Senior Art Student Morgan Stillwagon received a set of calendars in the mail this week, with her artwork featured for the month of May. The calendars were produced by Society’s Assets using the top 12 art submissions from their K-12 art contest. Society’s Assets’ mission statement is, “to ensure the rights of all persons with disabilities to live and function as independently as possible in the community of their choice, through supporting individuals’ efforts to achieve control over their lives and become integrated into community life.” The art contest is called Ability, Not Disability, and entries have to tie into that theme. Morgan has entered this contest for two years now, and both years she has received 3rd place. Morgan is pictured with WHS Art Teacher Crystal Gill.
Saturday, February 8, 11 a.m.—2 p.m. Cravath Lakefront
Sample several chilis at the Chili Cook-off for only $5.00! You also get to vote for your favorite chili, because maybe the judges don’t know it all. Chili judging takes place at 11:30, but you can start sampling at 11:00 am. The event takes place in the warming tent. The Polar Plunge begins at noon. Have fun watching those crazy plungers “Freezin’ for a Reason” and raising funds for Special Olympics!
Congratulations to Whitewater Middle School 7th grader Zoe Olson for finishing 5th in the CESA 2 Regional Scripps Spelling Bee on January 29th at Whitewater High School. Zoe did an amazing job representing Whitewater, spelling some really tough words correctly, but finally getting tripped up spelling the word impetus. Great job Zoe! We are proud of you!
The Whippet Wrestling Team wrestled very well on a night
that saw them honor the senior wrestlers as well as the youth wrestlers in the
Whitewater Wrestling Club.
The evening started off with the young Whippet Wrestlers
showing their skills as they had the opportunity to practice in the Whitewater
High School gym. Coach Gomez, Coach DePorter, and Coach Hernandez ran the young
team through many drills that they have been learning throughout the course of
the last month of the season. It was a great display of the knowledge, and more
importantly, the fun the young Whippets have had.
Youth Wrestlers Participating in Senior Night at WHS, Photo Courtesy of John Schimming
Before the high school dual the senior wrestlers were
presented and honored for their time they have given to the program. The time in
the program ranges from Jaden Salmieri who started wrestling in 1st grade to
Morgan Stillwagon who came out for the first time this year. Seniors included
Cody Gamble, Morgan Stillwagon, Jaden Salmieri, Tyler Pavlik, Mason West,
Gehrig Monday, Will Leibbrand, Zach Porter, and Victor Hernandez. Senior
Managers included Lexi Hackney, Kathleen Lashley, and Raquel Ortiz. Thank you
to these seniors for their time in the Whippet Wrestling Program.
The night concluded with the Varsity team getting a big victory against Edgerton 64-16. Edgerton was short handed a couple wrestlers based on some injuries; however, the Whippets wrestled extremely well in the big victory. All four seniors on the starting lineup closed out their career under the spotlight with a win by pin. Marcus DePorter wrestled a very good match to get the team started with a 13-4 major decision against a very tough opponent.
Marcus DePorter, Photo by Bob Mischka
Once again, thank you seniors for your time. Also thank
you to Mike Krahn for taking the lead in creating the banners that were on
display for the night and hang in the wrestling room. Also thank you to Shannon
Cushman for taking charge of creating the trading cards that the high school
team handed out to the youth wrestlers at the end of the meet. The team started
this tradition last season, and the youth wrestlers love going down on the mat
after the competition and meeting the high school wrestlers to get trading
cards.
Youth Wrestlers gather trading cards from the Whippets after the meet, Photo Courtesy of John Schimming
The team closes out the regular season dual meets on Tuesday when they travel to Janesville Craig to participate in a dual meet. The team is currently 8-2 overall and 6-2 in conference competition. On February 8, the team will host the Rock Valley Conference Tournament at Whitewater High School. Wrestling begins at 9:45 a.m.
Story submitted by Coach John Schimming, Photos courtesy of Coach John Schimming and Bob Mischka
The Whitewater Whippet Gymnastics Team competed against
Burlington/Badger and Wilmot/Union Grove/Williams Bay on Tuesday, January 28th.
The highlights of the meet included Varsity team member
Jenna Caldwell scoring a record high on the floor exercise with a 7.925 and
scoring an 8.025 on the Vault. Freshman Caleigh Yang made significant
improvement on the balance beam, scoring a personal best of 6.55.
Jenna Caldwell, File Photo by Bob Mischka
On the Junior Varsity side, freshman Brenda Aguilar
scored a personal best on the Vault scoring a 7.125, and freshman Ashly Xochipa
also scored a personal best on the Vault scoring a 6.8.
The Whippets will be back in action on Tuesday, February
4th, in a dual meet against Waterford!
Clients can access the UW-Whitewater College of Business and Economics volunteer tax program on the first floor of Hyland Hall near the atrium. (UW-Whitewater photo/Craig Schreiner)
Qualifying taxpayers are invited to receive free tax preparation and electronic filing of 2019 federal and state income tax returns at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Volunteer Income Tax Assistance clinic. This IRS-sponsored program is available for low and moderate income taxpayers at no cost, and no appointments are needed.
Clinic hours are from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays and 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays. Clients will be served on a first come, first served basis and they should arrive at least one hour before closing. The 2020 tax clinic will run from February 1 through April 11; however, it will be closed on March 21, March 25 and March 28.
The UW-Whitewater VITA clinic is located in room 1001 of Timothy J. Hyland Hall at 809 Starin Road in Whitewater. Parking is available across the street in lot 7. Lot 7 is also known as the Starin Road lot and contains the Visitor Information and Parking Services building.
On Wednesdays before 6 p.m., stop at the visitor center and request a free parking pass for the tax clinic. Parking permits are not required on Saturdays. Clinic visitors should park in non-metered parking spaces.
The VITA clinic is staffed by certified student preparers and supervised by faculty in the College of Business and Economics Department of Accounting. In addition to providing hands-on experience for graduate and undergraduate accounting students, the free VITA clinic helps residents of Whitewater and surrounding communities.
“We have many long-time clients who return for assistance each spring,” said Robert Meyers, accounting department lecturer and VITA program director. “The opportunity to apply training while working with real people is also an invaluable experience for our students.
Important information, including a location map, program limitations and required supporting documentation, can be found at http://bit.ly/2O9bgKp. For additional information, email the VITA Site Coordinator at vita@uww.edu or leave a message at 262-472-5449.
(L-R): Luc Pomazak, Alex Clarksen, Andrew O’Toole, Margaret Brown, Zoe Olson, Erika Dreksler, Silas Baker
Congratulations to the Whitewater Middle School students who had their Southern Lakes Anthology entries selected at the regional Southern Lakes Advanced Learner Network competition that was held in Elkhorn on Tuesday, January 28th. Southern Lakes Anthology is an annual writing and art competition that is organized by the SLAL Network comprised of over 50 different participating school districts. The theme of this year’s contest was “Beneath the Surface.” Students submitted work in categories of prose, poetry, illustrated writing, art and cartoons. The quality of WMS’s entries was exceptional again this year with six of our middle school entries being selected for inclusion in this year’s anthology.
This year’s MS regional winners were (L-R): Luc Pomazak, Alex Clarksen, Andrew O’Toole, Margaret Brown, Zoe Olson, Erika Dreksler, Silas Baker. These students will have their entries published in the 2020 edition of the Southern Lakes Anthology and will be publicly recognized at a special reception that will be held on May 19th at the Young Auditorium here in Whitewater. Great job and congratulations to all of the students whose work was selected. You make us very proud.
The Whippet Girls’ Basketball Team defeated Beloit Turner 55-50 on Tuesday, January 28. Kacie Carollo led the Whippets with 24 points, going 2 for 5 from 3-point range. Abby Grosinske was perfect from 3-point range, adding 12 total points for the Whippets.
Carollo combined with Cassidy Laue to pull down 15 of the team’s 31 rebounds, with Kindyl Kilar adding 5.
BandORama is Saturday! Come listen to the wonderful band musicians of Whitewater in this exciting event! Band students from 5th-12th grade will be performing together at WHS for this concert. Listen to the great things happening here in your Whitewater bands! BandORama will be Saturday, February 1st, at 3:00, in the WHS Gymnasium.
