Watervliet High School

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Friday, September 6th. My name is Logan Schaefer and I am your Friday morning announcement reader! Happy Birthday to Austin Tomes. Today’s lunch is Crispy Chicken Sandwich, Watermelon, Cheesy Broccoli, Baby Carrots Boys Cross Country Grabs 5th place at Teske Invitational - Daniel Mandujano Finishes 1st. In a tightly contested meet in which only 8 points separated first place from fifth, the Panther runners finished 5th out of 13 teams at the Teske Invitational at the Van Buren Fairgrounds. Danny Mandujano cruised to an impressive first-place finish with the nearest competitor 56 seconds behind him. Luke Isbrecht finished in 7th place with a 19:10. Zeke Cordozo rounded out the Panthers' top three with a time of 20:20 for an 18th-place finish. Girls Cross Country Captures 2nd Place at Teske Invitational. A great group effort allowed the Lady Panthers to finish second out of 13 teams at the Teske Invitational at the Van Buren Fairgrounds placing 8 girls in the top 30. Kimmy Romero led the way with a 23:59 for 9th place. Payton Yeske was the next Panther across the finish line in 25:09 for 15th place. Gabby Wisdom ran a 25:31 to finish 18th. Mimi Feneley, Marissa Lowell, Miranda Lowell, Katelyn Brown, and Maria Cruz were tightly packed together capturing 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th, and 28th places respectively. There will be a school store in Dr. Mosher’s room this year. It will be open before school, after 1st hour, and after school. We have started tracking tardies in the building. If you are late to any class, you will be sent to the office for a tardy pass. The third tardy equals a detention. Automated alert phone calls are not going home daily to parents for any student who is tardy to any class. There is a permission slip in the counseling office for an Oct 4th field trip to The Maximum Mold Group in Benton Harbor. Juniors and Seniors interested in Engineering, Tooling, Machine Technology, and welding are encouraged to attend. The bus leaves at 9:15 and you will be back by 11:45. If you are interested in participating in Esports, please sign up in the office or contact Mrs. Overacker. Practices will start next week. On Monday we will run student grades. If you are failing any class for any reason your parents will get a phone call on Monday night. Make sure that you have turned in all of the assignments for the first couple weeks of school so that you are passing all classes on Monday. Monday we will also run the first eligibility report. The following students have earned a PBIS raffle ticket for demonstrating respect, responsibility or safety in the building. If your name is called come to the office to claim your treat: Nic Terry Braydon Collins Marley Alsup Abigail Solis Anahi Howell Aaliyah Hernandez McKaylen Laws Koty Moore Eithan Nickell At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Thursday September 5th. My name is Lilly Summers and I am your Thursday morning announcement reader! There are no birthdays today. Today’s lunch is Walking Taco, Pasta Salad, Strawberries, Broccoli & Cauliflower Bites. There will be a school store in Dr. Mosher’s room this year. It will be open before school, after 1st hour, and after school. The Varsity Lady Panthers took on the Shamrocks of Berrien Springs yesterday and came out on top. Game one the Shamrocks came out strong in serving taking an early lead. While the Panthers struggled behind the service line and in serve receive. But the Panthers quickly turned things around in game two, three and four and won the match. Sue Weckwerth led the team in kills. Kelsie Gaston led in assists. Chelsea Lange and Sue Weckwerth led in aces. The team played tough defense and did a great job communicating during all the games. Students, if you are using your own device instead of a school issued Chromebook, please stop in the main office and let Mrs. Richcreek know today or you may email her. This week we remind ourselves of the expectations in the cafeteria in the morning. Your third hour teacher will be reviewing these expectations with you this week. Students must be picked up at the end of the day on the cafe/gym side of the building. No students are allowed to be picked up by anyone in a car in the front of the building. This includes the doors in front of the auditorium. Do not exit out any of the doors in the front of the building. We have started tracking tardies in the building. If you are late to any class, you will be sent to the office for a tardy pass. The third tardy equals a detention. There is a permission slip in the counseling office for an Oct 4th field trip to The Maximum Mold Group in Benton Harbor. Juniors and Seniors interested in Engineering, Tooling, Machine Technology, and welding are encouraged to attend. The bus leaves at 9:15 and you will be back by 11:45. If you are interested in participating in Esports, please sign up in the office or contact Mrs. Overacker. Practices will start next week. At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Wednesday September 4th. My name is Chaz Hart and I am your Wednesday morning announcement reader! Celebrating a birthday today is Jacob Querfurth! Today’s lunch is Popcorn Chicken Smackers, Mashed Potato, Pineapple, Sweet Peppers & Mixed Berry Fruit Cup Students, if you are using your own device instead of a school issued Chromebook, please stop in the main office and let Mrs. Richcreek know today or you may email her. This week we remind ourselves of the expectations in the cafeteria in the morning. Your third hour teacher will be reviewing these expectations with you this week. There is a Student Council Meeting at 7:00 am on Thursday, 9/5 in the Media Center - members, please be on time! Students must be picked up at the end of the day on the cafe/gym side of the building. No students are allowed to be picked up by anyone in a car in the front of the building. Do not exit out the front doors of the building. We have started tracking tardies in the building. If you are late to any class as of today, you will be sent to the office for a tardy pass. The third tardy equals a detention. There is a permission slip in the counseling office for an Oct 4th field trip to The Maximum Mold Group in Benton Harbor. Juniors and Seniors interested in Engineering, Tooling, Machine Technology, and welding are encouraged to attend. The bus leaves at 9:15 and you will be back by 11:45. If you are interested in participating in Esports, please sign up in the office or contact Mrs. Overacker. Practices will start next week. At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Tuesday, September 3rd.. My name is Ayana Marshall and I am your Tuesday morning announcement reader! Celebrating a birthday today is Alina Bell! Today’s lunch is “Mini”on Sliders, French Fries, Oranges, Diced Tomatoes & Pickle Slices. This week we remind ourselves of the expectations in the cafeteria in the morning. Your third hour teacher will be reviewing these expectations with you this week. There is a Student Council Meeting at 7:00 am on Thursday, 9/5 in the Media Center - members, please be on time! Students must be picked up at the end of the day on the cafe/gym side of the building. No students are allowed to be picked up by anyone in a car in the front of the building. Do not exit out the front doors of the building. There will be a Debate meeting Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. in Room 137. All members planning on participating on a competitive debate team must attend. If you are dual enrolled, you are required to attend a dual enrollment meeting today either at the start of 1st hour or the start of 5th hour. Be in the media center one of these times to review expectations for dual enrollment. This meeting will take only 15 minutes. All drivers need a WHS parking tag in your car by today in order to not be ticketed. Officer Thornsbury will be checking for stickers today. If you need a sticker, come to the main office. Today we will start tracking tardies in the building. If you are late to any class as of today, you will be sent to the office for a tardy pass. The third tardy equals a detention. There is a Student Advisory Council meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 AM. All student representatives are expected to attend. There is a permission slip in the counseling office for an Oct 4th field trip to The Maximum Mold Group in Benton Harbor. Juniors and Seniors interested in Engineering, Tooling, Machine Technology, and welding are encouraged to attend. The bus leaves at 9:15 and you will be back by 11:45. If you are interested in participating in Esports, please sign up in the office or contact Mrs. Overacker. Practices will start next week. At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

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Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is August 29th. My name is Lilly Summers and I am your Thursday morning announcement reader! Celebrating a birthday today are: Chaz Hart, Jorge Zuniga & Mrs. Shannon Llamas Today’s lunch is Pepperoni Pizza, Cottage Cheese,m Garden Salad, PIneapple There is a Student Council Meeting at 7:00 am on Thursday, 9/5 in the Media Center - members, please be on time! Ms. Powers will be meeting with any student individually on Tuesday who has yet to complete online enrollment forms in order to receive a chromebook. All students should be in possession of their Chromebooks by Tuesday. Today is the final day to get Mrs. Dawson a signed parent permission skip to change a schedule. If Mrs. Dawson does not have this from you today, you will not be making a schedule change for this semester. Students must be picked up at the end of the day on the cafe/gym side of the building. No students are allowed to be picked up by anyone in a car in the front of the building. Do not exit out the front doors of the building. There will be a Debate meeting next week Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 7:30 a.m. in Room 137. All members planning on participating on a competitive debate team must attend. If you are dual enrolled, you are required to attend a dual enrollment meeting on Tuesday either at the start of 1st hour or the start of 5th hour. Be in the media center one of these times to review expectations for dual enrollment. This meeting will take only 15 minutes. There is no school tomorrow or Monday due to the Labor Day weekend. All drivers need a WHS parking tag in your car by Tuesday in order to not be ticketed. Officer Thirnsbury will be checking for stickers on Tuesday morning. If you need a sticker, come to the main office. On Tuesday we will start tracking tardies in the building. If you are late to any class as of Tuesday, you will be sent to the office for a tardy pass. The third tardy equals a detention. There is a Student Advisory Council meeting on Wednesday at 7:30 AM. This team of students meets with Ms. Powers to review concerns and ideas for the building. This year’s representatives are: 9th grade: Jayden Brassard, McKaylen Laws, Katelynn Brown and Miranda Lowell. 10th Grade: Allison Poole, Norma Gutierrez, Hailey Adams, Hanna Lomoro, and Mackenzie Birmele. 11th grade: Moeko Crago, Keira Tremblay, Abby Klopp, and Natalaya Desjardin. Seniors: Alyssa Brown, Aubrey James, Jorge Zuniga, and Ayana Marshall. If you have a concern or ideas that you would like to see shared, please share it with your class representative. There is a permission slip in the counseling office for an Oct 4th field trip to The Maximum Mold Group in Benton Harbor. Juniors and Seniors interested in Engineering, Tooling, Machine Technology, and welding are encouraged to attend. The bus leaves at 9:15 and you will be back by 11:45. ATTENTION SENIORS: As of now, we have eight students who have shown interest in serving as representatives for our Senior Class. If any other students would like to throw their hat in the ring and represent our class, we welcome additional candidates. Please have interested individuals inform Mrs. Scheetz by August 29, 2024. Should we have more than eight candidates by this deadline, we will hold a class vote on September 3, 2024, to determine our final representatives. At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Wednesday August 28th. My name is Chaz Hart and I am your Wednesday morning announcement reader! There are no birthdays today. Today’s lunch is Breaded Chicken Sandwich, Potato Salad, Baked Potato Chips, Diced Tomatoes,Cherry Slushie If you do not have an English teacher and you need a chromebook, please come talk to Mrs. Richcreek in the main office. Students will receive a chrome book in your English class once you have signed the tech use agreement and have your online updated enrollment forms completed. Your English teacher will tell you once you have completed these and will give your chrome book to you. Students who plan to use their own device, must still complete a tech use agreement form in their English class. If you would like to make a schedule change, you must pick up a schedule change form during passing time only in the counseling office, have it signed by a parent and returned by this Thursday. Follow the schedule that you have been given until the counseling office gives you a new schedule. This THURSDAY is the deadline for all scheduling changes. Students must be picked up at the end of the day on the cafe/gym side of the building. No students are allowed to be picked up by anyone in a car in the front of the building. There will be a Debate meeting next week Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 7:30 a.m. in Room 137. All members planning on participating on a competitive debate team must attend. If you are dual enrolled, you are required to attend a dual enrollment meeting on Tuesday either at the start of 1st hour or the start of 5th hour. Be in the media center one of these times to review expectations for dual enrollment. This meeting will take only 15 minutes. There is no school this Friday or Monday due to the Labor Day weekend. All drivers need a WHS parking tag in your car by Tuesday in order to not be ticketed. There is a permission slip in the counseling office for an Oct 4th field trip to The Maximum Mold Group in Benton Harbor. Juniors and Seniors interested in Engineering, Tooling, Machine Technology, and welding are encouraged to attend. The bus leaves at 9:15 and you will be back by 11:45. ATTENTION SENIORS: As of now, we have eight students who have shown interest in serving as representatives for our Senior Class. If any other students would like to throw their hat in the ring and represent our class, we welcome additional candidates. Please have interested individuals inform Mrs. Scheetz by August 29, 2024. Should we have more than eight candidates by this deadline, we will hold a class vote on September 3, 2024, to determine our final representatives. At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

Make it a GREAT day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

Due to the forecasted heat index, tonight’s Marching Band rehearsal is canceled.

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! TODAY is AUGUST 27th. My name is Alyssa Brown and I am your Tuesday morning announcement reader this year ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY TO: Sienna Harris & Hector Salguero! Today’s lunch is crispitos, salsa & guacamole, tortilla chips & sour cream If you do not have an English teacher and you need a chromebook, please come talk to Mrs. Richcreek in the main office. Students will receive a chrome book in your English class once you have signed the tech use agreement and have your online updated enrollment forms completed. Your English teacher will tell you once you have completed these and will give your chrome book to you. Students who plan to use their own device, must still complete a tech use agreement form in their English class. If you would like to make a schedule change, you must pick up a schedule change form during passing time only in the counseling office, have it signed by a parent and returned by this Thursday. Follow the schedule that you have been given until the counseling office gives you a new schedule. This THURSDAY is the deadline for all scheduling changes. Students must be picked up at the end of the day on the cafe/gym side of the building. No students are allowed to be picked up by anyone in a car in the front of the building. There will be a Debate meeting next week Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 7:30 a.m. in Room 137. All members planning on participating on a competitive debate team must attend. If you are dual enrolled, you are required to attend a dual enrollment meeting on Tuesday either at the start of 1st hour or the start of 5th hour. Be in the media center one of these times to review expectations for dual enrollment. This meeting will take only 15 minutes. There is no school this Friday or Monday due to the Labor Day weekend. Check out the signs on the counseling office window to know what lunch you eat this year. A lunch is right after 3rd hour. C Lunch is right after 4th hour. At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! TODAY is Monday, AUGUST 26th, the first day if the 24-25 school year! My name is Ayana Marshall and I am your Monday morning announcement reader this year ! If you would like to make a schedule change, you must pick up a schedule change form during passing time only in the counseling office, have it signed by a parent and returned by this Thursday. Follow the schedule that you have been given until the counseling office gives you a new schedule. Students must be picked up at the end of the day on the cafe/gym side of the building. No students are allowed to be picked up by anyone in a car in the front of the building. Don't forget to grab a sack lunch on your way out of the building today. There is no school this Friday or Monday due to the Labor Day weekend. Check out the signs on the counseling office window to know what lunch you eat this year. A lunch is right after 3rd hour. C Lunch is right after 4th hour. At this time we ask you to stand. The privilege of this day was made possible by those who have fought and continue to fight for the freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect and honor their efforts by standing, placing our hands on our hearts, and reciting the pledge of allegiance. If you are wearing a hat, please remove it. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Those are all of our announcements for today. Make it a great day or not Panthers, the choice is yours!

Check out this week's WHS Panther Parent Newsletter! This link has been texted and emailed to all WHS parents. If you did not receive this link, please call the high school main office. Thank you ! https://secure.smore.com/n/j5fqk

THANK YOU to the members of the Class of 2028 for attending today's Freshmen Orientation. A good time was had by all and better yet, these Panthers are ready for the first day of school!

Check out these good looking and very enthusiastic Junior and Senior mentors who are all set and ready for Freshmen orientation today! Welcome Class of 2028!

Check out this week's athletic schedule!

Who's ready for some Panther football?

SOPHOMORE CLASS FUNDRAISER!

We are looking forward to an AMAZING SOCCER SEASON!

LET'S GO PANTHERS!