Watervliet High School

CONGRATULATIONS ANYA SEXTON!

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR SENIOR MAY 2024 Student of the Month--ELLA HARRIS! I live with my two amazing parents, Chad and Angie Harris, and my spectacular sister, Sienna. They are all super loving and supporting and I am so happy to have them in my life. My favorite teacher is Mrs Brush because she is such an amazing teacher and person. I always feel welcome in her classroom. She is fun and wants every one of her students to grow. She helped me become a better performer and a better person. My favorite class would be a tie between Choir and Yearbook. Everyone in both classes treats each other like family. Singing is one of my passions and I love to do it every day with people who also love to sing. In yearbook, I get to use my creativity and design skills to create a yearbook capturing this school year! At school, I am the president of the Concert choir, president of the student council, an announcement reader, and a member of the Watervliet High School National Honor Society. I played 3 Varsity sports: Varsity football cheer, Varsity basketball cheer, and Varsity girls soccer. When I am not participating in school activities; I love to sing, play my guitar, draw, paint with watercolors, hang out with my friends, and perform in theatre productions. (I am involved in around 4 or 5 every year!) After high school, I will be attending Lake Michigan College to obtain an associate's degree in Musical Theatre. I am proud to be a WHS Panther because there are so many amazing students and staff here. I have met so many encouraging people during my four years here. I have also been able to get ahead in my college career here through dual enrollment classes. Not many schools offer this many college courses, so I am very happy I got to participate in them.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR SENIOR MAY 2024 Student of the Month--TREVOR TAVOLACCI! The members of my family: I have a soon to be high school freshmen brother, His name is Deven. My Dad is an electrician through IBID County Electric, and My Mom is an administrative assistant at Lane Automotive. My favorite teacher has been Mrs. Brush. She has always been my favorite teacher. She made me excited to learn our new pieces and about music. She is a very kind and determined person, who pushes all her students to do their best. My favorite classes have been Choir and Art. I love music and art, so being in classes where I can sing and draw I really enjoyed. But throughout my high school career, I have enjoyed every single one of my classes. The club/sport that I am involved in is Esports. I do many things in my free time. I play video games, draw, paint, mow the lawn, build LEGOs, hang out with family or friends, and many other things. I plan to attend LMC after high school. I am going to LMC to major in Information Technology - Networking. After LMC, I then plan to transfer to a 4 year college and finish my degree. I am proud to be a panther, because I wouldn't be where I am today, if I never went to Watervliet.

CONGRATULATIONS to the following Panthers who have been nominated as a Student of the Month for May 2024! Winners at each grade level will be announced next week! Senior nominees were announced last week. FRESHMEN: Sofie Shafer Pyper Richards Shelby Schlipp Daijahnae Hatcher Allison Poole Bryce Teitsma Gage Sirk Olivia Mitchell AJ Holmes Taylor Moore Isaias Mendez Elizabeth Leblang Hailey Adams Maycie Medlin Alexis Coburn SOPHOMORES: Ben Ruland Gabe Richards Julian Cardoso Moeko Crago Jacob Shunkwiler Ana Aguilera Siena Bulat Chris Parkhurst Kassandra Riggs Abigail Klopp Ella Isbrecht Dennis Frazier Giovanni Ayala Jade Erno JUNIORS: Nic Terry Sydnee Enders Alyssa Briley Victoria Mandujano Daniel Mandijano Chaz Hart Jewell Burgess Alyssa Brown Logan Eberhard Tyler Asakevich Judith Aguilar Chelsea Lange Grayson Richards

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!