Members of Junior Civitan Club and Allison, class of '22, recently created Valentines that were shared with the Irvine Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Kentucky in response to their social media request and also with Mrs. Shea's 4th grade class at Summitview!
Learners in Mrs. Shaull's special education class recently practiced the scientific method to make paper chromatograms during chemistry class with Mrs. Stoops and turned the results into valentines!
Members of the wrestling team participated in the Ralph Hartlaub Memorial JV & Girls Championships over the weekend at Spring Grove High School. Congratulations to the WASHS wrestlers who placed:
Madi G, 2nd place
Luke L, 1st place
Garret L, 1st place
Caden S, 3rd place
Colby B, 3rd place
Anabelle T, 1st place
WASHS Swimmers competed in the Mid-Penn Championships over the weekend. The Girls Team came in 10th overall and the Boys Team came in 16th. Pictured are the Girls 400 free style relay team of Brenna, Emma, Mya, and Eve and also Eve, who took 3rd place in the 100 free style. Congratulations to all of our swimmers!
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Tonight's scheduled Boys' JV & Varsity and Girls JV & Varsity will be postponed due to inclement weather.
Boys games will be held tomorrow at WASHS - 6:00 pm for JV, 7:30 pm for Varsity
Girls games are TBD
Congratulations to the Color Guard on their 1st place win at the Greencastle Competition held over the weekend!
Congratulations to clarinet player Michael B, who represented WASHS at the District 7 Band festival held over the weekend at Messiah College. During the festival, Michael auditioned for Regional band. We are excited to share that he qualified for Regional band, 1st part, 3rd chair. The regional band festival will be held in mid-March at Big Spring High School. (Photo Credit to Mr. Ritter, who took these pictures during rehearsal.)
Several of our learners were recognized for their entries in the South Central Region's Scholastic Art and Writing Competition:
Rachel B - Honorable Mention, Critical Essay
Meghan C - Silver Key, Critical Essay
Carys C - Honorable Mention, Poetry
Josh S - Honorable Mention, Critical Essay
Gabby S - Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction
Maddison W - Silver Key, Poetry
Congratulations to our Bocce team for their away match victory today versus Mechanicsburg!
If your child is missing something, there's a good chance we have it at school! Please have your learner stop down to claim what is their's!
Congratulations to our Color Guard for their 2nd place finish in their first competition of the season at Central Dauphin High School!
The Indians Wresting Team had their annual "Pink Out" for breast cancer awareness last Wednesday and celebrated a 45-27 win over Southwestern!
Dr. McCallum enjoyed a "building day" of visiting classrooms. Here are a few highlights of the learning experiences in which learners were engaged!
1. Learners in Mrs. Bitner's AP Bio were studying the genetics of fruit flies.
2. Mrs. Sanbower's World Cultures class was presenting events of WWII.
3. Mr. Atkinson's Trig class was using their trig skills to solve real-world calculations.
Congratulations to FBLA, Future Business Leaders of America students performing well at the regional competition and qualifying for states April 10-13 in Hershey, PA.
Anjolee - 1st place, Broadcast Journalism
Hannah - 3rd place, Healthcare Administration
Logan - 3rd place, Personal Finance
Riley, Gracie, & Alexia, 3rd place, Hospitality and event management
It was a privilege to hear the Franklin-Fulton County Band Concert, held Saturday afternoon at James Buchanan HS! Our learners rehearsed as a whole group for just one and a half days before the concert. As an added bonus, the guest conductor was Chief Robert Stike, a 1998 graduate of WASHS who went on to become a music teacher and principal in Maryland and continues to be a conductor for the US Army Band! Please join us in congratulating these musicians! Olivia & Ella (Flute), Grace (Oboe), Michael, Trina, Clara, Kayla, Ana, Anna, Chloe (Clarinet), Joaquin (Alto Sax), Grace, Sara, Rachel, Joshua, Mariah (Trumpet), Kendal (Trombone), Sam (Tuba), & Aydain (Percussion).
Come out and support our Bocce team tomorrow, Thursday, Jan 13 in their match against Greencastle starting at 3:30 pm! This is a free event and is our 2nd and last home meet of the season before going on the road!
The Wresting Team had a successful day at their tournament in Elizabeth town yesterday! Wins over Palmyra (45-27), Wyomissing (58-13), Muhlenburg (48-27) and a loss only to Elizabethtown (30-44).
2022 marks the official first year of the WASHS swim team! Today was their first meet and both the girls and boys team brought home wins!
Girls vs. Halifax (65-28)
Girls vs. East Pennsboro (54-40)
Boys vs. East Pennsboro (67-27)
[Halifax does not have a boys swim team]
