Congratulations to all 16 of the contestants in thePottawatomie County Spelling Bee held at St. Marys Jr/Sr High School on January 26. We are especially proud of our Wamego contestants, Ashton Kramer and Charlie Nolte from West Elementary School, and Gemma Hovind from Wamego Middle School. Josephine Benson from Wamego Middle School was unable to be in attendance. Gemma won first place at our County Bee! Great job to our Wamego contestants. It was a tough and competitive Bee!
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BOE Recognition
USD320 Board of Education recognized the winners and runner-ups from the West Elementary and Wamego Middle School Spelling Bee. Pictured are Charlie Nolte 5th grade, and Josephine Benson 8th grade. Not pictured were Ashton Kramer 4th grade and Gemma Hovind 6th grade. Congratulations to all the spelling bee contestants. Also pictured are Travis Graber, Cory Meyer, and Amy Flinn.
FCCLA Qualifies for State Competitions
FCCLA Qualifies for State Competitions
Congratulations to the following students who competed at the FCCLA District
STAR Event competitions on Friday February 8th in Manhattan Kansas.
Evelyn Robertson, 1st Place Gold-State Qualifier, "Say Yes to FCS"
Abigail Ross, 1st Place Silver-State Qualifier, Early Childhood Education
Caitlyn Nuefeldt, 2nd Place- Silver, National Programs in Action
Nathan Holz, 2nd Place-Silver, Job Interview
Special thanks to Karlyn Flynn and Kaia Miller for participating in Wamego Highs judging team for the event.
We appreciate the exceptional job everyone did representing our school.
2019 Winter Royalty
Congratulations to the 2019 WHS Winter Royalty.
Back Row LtoR: Jacob Wick, TJ Fritz, Logan Ebert, Nic DeGreeff, Dylan Riniker
Front Row LtoR:Emma McKee, Jacalynn Nider, Rhoni Eveland, Kynzie Underwood, Emily Schwein
Good Luck this week during Spirit Week
February G.E.M. Award Recipient
Congratulations to Deb Long Title 1 teacher at Central Elementary, February’s G.E.M. Award Recipient.
Have you heard the famous quote “If you can read this, thank a teacher?”. Well, it is the opinion of many parents and teachers, that an abundance of children have learned to read and become lifelong readers because of Deb Long. For several years, Deb taught second grade at Central Elementary. Quickly, her students ‘caught’ her passion for learning. Many of her former students still keep in touch with her and share stories about second grade and how they have continued their lives and become productive adults.
At one point, a new primary reading program was suggested by administration. Volunteers were asked to participate in a program that would require many hours of “outside the school day” continual training. Deb was one of the first to sign up and since then has centered her love of teaching in the areas of reading and writing. Sharing her knowledge with students was very rewarding but she didn’t stop there. Since that shift in her professional career, she has presented reading workshops to schools all around the state of Kansas and at several state-wide reading conferences. She has been an excellent resource person to parents and educators.
Deb has also been very active in community organizations. She has coached for the recreation commission, been an active leader in 4-H and a chairperson and committee member for Relay for Life.
Deb has spent most of her adult life caring for and educating young learners. Her dedication is summed up in her philosophy of teaching that she demonstrates and shares with students, parents, and colleagues. “When teaching a child to read, you are not only educating their minds, you are touching their hearts”. For these reasons and more, we would like to nominate Deb Long as a true GEM!
I would like to nominate Deb Long for this award. Boy, does this lady go the extra mile or ten. She has been such an inspiration to me as well as everyone she has touched with her teaching and her ability to help with all the children she has worked with over the years.
Her kindness and her loving way of teaching has help in oh so many ways. My words cannot express how much she has done for the children.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Gene’s Heartland Foods
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Friendship House
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WHS FBLA Competes in District Competition at Herington High School
Wamego High School's chapter of Future Business Leaders of America earned 6th place at the district conference held at Herington High School, January 21. Twenty-two Wamego High School students competed, with 11 different students placing in the top three in at least one event and 17 qualifying for state.
The following is a listing of the Wamego High School students and their top 10 placing in various events:
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Artzer, Eli 5th, Business Calculations; 10th, Advertising Cooper, Kenzie 4th, Introduction to Public Speaking Donahue, Caitlin 2nd, Mrs. FBL Ebert, Megan 2nd, Digital Video Production; 3rd, Organizational Leadership; 5th, Introduction to FBLA Hamman, Kendra 7th, Organizational Leadership; 10th, Health Care Administration Havel-Stephens, Jalen 5th, Job Interview; 8th, Health Care Administration; 9th, Public Speaking Jones, Kylee 1st, Sports & Entertainment Management; 2nd, Public Service Announcement McKee, Emma 3rd, Business Calculations; 3rd, Journalism; 4th, Entrepreneurship Riniker, Dylan 3rd, Business Ethics; 4th, Entrepreneurship; 6th, Sales Presentation
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Schoenbeck, Emma 1st, Sports & Entertainment Management; 2nd, Public Service Announcement Stewart, Jocelyn 4th, Introduction to Business Communications Ubel, Georgia 6th, Business Law; 8th, Political Science; 10th, Business Calculations Underwood, Kynzie 1st, Sports & Entertainment Management; 2nd, Public Service Announcement; 6th, Business Calculations Wick, Jacob 1st, Client Service; 1st, Mr. FBL; 3rd, Business Ethics; 8th, Business Law Wick, Samantha 2nd, Digital Video Production Winter, Alexis 2nd, Digital Video Production; 2nd, Introduction to FBLA; 9th, Organizational Leadership Zachgo, Katie 2nd, Introduction to Business Communications; 7th, Introduction to FBLA; 10th, Introduction to Business
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