Over 100 fifth grade music students from Lakeview, Lincoln and Washington Elementary Schools will combine to perform their Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 18, at 7:00 p.m. The Concert is at the Whitewater High School Auditorium and is open to the public, free of charge.
The Whitewater Police Department held their second successful Shop with a Cop event on December 10th.
One student from each elementary school within the Whitewater Unified School District was selected to join local law enforcement to shop for the holidays; Gio from Washington, Gavin from Lakeview and Jacob from Lincoln.
During the last two months we have helped the Whitewater food pantry prepare Thanksgiving food baskets, we had a float in the Whitewater parade, and we had a Holiday party where we did crafts and went caroling.
The Whippets had a strong first dual meet against Conference opponent Burlington Co-op. Despite the loss, the Whippets were able to post 4 times to the Top 10 All-Time list, swim 18 out of 26 best times and take 1st in five races. We also had several swimmers take on new races.
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s basketball team used a stifling defense and a surge early in the third quarter Tuesday night on its way to a 48-42 triumph over Milwaukee School of Engineering in a non-conference affair at the Kern Center.
Calling all craft beer lovers, home brewers and history buffs! UW-Whitewater Continuing Education is excited to announce the return of its popular massive open online course (MOOC) “Beer Matters” in January.
“Beer Matters” is a free online class, open to anyone 21 and older. The class begins Jan. 14, 2019, and will explore beer and brewing from prehistoric times to the present. Lessons will cover brewing around the globe as well as beer in America, from Prohibition to the current popularity of craft brewing. Karl Brown, assistant professor of history at UW-Whitewater and former professional brewmaster in the U.S. and Europe, will teach the six-week course.
On December 10, 2018, it was announced that Whitewater High School teachers Mike Tamblyn (Math) and Tony Tautges (Science) received their National Board Certifcations recently. In addition, Paul Majors (Agriculture) received his re-certification for the National Boards.
St. Patrick to hold a fundraiser for their high school mission trip on December 15 from 9 am to 3 pm.
The UWW/Community Optimist Club hosted their 26th Annual Breakfast with Santa on December 8th. The event served 671 guests this year and collected around 100 items … Read more
itewater High School Athletic Director Jim Pease is pleased to announce Jason Bleck as the Whippets new football coach. Mr. Bleck takes over the whippets after being an assistant coach since 2017.
The Whitewater High School Music Department presents its Winter Gala Concert on Monday, December 17th . Performers include: Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, Bel Canto Choir, Cadenza Singers, Music Masters Ensemble, The Treblemakers, and WHS Ringers Handbell Choir. Themed raffle baskets will be raffled off at the concert. The winners will be announced prior to the final piece.The concert begins at 7:00 pm in the WHS auditorium and admission is free!
Over winter break, physical parking meters on campus will be removed and the metered parking spaces will transition to meter-less parking with the PassportParking Mobile Pay app. This is an easy-to-use, free application available on iOS and Android devices.
Features:
Pay on the go: Pay quickly and securely through your smartphone.
Stress-free parking: Get alerts when your parking session is about to end, and add time to your session.
This app will only be used for spaces currently marked as metered parking. It does not affect general parking/permits.
On Saturday the Whitewater Wrestling team hosted their 8th annual Whitewater Invitational with 12 teams participating in the event. The Whippet Wrestlers did very well for themselves wrestling very well throughout the day, finishing in 2nd place, only 12.5 points behind tournament champion Janesville Craig. This was the highest finish for the team in this tournament, many times settling for 3rd.
The Whitewater High School Gymnastics team had a great start to their season, placing second at the Jefferson Invitational with a 117.850 and placing sixth at the Janesville Invitational scoring 116.525. Competing at both meets were returning Seniors Co-Captain Sydney Treder, Co-Captain Autumn Lesar, Katherine Staniszewski, and Nicole Tomomitsu.
Great things continue to happen for the Whippet boys swim team! Our team had a great meet at the Milton Invitational this weekend! We had several medal winning races along with many best times!
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