High School

From the Watertown School District: The Watertown School District will start two hours late on Friday, January 15th. Conditions will be assessed again in the morning.

From the Watertown School District: We will be dismissing school on January 14 at 2:30 PM. All evening activities have been postponed or canceled. Thank you, and have a good evening.

Just a reminder - WHS Chorus and Orchestra Christmas Concert at 7:30PM tonight in the Arena - masks are required.

The public is welcome to attend our WHS Band Christmas Concert on Tuesday, Dec 8th at 7:30PM. Masks are required to attend the concert.

Final reminder! High School Parent/Teacher conferences are Monday - 4:30PM - 8:30PM. Enter the high school through the concourse doors. Masks are expected!

Attn: Seniors! The Yearbook committee is needing a senior picture and a baby picture for the yearbook and senior slideshow. They must be in jpeg format. Vertical pics work the best. Deadline to submit is Dec. 22nd. Email them to shanon.manley@k12.sd.us

WHS will hold Parent/Teacher Conferences on Monday, December 7th - from 4:30PM - 8:30PM. Masks are expected for all parents who attend conferences.

The WHS school play, starts tonight at 7PM and runs through tomorrow night at 7PM! Come and support our high school kids as they perform "CLUE". Tickets available at the DD Miller Aud. Masks are expected.

The Sadie Hawkins Grand March will take place Saturday, October 31st at 8pm in the civic arena. The main concourse doors will open for parents and spectators at 7pm. You will be directed to go immediately to the balcony to find your seats. Photographers from LATC will be taking photos at our event for students and parents this year. Parents will not be allowed on the arena floor this year to maintain good social distancing at our event. At the conclusion of the grand march, we are asking spectators to exit through the concourse or the balcony stairs that lead to the parking lot. Thank you very much for your cooperation in our efforts to keep you and our students safe.

We have extra Arrow Nation T-Shirts available. Both short and long sleeve available, in most sizes. $12 for short sleeve and $15 for long. Call the WHS Principal's Office at 882-6316 for more information. T-Shirts are available in both youth and adult sizes.

Reminder: WHS picture re-take day is this Friday, October 23rd from 7:30AM - 11AM in the concourse! Order forms are available in the Asst. Principal's Office.

ATTN: WHS parents of senior students! You should be receiving a packet, mailed directly from Jostens, to your home regarding cap / gown / senior apparel ordering information in the mail the week of October 19th. Senior students also received information in their school email today with Jostens ordering information - please refer to that with your senior to order any items you wish. Deadline to order a cap and gown is October 30th, 2020.

Reminder! Conferences tonight at the high school. 4:30PM - 8:30PM! Enter through the concourse doors! Masks are expected.

WHS will hold Parent/Teacher Conferences this Thursday, October 8th from 4:30PM - 8:30PM. Please enter through the concourse doors and you will be directed to teacher classrooms for conferences. Masks are expected when you are in the high school, we thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Student Information

Due to the high volume of positive Covid cases at the high school in recent days, Sadie Hawkins has been postponed to Saturday, October 31st at 8:00pm in the arena. Please understand that the event could be postponed or canceled due to the volume of Covid cases in late October. Sadie Hawkins will be a Grand March event this year with no dance. Seniors and Juniors are welcome to attend. Sign up begins October 9th in the Principal's Office. $5 per person is due at sign up.

The Watertown School District announces free breakfast and lunch for all students beginning October 1 and continuing through December or until federal funding runs out. Any enrolled student in K-12 is eligible for these meals. We have also changed our student close contact procedures. Beginning on October 5, if a student is masked, they would have the option of following the recommended 14-day close contact quarantine or choose to quarantine for 72 hours and come back to school masked, temp checked and socially distanced where permitted. School principals will notify you should this happen in your child's school. We are also changing the language with regards to masking from "highly recommended" to "expected." All students were given a mask to start they year, and we ask that you make sure your child has one with them each day. More details on the close contact procedures can be found at: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/949702/Close_Contact_Student_Leave_Procedure.pdf. With this change, WHS will resume in-person classes on Mon. Oct. 5, and 7-12 activities will resume as well next week.

The Watertown School District announces free breakfast and lunch for all students beginning October 1 and continuing through December or until federal funding runs out. Any enrolled student in K-12 is eligible for these meals. We have also changed our student close contact procedures. Beginning on October 5, if a student is masked, they would have the option of following the recommended 14-day close contact quarantine or choose to quarantine for 72 hours and come back to school masked, temp checked and socially distanced where permitted. School principals will notify you should this happen in your child's school. We are also changing the language with regards to masking from "highly recommended" to "expected." All students were given a mask to start the year, and we ask that you make sure your child has one with them each day. More details on the close contact procedures can be found at: https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/949702/Close_Contact_Student_Leave_Procedure.pdf. With this change, WHS will resume in-person classes on Mon. Oct. 5, and 7-12 activities will resume as well next week.

WHS is on a 12:30PM Dismissal today for teacher in-service in the afternoon. Block 1 ends at 9:25AM; Block 2 is 9:30AM - 10:30AM; Block 3 is 10:35AM - 11:30AM; Block 4 is 11:35AM - 12:30PM

Watertown High School will continue to deliver all courses online for the remainder of this week. Students are expected to attend classes during their regularly scheduled times from home through Friday, October 2nd. Classes will resume at WHS on Monday, October 5th. Teachers will be communicating with students by Google Classroom, email, and Zoom. Students are expected to work hard each day to stay focused on their education from 8:30am to 3:30pm. Students failing to communicate with their teachers during class time will be marked absent. In summary, students are expected to be engaged in their classes in online learning for the remainder of this week. Teachers will be meeting with students during their regularly scheduled class time. Students will return to the high school on Monday, October 5th to resume classes in-person.