Watseka Junior High softball tryouts for 7th and 8th graders begin on Monday, July 25 from 9-11am at the high school softball field. In order to participate, athletes must have a current athletic physical on file in the school office. Questions can be directed to Emily Kingdon at emily.kingdon@watsekaschools.org
Baseball tryouts for 7th and 8th graders begin August 1st (9-11am) at Forrest Park in Watseka.
Athletes must have a current athletic physical on file in the school office to participate.
Questions can be directed to Coach Fehland at rodger.fehland@watsekaschools.org or (815)922-5287
Legal bat specifications can be found at IESA.org
Summer Breakfast Program-
https://5il.co/1dbs9
Iroquois CUSD #9 will conduct a Jump Start Breakfast Program for Grades 1-5.
Children ages 1 through 18 years of age are welcome to come for breakfast. The meal will be served free of any cost to the children.
Breakfast will be served Monday – Friday, August 1 – August 12th at
Glenn Raymond School, starting at 8:40 – 9:40 A.M.
Children should enter through the East Door off of the black top on South Third Street.
The Summer Food Service Program is available to all children without regard to
race, color, national origin, sex, age or handicap.
If you are interested in further information regarding this program, please contact Jami Harris at 815-432-3891.
Sincerely,
Jami Harris
Food Service Director
Watseka Junior High held an awards ceremony the last week of school. Here are some pictures taken during the event. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RCPM-N6qXVEfoCDXuf_LrGeyzBM_5kFh?usp=sharing
Online registration is open for all new and returning Unit 9 students.
Parents/Guardians of new students will need to pre-register at this link: tinyurl.com/2023newstudent
Parents/Guardians of returning students need to visit the PowerSchool Parent page at: https://watsekau9.powerschool.com/public
and log into their Parent Portal. If you do not have a parent account, please email jennifer.dixon@watsekaschools.org or casie.hanson@watsekaschools.org for assistance. You can also call your child's school for login assistance.
All instructions are located on our website:
https://www.watsekaschools.org/page/registration-information or can be picked up at one of the schools.
If you need registration assistance, please call (815) 432-2115 press 3 to schedule an appointment for assistance.
WJH Awards Assembly is on May 25th!
Kankakee/Iroquois County Back to School Fair, coordinated by Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet is scheduled for 11am-1pm on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at Kankakee High School located at 1200 W. Jeffery St., Kankakee!
This annual summer event is a major countywide effort to help low-income families access important services to begin the school year on a positive note.
This event will be a contact-free drive-through school supply distribution again this year. Everyone seeking assistance with school supplies must pre-register through our online website (starting on May 23, 2022) at https://catholiccharitiesjoliet.org/back-to-school-fair-kankakee-county/
Want to enroll your student in an athletic summer camp? Check out our website for all the information. Deadlines are quickly approaching for some of the camps!
https://www.watsekaschools.org/page/warrior-summer-camps
Congratulations to the WJHS April Students of the Month!
Congratulations to a few of our amazing Unit 9 students who were chosen by their teachers to attend the County Student Recognition Luncheon on Thursday, April 28. These students are true leaders in their building, and deserve to be recognized for their hard work and dedication to their school.
5th grade: Brayden Gibson and Reagan VanHoveln
8th grade: Austin Morris and Noelle Schroeder
12th grade: Adam Norder and Allie Hoy
WJHS 6-8th Grade Dance
May 6th 4:30-6:00 PM
The Watseka Junior High School track meet scheduled today (4/28) is cancelled.
Congrats to our fantastic spellers!
We want you charged up and ready for the last quarter! 🔌 in those Chromebooks!
Congrats to all the WJHS students on Honor Roll!
The Kiwanis pancake breakfast will take place on April 23rd from 6am-10am at St. Edmund's Catholic Church.
BSN has opened an online store with some new Warrior apparel.
The flyer is attached.
It is open today until Monday
Student Council has been raising money for Officer Bailey all week and tomorrow is the big day…
Mr. Nevills has agreed that if students and staff raise-
$500 - Teachers get to dress him on Monday
$750- Kissing a cow
$1000- He will sleep on the roof of the school for one night and document the experience!
Feel free to send a donation to school with your student if you want to see Mr. Nevills do some crazy stuff!
We will broadcast the event tomorrow around 2:20 pm on the district Facebook page.
The last day to order a WJHS yearbook is Friday, March 4th!
