Good Afternoon,
What a great weekend! All of the kids that attended Prom looked great and it really seemed like they all had a great time. Other than this crazy wind, the warm weather is definitely welcome. Let's all get ready to have another amazing week!
The after Prom Committee would like to thank all of our sponsors and those that donated to our students. Prizes are set up and ready for dispersal!
Tonight's prom promenade will be in the high school gymnasium starting at 5:30pm.
Mrs. Baker's Classroom to Career sponsor took them to Ohlde's Dairy yesterday. Mrs. Baker's class invited Ms. Zoeller's class to go along. It was a great educational trip. Thank you, Washington Farm Bureau and Ohlde Dairy.
The other part of the Tigers track team competed in Wakefield yesterday. Coach Edmonds said these kids competed hard as well and had a good meet. We are grateful for this opportunity. Everybody keeps working hard in practice and improving!!!
Part of the Washington County Tigers track team competed today at the Falcon Relays against a slate of mostly larger schools. The Tigers did not shy away from the tough competition. We competed hard and held our own. Results can be found here.
https://milesplit.live/meets/677022
Jesse Hoover broke her own school record today in the javelin at the Falcon Relays. Jesse threw 151'4", breaking her old record by over 5 feet!!! Todays throw keeps her at number one in all classes in Kansas and among the U.S. top ten according to milesplit!!! Congrats Jesse, way to represent Washington County!!! Tiger Strong!!
Exciting upgrades coming in today for the choir program!! New to us risers have arrived!! Much nicer safer option for the kids! Don't forget to mark your calendars for the Spring show "Victory Through Harmony " April 30, at 7pm.
Final info for Basketball Clinic Participants. THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 12
There will be KMEA Power Lifting at Claflin all day Saturday, April 12th. Good luck, Tigers.
Octavien built a beautiful walnut quilt display cabinet for the Slater family and the FFA. This was built in honor of Vicki Slater, who bought this quilt at the FFA fish fry/auction. It hangs in the vocational building. Great community work and effort, Octavien!
Highland Art Day is April 17 at
Highland. Good luck!
Hayden built a neat American Flag. He learned that painting can have frustrations, but he kept at it, and it turned out well. These wall hangings are always a great addition to any room. Great job, Hayden!
Several members and parents of the WCHS FFA Chapter attended the North Central District FFA Banquet on Monday, 4/7 at Chapman High School. Students across the District were recognized for their outstanding achievement in FFA Competitions and their Supervised Agricultural Experience Programs. WCHS has three members earn their State FFA Degrees this year, Makenna Elliott, McKenzie Baker and Joseph Kern. McKenzie Baker was honored as the North Central District Star in Agribusiness this year, and will represent the NC District in the Stars Over Kansas program at the State FFA Convention in May, for a chance to earn the State Star Award. McKenzie Baker won the District Proficiency Award in Forest Management and Products, Tanner Baker was the District Winner in Vegetable Production, and Joseph Kern won the Agricultural Mechanics - Repair and Maintenance proficiency Award. Rowley Keesecker presented the FFA Creed at the Banquet, as the winner of the NCD Creed Speaking competition earlier this winter. Congratulations to our students on all their hard work!
Nine members of the forensics team competed at the Wamego Tournament on Thursday, April 10. Last regular season meet and our students finished strong! Out of 18 teams competing, our team brought home the 3rd Place Team Trophy.
Individual Results:
Aviana & Kelly – 6th in Duet
Kelly – 5th in Original Oration
Anna – 3rd in Impromptu
Angel – 6th in Impromptu
Charlie – 5th in Poetry
Faith & Charlie – 5th in IDA
Elin – 1st in Informative Speech
Elin – 4th in Extemp
Also contributing to the team’s third place finish were Garrett, Allisson, and Madison.
Congratulations to all our competitors for a great regular season! We are proud of your hard work and success.
2nd meet in the books for our Junior High Track team. Today they competed at Valley Heights in a quad style meet. This allowed for unlimited entries and kids to try new events. We came away with the 8th grade sweep, boys and girls both won the meet! 7th graders showed big improvements. Kids have tired legs and we have a bit of a break between meets, so we will NOT have practice tomorrow, Friday, April 11th.
Results: http://68.234.97.3/Track/
The North Central District FFA Horse Judging Event was hosted by Cloud County Community College on March 27th. Two WCHS students competed in this year's competition and did exceptionally well! Joree Bentz competed in the senior division of the event and finish as the 2nd high individual, while Rowley Keesecker finished as the District champion in the Greenhand Division. Great work you two!!!
Spring FFA is underway here at WCHS! We have had several competitions in the past few days, and our students have been working hard to learn about career skills and practical applications in a wide variety of focus areas. Our Agronomy team, consisting of Jonathan Wright, Amber Kolle, Dawson Strunk, and Destyni Christenson recently placed 1st in both the Cloud County Community College Aggie Days competition and the North Central District Agronomy Event. Jonathan Wright led the event as the first place individual overall in both divisions, with all four of our team members finishing in the top ten overall. In the District Event, results were: Wright - 1st, Kolle - 3rd, Strunk - 4th, Christenson - 6th place. Congratulations Agronomy team!
ALERT WCHS TRACK: We will have a split meet on Friday April 11th! Some of our team will attend the Wakefield meet and some of our team will attend the Riley County meet! Information for both meets can be found in the pictures provided! Both meets begin at 3:00 PM. Wakefield running events begin at 4:45pm and Riley County running events begin at 5:15pm. Good Luck WCHS Track and coaches!
There will be sport pictures April 10. don't forget your uniforms
