TRIAD AFJROTC Drill Team competed against 16 schools at the Lee’s Summit HS Drill Meet on Saturday, February 3rd. The team earned: 1st Place - Armed Regulation, 3rd Place - First Year Regulation Drill, 3rd Place - Unarmed Regulation, and 3rd Place Unarmed Exhibition. Cadets Aidan Downs & Caleb Sides earned 3rd Place in the Dual Exhibition.
If you are a WHS sophomore or junior interested in touring the Warrensburg Area Career Center on Tuesday, February 13th please pick up a field trip form in the Counseling office as soon as possible. It needs to be returned to the Counseling Office by Monday, February 12th at 2 pm
On February 1, 2024, students went to UCM to compete in their FBLA events at the district level. The following students received a medal for placing in the top five in their competitions:
Raven Impastato - 1st Journalism
Raven Impastato - 2nd Computer Problem Solving
Anthony Long - 1st Accounting 1
Anthony Long - 3rd Business Calculations
Anston Sorensen - 1st Computer Problem Solving
Anston Sorensen - 1st Networking Infrastructure
Jackson Beymer, Anthony Long, Maddox Buckson - 4th Business Ethics
Jackson Beymer - 4th Accounting 1
Jackson Beymer- 2nd Business Plan
John Wu - 1st Job Interview
Emma Likcani - 3rd Business Law
Shelby Gracey & Emma Likcani - 3rd Social Media Strategies
Alyssa Courtaway & Katelyn Helmig - 2nd Hospitality and Event Management
Please congratulate these students on their hard work!
Are you interested in being a teacher or working with children? If so, you should attend Teach It Forward at UCM on Wednesday, February 28th. Sign up by scanning the QR code by room 114. If you have questions see Ms. Snell in 114.
Black History Month
There will be a snack and planning meeting of the French Club after school in room 402 today, Tuesday, January 30th. We will be planning the rest of our semester activities.
Are you interested in a career in radiology, ultrasound, or other diagnostic imaging? Jake Corson from Western Missouri Medical Center will be here to talk about his education and career pathway after school today, Tuesday, January 30th. Meet in room 104 from 2:45 to 3:45 for January's Monthly Med Talk featuring Diagnostic Imaging to ask questions and learn more about this exciting career.
All boys interested in playing golf this spring, there will be a meeting on Thursday, February 1st in room 210 after school.
Our 3 FIRST Tech Challenge(FTC) competed with 24 other teams in the KC East League tournament at Staley High School on Saturday, January 27th to see which 5 teams would advance to State. Advancement happens through either being on the Winning Alliance or earning an appropriate level judged award. It is a very long day running from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM. Teams must submit an Engineering Notebook showing their engineering journey building the robot, community interactions, and team composition and sustainability plans.
Each team gives a presentation to judge panels and answer questions, has interviews with judges in their pits, and competes with their robots. The robot competition starts out with 6 matches in randomly assigned alliances and then the top 4 seeded teams each select two alliance partners to compete in finals and determine the Winning Alliance. Judged awards are presented at the end of the day and advancement to State is announced.
FTC Team 18463, Team Rocinante and FTC Team 18464, Team Serenity gave valiant efforts but did not receive any judged awards or advance to finals. Team Serenity, whose major contributors were George Dietz and Mack Young really deserve recognition for their exceptional efforts to constantly evolve their robot build, including building additional capabilities rapidly at the competitions. Brayden Sederburg was the driver on Team Rocinante and did a superior job scoring game pieces.
FTC Team 9849, The Small Fries, our original after school team did exceptionally well. The team was selected to compete in Finals on the number 4 alliance. Their alliance did not go past semifinals, but they put up a valiant effort. The team earned the Engineering Design Award for their robot design as well as being 2nd Runner Up for the Inspire Award, the highest honor a team can earn at competition and the award that advanced them to State. Mariah Penniman, Scott Swainston, Grant Fitterer, Charles Harris, and Julian Strickland were the main contributors on this team.
We are so proud of all our teams, we keep evolving and building better robots each year! The State Tournament is Saturday, March 2nd at Missouri S&T in Rolla. Please congratulate our team members and keep us in your positive thoughts. The attached Small Fries' Engineering Portfolio helped them earn the awards they received.
Drama Club is today, Monday, January 29th, after school until 3:15pm. If you are interested in joining tech for Steel Magnolias, we have interviews today after school. More information is available outside room 91. or see Ms. Helms.
FCCLA members participated in the Region 12 STAR Events competition on Wednesday January 24th at UCM. Nellena McCauley participated in Fashion Construction and received a Gold Award and will advance to state competition. Emalie Denton and Mackenzie Martin participated in Repurpose & Redesign and received a Silver Award. Both groups worked for several weeks on their complex pieces and speeches. We are very proud of them! Congratulations, Nellena, Emailie and Mackenzie!
February breakfast and lunch menus
The Poetry Out Loud School competition took place this morning in the Little Theater. Firstly, we would like to say "Thank you" to each participant for your hard work in memorizing your chosen poems. Kadence Fritsch, Sophia McCauley, Ian Galloway, Osyrus Barron, Meagan Pavlich, Lilly Zollinger, Kai Thomas, Aryana Binkley, Oliver Staab, Adrienne Keller, Ace Little, and Kaelyn Harlan. Each of you performed at the top of your respective classes. All of you did well in today's competition. The choice, we assure you, was not an easy one.
Also, we would like to thank our judges for today's competition: Ms. Binder, Ms. Helms, Mrs. Miller, Mr. Crain, and Ms. Chauvenne (Sha-Vawn).
The winner of the Warrensburg High School Poetry Out Loud Competition and the student who will compete in the Kansas City regional competition is... Kai Thomas!
Runner-up and stand-in is... Kaelyn Harlan!
Congratulations Kai and Kaelyn! Please get in touch with Mr. Conklin to prepare for the Regional.
Rivals for Reason supporting Johnson County Cancer Foundation. Spirit Week and Raffle January 29th to 31st.
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Rivals for Reason Warrensburg vs. Smith Cotton to support the Johnson County Cancer Foundation. Fundraising Schedule January 23rd through January 25th.
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🐅🚨Attention WHS Students and Supporters🚨🐅
Next week is everyone’s favorite rivalry event of the year, the Warrensburg vs Sedalia Smith-Cotton basketball game! We want to use our competitiveness for good! Grab your wallets and prepare for this year’s “Rival for Reason” fundraiser!
This year Warrensburg High School will be supporting the Johnson County Cancer Foundation! JCCF assists Johnson County residents affected by cancer. Your WHS Student Council has planned a week and a half of fun fundraising activities to support this impactful cause!
The winner of the fundraiser will be announced at the Warrensburg vs Sedalia Smith-Cotton basketball game’s Varsity halftime on January 31st at Warrensburg High School. See you there!!
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WHS Counseling Office presents Monthly Majors, Theatre and Dance on Wednesday, January 31 at 10:30 am.
Menu change for Thursday, January 17th.
Menu change for Wednesday, January 17th.
Warrensburg Families:
Due to the forecasted weather tomorrow, Friday, January 12 and Tuesday, January 16, we will be using Alternative Method of Instruction days (AMI Days). AMI days allow us to send work home for students due to weather conditions. Based on the forecast data, we are concerned for Friday that the weather will hit us early during the morning commute and it will continue throughout most of the day. Getting students home may be a challenge again, just as it was on Monday of this week.
Furthermore, we will use another AMI day on Tuesday, January 16 due to the predicted cold temperatures. Frostbite can occur for exposed skin after 30 minutes of exposure with -18 degree wind chills. The forecast is calling for -24/-25 degrees wind chills on Tuesday morning. This is colder than we would want our students at bus stops, biking, or walking to school.
We appreciate your patience with the weather situations over this week and into next. If you would like additional information, Dr. Ritter has created a video you may view by clicking here or viewing on the district Facebook page. He explains in more detail the rationale for the AMI days and explains what they are. An additional fact is you may have your student(s) complete work on any day we are out and throughout the long weekend. Work can be completed Friday through Tuesday of next week. If you have additional questions please reach out to your student's teacher and/or the building principal.
We appreciate your patience and support in keeping students safe, and we hope by notifying you early you are able to plan accordingly with your family.
Dr. Steve Ritter