Red Ribbon Week at WJHS/WCHS!
Unit 9 bus drivers would like to give a huge Thank You to our PTO for supporting us again this year for Bus Driver Appreciation week!! The PTO purchased the Warrior Bus Driver hoodies that are so comfy!!
- John Royster (Bus mechanic)
-Tim Miller (Sub route driver)
- Pam Guenette (Bus 3)
-Kris Styck (Transportation Director)
-Laurie McKinney (Bus 8)
-Kathy Eighnor (Bus 10)
-Miranda Waters (Bus 5)
-Leann Roach (Bus 2)
-John Howaniec (KACC)
Not pictured: Amber Berryhill (Bus 11), John Owens (Trip driver), Phil Wilkey (FFA)
We are proud to be WARRIOR BUS DRIVERS!
Attention Watseka Elementary Students!
Next week, October 23-26th is RED RIBBON WEEK!
Monday-Use Your Head & Wear Red and Camo
Tuesday-Drugs are a Fashion Disaster-Wear mix n' match clothing
Wednesday-Dress for Success-Wear your professional clothing
Thursday-Follow Your Dreams and Good Choices-Wear your PJs
Friday-NO SCHOOL!
Parents--Remember that next week is also parent teacher conferences!
School bus safety is so important everyday!
2023 Harvest Daze Pumpkin Contest - WJHS/WCHS Art Department students submitted a total of 123 pumpkin entries this year. Congratulations to all our winners!! Check out their amazing pumpkins: https://youtu.be/7FYNrstmOUM?si=jUtzFscX-6YGde-D
Mrs. Henneike's Creative Writing class just started their genre unit. These stories are the three finalists for the Dystopian Genre. Please help Mrs. Henneike choose a winner by voting on your favorite story by Thursday, October 19, 2023. The winner will be announced Friday.
Stories: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1loocrhczQSaSrVufIVcdXgkJId7JzQD3?usp=drive_link
Voting form: https://forms.gle/uBwHa2CFGQTM99X89
Mark your calendar and come help us support the Unit 9 Academic Foundation.
The Warrior football game is at home tomorrow!
This Sunday, October 15th - WJHS Girls Basketball Skills Session with Coach Woods from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm at GRS. WJHS Boys Basketball Open Gym at GRS 6th & 7th Grade 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm and 8th Grade 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm. Please don't drop off boys until 1:20 pm at the earliest.
Open gym is NOT mandatory, but it is VITAL that boys wanting to play attend, as it will include important information about tryouts and the 1st week of practice.
Congrats to our Warrior XC runners! Drew McTaggart is the Vermillion Valley Conference Champion & Hayden Sullivan took 10th place!
Come support the WCHS Key Club on Wednesday, October 11.
Join in for a fun Fall day at the Covered Bridge Festival and leave the driving to us!!
-This is a community event and you do not have to have a child enrolled in Unit 9 to attend
-All children under 18 must have a responsible adult chaperone present
-This is a NO SCHOOL day for Unit 9
Call Kris at 815-432-4931 or email at kristina.styck@watsekaschools.org to reserve your seats.
Updated with the correct link!
Watseka Junior High Yearbooks are on sale online until March 1, 2024. Visit https://inter-state.com/yearbookentry/81628X and use the code 81628X Cost of each yearbook is $20.00 Students may also order at school with envelopes and checks/cash. Those envelopes will not be distributed until January.
NHS is hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on October 31st at the high school. Please consider making an appointment. There are still 30 slots left! NHS seniors earn scholarship money through these drives and more importantly, it saves lives! Sign up here: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=Watseka
Sunday, October 8, 2023
WJHS Girls Basketball Skills Session with Coach Woods from 12-1:00pm at GRS.
WJHS Boys Basketball Open Gym at GRS-6th & 7th Grade 1:30-3pm and 8th Grade 3-4:30pm.
Have a child 3 or under? Come to this FREE event for families! Parents Connect Night is on October 19th from 5:30-6:30pm at Wanda Kendall Elementary.
Homecoming 2023 recap by Skyla Buwalda.
Congratulations to our WCHS August/September Students of the Month. Evan Greene, Camden Koester, David Parmenter, Jade Maples, Jaydon Joiner, Maggie Dickte, James Newell and Austin Marcier.
WJHS 6-8th grade boys are invited to basketball open gym tonight from 3:30-5pm at GRS! Remember that an updated physical is due to coach by October 16th.
In honor of our local Veterans, we invite you to join us on Friday, November 10th for our Veterans Day FREE breakfast from 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM for ALL Veterans. Please RSVP by October 25th at 815-432-2486. Our Honor Assembly is a community event that we invite EVERYONE to attend, which will begin at 8:45 AM on 11/10/23.
