Washington County Schools

Coaches are so proud of our junior high athletes. For more than 1/2 of our team today was their first "real" meet. Everyone adjusted well, competed hard, and learned a lot. Many athletes were able to prove to themselves they COULD do these events! They all have marks and times now, so our next goal is to keep working hard so we can improve those marks and times. Official results are linked: http://results.tfmeetpro.com/LetsGoRun_Timing/2026_Washington_Co_MS_Invitational/

Here are a few photos from the main competition day for 20 FBLA members at the state conference. We managed to get everyone for a full group photo before the start of today's activities. Alyssa was busy as a state officer and Kelly Annunziato was recognized for being elected as the new District IV VP. She also completed some duties as an AMAC member. We had 3 teams make finals and they will know tomorrow how they did. Janessa Weiche -Digital Animation Jayden Laflen, Layla Tholstrup and Alyssa Jueneman- Community Service Project Layla and Alyssa - Financial Statement Analysis After competing today, Janessa made finals in Technology Support and Kelly in Public Speaking. Tomorrow they compete again.

Joree Bentz finished as the 2026 North Central District FFA Horse Judging Reserve Champion Individual last week at the Cloud County Community College Aggie Days and District Horse Judging Event in Concordia. Joree has placed in the top 3 in every FFA Horse Judging event she has ever competed in at the district Level. This will be her last FFA Horse Judging Competition, and what a way to go, great job Joree!!!

Words simply can't say how grateful that we are to have such an outstanding FFA Alumni Program and such an outstanding community of supporters. With over 250 people in attendance, the 2026 WCHS FFA Alumni and Supporters Annual Meeting and Auction was a tremendous success. So many businesses and individuals donated and purchases items, which generated funds for the FFA Alumni program to use to help send our students to leadership conferences and conventions, competitive events, community service projects, provide scholarships, SAE Grants to help them start their businesses, and by provided equipment and materials for the classroom and agricultural education department. Thank you to the WCHS FFA Alumni and to our parents and community members and local businesses for all of your outstanding support of the Washington County FFA Chapter! We simply could not do all that we are able to do, without ALL of you!!!

The WCHS FFA Livestock Team started out with a bang last week at the Smith Center FFA Invitational Livestock Competition, and finished as the first place team in the overall Senior Division of the event!! With over 200 high school students participating in the entire competition, Rowley Keesecker led the way by placing as the first high individual overall in the senior division, with Lucas Thompson right behind her in second place. Several of the WCHS FFA crew scored extremely well to help secure the overall top spot in the event. In the Greenhand division, Carter Cole placed 8th Individually in his first livestock contest this year! We had 19 students attend the event. We had a great day learning more about livestock and we appreciate the Smith Center FFA and their community supporters for hosting this event and allowing our chapter members to be a part of it!!!

The 2026 Agronomy Team is all new this year, and they are off to an amazing start! This group of serious competitors (see photo) ended up being named as the North Central District FFA Agronomy Champions this past week at the Cloud County Aggie Days in Concordia. Senior Gavyn LeDuc led the team by 3rd Individually, Tanner Baker finished 4th, Braylen Meier placed 6th, Gatlin Willbrant placed 10th and Madisyn LeDuc finished 11th in the overall competition. Great job everyone!

WCHS FFA had a whopping 27 participants in the Kansas FFA State-Wide "Leader Lab" Leadership Conference held on March 13th in Emporia, Kansas! Students met with FFA Chapter Leaders from across the state to improve their leadership skills as well as to learn about what other programs are doing to improve their school, community and FFA programs. This was an amazing group of students and I was very proud of how they represented WCHS!!!

Hello Tigers!

Check out this week's newsletter. Don't forget about the 2nd night of Conferences on 3/31. Attending a Grade Level meeting is the only way to guarantee a points coupon worth more than 10 pts.

4th Quarter flies by - keep up to date by checking out the Activity calendar in this newsletter and on our school website.

Let's have a great week!

FFA Alumni Fish Fry today! Serving begins at 5;30pm, T-7 Event Center
2211 15th Rd, Greenleaf, Kansas

Thank you to Tim Rundle, a local and long time track starter, for volunteering to work with our junior high kids. He worked with the sprint group and then our distance group. Our first meet is Monday, March 30th!

Students in Human A&P dissected sheep eyes today to gain a greater hands-on understanding of the structure of the eye.

Mrs. McCall is in need of adult volunteers to help with the Earth Science Orienteering event taking place near Onaga, Kansas all day on Wednesday, April 22nd. Please email Mrs. McCall at cmccall@usd108.org by April 17th if you are interested in helping with this event.

Modern Woodmen Chapter 5214 donated snacks to USD 108 Washington County Elementary School on Tuesday. WCES appreciates this very kind act. The students will love the snacks.

WCES had a great 1st Annual Family Engagment Night. We loved seeing everyone who came and hope you enjoyed some fun activities that showed you different parts to reading. A huge thank you to the teachers who developed the fun activities! (Part 2)

WCES had a great 1st Annual Family Engagment Night. We loved seeing everyone who came and hope you enjoyed some fun activities that showed you different parts to reading. A huge thank you to the teachers who developed the fun activities! (Part 1)

Thank you to P.E.O. for supplying supper for our teachers tonight during Parent/Teacher Conferences and Family Engagment Night. The food was delicious.

JH/HS Parent-Teacher Conferences tonight (4 - 8 PM)

Teachers will be sitting at tables around the HS Gym. Grade Level Meetings will take place in the HS Library.

Only students who attend their Grade Level meeting can qualify for a Points Coupon worth more than 10 points. If a parent attends, the student can get an extra 5 points.

Extra points can be obtained by getting a Bingo or a Blackout.

Lots of fun opportunities. We can't wait to see everyone!

WCJH Track Meet- March 30th

Driver's Ed is fast approaching. If you have a student who is age 14 before May 1st, they may sign up to take the Driver's Ed course. During Parent-Teacher conferences on Thursday March 26th, there will be a presentation explaining the schedule and expectations of the driver's ed program at 6 PM in the high school library. The interested student AND a parent/guardian are required to attend the meeting. Please bring to the meeting a copy of the student's birth certificate, your family schedule, and a blue or black ink pen. The cost of the program is $200 for in district students and $300 for out of district students if there is room. There are 24 spots available for participants. Students must turn 14 by May 1st. Once all paperwork and payment is received, students will be allowed to sign up for driving times. If you are unable to attend the meeting, a meeting can be set up with Mrs. Bruna at 7:30am most weekday mornings.

Don't forget, No School tomorrow for K - 12 at Washington County. We are hosting TVL Music. Good Luck to all of our Tiger Musicians!