Webster Elementary School

TONIGHT AT 5:30 P.M. - ROAD TO THE REFERENDUM PRESENTATION AT RIVERSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL The public is invited to come learn all about the Watertown Unified School District referendum question that will be on the April 1 general election ballot. Questions and feedback from audience members welcomed!

Attention WUSD Families! Due to the worsening weather conditions, all WUSD after school activities are canceled today, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. Please note: Y Care will still take place as scheduled and the WUSD Policy Committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. will be fully virtual. To join the meeting, visit: https://go.boarddocs.com/wi/watertown/Board.nsf/vpublic?open.

Please see the link below for the Webster Weekly News February 10-14, 2025. https://secure.smore.com/n/2t7eap Thank you.

It's School Counselor Appreciation week and we invite you to join us in thanking our very own caring and compassionate school counselors - Mindy Ganser, Bryce Steckbauer, Kelly Cunningham, Jesse Leonhardt, Lora Konz, Avery Harris, Erikka Olson, and Amy True. The Watertown Unified School District is fortunate to have you, and we thank you for all you do for our students!

Riverside Middle School STEM Academy Registration Deadline is Feb. 7! Attention parents and guardians of Watertown area fifth-graders – Riverside Middle School STEM Academy registration closes next Friday, Feb. 7 for the 2025-26 school year. If your child will be a sixth-grader at RMS this fall, please be sure to check out this unique program focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education. To register, visit: https://sites.google.com/mywusd.org/rms-course-registration?usp=sharing.

Please see the link below for the Webster Weekly News February 3-7, 2025. https://secure.smore.com/n/7fjz1 Thank you.

Please see this link for the Webster Weekly News January 27-31, 2025. https://secure.smore.com/n/2e0894 Thanks.

Webster Elementary School held its Cool, Awesome and Terrific Students (CATS) lunch on Friday, January 17. Each month, Principal Brad Clark eats lunch with a group of Cool, Awesome and Terrific students. These students are selected by teachers in grades 5K-5 for making great gains in an academic area or by working super hard. Picture 1 - Grades K, 1, & 2 Top Row (left to right): Jude Ortega, Shea Magyar, Ilirida Limani Middle Row (left to right): Thea Maass, Michael Makovec Bottom Row (left to right): Sunny Salinas, Katalina Butler, Easton Schumacher Picture 2 - Grades 3, 4, & 5 Top Row (left to right): Zerenity Rosek, Amanda Leete, Aliya Pippenger Middle Row (left to right): Cheyenne Monosso, Daymian Pippenger Bottom Row (left to right): Avery Rintelman, Rawson Schweickhardt, Markus Marzette

Several Watertown Unified School District 5th-8th graders participated in a Math Meet earlier this month at UW-Whitewater sponsored by the Southern Lakes Advanced Learners Network. Our students competed in five different math events, and then enjoyed a delicious lunch compliments of Pizza Ranch of Watertown.

We hope everyone is staying warm today! A message has been emailed to WUSD families regarding an update to the dining menus due to today's school closure. Please read below: Today’s cold weather school closure has necessitated modifications to portions of this week’s menus as a result of food preparation and production activities that had taken place in advance of the school closure announcement on Monday. The online menus have been updated to reflect these planned menu changes. Please visit our online menu platform to review the updated menus here: https://myschoolmenus.com/organizations/2346. Thank you for your flexibility and understanding.

The Webster PTO Meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. today has been canceled.

WUSD CLASSES CANCELLED TOMORROW - NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES TODAY! Due to the extreme cold temperatures and wind chill, the Watertown Unified School District is cancelling school tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21, 2025. In addition, all after school activities are cancelled today, Monday, January, 20, 2025. Please stay safe and warm!

Please see this link for the Webster Weekly News January 20-24, 2025. https://secure.smore.com/n/y1dm63

WUSD Parents & Guardians: Please watch for an email and/or text message this afternoon regarding signing on to Rooms - a new two-way secure messaging tool that will enable parents, teachers, coaches and students to stay better connected. Please note - upon registering, you will enter a virtual "waiting room" at your student's school. This is where all families will gather until Rooms opens district-wide later this spring. Rooms will go live at the start of the Third Trimester or Fourth Quarter depending on where your student(s) attend school.

🎳 Happening Tonight! 🎳 Come "Bowl the Blues Away" this evening at Watertown Bowl 18! The public is invited to attend this special bowling event from 6-7 p.m. where they will not only have fun bowling at a discounted rate of $2 per game, but they will also have the opportunity to learn more about mental health services in Watertown. For more information, contact Kenda Roman, WUSD mental health coordinator, at romank@mywusd.org.

Please see this link for the Webster Weekly News January 13-17, 2025. https://secure.smore.com/n/pq2uv

📣 Attention parents and guardians of current Watertown area 5th graders! Riverside Middle School will host two Parent Information Meetings for incoming 6th graders - one on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. and another on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 8:15 a.m., both in the Large Group Instruction (LGI) room at the middle school. There is no need to pre-register, please attend when it is most convenient for you.

Please see this link for the Webster Weekly News January 6-10, 2025. https://secure.smore.com/n/b9zkf

WUSD Nutrition Services moves to new hot lunch menu platform and app through My School Menus. Download the My School Menus app or access the new menu link for all WUSD schools on the district's homepage (https://myschoolmenus.com/organizations/2346) or on each individual WUSD school building website. Features of this new platform include: • Complete list of all food choices available to students • Nutrient data for menu items • Ability to Build-A-Meal and create customized meals • Ingredient information for certain menu items • Allergen identification by filtering menu items • Dietary preference identification showing symbols identifying foods • Translation to 180 languages using Google Translate Please contact the Nutrition Services office at (920) 262-7536 with any questions.

Our students and staff had so much fun during the month of December spreading holiday cheer for all to see and hear - Happy Holidays from the Watertown Unified School District! 🎄🎅⭐