Iroquois County CUSD 9

Come support your Lady Warriors! Image Credit: Cara Petersen

Congrats to our Warrior XC boys! Drew McTaggart is the VVC Conference Camp and Hayden Sullivan placed 9th!

Wear PURPLE this Friday for Rett Syndrome Awareness Day!

Have questions about PowerSchool or other academic programs we use in Unit 9? Mrs. Hanson will have a help desk during Glenn Raymond's parent-teacher conferences on Wednesday, October 16th from 4-8 and Thursday, October 24th from 4-8 pm. Stop by the table, ask questions, and enter your name for a prize!

Parent Teacher Conferences begin this week. Call the school to schedule an appointment!

Junior High Red Ribbon Week - October 28 - November 1

WCHS Post Prom Annual Greenery Sale. We are going with a different vendor this year and their wreaths are beautiful. We are also offering Tabletop decorated tree, candle centerpieces, door sprays and garland. The sizes, prices and pictures are listed below. ORDERS ARE DUE ON OCTOBER 30TH! Payment will be collected at pickup. PICKUP WILL BE THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 18TH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. We will confirm the exact day once we receive a date from the vendor. https://tinyurl.com/yzka5y7s

The National Honor Society will host a blood drive on October 29th from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Watseka High School students and the community are welcome to donate blood. Click on the link to sign up today! We thank you for your donation! https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=Watseka

WCHS will celebrate Red Ribbon Week October 28 - November 1

Good luck to the Marching Warriors as they travel to Charleston to participate in the Panther Marching Band Festival at Eastern Illinois University. The Warriors perfrom in Class 2A at 1:16 pm.

Iroquois County CUSD 9 Press Release https://5il.co/2yqlt

Red Ribbon Week Dress-Up Days Oct 28 - Nov. 1

The Watseka Cross Country boys had a great race last night at the Kankakee All-Area Cross Country meet. Hayden Sullivan crushed his PR time by 31 seconds! He finished the race with a time of 18:00! Drew McTaggart captured third place with a time of 16:17.

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!