On Monday, 10/9, four of our WHS students participated in the Badger Conference Honors Orchestra. Jacob Johnson, Sarin Johnson, Kieran McCarthy, and Sara Rodriguez spent the day rehearsing with other students from our conference and were led by Oriol Sans, Director of Orchestral Studies at UW-Madison. They rehearsed throughout the day at the Hamel Music Center on the UW-Madison Campus and performed a concert in the evening, attended by family and friends. The students learned music by Grieg, Assad, Bernstein, and Stravinsky. Also participating in the event were students from Beaver Dam, Edgewood, Fort Atkinson, McFarland, Monona Grove, Mt. Horeb, Oregon, Reedsburg, Verona, and Waunakee.
Douglas 4th Graders took a field trip to WHS on Thursday to visit with the FFA students.
On Monday, 10/9, four of our WHS students participated in the Badger Conference Honors Orchestra. Jacob Johnson, Sarin Johnson, Kieran McCarthy, and Sara Rodriguez spent the day rehearsing with other students from our conference and were led by Oriol Sans, Director of Orchestral Studies at UW-Madison. They rehearsed throughout the day at the Hamel Music Center on the UW-Madison Campus and performed a concert in the evening, attended by family and friends. The students learned music by Grieg, Assad, Bernstein, and Stravinsky. Also participating in the event were students from Beaver Dam, Edgewood, Fort Atkinson, McFarland, Monona Grove, Mt. Horeb, Oregon, Reedsburg, Verona, and Waunakee.
First year German students competed against other classes to see which class could be the fastest at passing a ball to every student while counting in German. They came up with creative strategies to increase their speed!
Attention seniors: If you haven’t already submitted your senior picture for the yearbook, the deadline is quickly approaching. The senior photo should be a headshot with no hands in the photo. All senior pictures must be uploaded to the Herff-Jones website: www.hjeshare.com using the school code 825.
What do two former LEAP students and one current LEAP student have in common? All three of these LEAPsters had grandfathers who taught Science together at Watertown High School. See if you can decide which student belongs to Mr. Buescher, Mr. Alvarez and Mr. Niemann?
Congratulations to the Gosling Marching Band for their 2nd place finish in class AAA at the Milton Redhawk Invitational last Saturday. The band was awarded a school record score for their performance. The Goslings will wrap up their competitive season at the State Marching Championships on October 14 at UW-Whitewater.
