Watervliet High School

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Tuesday May 21st. My name is Abby Lomoro and I am your Tuesday morning announcement reader. Today’s lunch is a walking taco, borracho beans, sour cream, salsa cup, sweet peppers, pineapple. Tomorrow’s breakfast is a strawberry-pineapple smoothie, strawberry Chex, banana & choice of milk. Happy birthday today to Chelsea Lange & Keira Tremblay! Attention all current Sophomores and Juniors. There are still some open spots left for next spring break’s trip to Europe. However, the deadline to sign up is the last day of school. If you haven’t signed up yet and are still interested see Mr. Andrews for sign up information. The last day for the tech center this year for Juniors is May 31st. Seniors are done at the tech center. Semester 2 exams will take place for 9-11 graders on June 3, 4, 5, and 6. The deadline for the 3 and a B and the 5 and an A attendance incentive is June 3rd. If you need to know the status of your current attendance, email Ms. Powers. All seniors have been emailed all of the information needed for dates, times, and expectations for the final week of school. Please check your email. Seniors, if you do not have an English class here, please stop in the main office to complete your graduation half sheet. Any Senior that does not already have a check out sheet, should pick one up in the office. All seniors have exams this week. Tuesday periods 5 and 6, Wednesday periods 3 and 4 and Thursday periods 1 and 2. Seniors are expected to be in all classes this week until the date of your exam for each individual class. If you miss a class it will count against your attendance for 3 and a B or 5 and an A for the entire week of exams. Thank you to the following 10th and 11th graders who have agreed to serve as freshmen mentors in August. They will be trained and facilitate freshman orientation. Alyssa Brown Sydnee Enders Kayden Harrington Chelsea Lange Ayana Marshall Angel Nearpass Riley Preston Kimberly Romero Chairez Jocelyn Solis Lilly Summers Gabby Wisdom Clorisa Worley Jorge Zuniga Moeko Crago Aubrey Hayes Abby Klopp Kassandra Riggs Addison Smith Keira Tremblay 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!

CONGRATULATIONS RAQUEL PEREZ!

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Monday May 20th. My name is Tia Caldwell and I am your Monday morning announcement reader. Today’s lunch is sloppy joes, baked potato chips, baby spinach, apples or oranges Tomorrow’s breakfast is maple pancake & sausage stick, sliced apples, choice of milk Happy birthday today to Leila Liberto-Taylor and Madison Rynberg! Congratulations to the following athletes that qualified for the State Finals in Track and Field: Anya Sexton in Discus and Shot Put Daniel Mandujano in the1600m run, and the 3200m run Tia Caldwell in the 400m run Morgan Lowell in the 3200m run These athletes have proved themselves through their hard work, dedication to the sport, willingness to learn, and have pushed themselves every single day of practice. Congratulations athletes! In Varsity Baseball: Game 1 saw the Panthers lose a nail biter in the final inning 6-5 to Kalamazoo Christian. Caleb Jewell, Aidan Bethea and Wyatt Epple combined on the mound striking out 5 and scattering 5 hits. Watervliet Hitters: Owen Epple (2 Doubles / Single) Caleb Jewell (2 Singles) 1 Single each for Wyatt Epple and Alex Hicks Game 2 saw the Panthers get the mercy Win over Galesburg 10-0. The Epple brothers combined on the mound for the Win. Watervliet Hitters: Alex Hicks (3 Singles) Wyatt Epple and Sam Crago (Double / Single each) Caleb Jewell (2 Singles) 1 Single each for Owen Epple, Jacob Querfurth, Chase Tremblay and Caden Burdick. The Panthers now stand at 22-5 Overall (10-0 SAC Lakeshore) Attention all current Sophomores and Juniors. There are still some open spots left for next spring break’s trip to Europe. However, the deadline to sign up is the last day of school. If you haven’t signed up yet and are still interested see Mr. Andrews for sign up information. The last day for the tech center this year for Juniors is May 31st. Seniors are done at the tech center. Semester 2 exams will take place for 9-11 graders on June 3, 4, 5, and 6. The deadline for the 3 and a B and the 5 and an A attendance incentive is June 3rd. If you need to know the status of your current attendance, email Ms. Powers. All seniors have been emailed all of the information needed for dates, times, and expectations for the final week of school. Please check your email. Seniors, if you do not have an English class here, please stop in the main office to complete your graduation half sheet. Any Senior that does not already have a check out sheet, should pick one up in the office. All seniors have exams this week. Monday period 7, Tuesday periods 5 and 6, Wednesday periods 3 and 4 and Thursday periods 1 and 2. Seniors are expected to be in all classes this week until the date of your exam for each individual class. If you miss a class it will count against your attendance for 3 and a B or 5 and an A for the entire week of exams. Ms. Powers works with a group of student representatives throughout the year to garner their feedback, ideas, and suggestions for improving any and all aspects of the high school from year to year. This group is called the Student Advisory Council to the Principal. Students volunteer at be considered. The Class for each student votes on the top 4 students that they would like to see serve as a Class representative on this team. Voting is complete. The students below will be serving on this team for the 24-25 school year. The team meets every other Wednesday throughout the entire school year at 7:30 AM. Class of 2028 Jayden Brassard Katelynn Brown McKaylen Laws Miranda Lowell Class of 2027 Hailey Adams Mackenzie Birmele Norma Gutierrez Hanna Lomoro Allison Poole There are 5 students at this grade level because there was a tie. Class of 2026 Moeko Crago Natalaya Desjardin Abigail Klopp Keira Tremblay These are all returning members from 23-24. Class of 2025 Alyssa Brown Aubrey James Ayana Marshall Jorge Zuniga 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!

CONGRATULATIONS ABBY!

This afternoon in front of family, friends, and coaches, four Panther athletes publicly declared their intentions to participate in athletics beyond high school at their chosen colleges and universities. Alex Hicks will play baseball for Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Wyatt Epple will play baseball for Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Taylor Woollett will wrestle for Penn State Altoona in Altoona Pennsylvania. Kaiden Bierhalter will play Basketball for Southwestern Michigan College. These four students have made significant contributions to Panther athletics over the past four years. We are proud of all that they have accomplished while student-athletes at WHS and wish them much success in their college athletic and academic pursuits.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By0J9UAEL9dbZmlzNnMtRkFHOGs/view?usp=sharing Check out some of our soon to be graduating seniors when they were in 5th grade! Thank you Connie Schroeder and Lori Pline.

A few Panthers at Junior DAY at SMC. Thank you Mrs. Tyler for chaperoning!

Lots to celebrate at WHS this week. Check it out! https://secure.smore.com/n/qfj6k

On August 19th, 18 junior and senior mentors will come to school to be trained as Freshmen Orientation Mentors. They will also facilitate Freshmen Orientation for the Class of 2028 on the same day. Answering the call to support the class of 2028 next year are: Soon-to-be-Seniors Alyssa Brown Sydnee Enders Kayden Harrington Chelsea Lange Ayana Marshall Angel Nearpass Riley Preston Kimberly Romero Chairez Jocelyn Solis Lilly Summers Gabby Wisdom Clorisa Worley Jorge Zuniga Soon-to-be-Juniors Moeko Crago Aubrey Hayes Abby Klopp Kassandra Riggs Addison Smith Keira Tremblay

Ms. Powers works with a group of student representatives throughout the year to garner their feedback, ideas, and suggestions for improving any and all aspects of the high school from year to year. This group is called the Student Advisory Council to the Principal. Students volunteer at be considered. The Class for each student votes on the top 4 students that they would like to see serve as a Class representative on this team. Voting is complete. The students below will be serving on this team for the 24-25 school year. The team meets every other Wednesday throughout the entire school year at 7:30 AM. Class of 2028 Jayden Brassard Katelynn Brown McKaylen Laws Miranda Lowell Class of 2027 Hailey Adams Mackenzie Birmele Norma Gutierrez Hanna Lomoro Allison Poole There are 5 students at this grade level because there was a tie. Class of 2026 Moeko Crago Natalaya Desjardin Abigail Klopp Keira Tremblay These are all returning members from 23-24. Class of 2025 Alyssa Brown Aubrey James Ayana Marshall Jorge Zuniga

CONGRATULATIONS CADEN BURDICK!

In the battle between two rivals, we saw the Panthers with their biggest win yet in the Red Arrow Cup. The two schools battled in the morning at Lake Michigan Hills and then played at Paw Paw Lake in the afternoon. Congrats to the Panthers on their 6 - 2 win over the Coloma Comets!

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Friday May 17th. My name is Jacob Schaefer and I am your Friday morning announcement reader. Today’s lunch is French Bread Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza, Cottage Cheese, Grape Tomatoes, Peach Cup Monday’s breakfast is Banana Bread Slice, Hard Boiled Egg, Clementine Happy birthday today to Mrs. Adams!. The last days for the tech center this year are: SENIORS 5/17 and JUNIORS 5/31 Semester 2 exams will take place for 9-11 graders on June 3, 4, 5, and 6. The deadline for the 3 and a B and the 5 and an A attendance incentive is June 3rd. If you need to know the status of your current attendance, email Ms. Powers. All seniors have been emailed all of the information needed for dates, times, and expectations for the final week of school. PLease check your email. Seniors, if you do not have an English class here, please stop in the main office to complete your graduation half sheet. All seniors are expected to pick up a check out sheet in the main office today. It is due to Mrs. Richcreek next Friday, 5/24. All seniors have exams next week. Monday period 7, Tuesday periods 5 and 6, Wednesday periods 3 and 4 and Thursday periods 1 and 2. Seniors are expected to be in all classes excep 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!

Sculpture Class displaying their paper clay masks.

CONGRATULATIONS to our FINAL 2023-2024 Senior Nominees for Student of the Month! Two winners will be announced next week before Seniors' last day. Nominees for underclassmen will be announced at the end of the month ! Lydia Koshar Mikey Fee Karley Knight Anslie Saylor Johanna Granados Ella Harris Brennan Crenshaw Marleigh Schultz Cole Drummond Trevor Tavolacci Paige Culberson Bianca Freeman Aleah Sexton Savanah Nearpass

CONGRATULATIONS to our 23-24 TOP SENIOR ATHLETES--Wyatt Epple and Grace Chisek!

CONGRATULATIONS to our 4 year academic winners for the Class of 2024! From left to right: Chase Tremblay-- Science Lauren Lovell --Social Studies Wyatt Epple-- Math Natalie Hart --Science Ella Harris--English

Good Morning Watervliet Panthers! Today is Thursday May 16th. My name is Julia Pepple and I am your Thursday morning announcement reader. Today’s lunch is all beef hot dog, macaroni salad, baked potato chips, baby carrots, water- melon Tomorrow’s breakfast is Greek yogurt, crunchy granola bar, applesauce cup & choice of milk. Happy Birthday to Moeko Crago! The last days for the tech center this year are: SENIORS 5/17 and JUNIORS 5/31 Semester 2 exams will take place for 9-11 graders on June 3, 4, 5, and 6. The deadline for the 3 and a B and the 5 and an A attendance incentive is June 3rd. If you need to know the status of your current attendance, email Ms. Powers. All seniors have been emailed all of the information needed for dates, times, and expectations for the final week of school. PLease check your email. All students have been emailed a form for student council for the next school year. If you are interested in being considered, complete the form by tomorrow. Members will be notified on Friday, May 17. Seniors, if you do not have an English class here, please stop in the main office to complete your graduation half sheet. Watervliet traveled to Coloma and got the Game 1 mercy 10-0. Caleb Jewell got the Win on the mound Striking out 9 and Colton Swisher closed out the game. The Panthers pounded out 14 Hits in the game including a Homerun each for the Epple Brothers!! Wyatt Epple (HR / Double / Single) Owen Epple (HR / 2 Singles) Alex Hicks (3 Singles) Jewell (2 Singles) 1 Single each for Aidan Bethea, Sam Crago and Caden Burdick. Game 2 saw the Panther bats stay hot as Watervliet mericed Coloma 13-2 to claim the Undefeated SAC Lakeshore Title for the 4th Straight Season. Wyatt Epple got the complete game Win on the mound striking out 6. Panther Hitters: Owen Epple (Double / 2 Singles) Alex Hicks (Double / Single) Aidan Bethea and Kaiden Bierhalter (2 Singles each) Sam Crago (Double) 1 Single each for Wyatt Epple and Chase Tremblay 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!

CONGRATULATIONS JOHANNA GRANADOS!

This message has been emailed to all senior parents and senior students. THIS FRIDAY, (MAY 17th) PICK UP YOUR CHECKOUT SHEET FROM MRS. RICHCREEK ANYTIME. May 20--7th hour exam May 21--5th and 6th hour exams May 22--3rd and 4th hour exams May 23--1st and 2nd hour exams You are expected to attend all other classes. Exams will take place in your normal classes. There is no separate exam schedule. May 24 11 AM DEADLINE to turn in check out sheets to Mrs. Richcreek–Once you turn this in, you will get your cap and gown from her. These can be turned in starting at 10 AM on Friday. May 24 Procession through buildings 11 AM Students will start at the HS track for the North Field Day, then head to South Elementary, then to the MS, and finally to the HS. May 24 3:10 PM Seniors must be passing all classes to walk at graduation. May 24th 3:10 PM deadline for admin approving your decorated cap--send admin a picture anytime. May 24th 3:10 PM  If you are speaking at graduation, Admin needs your speech electronically by this time. May 24 Car Parade 4 PM Only cars and trucks. No golf carts or other slow or off road vehicles. Parade starts at the old mill site and ends at the high school. You may decorate your car. You can ride with whomever you choose. You can wear your cap and gown. May 24 Senior Sunset: Angie Laws has all of the information on this After May 24th, Seniors should not be on campus again except Baccalaureate and Grad Rehearsal/Graduation. THE FOLLOWING WEEK! Baccalaureate Wednesday May 29th 6 pm in the high school auditorium--the entire class is encouraged to attend. This will be one of the final times that you are gathered together. If you want to be a part of the program --see Anslie Saylor.  Senior Picnic Thursday May 30th. Angie Laws has this information.  Grad Practice Thursday May 30th Be here at 3:15 PM and meet in the media center. You MUST attend the practice in order to walk at graduation. No exceptions. No heels on the turf. Graduation Friday May 31st Be in the media center by 5:30 dressed and ready to go. No heels on the turf. The first group photo starts at 5:45 sharp. If you have questions or concerns about anything in this list, now is the time to ask! We are looking forward to a terrific final week !