Washington County Schools

Mrs. Rundle’s second grade small group activity today was a STEM activity. The students had to work together to make a wind powered maze. Through this activity, they learned about the words: push, kinetic energy, friction, and obstacle. The students could only use connecting blocks to make it, they had to work together as a team to make a plan, And then build the maze and make any corrections to the plan that they discovered while making it. Then they raced the glitter balls through the maze using fat straws. Tomorrow, they will race again using different straws and balls to see what works the best to go through the maze the fastest. They learn teamwork, social end emotional skills, vocabulary and worked with numbers for this project.

Mrs. Rundle’s second grade small group activity today was a STEM activity. The students had to work together to make a wind powered maze. Through this activity, they learned about the words: push, kinetic energy, friction, and obstacle. The students could only use connecting blocks to make it, they had to work together as a team to make a plan, And then build the maze and make any corrections to the plan that they discovered while making it. Then they raced the glitter balls through the maze using fat straws. Tomorrow, they will race again using different straws and balls to see what works the best to go through the maze the fastest. They learn teamwork, social end emotional skills, vocabulary and worked with numbers for this project.

8th Grade Math...Using Google Earth to measure roofs...figuring surface area...square footage...square of shingles...and how many bundles of shingles needed for roof!

The graphic design class is working with KAB, inc. on some design and website projects and spent some time on Monday taking pictures and getting a tour from Skyler Warnke former art and design student at WCHS. A first trip to a hog farm for most of us.

Tray Zabokrtsky places 3rd at the 1st ever Kansas State University High School sales competition.

FBLA members Sean Bruna, Tray Zabokrtsky, and Tyler Simmons traveled to Kansas State University today for the inaugural sales competition. Congratulations to Tray for making it to the 2nd round starting at 1 pm today. Will update later.

The 8th grade history classes enjoyed sharing their knowledge of Kansas with the preschool.

WCHS Girls win first round of regionals. WCHS 60 – Blue Valley 49

HS Basketball Regional Brackets Boys are #1 seed & have a bye 1st round https://tinyurl.com/swv5jtu Girls are #4 seed & play BV at WCHS Tues 2/25 7pm https://tinyurl.com/upnkuht Gate Prices - $7 adults, $5 students. NO PASSES

So proud of my second graders and their beautiful Cursive handwriting! We know enough letters both uppercase and lowercase that many of them can make their own signature now!

The annual WCHS FFA Alumni fish fry and auction are underway. Always such tremendous support for our local FFA program.

Reminder: FFA Alumni Annual Meeting/Fish Fry/Auction is today at Noon in the WCHS Ag Shop. All FFA members, families, guests are invited to attend. Serving begins at Noon with auction to follow. Thanks to all the generous businesses and individuals for their donations!

Parents/Guardians of 2nd and 3rd grade students: Don’t forget to send a hat, any kind of hat, with your student to school next week! We will be starting to design for our “Trashion Show” soon! Also, don’t forget to have them save SMALL trash items like broken jewelry, ribbon scraps, and any other “trash” to decorate those hats with!

The 4th and 5th graders had a lot of fun at the Lincoln Symphony Orcheastra's Young People's Concert today!!! Thanks for funding or trip, PTO!!!! Also want to thank the #unl #studentunion for letting our kiddos hang out and eat their sack lunches. They had fun!

Junior High Scholars' Bowl Meet is HERE tonight! Meet starts at 5:00pm - parents and fans are welcome! Please note that you can NOT enter a room once a round has started so please be on time. Rounds take about 15 minutes - and you can always go into a room between rounds. Cheering during the question rounds is not appropriate - however clapping at the end of a round certainly is!!

HS Basketball Regional Brackets Boys are #1 seed & have a bye 1st round https://tinyurl.com/swv5jtu Girls are #4 seed & play BV at WCHS Tues 2/25 7pm https://tinyurl.com/upnkuht

Waco vs Hanover Boys Varsity wins 61-52 Girls Varsity loses 56-44 Boys JV lose Girls JV win Go Tigers!

Thank you centennial Homestead for sponsoring Washington County USD 108 second grade! Through your sponsorship we also got a bucket of dice to help us work on addition and subtraction! The kids love it

Thank you Centennial Homestead for sponsoring the second grade and USD 108!

Thank you, Beverly Finlayson, for donating this best seller book to the high school library!