7-12 Community Service Day 4/6/22. Thank you to our students and staff for taking the time to provide different arrays of service throughout our county/community! We are lucky to have such a great community that supports USD 108!!
2021-22 HS Golf and Track Regional Information!
Golf Location, Date, Time, and Teams: https://www.kshsaa.org/Public/golf/RegionalBoysTournaments.cfm?ClassID=1
Track Location, Date, Time, and Teams: https://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Track/RegionalAssignments.cfm
North Central District Agronomy Champions!
WCHS FFA Agronomy team placed first out of 14 teams at the district Agronomy Career Development Event on March 31st, hosted at Cloud County Community College. Individually, Jaydon Otott placed 1st Overall, Brett Buhrman finished 2nd, Joel Hoover placed 5th, and Austin Wurtz placed 7th out of 54 students completing. Great job fellas!
North Central District Veterinary Science was last week, results are in and Michaela Jueneman won top honors again this year, as the Back-to-Back District Champion in Vet Science! Grayson Votipka placed 6th individually in the Greenhand (Freshmen) division! Congratulations to both of you!
Livestock Judging is back in full swing this spring! WCHS FFA has competed in three livestock judging events so far this year. The 2022 Livestock team consists of Coy Stamm, Elizabeth Wright, Blake Orth, Payton LeDuc, Sarah Portenier, Colton Harlan, Carson Kearn, Joe Kern, William Svanda, Kileab Willbrandt, Grayson Votipka, Makenna Elliott, Zach Reith, and Nicole Avila.
Highlights are below:
Smith Center Invitational
Coy Stamm - 7th Place Overall
Cloud County Invitational
Carson Kearn - 6th Place Overall
Phillips County Invitational - 3rd Place Team
Colton Harlan - 6th Place Individual
Elizabeth Wright - 8th Place Individual
Judging season has been a lot of fun so far, great to be out seeing livestock, great weather and great communities hosting students from all across northern Kansas!
Yesterday we celebrated April birthday lunches in 4th through 6th grades.
Yesterday we celebrated April birthday lunches in 4th through 6th grades.
Yesterday we celebrated April birthday lunches in Kindergarten through 3rd grade.
Hasker's advisory group worked hard today cleaning the ball diamond.
The results from FCCLA competitions is below.
Our students did an amazing job at state FCCLA the past couple of days. We had several learning curves but I believe it will only make us stronger in the future. The freshman competed at a level against juniors and seniors due to the makeup of their team, which is difficult. No one had ever attended or competed in person at this event before, so adjusting their mindset and prior experience was challenging. And for several others, this was their first time ever competing in FCCLA. I am so proud of our students! I know they came away with several ideas, opportunities, and memories of their experience, workshops, and speakers.
Drake--Repurpose and Redesign L3--Gold Rating--National Qualifier.
Michaela and Tiffani -- Sports Nutrition L3--Silver Rating.
Evyn Finalyason--Focus On Children L3--Silver Rating.
Kori, Makenna, and Mckenzie--Professional Presentation L3 -- Silver Rating
Emma Fulton--National Programs In Action L3--Bronze Rating.
Washington County was recognized as an Active Chapter and District D received the Conference Image Award.
Drake will travel to San Diego to compete at the National level.
Here is an example of some of the repurposing projects students in the Advanced Materials Technology class construct. This is a workbench made out of oak and a salvaged SMART board. I think it is neat to reuse electronic waste and turn it back into something useful.
Shelby with a perfect example of a classic scrap wood project. She was able to salvage some of the smaller pine scraps and put them to good use. The birds will love their new home.
Fourteen WCHS art students participated in the TVL Art Show on Friday March 25 at Doniphan West. We took 74 pieces of work and 14 students and came home with 12 ribbons and a 3rd place finish in the sidewalk chalk competition. It was a great day with lots of talented and hardworking young artists.
Alert: HS Golf athletes and parents. Thursday, April 7th JV meet at Onaga has been cancelled.
I am one proud FCCLA adviser! Eight FCCLA students from Washington County competed in state competitions yesterday, one received district officer training, and one judged STAR events. Five of them had never prepared projects for our competitions before, several competed in advanced divisions, and none had been to a state FCCLA conference before! They learned so much by being competitors, judges, timers, runners, photographers, and voting delegates. Congratulations to everyone! Drake is headed to Nationals in San Diego!!!
Golf season kicked off today with WCHS placing 3rd as a team and the coaching debut for Coach Miller.
Great start to the season!
1st Gepner 84
6th Kearn 92
20th Votipka 109
23rd Goeckel 114
26th Wurtz 126
29th Buhrman 136
#betigerstrong ⛳️🐅🏌️
Congratulations to Mr. Tim Zenger, on receiving the North Central District Honorary Degree for his outstanding service to the Kansas FFA Association and North Central District FFA! Over the past decade and beyond, Mr. Zenger, who is the current Kansas FFA Alumni and Supporters State President, has helped with a wide variety of activities and programs that the Kansas FFA and Kansas FFA Alumni and Supporters have provided for members. His involvement has included serving as an event host for countless programs, officiating district and state leadership and career development events, to preparing meals and securing funding for Greenhand Conferences and various other district events. When a hand was needed, Tim, along with the help and support of his wife Lisa and his children, Jacki, Scuyler and Shailyn, has always been more than willing to give so much of his time and and talents to make the Kansas FFA and North Central District the best it could possibly be. On behalf of the Washington County FFA and FFA Alumni Programs, we would like to say a huge "thank you!" to Tim and Lisa Zenger, and congratulate you on this honor!
Three District Proficiency Award Winners this year from Washington County!
Coy Stamm - Diversified Crop Production Placement
Alyssa Kern - Fiber Oil Crop Production
Kori Miller - Small Animal Production/Care
All three of these winners will have their applications evaluated at the state level against the best programs in Kansas this year in competition for the overall state proficiency award title in their respective areas. Best of luck this spring!
WCHS FFA had four State FFA Degree Recipients in 2022!
Amanda Simmons
Coy Stamm
Michaela Jueneman
Kori Miller
2 American FFA Degree Recipients!
Grace Otott
Alyssa Kern
North Central District FFA Banquet Monday, April 4th. WCHS FFA had some outstanding honors and recognition!
2022 North Central District Star Farmer is Kori Miller! Congratulations Kori on your outstanding SAE program! Kori, daughter of Kim and Shawn Miller, will be featured in the Stars Over Kansas Program at the State FFA Convention in June, and will interview for the overall State Star Farmer of Kansas.
Good luck Kori!
