Watervliet High School

Congratulations to these fall athletes and their All State achievements!

Good Morning Watervliet High School Panthers! Today is Tuesday November 21st. My name is Abby Lomoro and I am your Tuesday morning announcement reader. Watervliet Public Schools will be a premier district that challenges and empowers students and staff to achieve beyond their own expectations. Today’s lunch is: Walking Taco & Guacamole Salsa Cup Light Sour Cream Romaine Ribbons Fresh Michigan Apple & Choice of Milk There are no birthdays today. Celebrating a birthday over the long weekend are Emma Ferguson and Ben Parritt. Seniors, cap and gown orders are due December 5th. You may order online or complete the order form and submit it to our Jostens representative on December 5th. He will be here during lunch hours. The guidance office is looking for a student willing to tutor a 6th grader in all subject areas. If you are interested, please tell Mrs. Dawson in the guidance office. Sophomores, your class ring orders today in yourare due on December 5th. Our Jostens Representative will be at all lunch hours to collect orders or you may order online. Attention all track runners gearing up for the upcoming season! Conditioning sessions kick off on Tuesday, November 21st, right after school until 4:15 pm. Join us three days a week – Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays – as we prepare together until the official start of the season. Lace up those running shoes, and let's get ready to hit the track! A reminder that on Monday when freshmen return to school, you will be taking a trip to SMC. Dress for the weather as you will be walking outside. The annual WHS big buck competition has begun. Check your email for the details. Student Council is sponsoring a Food Drive starting on 11/27. Please bring in all non-perishable food items to your 1st hour teachers. The class with the most items will win a donut party. The drive ends on 12/15. Let’s make this the biggest drive ever and help families in our community! There is no school THIS Wednesday through Friday due to Thanksgiving Break ! A reminder that in order to be exempt from semester 1 exams, you need to have 80% or higher and 3 or fewer absences in that class by the end of the day on Monday Jan 15th. 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!

NHS THANKS all those who came out with their support at the Pancake Breakfast !

Good Morning Watervliet High School Panthers! Today is Monday, November 20th. My name is Tia Caldwell and I am your Monday morning announcement reader. Watervliet Public Schools will be a premier district that challenges and empowers students and staff to achieve beyond their own expectations. Today’s lunch is: Big Daddy's Bold Pepperoni Pizza & Cottage Cheese Fresh salad greens Peach Cup & Choice of Milk Tomorrow’s Breakfast is: Cereal Breakfast Kit Light Mozzarella String Cheese Sliced Apples & Choice of Milk There are no birthdays today. Seniors, cap and gown orders are due December 5th. You may order online or complete the order form and submit it to our Jostens representative on December 5th. He will be here during lunch hours. The guidance office is looking for a student willing to tutor a 6th grader in all subject areas. If you are interested, please tell Mrs. Dawson in the guidance office. There will be a meeting for any students interested in being a Boys’ Basketball Manager for this upcoming season TODAY after school in Room 148. Meeting will be 15-20 minutes. See Mr. Linderman with any questions. Sophomores, you should receive your class ring packets today in your English classes. Orders are due on December 5th. Our Jostens Representative will be at all lunch hours to collect orders or you may order online. Attention ladies interested in playing basketball this year. Practice starts on Monday, November 20th for both JV and Varsity from 5:45 - 8:00. All participants must have all of their final forms completed and have a physical on file with the athletic office. The annual WHS big buck competition has begun. Check your email for the details. Student Council is sponsoring a Food Drive starting on 11/27. Please bring in all non-perishable food items to your 1st hour teachers. The class with the most items will win a donut party. The drive ends on 12/15. Let’s make this the biggest drive ever and help families in our community! There is no school THIS Wednesday through Friday due to Thanksgiving Break ! A reminder that in order to be exempt from semester 1 exams, you need to have 80% or higher and 3 or fewer absences in that class by the end of the day on Monday Jan 15th. 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!

WHS Student Council is sponsoring a non-perishable Food Drive. It starts 11/27 and ends on 12/15. We are hoping to make this the largest drive ever! Students should take their donations to their first hour teachers' classrooms. Would you please support our Drive to help local families in need?

CONGRATULATIONS to MEGAN COX who signed today to play softball for Siena Heights University next year !

Check out this week's Panther Parent Newsletter! https://www.smore.com/pwftn

Please come out and support the WHS Chapter of National Honor Society this Saturday Nov. 18th for a Pancake Breakfast in the High School Cafeteria running 9am -12pm. Orders are $7 a plate, dine in and pick up options are available.

Watervliet Concert Choir performed at the Tree of Love Lighting Ceremony on November 16, 2023.

Sophomores, our Jostens Rep will be at all lunch hours on December 5th to collect Class Ring Orders. You will receive a packet of information today in your English classes. You may also order online as well. Please contact our representative, Jim Ross, should you have any questions or concerns.

Good Morning Watervliet High School Panthers! Today is Friday November 17th. My name is Jacob Schaefer and I am your Friday morning announcement reader this week. Watervliet Public Schools will be a premier district that challenges and empowers students and staff to achieve beyond their own expectations. Today’s lunch is: A holiday dinner Monday’s Breakfast is: Maple Pancake & Sausage Stick WG Strawberry Cup & Choice of Milk Happy Birthday today to Nolan Sells. Happy Birthday over the weekend to Emy Baldwin. Science Olympiad In this event, teams provide answers to a series of “Fermi Questions”; science related questions that seek fast, rough estimates of a quantity, which is either difficult or impossible to measure directly. This Saturday, NHS is hosting a pancake breakfast fundraiser from 9-12. Plates are $7, and there are options for dine in and take out. Orders can be placed ahead of time using the QR code on the flyers throughout the building. Seniors, cap and gown orders are due December 5th. You may order online or complete the order form and submit it to our Jostens representative on December 5th. He will be here during lunch hours. Sophomores, you should receive your class ring packets today in your English classes. Orders are due on December 5th. Our Jostens Representative will be at all lunch hours to collect orders or you may order online. The guidance office is looking for a student willing to tutor a 6th grader in all subject areas. If you are interested, please tell Mrs. Dawson in the guidance office. Attention ladies interested in playing basketball this year. Practice starts on Monday, November 20th for both JV and Varsity from 5:45 - 8:00. All participants must have all of their final forms completed and have a physical on file with the athletic office. The annual WHS big buck competition has begun. Check your email for the details. Juniors and seniors are eligible to take the biliteracy test in order to earn a seal on your diploma and wear a serape at graduation. If you are interested the testing is in November and you must sign up in the main office. The only seniors permitted to wear a serape at graduation are those who pass this test. There is no school NEXT Wednesday through Friday due to Thanksgiving Break ! A reminder that in order to be exempt from semester 1 exams, you need to have 80% or higher and 3 or fewer absences in that class by the end of the day on Monday Jan 15th. 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!

Our Debate Team Wednesday Night had a strong overall performance. JT Davis placed 6th overall and 3rd in his chamber session. Braydon Collins placed 4th in his session. Mackenzie Birmele placed 8th in her chamber session and Elliott Worley placed 9th. The bills the team argued against did not pass. The team continues to improve and score higher overall in every meet. Great job, Debate! The team will travel to the State Meet on December 16th at Wayne State University.

Six Words Advanced Art Students created an assignment inspired by flash fiction, a style of literature known for its extreme brevity. Students were given the task of writing a personal reflection using just six words that connect with their lives. The words they chose ranged from immensely powerful, to clever and playful. After students chose their six words, they had to illustrate it into a cohesive piece using the text and imagery. The assignment proved to be a meaningful way for students to reflect on the complexities of their life and to create beautiful art with personal meaning.

Good Morning Watervliet High School Panthers! Today is Thursday, November 16th. My name is Abby Lomoro and I am your Thursday morning announcement reader this week. Watervliet Public Schools will be a premier district that challenges and empowers students and staff to achieve beyond their own expectations. Today’s lunch is: Cinnamon French Toast Slices & Turkey Sausage Links Veggie Dippers Kiwifruit & Choice of Milk Friday’s Breakfast is: Cereal Breakfast Kit Dannon Low Fat Vanilla Yogurt Cup Fresh Apples or Oranges & Choice of Milk There are no birthdays today. Our Debate Team last night had a strong overall performance. JT Davis placed 6th overall and 3rd in his chamber session. Braydon Collins placed 4th in his session. Mackenzie Birmele placed 8th in her chamber session and Elliott Worley placed 9th. The bills the team argued against did not pass. The team continues to improve and score higher overall in every meet. Great job, Debate! Science Olympiad scrambler event, In this event, teams design, build, and test a mechanical device, which uses the energy from a falling mass to transport an egg along a straight track as quickly as possible and stop as close to the center of a Terminal Barrier (TB) without breaking the egg. This Saturday, NHS is hosting a pancake breakfast fundraiser from 9-12. Plates are $7, and there are options for dine in and take out. Orders can be placed ahead of time using the QR code on the flyers throughout the building. Today’s PBIS winners for demonstrating safety, respect or responsibility at school are: McKenzie McCoy Chris Parkhurst Elizabeth Torres Kelsey Howell Adelini Moron Hanna Lomoro Izzy Tarantino Alex Riley Jordan Peek Cole Getz Dennis Frazier Madison Eberhard Sienna Bulat Landon Layer Leila Wells Sukhpreet Singh Natalaya Desjardin Jack Rodgers Aubrey Hayes Alex Sipe Talynn Davis Giovanni Ayala Jeff Pope Timm Marissa Lowell Jaylee Havenaar Halee McLean Felipe Garcia Jessica Rudell The annual WHS big buck competition has begun. Check your email for the details. Juniors and seniors are eligible to take the biliteracy test in order to earn a seal on your diploma and wear a serape at graduation. If you are interested the testing is in November and you must sign up in the main office. The only seniors permitted to wear a serape at graduation are those who pass this test. It is time for a dual enrollment grade check. All dual enrolled students, please show Mrs. Tyler your grades as soon as possible. TONIGHT is our annual military informational night at 6 pm in the high school media center. Students and their families at all grade levels are invited to attend. The branches of the military that will be represented are: Navy, Air Force, National Guard, and Marines Corps. There is no school NEXT Wednesday through Friday due to Thanksgiving Break ! A reminder that in order to be exempt from semester 1 exams, you need to have 80% or higher and 3 or fewer absences in that class by the end of the day on Monday Jan 15th. 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 High School Panthers! Today is Wednesday November 15th. My name is Ella Harris and I am your Wednesday morning announcement reader. Watervliet Public Schools will be a premier district that challenges and empowers students and staff to achieve beyond their own expectations. Today’s lunch is: Popcorn Chicken Bowl Mashed Potato Corn Nibblets Garden Salad Sweet Peppers Fresh Grape Clusters & Choice of Milk Tomorrow’s Breakfast is: Strawberry Banana Smoothie Fresh Pear & Choice of Milk Happy Birthday to Abigail Lomoro & Maycie Medlin Science Olympiad practice before school Thursday. In the detector building event students will build a durable ORP or Redox Probe that will accurately measure and display both voltage and the concentrations of sodium chloride This Saturday, NHS is hosting a pancake breakfast fundraiser from 9-12. Plates are $7, and there are options for dine in and take out. Orders can be placed ahead of time using the QR code on the flyers throughout the building. There is a student council meeting tomorrow morning at 7:15 in the media center. Today’s PBIS winners for demonstrating safety, respect or responsibility at school are: Kaitlyn Angelo Isabella Glowacki Moeko Crago Brennan Gutowski Austin Tomes Katelynn Kostrzewa Wyatt MacMillan Sophie Wigent Kassandra Riggs Keira Tremblay Melanie Seske Jada Overton Johan Thon Alexa Lowes Felipe Garcia Ashlyn Petty Eli Alsup Bonnie Zang The annual WHS big buck competition starts today. Check your email for details. Juniors and seniors are eligible to take the biliteracy test in order to earn a seal on your diploma and wear a serape at graduation. If you are interested the testing is in November and you must sign up in the main office. The only seniors permitted to wear a serape at graduation are those who pass this test. It is time for a dual enrollment grade check. All dual enrolled students, please show Mrs. Tyler your grades as soon as possible. Today is an early release day. We will dismiss at 1:10 and all students will eat the same lunch as their 5th hour teacher. Tech center students and dual enrolled students will remain in the media center until 2nd lunch. TOMORROW all sophomores will take a field trip to Olivet College. If you are in school and you are a sophomore, you will be attending this trip. Dress for the weather as you will be walking around campus. TOMORROW is our annual military informational night at 6 pm in the high school media center. Students and their families at all grade levels are invited to attend. The branches of the military that will be represented are: Navy, Air Force, National Guard, and Marines Corps. 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!

October Students of the Month added their handprints to the wall. Congratulations to Riley Preston, Julie Rudell, Grace MacMillan, Austin Smith, Moeko Crago, Mark Birmele, Claire Moore, and Hanna Ice!

Students in Art I created a redesigned of the color wheel this week. They are learning color theory and brush work before moving on to larger choice based paintings.

Sophomores and parents: Class Ring week starts on November 20th. Class ring design packets will be passed out through your sophomore English class next week. If you did not receive a design packet there are extras in the HS office. Because this was a quick turnaround we want to make sure everyone can take advantage of the class ring promo. $25 off rings a free gratitude ring and a free custom Adidas backpack. A value of $120. If you have ordered already thank you! Don’t forget The class ring promo will end on December 7th. Check the flyer in your design packet. You can order online or order in-school on December 5th during lunch. Design your class ring and print out your order form and bring to school on December 5th during lunch. Check out the tradewinds collection for a lower price option. Jostens Class ring design and order link shop your school Class ring digital catalogue Jim Ross Jostens of southwest Michigan 269-217-6936

Seniors and parents: Graduation and Caps & Gowns order window is open now. This is just a little information so you can plan ahead. Seniors Graduation and C&G order is open now. Jostens graduation and C&G order information will be passed out through your senior English class next week. If you do not have an English class please stop by the HS office and pick up your graduation information order packet, or click the links below to check out the digital Graduation catalogue. Jostens will be back at school to collect graduation and C&G orders December 5th during lunch. Most seniors will place their order online at Jostens.com see the link below. Remember this is not just a C&G order, you are ordering to celebrate your seniors’ accomplishments. Everything we do is custom. You will receive the best price when you order while the order window is open. You can order at a later date, but prices will adjust and custom items will change. The order window will close on December 22nd There is also a Senior ring promo got to Jostens.com design your Class Ring and check out with the code SENIORGIFT40 and receive $40 off your senior class ring. Click here to shop Jostens.com and shop your school Click here to see digital Catalogue Jim Ross Jostens of southwest Michigan 269-217-6936

Good Morning Watervliet High School Panthers! Today is Tuesday, November 14th. My name is Abby Lomoro and I am your Tuesday morning announcement reader. Watervliet Public Schools will be a premier district that challenges and empowers students and staff to achieve beyond their own expectations. Today’s lunch is: Crispitos Light Sour Cream Salsa Cup Tortilla Chips Romaine Ribbons Michigan Pears & Choice of Milk Tomorrow’s Breakfast is: Breakfast Bagel Cream Cheese Cup Petite Banana & Choice of Milk Happy birthday today to Ms. Linda Stofko. PBIS winners for today fro demonstrating respect, responsibility, or safety at school are: Science Olympiad practice before school Thursday. The fossils event identifies and classifies fossils and demonstrates their knowledge of ancient life. There is a SAC meeting this Wednesday at 7:30 AM. All student representatives are asked to attend. Juniors and seniors are eligible to take the biliteracy test in order to earn a seal on your diploma and wear a serape at graduation. If you are interested the testing is in November and you lust sign up in the main office. The only seniors permitted to wear a serape at graduation are those who pass this test. It is time for a dual enrollment grade check. All dual enrolled students, please show Mrs. Tyler your grades as soon as possible. Wednesday is an early release day. We will dismiss at 1:10 and students can wear PJ’s. Thursday all sophomores will take a field trip to Olivet College. If you are in school and you are a sophomore, you will be attending this trip. Dress for the weather as you will be walking around campus. Thursday is our annual military informational night at 6 pm in the high school media center. Students and their families at all grade levels are invited to attend. The branches of the military that will be represented are: Navy, Air Force, National Guard, and Marines Corps. 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!