Wautoma High School's Future Business Leaders of America participated in a Virtual State Conference yesterday. These State Qualifiers participated in online state tests and uploaded materials prior to today's competition, competed (AND WON!!!) a room decorating contest, attended a virtual leadership conference, and had lunch of chicken tenders and pizza and various individually wrapped treats.
1st graders in the Riverview A+ After School Program are learning about dinosaurs in their enrichment club. Here they are being paleontologist and discovering dinosaur bones.
First graders at Redgranite Elementary learned about how animals become "invisible" to protect themselves from predators. Some animals use camouflage, some become flat to blend in with their surroundings, and other animals turn themselves into a different shape! The students created a secret message and hid them around the classroom.
Can you find the messages?
Meal sign up for Wed. April 21, pick up from 8:30-9 am at the school you choose on the form. This form is due on Thursday by 9:00 a.m.
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You are invited to join in on a Virtual Post-Secondary Info Night! A representative from the Wisconsin Technical College System, UW-System (2-4 year colleges), Private College System, Military and Apprenticeships will present on their respective area, admissions & getting started, help answer general questions and more! All high school students and their families are welcome to attend! Register for one or both sessions below!
(*Please note students do NOT need to be applied to FVTC to attend; pre-registration is required*)
Tuesday April 13, 2021 @ 6:00 PM
Virtual via Microsoft TEAMS
Registration: https://www.fvtc.edu/news/story/post-secondary-virtual-info-night-april
Thursday, May 13, 2021 @ 6:00 PM
Virtual via Microsoft TEAMS
Registration: https://www.fvtc.edu/news/story/post-secondary-virtual-info-night-may
Mark your calendars for the 2021 SCC Art Show!
Third grade students at Redgranite had fun learning about Patterns of Motion with tops. Students designed their own tops and wrote their own focus questions to answer. Some children wanted to know, "What is the best design for a top that spins a long time?" or "Does it make a difference if you use the larger or smaller discs to design a top?" Students tested their tops, drew a diagram and wrote about their observations. The students also had fun using a Doodle Top.
During Redgranite Elementary's 4K unit on Spring we placed chicken eggs in our incubator.
Over the weekend our chicks started hatching. This is just in time for us to learn about them in our next unit, Farm and Ranch.
The entire Wautoma High School Forensics team will advance from the Level 2 – District Forensics Competition to the State Competition beginning April 9. Congratulations go to Madylyn Woyak, Poetry; Ava Butt, Public Address; Alyssa Szymanski, Dakota McNeal, and Kaydance Blader on their Group Interpretation; and Owen Mulvey, Moment in History.
Congratulations to the WHS March Student of the Month, junior Megan Kelly!
Megan Kelly has been a consistently hard worker in AP Biology, AP Statistics, and Precalculus this semester. Her determination to master the content material being presented is impressive as she seeks deeper understanding rather than just enough to get by. It is not uncommon to have Megan email questions or to come in for extra help during 8th period, in order to gain a firm grasp of whatever content we are covering at the time. Megan is extremely alert and conscientious in class. She is also very organized and takes stellar notes, in a “textbook example” fashion. Megan is a classroom leader and a genuinely nice person with a high character that is driven to be the best version of her that she can be.
A special thank you to Dairy Queen of Wautoma for sponsoring Dilly Bar Day at WHS last week! The following students found tickets in their Dilly Bar so they win one DQ Blizzard each week for the next year: Yadira Malnory, Caley Stewart, Jeremy Worden, Tanner Gonzales, Thomas Schwartz, and London Longsine.
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First graders at Redgranite Elementary finished their study of light by answering the question "How can we communicate with light? Students worked in pairs to design ways to redirect light using mirrors. They explored ways to communicate long distances using light.
Redgranite Third graders would like to send out a heartfelt "THANK YOU" to all those who supported their community service project.
The students ended up collecting 155 sets of new pajamas and $1,000.00 in donations. The money will be used to purchase additional sets of pajamas. The third graders are excited to help the families in Waushara County!
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Redgranite 2nd grade students at were making observations about different materials. They were deciding if the materials were solids or liquids while using funnels, schoops bottles and vials to scoop, shake and pour. They learned that small materials are called particles. Many particles together can sometimes act like liquids because they pour and take the shape of their container. Particles, however, are solids because they keep their own shape and and can be made into lines and piles.
Third graders at Redgranite would like to send out a heartfelt "THANK YOU" to all the people who participated in the 11th Annual Pajama Drive. Today was the last day of the PJ Drive, so next week students will be calculating the total number of pajamas donated and calculating monetary donations. Once they've calculated the total, they will post an update to Facebook.
Thanks again for supporting our cause! We greatly appreciate it.
Yesterday Mrs Walbrun's third graders started learning about area and perimeter. Her students really enjoyed building arrays with Cheese-Its and then finding the area and perimeter of their shapes. The students agreed this activity was both fun and tasty!
Redgranite third graders began Investigation 2 in science class today. In this investigation students are exploring patterns of motion and trying to answer the question: How can we change the motion of wheel-and-axle systems rolling down ramps?
Students built several different wheel-and-axle systems and tested them on a ramp. They observed what happened and then picked their favorite wheel-and-axle system, drew a diagram of it, and also wrote about the pattern of motion they observed.
Redgranite third graders participated in "Trashketball" today. Students have been learning how to use a ruler to measure to the nearest 1/4 of an inch. First, the students worked in partnerships to measure the lengths of eight rectangles. Once they were done measuring they were able to collect a paper basketball for each correct answer. Once they collected their paper basketballs, they played "Trashketball". They could shoot one or two point shots.
