Last night during the Wautoma Area School District Board of Education’s Monthly Meeting, Mrs. Carmen O’Brien was approved to be the next Chief Financial Officer.
Mrs. O’Brien will be coming to WASD from the Manawa School District where she has been serving as the business manager since 2017. Prior to taking over the position of business manager, she worked as the Manawa curriculum director and a science teacher.
Mrs. O’Brien will begin her new position with WASD on July 1, 2023, after Cindy Reilly officially retires.
Congratulations!
DON'T FORGET: The Parkside 4th Graders will be presenting their Winter Concert "Cold Winds - Warms Hearts" tomorrow at 2 PM. The concert will be held in the lower gym of Parkside School. We hope to see you all there!
This morning we recognize Wautoma High School Senior Caprice Juday in the Youth Apprenticeship Spotlight!
This is Caprice’s first year working with the Hancock Agricultural Research Station in the Agricultural and Natural Resources Pathway. Caprice's duties vary as needed but she has assisted in processing samples, checking traps and digging potatoes. Amber Walker, her Supervisor/Mentor, recently stated that Caprice is very reliable and everyone enjoys Caprice’s attitude, ability to help with anything, and her commitment.
Students in Ms. Lyons' Kindergarten Class have been traveling around the world to learn about holidays and traditions throughout the world. Last week they went to Mexico, Germany, Italy, and Sweden.
While "visiting" Sweden, the kindergarteners learned that Christmas and St. Lucia Day are celebrated, and made starboys hats and St. Lucia crowns. The students are excited to continue their travels to India, Israel, Australia, back home to the United States, and out to Africa and the Middle East in the coming weeks.
REMINDER: The Wautoma High School Band Winter Concert will be held on Monday, December 12th at the McComb/Bruchs Performing Arts Center. The concert will begin at 7:00 PM.
Mrs. Shepard's 6th grade language arts classes are reading Walk Two Moons. Students are reading the parts of dialogue as a play with Mrs. Shepard or Mrs. Coussons being the narrator. Students chose the parts to read based on who was present in the chapter. They read the parts as they envisioned the character, with inflection and intonation. This helps students to learn how to write dialogue correctly as well as how to read fluently with feeling, putting themselves in the story.
The Wautoma High School Band Winter Concert will be held on Monday, December 12th at the McComb/Bruchs Performing Arts Center. The concert will begin at 7:00 PM. We hope to see you there!
The Wautoma High School Band Winter Concert will be held on Monday, December 12th at the McComb/Bruchs Performing Arts Center. The concert will begin at 7:00 PM.
We can't wait to see you there!
On Dec. 6, Dennis Bertzyk, a long-time supporter of Wautoma students and student-athletes, enjoyed lunch provided by Charley’s with the November WHS Student of the Month nominees. The November Character Trait featured was Cooperation. Pictured with Bertzyk are: Lily Thomsen-Keller, Cami Culver (November's Student of the Month) and Emilia Iacobazzi. Not Pictured: Marissa Vasquez.
On Dec. 6, a group of sixth through eighth grade students from Parkside School participated in a Geography Bee, held at Adams-Friendship Middle School. Each grade-level team participated in both individual and group competitions. Congratulations to the sixth grade team for a third place finish overall and to Alexandrea Woyak for her third place finish in the individual portion of the contest.
Congrats, Laynie!
SAVE THE DATE: The Parkside 4th Graders will be presenting their Winter Concert "Cold Winds - Warms Hearts" next Wednesday, Dec. 14th at 2 PM. The concert will be held in the lower gym of Parkside School. We hope to see you all there!
Redgranite Elementary November Character Trait Award Winners
Please join the Wautoma High School choirs this evening, Monday December 5, at 7pm for the holiday winter concert at the McComb-Bruchs' Performing Art Center.
Join us for an evening of "Songs of New and Olde" as the Wautoma High School choirs present new takes of holiday favorites by composers and arrangers Foley-Tillen, Guaraldi, Tchaikovsky, and more.
Admission is free.
On Friday, the Wautoma High School students enrolled in the Construction Trades Safety Class at Fox Valley Technical College Regional Center learned about generators and the clothing they are required to wear when working on electrical equipment from FVTC Safety Engineering Instructor Jim Lange. At the conclusion of this class, the students will receive their OSHA 30 Certification.
Tomorrow evening the Parkside 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade Choirs will be performing their Winter Concert at the McComb/Bruchs PAC beginning at 6:30 PM.
We hope to see everyone there!
Today’s Youth Apprenticeship Spotlight features Wautoma High School Senior Hannah House.
This is Hannah’s first year in her Youth Apprenticeship at Patriot Place working as a resident aide. While working at the facility, Hannah helps residents complete daily tasks that they are unable to perform independently. She also cares for all the residents and her motto is, “residents come before any other job duty”.
The Wautoma High School Choirs will present "Songs of New and Olde" with new takes of holiday favorites by composers and arrangers Foley-Tillen, Guaraldi, Tchaikovsky, and more.
The concert will be held on Monday, December 5th at 7:00 PM in the McComb/Bruchs Performing Arts Center.
We hope to see you there!
Redgranite Elementary's Community Service Project this quarter required them to be creative and spread some joy. Students put forth their best work designing coffee sleeves for a community coffee shop. Be sure to check out their hard work at Sunshine Coffee, downtown Redgranite!
The Wautoma Area School District would like recognize all of the Student with Disability Teachers and Paraprofessionals for National Special Education Day. We appreciate everything you do for the District!
