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Help Mrs. Henneike choose a winner from the romance genre! Please vote by Sunday, April 16. Stories https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1o28r63qe4VHg57NfCPTZ9yIRy14Rn1gf?usp=sharing Voting Form https://forms.gle/p1dJGupTWtHgWuK78

Tomorrow is Kindergarten screening and registration! If you don't have an appointment or need to know what time your appointment is scheduled, please call (815) 432-2112. You need to bring proof of residency, student's birth certificate, and parent ID to registration. Visit: https://www.watsekaschools.org/page/2024-kindergarten-information for more information!

Mark your calendar for April 10th!! The Watseka PTO and Monical's Pizza are working together to support a great cause. You're invited to gather at Monical's Pizza for their “Community Night" fundraiser. It’s simple! Just go online to www.monicalspizza.com/events and find this event. Then you can show the flier on your smart phone, tablet, or print it out and bring it in! Monical’s will donate 20% of your meal check to Watseka PTO!

Watseka varsity baseball at Watseka vs Westville is cancelled today (4/6) due to wet playing conditions. THE GAME WILL BE PLAYED AT WESTVILLE AT 4:30PM.

Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/wcaFrjNYZfY A big CONGRATS goes out to some of my art students for winning awards last week/weekend at the KCC High School Art Show and the Vermilion Conference Art Show. Alexys Young and Philine Borinksi both won awards for their 2-D and 3-D artwork. 200 works of art from 14 area schools were showcased in the Miner Library at KCC. We had 10 students participate in this show. We had 16 ribbon winners at the Vermilion Conference Art Show which took place on Saturday, April 1st at Georgetown-Ridgefarm High School. Eleven Vermilion schools participated in this event - 1800 works of art were on display!! Our 1st Place ribbon winners in their category were: Philine Borinski (Pencil - Figure), Ella Combes (Watercolor - Misc.), and Faith Yarneau (Sculpture). 2nd Place ribbon winners were: Ben Paro (Colored Ink - Animals), Mason Galyen (Colored Ink - Misc.), Alexys Edwards (Sculpture), Philine Borinski (Misc. - 2D), and Tiffany Zhao (Colored Pencil - Animals). 3rd Place ribbon winners were: Tiffany Zhao (Misc. - 3D), Emma Roberts (Acrylic Scenery), Juliann Newman (Acrylic - People), and Anthony Shervino (Colored Ink - People). Honorable Mentions were: Kim Ruiz (Colored Pencil Animals & Acrylic Scenery), Anthony Shervino (Colored Ink - Misc.), and Tiffany Zhao (Paper Art).

The WCHS Art Department has been hard at work creating and winning awards! Check out all their accomplishments in this video- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uayG1AzewpGJ6QJkB40sjcMotOm3tnJ7/view?usp=drivesdk

Please consider giving blood at the NHS Red Cross Blood Drive on April 28th at WCHS. To schedule an appointment, please visit: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=Watseka Or, email casie.hanson@watsekaschools.org for an appointment.

Yesterday, Kylee Shoemaker, Baler Rigsby, Elena Newell and Natalie Erickson participated in IL State Senator Bennett’s Youth Advisory Council. They also were able to hear from our IL State Rep Bunting and multiple lobbyists. Finally, they participated in a mock committee hearing.

Read these horror stories from Mrs. Henneike's Creative Writing course... if you dare. Help her choose the winner of the horror genre! Please vote by Wednesday, April 5. Read the stories here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xH9jf3yVzQLafKWo6Nat7GImlzbxE5k3?usp=sharing Vote here: https://forms.gle/XtUQRKf5UMCETcNEA

April 5, 2023 at 6pm--Go to the KCC South Extension Center in Watseka to find out more about the Fast Path program.

April 5th 4-7pm at WCHS Join Key Club for a Pork Burger Drive-Thru

Watseka Softball today (3/24) at Kankakee Grace is cancelled today due to wet playing conditions. No make up date at this time.

Warrior baseball game at St. Anne today (3/23) is cancelled due to wet playing conditions & poor weather.

Watseka games at GCMS today (3/22) are cancelled due to the weather. No make-up dates at this time.

Mr. Jeff Perzee, WJHS Principal, presents Kiwanis members with the Recognition of Excellence from Unit 9 Schools. The Kiwanis members provide support to our Unit 9 students in many ways through their involvement and financial support of the 8th grade field trip, Key Club, Builders Club and by reading to our Kindergarten students last quarter. Thank you for your support!

Mrs. Henneike's Creative Writing students just completed their stories for the Mystery Unit! Vote on a winner by Friday, March 24. Read the Stories Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8BjEcOUWHQ21wScNwJPFRigaxJWU3UMnBpmHvzTmMAYhz6w/viewform?usp=sf_link Vote Here: https://forms.gle/qfdCXFHt2UetEybe8

Watseka baseball (vs. Beecher) and softball (vs. Fisher) games for Friday (3/17) are cancelled. No makeup dates have been set.

Watseka baseball and softball games at Grant Park are cancelled today (Thursday 3/16) due to the wet weather. No make-up date at this time.

Mark your calendar for April 10th!! The Watseka PTO and Monical's Pizza are working together to support a great cause. You're invited to gather at Monical's Pizza for their “Community Night" fundraiser. It’s simple! Just go online to www.monicalspizza.com/events and find this event. Then you can show the flier on your smart phone, tablet, or print it out and bring it in! Monical’s will donate 20% of your meal check to Watseka PTO!

WCHS Spring Play North Woods Nonsense Friday, March 31 Saturday, April 1 7:00 pm Watseka Theater $10 in advance at the WCHS Main Office $13 at the door