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!
Unit 9 elementary schools participate in the Blessings in a Backpack program. Each week approx. 85 students in grades pre-k-5th grade go home on Fridays with healthy food options for the weekend. This program is funded by donations. If your club, organization, or family wants a great way to make a difference, please consider donating to our Blessings in a Backpack fund. All donations go directly to the Unit 9 fund. You can donate online here: https://giving.blessingsinabackpack.org/organizations/unit-9 or mail a check to Wanda Kendall school made out to Blessings in a Backpack. Thank you!
REMINDER GRS PARENTS AND GUARDIANS - Starting TODAY, September 23rd we will be starting our new after-school pick-up procedures. Parents that pick-up their son/daughter will line-up starting on Washington Ave. and wrap around to 2nd St. Students will be dismissed out the gym doors and lined up at numbered signs. We are asking to help with traffic flow, ALL cars then use the right turn lane on 2nd St to turn onto Mulberry St. Please see the image before for more information.
WCHS and Iroquois County Unit 9 extends heartfelt condolences to the Colson Carley family and to the Cissna Park School community. We are with you through these tough times as you heal and find peace.
We would like students and staff to wear CP blue tomorrow to show our support.
WCHS Underclassmen Court
Freshmen
Amaiya Grady & Tate Parsons
Sophomores
Kinzie Smith & Briley Thompson
Juniors
Abigail Neukomm & Lucas Shoemaker
📸 Robyn Butler
