Our Kindergarten through sixth grade students enjoyed celebrating their April birthdays with a yummy birthday lunch. (part 2)
Our Kindergarten through sixth grade students enjoyed celebrating their April birthdays with a yummy birthday lunch. (part 1)
The WCHS forensics team took 2nd place at the league tournament in Troy today, qualifying some more members for state and coming home with lots of medals. Kady is league champion in informative speech and Kylee took 2nd which earns her a spot at state along with Kady, Trista, Drake and Garrett. Kady and Abi took 2nd in duet acting, also qualifying for state while Garrett and Drake took 4th, and Makenna and Mackensie took 5th. Garrett took 2nd in impromptu speech qualifying for state and Tiffani took 3rd and Joy 4th. In oration Trista took 3rd and Joy 4th. In prose Joy took 3rd and Drake 4th. In poetry Abi took 5th and Makenna 6th. Abi also placed 4th in humorous solo. Garrett and Drake placed 5th in improvised duet acting. Congratulations!!
Reminder!
USD 108 PTO Meeting TONIGHT
Wed 4/5 at 5:30pm
Elementary Library
North Central District FFA Banquet - Chapman High School. Washington County FFA Members were recognized at the District Banquet Monday Evening. District Proficiency Award winners from Washington County Included Coy Stamm - Grain Production, Kori Miller - Small Animal Production/Care, McKenzie Baker - Forest Management and Products, and Makenna Elliott - Swine Production. Good luck to our proficiency award winners as they move onto to represent our district at the state level competition! Joseph Kern was awarded a WLC Leadership Conference Scholarship from the Kansas State FFA Alumni and Supporters, and Washington County's own Mr. Tim Zenger, Past Kansas FFA Alumni President, was on hand to present the awards to this year's recipients. State Degree Recipients were recognized, Elizabeth Wright, Payton LeDuc, Brett Buhrman, Jaydon Otott and Sarah Portenier. They will receive their official State FFA Degree pins at the State FFA Convention in June. The NC District also recognized our American Degree Recipient - Tyler Nelson. The American FFA Degree is the highest degree that a member can earn. Congratulations to all of you!
North Central District Agronomy CDE was hosted by Washington County High School at the Cloud County Aggie Days on 3/30. Over 80 students participated in this years event, the most students ever since the Agronomy competition began in 2001. Highlights from Washington County Included Brett Buhrman, who finished 2nd in the Senior division, was the high individual in Grain Grading, and 2nd in Identification overall. In the Greenhand Division, WCHS had the first place team, with Jonathan Wright winning the top honors in 1st Place, Brianna Fincham placing 5th, and Destyni Christensen finishing in 8th Individually. Congratulations Agronomy Crew!
Washington County FFA Veterinary Science Team members competed in the district event on 3/30 at Cloud County Community College in Concordia. Sr. Individual placing honors from WCHS went to Sarah Portenier who finished 7th and Elizabeth Wright who finished 9th. In the Greenhand Division, Joree Bentz finished 10th Individually. Congratulations Vet Science team!
Washington County FFA participated in the Livestock Judging at Smith Center on 3/28. Had a nice day and good classes to learn from. WCHS Freshman Team placed first in the Greenhand Division, with Hayden Englert and Joree Bentz finishing in 7th and 8th place respectively. Thanks to Smith Center FFA for hosting and allowing Washington County to be a part of this great event!
Tiger Strong Award winners for the third nine weeks! Congratulations! You make us proud! #betigerstrong
Beautiful day for working on projects outside! #betigerstrong
8th Grade P.E. began their badminton unit
this week! #betigerstrong
WCHS JV Golf heads to Onaga Thursday, April 6th. Good luck Coach Miller and athletes! #BeTigerStrong
WCHS Track heads to Riley County Thursday, April 6th. Good luck coaches and athletes! #BeTigerStrong
A huge THANK YOU to the Warnke family for donating sensory items to our special education classroom and handing out goodie bags to staff and students today in recognition of Autism Awareness and Acceptance Day.
WCHS Art students took work to and competed in on-site competitions at the TVL Art Show in Valley Heights today. The Art Dep't took 74 pieces of work and came home with 41 ribbons which earned the 2nd place trophy! The ceiling tile team took 1st, Sabrina Hill took 2nd in the artist portrait competition, and the Meme it team took 3rd. Congratulations on a nice showing!
Have a great week! #BeTigerStrong
HS Golf has a home meet Tuesday, April 4th. Good Luck Coach Miller and athletes! #BeTigerStrong
8 members of the forensics team competed at Republic County today. All 8 of them qualified for finals in at least 1 event! Drake and Garrett took first in improvised duet acting and join Kady and Trista as State CHAMPS qualifiers. Kady placed first in informative speech and Kylee placed 3rd. Kady and Abi placed 3rd in duet acting while Mackensie and Makenna placed 5th and Joy placed 5th in original oration. A good day!
Some brave souls from the WCHS went to compete in powerlifting this morning in Solomon. Everyone finished well in there weight class with several PRs, medal placers, and champions! Congratulations Matt, Payton, Quentin, Kiersten, Kasha, Joe, Kenzie, and Octavien!
Results from the meet are attached
https://hyperlifter.com/results/meets/121
Congratulations to the following FBLA members on placing at state competition these past 2 days. The top 4 in event can compete at nationals in Atlanta this summer.
Electronic Career Portfolio Kady Toole, 1st place
Database Design Trista Crome, 2nd place
Partnership with Business Emma Hoover 2nd place
Computer Applications Mackenzie Kuhaneck 3rd place
Community service project, Talena McClellan & Kiersten Tholstrup 4th Place
Marketing, Kady Toole, and Alyssa Jueneman 4th place
Spreadsheet Applications Trenton Zenger, fourth place and Trista Crome 5th place
Securities and Investments Konner Gepner 5th place
Word Processing Mackensi Meier 6th
Journalism Kady Toole, 10th place
Thank you to my mom, Joyce Koch for chaperoning the kids while I was busy and to Holly Greenlee for bringing Alyssa back to Topeka after making finals. It was a great trip.
~Mrs. Bruna
