
The plan for makeup snow days was approved at last night's Watertown School Board Meeting. That means school will start at 8:15 AM on Monday, March 20th and continue through the end of the school year on Friday, May 26th. School will dismiss 15 minutes later for the remainder of the year, so 3:35 for grades K-4 and 3:45 PM for grades 5-12. The rest of the information can be found at: https://5il.co/1qhjf.

Beginning Monday, March 20th, and continuing until the end of the school year, WHS will run on a new bell schedule, which will be 8:15AM - 3:45PM daily. See the attached for times.


The Watertown School District will be 2 hours late on Monday, March 13th. All morning practices and activities will also be 2 hours late. No breakfast, morning preschool or Junior Kindergarten.

Due to rural road conditions, the Watertown School District will be dismissing on Thursday, March 9th at 1:15 PM. All afterschool and evening activities will either be postponed or canceled. The Girls State BB Tournaments will still be going, as those are SDHSAA events.

WHS 2 hour late start schedule.


The Watertown School District will be two hours late on Monday, March 6th. No breakfast will be served, and there is no AM preschool. All morning activities will also start two hours late.

The Watertown School District will be dismissing at 2:15 PM on Wednesday, March 1st. After school activities are either postponed or canceled. Thank you.

Drivers Education Waitlist Form: only for this summer, but if you wish to be placed on a waitlist for Driver's Education, the link will be in the news stories

No school for the Watertown School District on Thursday, February 23rd. All activities are postponed or canceled for Thursday. Take care!

No school for the Watertown School District on Wednesday, February 22nd. All activities are postponed or canceled for Wednesday. Stay safe!

The Watertown School District will dismiss at 2:15 PM on Tuesday, February 21st. Evening activities will be either postponed or canceled.

The Watertown School District will be hosting a Family Mental Health Night on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7:00 PM. This is specific to Watertown families, and the preregistration can be accessed at https://cookcenter.info/WatertownFeb21. Thanks for considering.

The Watertown School District is seeking community input on our elementary schools. If you haven't seen any of the presentations, viewing information is included in the survey. Thank you for taking the time to respond. The survey link is also included on our district web pages. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdtFGEdYAzZyeFa5pH2xHMb2CITW32nBo6rs4LaYVOX7e97fA/viewform.

The Watertown School District will be closed on Wednesday, February 15th. All activities are cancelled for the day.

WHS 2 hour late start schedule.


The Watertown School District will start two hours late on Wednesday, February 15th. All morning practices and activities will also start two hours late. Conditions will be evaluated in the morning if further postponement is needed.

WHS will be holding Parent Teacher Conferences this Thursday from 4 - 8PM and on Friday from 8 - Noon. Please note - there will be no school for students on Friday, February 17th and Monday, February 20th.

Mental Health Series focusing on Your child's Anxiety & Depression. See attached flyer.


WHS One Act Play


Pizza Bash 2023! Tuesday, January 17th. See attached for more info!
