Iroquois County CUSD 9

The WCHS Marching Warriors will be hosting a special Community Appreciation Performance this Thursday, October 10 at 8:00pm at the Watseka HS football field. The band will perform the show twice in full uniform. Please make plans to join us as we say thank you for all the support and encouragement that you continue to show to our music program!

Glenn Raymond - September Students of the Month: Brynn William, Zariah Lane, Nash Clark, Piper Patrick, Margaret Tungate, Zenaida Ayala-Zavala, Ava Robinson, Izabella Rolfs, Valentina Romero Godinez, Eliyah Ortega, Billy Fehland, Journey Harris, Brogen Milligen, Brady Anderson, Dexter Kohl

Miss Johnson's kindergarten class made spooky spiders and enjoyed eating their creations! 🕷️🕸️

Today, Sarah Parsons, Maya Machev, Madison Hughes, Quinn Starkey and Taylor Bright attended Tom Bennett's Fall Youth Advisory in Pontiac. Students listened to presenters, brainstormed ideas for change in Illinois, and presented their proposals.

Student attendance is the No. #1 component of student success! BE HERE! BE ON TIME! WE need and value your presence and participation in our school community!

THANKS a TON to all of our Unit 9 Custodians! We could not succeed without YOU!

The Watseka Cross Country boys competed in the ROCKtober EPGXC meet tonight. Drew McTaggart ran a 17:03 and took 8th place out of 147 varsity competitors. Hayden Sullivan ran a 19:28 improving his course time by 29 seconds! A special shout out to Klaire Eighner, daughter of Watseka Almuni, Justin Eighner, for taking 1st place in the girls varsity race!

Good luck to our tennis team! Image created by: Lillian Oliver

2024-2025 WCHS Yearbooks are on sale for $40 (purchase price will go up to $45 after THIS Tuesday, October 1st). If you are personalizing your yearbook, you may purchase online or with the attached order form. Your student can return this order form to school with cash or check (made out to WCHS). If you are not personalizing your yearbook, you can simply send $40 with your student to school to give to Ms. Butler. Any questions, you may direct them to wchs.yearbook@watsekaschools.org. Thank you for your support!

Meet your Watseka Invite Champions! 🏆

Watseka Cross Country boys competed in the Herscher Invitational. Drew McTaggart took 1st place out of 109 competitors in the Boys Varsity race with a time of 16:15. Hayden Sullivan had a solid performance with a time of 18:33. Congrats!

Mrs Smith's 3rd grade class enjoyed a fun activity and lesson on Friday with their class business partner, First Trust Bank! We really appreciate when our local business partners and community members visit our classrooms at GRS.

Miss Norder’s kindergarten had the apple-solutely best week learning about apples, bobbing for letters apples, and making apple sauce!  

The 2024 WCHS Marching Warrios would like to invite you to a special performance of our halftime show Seasons Change on Thursday, October 10 at 8:00pm. The band will perform the halftime show twice in full uniform. Family, friends and community members are invited to join us as we say thank you for all the support we have received from our local Watseka community!

Congratulations to these students for receiving recognition from the College Board! This is an academic recognition based on a student having a 3.5 GPA (or higher) and excelling on the PSAT 10 OR the PSAT/NMSQT.

Mrs. Bandur’s Civics classes had the pleasure of having IL State Rep Jason Bunting come and speak to them.

Don't miss this special event! Unit 9 students can receive a FREE ticket by submitting the google form on the website link below under, "student tickets". All others may purchase tickets using the same link and clicking on the, "general admissions" button. https://tinyurl.com/m3auz53x

KCC College Fair is tonight! Sign up through Strive Scan (https://app.strivescan.com/students) so colleges that you are interested in can connect with you.

Parent PowerSchool Tuesday Tip Unit 9 is using email to communicate with parents regarding various topics. Some documents attached to emails are password-protected to ensure that the data is protected. Prior to opening the letter, you will need to locate the student's confidential ID number. This number does not change and can be found in your Parent Portal. Follow the instructions here to find your student's confidential ID number: https://www.watsekaschools.org/page/find-student-confidential-id-number

Another WIN for your Watseka Warriors and a giant congratulations to Christa Holohan on her 1,000th assist!