This Saturday, May 10, rock out with our #WatertownWay Orchestras featuring special guest, Mark Wood - an educator and founding member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra! Mark Wood brings his custom rock arrangements of classical and pop music to life with middle and high school musicians around the world. Students will develop their skills and channel their inner rock-gods through a multi-day workshop before celebrating with Mark in concert on May 14. Don't miss this amazing concert! 🙌🏻 🎻 🎶
Get your tickets now at https://goslingmusic.mywusd.org/
We could not be more excited to share that WHS Student Owen Harris and Endeavor Charter High School Student Carter Hesse have both been chosen as scholarhsip recipients of the prestigious Herb Kohl Scholarship program! We are so proud of all of your accomplishments!
Please see the attached News Release below 👇.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JI9LmOTH_mHs9XDdGC4zcICnoFRMpNvA/view?usp=sharing
Congratulations to our #WatertownWay award winners at the 51st Massed Band Concert - which was held Thursday, May 5, 2022 at WHS. Watertown High School Band directors Reid LaDew and Chad Martin and Riverside Middle School Band directors Wanda Doughty and Theresa Janke Oestreicher led each ensemble individually. Theresa Janke Oestreicher directed the massed band in performing “Music from West Side Story” by Leonard Bernstein.
Congratulations to Jackson Barta, Director’s Award for Musical Theater Orchestra; Sheldon Behymer, Spirit Award; Jacob Tietz, John Phillip Sousa Award; Lilly Farmer, Spirit Award; and Raigan Good, Patrick S. Gilmore Award.
These students won a scholarship from the Watertown Music Booster Club to attend summer band camp or band lessons. Congratulations to Olivia Trepte - flute, grade 6; Josh Butzen - percussion, grade 7; Julian Byrne - percussion, high school; and Samantha Mendoza Hernandez - trumpet, high school.
Happy Mother's Day to all of our #WatertownWay moms! 👱🏾♀️ 👩🏾 👩
The WHS Chapter of the National Tri-M Music Honor Society donated $1,500 this year to our three #WatertownWay elementary school music teachers in the WUSD! The high school musicians donated the money to purchase instruments, buy new technology for the classroom and pay for field trips that will broaden the musical experiences of our elementary students in Watertown and inspire them to continue making music. We are proud to be the Watertown UNIFIED School District! 😍
Here's a second SHOUT OUT to show our appreciation for our School Lunch Heroes:
Our #WatertownWay Nutrition Services team has worked tirelessly to provide emergency meals to students since the pandemic closed schools in March of 2020. The extension of free meals for all students for the past two years, coupled with severe supply chain disruptions, has created many unique challenges requiring nutrition programs to be creative in the areas of staffing and meal production. A HUGE THANK YOU to our Nutrition Services staff for the effort and care that you pour into your work daily for our students!
May 6, 2022 is School Lunch Hero Day! Thank you to our amazing #WatertownWay Nutrition Services Team! We appreciate you!
Miss Leahy’s Fiber Fabric Foods classes learned all about Italy and had a chance to make homemade pasta! We bet it was tasty!
The Board of Education is conducting surveys for WUSD families and staff members to learn more about the values and qualities that our stakeholders are seeking in our next Superintendent. Your input is valuable and appreciated. This survey will be open from May 4-May 18.
Link to Survey: https://survey2.ecragroup.com/index.php/165987?lang=en
May is Mental Health Awareness month and our #WatertownWay WHS Student Services team is showing their support with these amazing t-shirts. We are so thankful for these WUSD staff members and for all that they do for our students and families!
It's always fun learning something new! These #WatertownWay Spanish course students played a card game called Mano Nerviosa - a popular card game in many Spanish-speaking places that helps students learn and practice numbers in Spanish.
To all current and incoming WHS students & families:
Are you feeling cooped up from the last couple of years? Are you ready to stretch your legs with travel or your wings by bringing a part of the world into your home? If so, you’ll want to learn more about the Watertown-Heringen Exchange Program! You can travel to Germany in June of 2023, or you can open your home to a German student visiting WHS next school year - or both! Come to the informational meeting on Monday, May 9th at 7:00 pm in S274 (following the Freshman Meet & Greet) to find out how you can be part of this life-changing experience!
Come engage with nationally recognized Dr. Talithia Williams - host of the PBS series NOVA Wonders, popular TED speaker, inspiring author and passionate STEM/STEAM advocate!
Check out her impressive biography here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r6UvRmLsC7RkNRNJQ7SIsw03jMd2cFDk/view?fbclid=IwAR2PscS0iPZMpqiYxUrIhXO_QZRGmB00y00wnUlM-7RaHZm8Xx7uf3qvKIo
This presentation is generously provided free of charge by the A.E. "Mike" Bentzin Memorial WHS Assemblies Program.
