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Whitewater Middle School Student Wins State Writing Award

Emerson Ellenwood, a student at Whitewater Middle School, has been named the 2017-18 winner of an honorable mention award from the Wisconsin Center for the Book.

Ellenwood was one of more than 760 Wisconsin students in grades 4-12 who participated in this year’s Letters About Literature contest and one of more than 51 semi-finalists. The contest invites young readers to write a letter to an author describing how that author’s work changed their view of the world or of themselves. Judges selected Ellenwood’s letter to author Veronica Roth about her book, Divergent, in Level 1 competition for students in grades 4-6. The awards ceremony was held at the YWCA Auditorium in Green Bay as part of the Untitledtown Book Festival on April 21, 2018

The first- and second-place plus honorable mention winners were chosen from the group of semi-finalists in various grade levels (Level 1 – Grades 4-6; Level II – Grades 7-8; and Level III – Grades 9-12). First-place winners at all three levels are sent on to the national Letters about Literature competition for judging and additional prizes. More than 40,000 young readers across the country participated in this year’s Letters About Literature contest.

The Letters About Literature program in Wisconsin has been coordinated by the Wisconsin Center for the Book since 1992 in partnership with the Library of Congress.

Excerpt of Ellenwood’s letter: “You pointed out that it would be boring if we were all the same and gave me the message that being diverse or unique is okay and in some ways interesting or an advantage.”

 

WHS Sports Recap – April 24, 2018

WHS Golf Takes 6th at Prairie Woods Meet

From Coach Wiegman:

“The Whitewater High School Golf Team began the Rock Valley Conference season at Prairie Woods Golf Course on Tuesday, April, 24th, with Clinton as the host school. The Whippets finished with a team score of 210, placing 6th place in the 10-team conference. Leading the way for the Whippets was senior Billie Jo Parker, who fired a 41. Parker is off to a good start to the season after shooting 95 at the Geneva National Invitational on Monday. Fellow senior Tommy Cushman scored a 52. Rounding out the scoring was Jacob Zuehlke with a 56, and Jon Brunner and Bowen Babcock both with a score of 61. The Whippets continue their season on Friday at the Evansville Invitational held at Evansville Country Club. ”

WHS Baseball Defeats East Troy

Article by Nate Parrish

The Whitewater Whippet baseball team (5-0) defeated East Troy 3-1 on Tuesday Evening. The Whippets struck right away in the first inning after James Dedrick and Dylan Pease led off the game with walks, a groundout moving the runners over by Bryce Parrish and an infield hit by Jimmy Duval led to a 1-0 lead. Jordan Curtis would hit a sac fly to left for a 2-0 lead after one inning. East Troy would get 1 run back in the top of the 3rd but that is all they would get the rest of the way as Whitewater would tack on one more insurance run on an RBI ground ball by Jaden Salmieri scoring Gehrig Monday in the bottom of the 6th.

The Whitewater bats have been slow to get going after the long break as they managed just 4 hits. Danny Harnack was 2 for 3, Jimmy Duval had a single and Bryce Parrish had a double. Hunter Martin picked up the win as he tossed 4.1 innings allowing 4 hits, 1 earned run, and striking out 4 while issuing 4 free passes. Bryce Parrish picked up the save for the second consecutive night going 2.2 innings and not allowing a base runner.

Whitewater will be back in action on Thursday evening at East Troy with first pitch at 4:45 and will be back at home Friday evening to play Milton.

Box Score

Former WHS Student, Emilie Kachel, Awarded Scholarship

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has announced is scholarship awards for 2018.  Emilie Kachel, a junior from Whitewater, has been awarded the Emma L. Wilder Endowment Scholarship.  The Wilder Scholarship is given to an outstanding sophomore, junior or senior enrolled in exercise science, health or sport science with at least a 3.5 GPA.

Emilie is double-majoring in Sports Management and Spanish.  She is a member of the UW-La Crosse chapter of the Golden Key Honor Society and has been named to the Dean’s list every semester.  Emilie is a member of the Spanish Club, the Sport Science Club, the Recreation Sports Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, Rainbow Unity Club, Spanish Club, the Intercultural Organization Promoting Awareness and is a global “buddy” for international students on campus.  Last summer she studied abroad in Seville, Spain. Emilie is an intern at the UW-La Crosse Athletic Department in External Affairs.  This summer, she will intern for the La Crosse Loggers baseball team.

Robert Lawrence Ludeman, 69, of Whitewater, WI, passed away Monday, April 23, 2018 at Mulberry Glen in Whitewater.

Robert was born March 27, 1949 to Lawrence and Barbara (Beguin) Ludeman. He graduated from Milton Union High School in 1967, and married Cora Maylord Ludeman on August 17, 1968, in Milwaukee, WI. Robert worked many jobs throughout his life, including working as a custodian at U.W. Whitewater, owning a pet and hobby shop in Whitewater, being a crossing guard for 19 years for the Whitewater School District until he retired. Robert enjoyed working with coins, guns and being a farmer. He also enjoyed deer hunting with his sons and cherished his time around his family.

Robert is survived by his wife, Cora; sons: Joseph, Karl, Raymond (Deana), and Wilford (Karen) Ludeman; brother-in-law, Herb Babcock; grandchildren, Kayla and Charles. He was preceded in death by his parents; and sisters, Nancy Branfort and Karen Babcock.

Funeral Services will be held Thursday, April 26 at 11 a.m. at Albrecht Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Milton. Visitation will be Thursday from 10 a.m. to time of services at the funeral home. There will be a private burial at Hillside Cemetery in Whitewater at a later date. The Albrecht Funeral Homes & Cremation Services is assisting the family with arrangements.

Albrecht Funeral Homes & Cremation Services

828 S. Janesville Street, Milton 608-868-2542

www.albrechtfuneralhomes.com

Robert’s family wishes to thank Rainbow Hospice for the great care that was given to Robert, to SSM Health for their care as well as for the rides given to him, and to their granddaughter, Kayla with all his love.

A Celebration of Young Artists is at the Cultural Arts Center during the month of May; Lincoln’s World Drumming and Mariachi Band to Perform May 6

Art by students from ages 4 to 18 will be featured in the May exhibit at the Whitewater Arts Alliance’s Cultural Arts Center. The show opens on Thursday, May 3 and runs through Sunday, May 20.  It will be open Thursdays through Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. during those dates.  A reception for the students will be Sunday, May 6 from 1 pm to 4 pm,  and it will feature the Lincoln Elementary School’s World Drumming Ensemble and the Mariachi Band at 2 p.m.  The show and reception are free and open to the public.

The exhibit will include a variety of two and three-dimensional artwork by students from area schools.  The art teachers displaying their students’ art are teachers  from the 4K programs, Sara Sixel at Lincoln Elementary School, Sara Brautigam of Lakeview Elementary School, Mareta Hale of Washington Elementary School, Justin Deegan of the Whitewater Middle School, and Crystal Gill of the Whitewater High School.  Christine Hayes will bring the Lincoln Elementary School World Drumming Ensemble and the Mariachi Band.

Linda Long, Co-President of the Whitewater Arts Alliance, said, “This is the show everyone looks forward to each year!  We love featuring the artistic talents of our youngest artists, and we appreciate so much the musical contributions of the Lincoln Drummers each year.  The gallery is happily busy in the month of May, so we hope everyone gets a chance to come on over.”

Whitewater’s Cultural Arts Center is located at 402 West Main Street in the historic White building near the Birge Fountain.  Parking is behind the building, with an elevator available from the parking lot entrance.  Parking is also available on side streets.

WUSD Updates: Judd Named Whitewater School Board President; Behrens Hired as Pewaukee Athletic Director

The Whitewater Unified School District School Board Monday unanimously voted Casey Judd to be board president during its annual post-election organizational session as part of its regular monthly meeting.

For the story from the Daily Union, 

Jeff Behrens, the athletic director at Whitewater High School, will become the new AD at Pewaukee High School.

For the story from the Journal Sentinal, 

WHS Baseball Defeats Edgerton

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Article by Nate Parrish

After a two-week weather delay, the Whitewater Whippet baseball team was finally back on the field to take on conference rival Edgerton. The Whippets would come away with a 3-2 win and improved to 4-0 on the season.

Whitewater would jump out to an early lead after James Dedrick led off the game being hit by a pitch, then advanced to second on a wild pitch, Dylan Pease laid down a sac bunt to move him to 3rd and would score on another wild pitch to make it 1-0. Bryce Parrish would make it 2-0 with a solo home run to left at the end of 1 inning. Edgerton would not go away quietly as they got a big two-out 2 run single in the 4th inning to tie the game at 2. The Whippets would quickly answer in the bottom of the 4th as Cooper Pease singled and Danny Harnack moved him over to 2nd with a ground ball to 1st. With 2 outs, Chris Dedrick came up with a big hit as he lined to center scoring the go-ahead and eventual winning run. James Dedrick picked up the win as he went 6 innings giving up 4 hits, 2 earned runs and striking out 4 while walking 4. Bryce Parrish would pick up the save by closing out the game in the 7th. Coach Pease was happy to walk away with a win after a two-week layoff. He said, “We had a number of mental mistakes and kind of looked like a team that had not played in two weeks but anytime you can get a win, especially over a quality opponent is good”.

Whitewater has a big stretch of games coming up after all of the postponements and will be playing up to 4-5 games a week for the rest of the season (weather permitting). Next up on the Whippet schedule is East Troy on, Tuesday April 24th at home with first pitch at 4:45 pm.

Box Score

WHS Tennis Falls to Edgerton

EDGERTON HIGH 7, WHITEWATER HIGH 0

Singles
No. 1 — Nick Rusch, EDGERTON HIGH, def. Cole Kinson, WHITEWATER HIGH, 6-4, 6-1; No. 2 — Lewis Kim, EDGERTON HIGH, def. Slate Spear, WHITEWATER HIGH, 7-6 (4), 6-2; No. 3 — Connor Masanz, EDGERTON HIGH, def. Joseph Creanza, WHITEWATER HIGH, 6-2, 6-3; No. 4 — Jacob Hendersoal, EDGERTON HIGH, def. Anthony Reed, WHITEWATER HIGH, 6-1, 6-1;

Doubles
No. 1 — Garrett Yttri-Michael Ferraro, EDGERTON HIGH, def. Colin Chenoweth-Weston Lema, WHITEWATER HIGH 6-1, 6-0; No. 2 — Matthew Pierce-Henry Conway, EDGERTON HIGH, def. Nicholas Kuzoff-Henry Bresser, WHITEWATER HIGH 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 — Nolan Fox-Tyler Bavery, EDGERTON HIGH, def. Forfeit Forfeit-Forfeit Forfeit, WHITEWATER HIGH 2-0, 2-0;

From Coach Dittmer:

“We lost our meet 0-7 to Edgerton. We were outplayed in every flight by a very good team. They were a focused team that made very few mistakes and forced our players to try to hit shots that we weren’t comfortable with. Joe Creanza, despite losing, played extremely well at #3 singles.  He did a good job of moving his opponent around the court and staying patient in long rallies.”

WHS Students Win NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing

Sophomore Gwynne Sahyun (L) and Junior Marina Cano (R)

Junior Marina Cano and Sophomore Gwynne Sahyun were honored with the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Award for Aspirations in Computing Sunday afternoon, April 22, during a program at Alverno College in Milwaukee. Seventy-one young women from across the state of Wisconsin were presented with awards during the event. This group included 26 Wisconsin Honorable Mention Awardees, 35 Wisconsin Winners, and 10 National Honorable Mention Awardees. Cano received a Wisconsin Honorable Mention, and Sahyun was named a Wisconsin Winner.

As award winners, each young woman will have the ability to apply for grants up to $3000 to create opportunities for girls in our elementary schools and middle school, and they will become part of a national community of women studying and working in IT who can provide support, advice, and career opportunities.

NCWIT is a non-profit community of more than 1100 universities, companies, non-profits, and government organizations nationwide working to increase women’s participation in computing and technology. NCWIT equips change leaders with resources for taking action in recruiting, retaining, and advancing women from K-12 and higher education through industry and entrepreneurial careers. The NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing honors high school women who are active and interested in computing and technology and encourages them to pursue their passions.