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Computer Concepts Students Dissect Old Computers

Students in Cohort B of the Computer Concepts class finished dissecting their old computers today as part of the hardware unit. In the photograph, they are proudly displaying their power supplies.

Joshua Kane Visits Virtual Classroom

On Friday, October 16th, students in Mrs. Camden Harlan’s English 12 virtual class at Whitewater HS were honored with guest speaker, award-winning actor, storyteller, and voiceover artist, Joshua Kane, as part of a residency with UW-Whitewater. Also joining the conversation was Young Auditorium’s Education and Community Engagement Coordinator, Keriann Kirkeng, as well as WHS Associate Principal, Nathan O’Shaughnessy. Mr. Kane was wonderfully entertaining and brought a wealth of experience, exuberance, and artistic flair to Mrs. Harlan’s virtual classroom. Mr. Kane reminded students that as they prepare to enter the adult world, “It’s less important to be right, than it is to be kind... You don’t have to be right; you just have to be authentic.” He encouraged students to be the moviemaker of their story every single day; to ask themselves who they are, how they’re handling their camera; to make sure they back up in order to see the whole picture. Full of energy and wisdom, Mr. Kane enlightened students’ perspective on today’s societal issues, the pandemic, their education, and that “silly makes the world go round.” UWW’s Young Auditorium will be hosting Joshua Kane’s live virtual performance of ‘Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Terror’ on Wednesday, October 21st, at 7 PM. Purchase tickets for the event here.

Swim Wins at Delavan in First WHS Sporting Event in 216 Days

After 216 days with no competition for any Whitewater sport teams, the Girls Swim team was ready to race hard against Delavan-Darien. The girls beat Delavan-Darien 89-80 with a strong group effort. The girls were very excited to get in and compete! Leading the way by 18 seconds in the 200 Medley Relay was the team of Sophia Fanshaw, Ella Houwers, Grace Foucault, and Amber Krebs. Other first place finishes from the meet include Ella Houwers in the 200 Individual Medley and 100 Breaststroke, Sophia Fanshaw in the 50 Freestyle, Grace Foucault in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Backstroke, Amber Krebs in the 500 Freestyle, and our 400 Freestyle relay of Amber Krebs, Karime Velazquez, Brooke Bazeley and Ella Houwers. Sophomore Brooke Bazeley swam well in what is considered some of the tougher races. Brooke scored great points for the team with her 3rd place finishes in both the 200 Individual Medley and 500 Freestyle. Brooke also had to lead off the 200 Freestyle relay immediately after finishing the 500 Freestyle and posted a 29.54 in that relay. Our newcomers really did an outstanding job after only 8 practices to gain knowledge and experience. Vicki Ramirez earned many points with her ability to swim all 4 strokes well and raced particularly well in the 100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke. Trinity Nickels took on the 500 Freestyle in her first meet as a Whippet and swam an incredibly well paced race that earned points for the team. Aileen Perez showed great improvement in just one week by dropping a whopping 25 seconds in the 50 Freestyle; this is one determined swimmer! Skylar Staebler not only raced the Varsity 100 Freestyle, but was able to score points with her strong performance. Returning swimmers Ashly Xochipa, Josie Treder, Karime Velazquez and Ella Smith helped add depth to our team with their prior experience and willingness to push through pain. Ashly continued right where she left off last year posting a lifetime best time in the 100 Backstroke to score points for the team. Josie Treder finished especially strong in the 100 Breaststroke and 100 Freestyle on the 400 Freestyle relay which earned some very important points to help us secure the win. Karime Velazquez had an outstanding night with her performances in the 200 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly swimming right on her best times from last year. Ella Smith pushed through the 200 IM to earn some much needed points for the Whippet,s in addition to her 100 Freestyle. Having these veterans ready to race with knowledge from previous years was a huge part of our win. It was truly a great first meet. I am very proud of these girls and can’t wait to see what we can do in our next meet with a little more time in the pool.

Ellenwood Named DAR Good Citizen for the Class of 2021

Congratulations, Carson Ellenwood, for being named the WHS Class of 2021 DAR Good Citizen! Carson and his parents will be honored at an awards luncheon hosted by the DAR in the spring. Carson was selected by the faculty for his outstanding qualities of dependability (which includes truthfulness, loyalty and punctuality); service (which includes cooperation, courtesy, and consideration of others); leadership (which includes personality, self-control and ability to assume responsibility); and patriotism (which includes unselfish interest in family, school, community and nation), to an outstanding degree. Congratulations, Carson!

Staebler Ranked #1 Nationally in Preseason 

USA Wrestling has just released the National Girls High School Preseason Rankings, and our own Brianna Staebler holds the #1 spot at 180 pounds. Way to go, Brianna! For the full rankings visit USA-Wrestling.