The Watertown High School Music Department hosted a fantastic POPS Concert this past Saturday. Students in grades 9-12 performed a variety of songs from hit Broadway musicals such as Wicked, West Side Story, Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Hamilton, Dreamgirls, and more.
In addition, time was set aside during the 7 p.m. performance to recognize outstanding senior students. Those honored included:
🎶 Laura Thielke & Chloe Crawford - MOM Award (for care and leadership within the music program)
🎶 Ava Otto, Julian Byrne, & Aubrey Keddington - Directors Award for Carolers
🎶 Lauren Neu & Teagan McGuire - Director's Award for Show Choir
🎶 William Wrolstad & Addie Nass - National School Choral Award/Outstanding Senior
Three Watertown Wrestlers Named to Academic All-State Team
The Watertown High School Wrestling team continues to add to its strong run of on the mat performances with three athletes named to the Wisconsin Wrestling Association’s Academic All-State Team. This time around the awards were earned both on the mat and in the classroom.
Joe Logan (Junior), Nathan Rocole (Junior), and Caleb Bardenwerper (Freshman) all received honorable mention academic all-state awards for their performances during the 2024-25 Varsity Wrestling season. Each athlete compiled a superior winning varsity record and a grade point average of 3.75 or above. The varsity team boasts several other honor roll students with superior records and a tradition of high performing student athletes.
The Watertown High School Music Department is wrapping up the 2024-25 school year with incredible performances. During the 54th annual Massed Band concert on May 10, seniors Slade Bohlman, Drew Kaufmann, and Julian Byrne were recognized for their outstanding achievements in music. On May 1, Senior Addie Nass conducted the Concert Band at its spring concert, and the WHS Jazz Ensemble I performed recently at State and received a first-place rating under the direction of Mr. Martin. 🎶
Tradition. Innovation. Transformation.
#WatertownWay!
Students in Mr. Thorpe’s AP Human Geography class at Watertown High School recently took a field trip to Rosy-Lane Holsteins LLC to study how a dairy farm operates. During the Agriculture unit of the class, the students learned about different categories and types of farming. The tour was led by Rosy-Lane partner Sam Peetz, who did a great job connecting students to what they had learned in the classroom to the farm operations.
Mr. Thorpe said as an added bonus, our foreign exchange students Julieta Morales Pico, Joao (Jon) Caldas Mitraud, and Ander Maroto Martinez enjoyed experiencing this agricultural aspect of Watertown’s culture.
🔥 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!
Last Friday, Watertown Police Department Detective Jacob Reitz was a guest speaker in Emmie Carpenter's Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Biomedical Innovation classes at Watertown High School. The students are completing a Forensic Autopsy Project and Detective Reitz provided information regarding crime scene investigations and autopsies.
Thank you, Detective Reitz, for sharing your expertise with our students!
Lily Sisulak, an art student at Watertown High School, has a mixed media painting currently featured in the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend. The piece is part of a show entitled, "When One Door Closes: A Teen Perspective on Change." The exhibit runs through July 13th. Sisulak is pictured here with her work entitled, "A Sprawl of Nature."
