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28-05-2020
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“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” - John Dewey
Congratulations to all of our Senior Awards winners. These awards symbolize only some of your achievements. Your hard work has led you to this point. Now it is time to set your sites on your next goals.
Best Wishes.
Your Senior Class Advisors:
Ms. Hamilton & Ms. McNulty
May 19, 2020
Class of 2020 and Parents,
We hope this communication finds everyone doing well. As we are entering the final couple weeks of school, we wanted to touch base with you regarding some very important topics. Use the links below to find detailed information on Senior Portfolio Presentations, the Senior Send Off, Graduation Preparations, Diploma Disbursement (including a survey on how you would like to receive your diploma), and Senior Materials Collection and Yearbook Distribution.
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Virtual Music Awards Event Held May 22
The Music Department held a virtual recognition celebration on Friday, May 22. Dr. Don Deal and Mrs. Karen Tordera recognized students who had some awesome achievements in music this year. Full List of Awards
March 27, 2020
Food Service Message from Lisa Griep
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Open Enrollment Deadline for 2020-2021 School Year Extended to May 29
Do you live outside of the Whitewater Unified School District but still want to enroll your student(s) for the 2020-2021 school year? Now is the time to apply through Open Enrollment. Please visit www.wwusd.org or call 262-472-8700 for more information. https://dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment
Important Upcoming Dates at WHS:
Some students enjoyed the beautiful weather and got outside to participate in the Chalk Challenge last week, and Student Council thanks those participants. WHS Students, have a safe and healthy summer!
Every year the Walworth County Arts Council invites high school students who attend Walworth County Schools to submit their writing in either prose or poetry. Several students from Whitewater High School received awards in this year’s competition. In the poetry category, Skylar Staebler won second place with "How Do They Live?", and Jeanette Erchul won third with "In the Dark." In the prose competition, Josephine Treder won first with "The Bench . . . ", Mina Truesdale won second with "Seeing Starlight", and Jillian Gibbs won third with "The Importance of Wealth" on The Great Gatsby. Mina Truesdale also placed third for poetry, but she can only accept one prize. Congratulations, Writers!
Congratulations to our three senior Whippet Softball players who were voted onto the WFSCA All-Star game. Morgan Gransee, Bryce Hibbs, and Alyssa Schumacher were all voted onto the team based on their career stats and prior performance. Congratulations ladies, we're very proud of you! 
It is a great day to be a Whippet! Whitewater High School freshmen Emma Weigel and Alex Martin were selected as national finalists for the 2020 National History Day in Wisconsin program. Emma and Alex, based upon their group exhibit, will be representing the state of Wisconsin at the national competition. The now virtual 2020 NHD National Competition will take place from June 14-18th at the University of Maryland, just outside of Washington D.C. The top two projects in each of the five categories qualify for National competition. Students create a project in one of five categories. They can create a historical paper, interactive website, media documentary, museum-style exhibit, or a dramatic performance to present their conclusions. Emma Weigel and Alex Martin received the top award in Group Exhibit for their project the “All-American Girls Professional Baseball League”. On the school level, over 10,000 Wisconsin students participated in National History Day this year. National History Day is a nationally recognized academic achievement enrichment program. This yearlong academic program helps students build critical thinking and research skills as students explore a topic of their own interest connected to an annual theme. The 2020 theme was “Breaking Barriers in History”. To become a national finalist, each student competes in a local competition held at Whitewater High School (top three advance to regional), a regional competition coordinated by the University of Wisconsin-Madison (top three advance to State), and a state competition that is held on the University of Wisconsin campus. This stage brings all of the regional winners to Madison. From these regional qualifiers, judges select the top two in each category that will advance to the national competition. At each stage, their work was evaluated by historians, educators, and professionals in related fields. The Whitewater High School teachers who worked with these students and accompanied them were: Mr. Scott Phillips, Mrs. Kate Weston, and Mr. Dalton Miles. The entire WHS Social Studies department would like to thank all of the parents, local judges, WHS Principal Mr. Mike Lovenberg, Assistant Principal Mr. Nathan O'Shaughnessy, and the Whitewater School Board, as well as all who helped in the preparation and logistics needed to support the program. Best wishes to Emma and Alex as they move on to the 2020 National History Day competition!
Every Tuesday, Mrs. Colleen Mendez and her son Isaiah have been "sending" students in her English 10 class on virtual trips. Their weekly adventures so far have included Carlsbad Caverns, the Alaska Kenai Fjords, and Bryce Canyon. She says, “Costumes are very important, and I love how we've been able to scrounge up something new every week. Isaiah helps with the intros and we even have ranger names.”