Washington County Schools

Hello Tigers,

Here is your weekly newsletter with important dates and info. REMEMBER: NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY. Many sports practices are taking place at normal time.

If you know of a parent/guardian that is not receiving the newsletter, please have them reach out to me at jcarlson@usd108.org

Let's have another great week!

We ended the day at 2-3. We got a little better today! Won over Frankfort. Lost a heart breaker to Onaga. Ran out of gas against Cair Paravrel. Very good day overall!!’

Volleyball girls split the first two matches of the day. Dropped a tough on to Jackson Heights, but rebounded for our first win of the season vs Valley Falls! Feels good to have a win!!!

What a week. Your Marching Tigers started the week off extra early with a 5am call time, to head to the Kansas State Fair. We competed in the marching and the arena categories this year earning strong two ratings in both. With over 50% of our band being first year players this is a huge success in the first three weeks of school. Everyone is continuing to improve, and I have no doubt our upper class leadership will have our underclassman confident and ready in a few weeks for Homecoming. You might have heard early in the week that we caught a few rain showers while we were marching and hanging at the fair...that little rumor was true! Thankful we had one of the Greatest Bus Drivers of All Time on the trip! Without Dan I am confident we would still be in the lake...I mean parking lot. The kids made the best of a wet stormy day. We dried out our instruments, uniforms, and subsequently my classroom all week. In time to be ready for our first home football game. This photo on the field means so much to me. If you look at it, you might say you can't even see who it is...I think that is what makes this special to me. In this beautiful moment before the game I see not just the band, football players, cheerleaders, or fans. In this photo I see everyone as one strong Tiger Family paying homage to our country's flag, its history, its good days, and reflecting on its bad ones. All of these kids make me proud to be a Tiger!! Thank you all for your support, enjoy this weekend, and let's get fired up and travel with the football boys to Hanover next week!!

Washington County 0 - Axtell 48

🔥🖌️ 7th Grade Boys Sketch of the Week! 🖌️🔥

Our 7th-grade boys are really stepping it up — the superhero/villain designs this week were really good! The assignment was to create a unique character, and these sketches definitely delivered.

👏 Congratulations to Tyler for earning Sketch of the Week with his “Toasty” creation.
Runner-ups:
⚡ Corbin – “6-7 Man”
🎈 Ryder – “Balloon Man”
🔥 Collin – “Flame”
Great work, guys! Keep pushing your creativity and effort.

Big Night of Football.

JH Football went to Senca to face St Peter & Paul. We got off to a rough start. They showed some improvement in the 2nd half and scored the 1st td of the season. Lost 40-8 We will keep working to improve.Next week, we're at Axtell.

🐾 Washington County Tigers Volleyball 🐾

The Tigers took on St. Peter and Paul tonight and while the scoreboard didn’t swing our way, every game was a chance to learn and grow. Our players are working hard to build skills, gain confidence, and push forward as a team.

🔴 A Team: 9–25, 8–25
⚫ B Team: 9–25, 7–25
🔴 C Team: 19–25, 25–23 (earning a strong win in set two!)

We know we have a lot to improve on, and that’s part of the journey. Each practice and game gives us the opportunity to sharpen our play, build stronger teamwork, and prepare for what’s ahead.

We’re proud of the fight our athletes are showing and the effort they continue to put in. With red and black pride, we’ll keep working toward progress every single day.

Next up ➡️ Blue Valley on Monday, September 15. Let’s keep learning, improving, and fighting together. 🏐🐯

Our high school XC team greeted elementary students today as they got off the bus, entered the school, and ate breakfast. Tigers making connections!

Our HS Cross Country team represented themselves and our school very well today with hot and windy conditions at our home meet. Thank you to all the Washington Tiger fans that joined us at the meet. We appreciate it! Atticus: 17th medaled Lyle: 29th Coy 81st Emery: Did not finish Girls: 5th place as a team Nora: 18th medaled Madison: 28th Addy: 37th Angel: 38th Susy: 47th https://live.reddirtrunning.com/meets/56507

Hot and windy were the conditions for our home meet today for XC. Our Junior High runners ran very well for the conditions. Boys: 2nd place team Elijah: 9th and medaled Darren: 11th Xander: 12th Grayson: 21st Hunter: 26th Carter: 28th Robert: 29th Henley: 34th Girls: Catlynn: 12th Abbi: 13th Kinsley: Did not participate https://live.reddirtrunning.com/meets/56507

A big thank you to our parents who support the art program through Artsonia! 🎨 When you purchase items like mugs, quilt blocks, or ornaments featuring your child’s artwork, 10% comes back to our art room. Those funds allow us to get special extras we weren’t able to plan for—like these brand-new drawing boards! With more students in art this semester than we’ve had in years, they couldn’t have come at a better time.

Due to an increase in the number of athletes, Washington County Schools is looking for someone interested in assisting our Jr. High Football team. Please reach out to rsanneman@usd108.org if you are interested.

The girls came up short against D-West and Hanover tonight dropping both games in two sets. Even though we lost them both I think we may have learned some valuable lesson that will help us going forward. Hopefully those lessons will translate into a few wins this weekend at Frankfort. We appreciate everyone coming over to watch us.

Show your tiger pride...

XC home meet is Thursday!

Thank you to Amy Bott and Nina Meyer from the Washington County Conservation District for talking to our 1st through 6th grade students about habitats and getting them ready for the poster contest.