.
#WatertownWay!


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. šØš

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. š²

On Friday, May 23, 12 Lincoln STEM Elementary School students participated in a pizza party celebration after toughing out a major challenge and mastering the 42-step algorithm to solve the Rubikās cube, start to finish. These students chose to learn how to solve the Rubikās cube during their recess twice a week for a semester. Many students went on to speed cubing and competed for the fastest time!
Holden Beauchamp achieved solving the Rubikās cube in 58 seconds and Giuseppe Green carried the fastest time at 57 seconds. Jessica Wiedenfeld and Gwendolyn Uselman are the Rubikās Cube Club advisors at Lincoln. Wiedenfeld said, āWe are incredibly proud of the grit, initiative, perseverance, and passion these students put into a skill that less than 5.8% of the worldās population can do!ā
Pictured are the Rubikās Cube Club members and advisors (front row, left to right): Brayden Jobgen, Sierra Phelps, Colton Draves, Brycen Bauknecht, Corgan Claire, Ivy Muza, (back row) Mrs. Wiedenfeld, Giuseppe Green, Julius Deaton, Holden Beauchamp, Makayla Flanagan, Genevieve Hoffman, Delilah Olson, and Mrs. Uselman.
Tradition. Innovation. Transformation.
#WatertownWay!

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.

š„ 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 š. 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 ā 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!


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! š


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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. š


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.





