Recently InterCare school-based counselors spoke to students in Watervliet about the importance of using healthy coping skills to deal with stress and how to find counseling. Over 70 students from 3rd through 12th grade heard from Keesha McKee of the EauClaire E3 Program and Roberto Overton of the Benton Harbor Student Health Center.
CONGRATULATIONS to our 8 January 2024 Students of the Month! They were celebrated at a special breakfast with their families this morning. Read more about each one of them in this week's Parent Panther Newsletter.
On Friday, February 9th South School will be celebrating our 100th day of school. Please help us celebrate by having your little Panther dress like they are 100 years old OR wear some type of 100th-day shirt! There are so many fun ideas out there. (If you need ideas you can check Google!) There will be a lot of fun little things happening throughout the day as well. We are so excited about our little Panthers being 100 days smarter!
The Watervliet Middle School Interact Club is showing the LOVE to the animals at the Al-Van Humane Society in South Haven for their February Service Project. If you have a middle school student, please consider making a donation and sending it in with your child. All other family and community members are also invited to make a donation of food, litter, toys, or treats. Those can be brought anytime to the high school office. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION!
Due to icy road conditions, all Watervliet Public Schools will be closed today, January 23, 2024. A decision will be made regarding evening activities by noon today.
Back roads are very dangerous at this time and will be for the next few hours. Please be VERY CAREFUL.
The Sexual Education Advisory Board Meeting which was scheduled for 6:00 PM today has been canceled due to unfavorable road conditions. It will be rescheduled at a later date.
Panther Families:
Due to adverse road conditions, WPS is canceling all PM activities tonight, January 22nd. It is predicted that the ice will let up around 6 PM, but come back in the early morning tomorrow. We await an update from the National Weather Service late afternoon before making a call regarding school attendance tomorrow.
Please consider having a backup plan for kiddos for tomorrow as we will not know until late this evening what our plans for tomorrow will be. Please be on the alert for an all-call or text with additional information.
Go Panthers,
Ric Seager
All Watervliet Public Schools athletic contests, practices, and all other activities scheduled for after school hours today, Monday, January 22nd have been canceled due to icy road conditions which are expected to worsen.
All WPS schools will be open tomorrow, JANUARY 18, 2024. Sorry for the typo...
All Watervliet Public Schools will be open tomorrow, December 18th, at their normal times. We look forward to welcoming you back!
ALL evening activities have been canceled for today, Tuesday, January 16. This includes the girls' high school basketball games which were to have been played at Martin.
Due to forecasted extreme wind chills for tomorrow morning and unplowed roads, all Watervliet Public Schools will be closed on Wednesday, January 17, 2024. A decision regarding evening events will be made by noon tomorrow. Stay warm!!
Please help this member of our Panther Family if you are able!
Due to forecasted extreme wind chills for tomorrow morning, all Watervliet Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. A decision regarding evening events will be made by noon tomorrow.
Stay warm!!
Due to forecasted extremely low wind chills and the need to continue clearing certain back roads in the district, all Watervliet Public Schools will be closed tomorrow, January 15th.
All athletic activities and extracurricular programs will be canceled as well.
Due to the impending winter storm, all after school activities, athletics, and practices are canceled for today.
Due to inclement weather, all Watervliet Public Schools will be closed on Friday, January 12, 2024.
FRIDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO PRE ORDER A YEARBOOK at the $45 rate with a name stamp.
You may place your order directly through this link:
https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/index.cfm/job/2956
Or see a yearbook staff member or Mrs. Brant
After Dec. 24, yearbooks will be $50 and namestamps will be $5.
During the month of December, the WHS Student Council sponsored a food drive to help the Watervliet Free Methodist Pantry help local families in need. The officers loaded up the items and they were delivered Thursday morning. A total of 1237 items were collected. First hour classes held a competition in order to collect the items. The winning class was Mrs. Riedinger with 341 items. Second place went to Mr. Steele's class with 200 items. Third place was Mr. Grear with 125. The winning class received a donut party on Friday. Many students used their own money to purchase the items that were donated. THANK YOU STUDENT COUNCIL!
The Middle School Interact Club assembled 55 goody bags for the senior center in Coloma this holiday season. On Monday, three of the club officers delivered the bags to Meals on Wheels in Benton Harbor for delivery! Pictured here are Madison Darling, McKaylen Laws, and Melanie Cervantes. Interact is a service organization sponsored by the Paw Paw Lake Rotary Club. The club has 25-- 7th and 8th grade members this year! The clubs thanks again those parents and community members who donated the items for the bags.
