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Announcements - Monday, May 21, 2012
Last updated: Sun 05-20-2012 10:25 am
Event Date: Sun 05-20-2012
TODAY is a “B” Day.
Committee WHS meets TODAY and TOMORROW in Student Center Room 128 during both lunches. Reminder notes are being distributed with your assigned date and time.
Study Table will be CLOSED today due to staff shortage.
Fall Play auditions will be held TODAY, TOMORROW and Wednesday in the Little Theatre beginning at 3pm.
The first Adastra meeting for juniors is TOMORROW at 6:45am in the Little Theatre. The purpose of the meeting is to select new officers for the 2012-13 school year.
SENIORS: TOMORROW is your LAST CHANCE for you to be CPR trained! Meet in the old gym at 3pm.
The 20th annual edition of Fingerprints will go on sale during both lunches and after school in the main foyer. You may also obtain a copy from Mr. Duer in Room 232. This 80-page issue has been printed in full color and sells for $7.00. It features poetry, prose, and art by over 50 students and teachers.
Happy Birthday TODAY to:
Maurisa Clark
Paige Gantner
Tad Johnson
Samantha Miller
Kaylie Swayze
Monday’s Activities:
World Language National Exam Awards, Little Theatre, 8:45am
Girls Regional Golf at Ottumwa, 10am
Girls Varsity Regional Tennis at Jefferson, 3pm
Fall Show Auditions, Little Theatre, 3pm
Varsity Baseball Tournament vs Kennedy at Linn-Mar, 5pm
Varsity Boys Soccer Substate w/Western Dubuque at Kingston, 5pm
Orchestra Banquet, Cafeteria, 6pm
Today’s Lunch Menu:
Featured Lunch:
Bow Tie Pasta w/Red Sauce; Stuffed Cheese Sticks
Alternates:
Burger Basket
Sliced Turkey Breast & Pepperoni Sandwich
Pick 2 Chef Salad w/Crackers
Yogurt & Cereal
Pierre Veggie Burger
Pizza Hut Pizza
Fruit Parfait
Specialty: Pasta Bar |
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SPRING TERM - FINALS SCHEDULE
Last updated: Thu 05-17-2012 7:32 am
Event Date: Thu 05-17-2012
May 30:
Period 1 - 7-8:30am
Period 2 - 8:40-10:10am
Period 3 - 10:20-11:50am
Lunch
Period 4 - 12:30-2:00pm
May 31:
Period 5 - 8:00-9:30am
Period 6 - 9:40-11:10am
Period 7 - 11:20-12:50pm
Period 8 - 1:30-3:00pm
No lunch served on Thursday.
During test periods, all students in the building must be either in a test room or in the cafeteria.
Students need to be at school on tests days only at times that they have tests or other class activities scheduled.
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YEARBOOKS ARE HERE
Last updated: Wed 05-16-2012 8:58 am
Event Date: Wed 05-16-2012
If you or your child missed our distribution party on Tue May 15 during lunch, yearbooks can now be picked up in room W250 before/after school and during both lunches. If you already paid for a yearbook, staff members will be ready to hand them out to you. If you have not purchased a book we have about 10 left that will be sold on a first come serve basis for $72. |
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The Yearbook would like your help. Upload your pictures to our website.
Last updated: Fri 05-11-2012 9:37 am
Event Date: Fri 05-11-2012
Click here to upload
We are now looking for Spring and Summer Photo! Sports, Music, Clubs, Prom, Graduation. Help make the yearbook the best yet.
Get your pictures in the yearbook! The Yearbook Staff invites students and parents to submit photos for the yearbook. If you have great photos of school and community events or you and your friends just having fun, we would like to see them. Our photographers cannot be everywhere. Help us get as many photos as possible to create a terrific book everyone will want to have.
Here is how you can submit photos online:
• Go to: http://www.replayit.com
• You will need to register for our school.
• The password is: monument2012
• Follow the direction on site to upload and view pictures.
Submit your photos today! The more you submit the more likely we will use the pictures.
The Yearbook Staff will review all photos and determine final yearbook content. We cannot guarantee that all submissions can be used in the book. |
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2012 AP EXAM SCHEDULE
Last updated: Fri 05-11-2012 9:36 am
Event Date: Fri 05-11-2012
The 2012 AP Exams will be administered over weeks -- May 7-11 and May 14-18.
All testing locations will be at the Kirkwood Training and Outreach Services (KTOS) Center; 3375 Armar Drive, Marion -- EXCEPT those tests noted with parantheses.
WEEK ONE:
Monday, May 7:
8:00am - Chemistry (WHS main gym);
8:00am - Environmental Science
12:00pm - Psychology
Tuesday, May 8:
8:00am - Computer Science A;
8:00am - Spanish Language (The Hotel Kirkwood)
12:00pm - Art History
Wednesday, May 9:
8:00am - Calculus AB;
8:00am - Calculus BC
12:00pm - Chinese Language and Culture (Kennedy Room 64B)
Thursday, May 10:
8:00am - English Literature and Composition
12:00pm - Japanese Language and Culture (WHS Room 103);
12:00pm - Latin: Vergil
Friday, May 11:
8:00am - German Language and Culture (Kennedy Room 64B);
8:00am - US History
12:00pm - European History
Studio Art - Last day to submit digital portfolios and to gather 2-D Design and Drawing students for the physical portfolio assembly.
WEEK TWO:
Monday, May 14:
8:00am - Biology;
8:00am - Music Theory
12:00pm - Physics B;
12:00pm - Physics C:Mechanics
2pm - Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Tuesday, May 15:
8:00am - US Government and Politics
12:00pm - Comparative Government and Politics;
12:00pm - French Language and Culture (Kennedy Room 64B)
Wednesday, May 16:
8:00am - English Language and Composition
12:00pm - Statistics
Thursday, May 17:
8:00am - Macroeconomics (WHS Main Gym);
8:00am - World History
12:00pm - Microeconomics;
12:00pm - Italian Language and Culture
Friday, May 18:
8:00am - Human Geography;
8:00am - Spanish Literature
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Washington is Ranked #1 by U.S. News and World Report!
Last updated: Wed 05-09-2012 7:36 am
Event Date: Wed 05-09-2012
CR Washington is the #1 ranked high school in Iowa on the 2012 U.S. News and World Report list of “Best High Schools,” and CR Kennedy is #2. Ames, Decorah, and Linn-Mar round out the top five. The rankings are based on ITED scores, AP test participation, and AP test scores. A total of 387 public high schools in 330 Iowa school districts were analyzed. To access the new list, go to http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/iowa.
Dr. Ralph Plagman, Washington Principal said: “This is a very special list to lead because it truly tries to measure how schools perform with ALL students!”
According to the U.S. News and World Report website, the goal of the Best High Schools Project is to identify the country’s top performing public high schools and to provide "... a clear, unbiased picture of how well public schools serve all of their students - from the highest achieving to the lowest achieving - in preparing them to demonstrate proficiency in basic skills as well as readiness for college-work."
U.S. News and World Report analyzed 21,776 public high schools in 49 states and the District of Columbia. The U.S. News selection process is very complex, but it includes three steps:
Step 1: Overall performance of students on state tests (ITED).
Step 2: Performance better than the state average on state tests (ITED) from their least advantaged students.
Step 3: Participation rate and scores on college-level AP exams.
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SENIOR SERVICE DAY
Last updated: Wed 05-02-2012 12:59 pm
Event Date: Wed 05-02-2012
The 4th Annual Senior Service Day is on Friday, May 18th. Any senior with grades C- or higher can participate, and you get excused from the whole day of school! Seniors volunteer at Johnson, Erskine or Wickiup Hill Learning Center from 8:00am-11:30am. Afterwards, we will all meet at Bever Park for a grill out. Last year there were over 60 seniors that participated .... let''s make it more! Sign up outside Student Center Room 128, or find Kelli Klaus or Jenny Vestle. |
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GREAT NEWS ABOUT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL!
Last updated: Thu 04-26-2012 8:19 pm
Event Date: Thu 04-26-2012
CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE -- Thursday, April 26, 2012
Eastern Iowa schools continue to top advanced placement index
Iowas AP Index is determined by dividing a schools total graduates by the number of AP exams taken at that school.
Iowa City and Cedar Rapids high schools continue to rank among the top in the state for offering Advanced Placement classes.
The Iowa AP Index, compiled by the Belin-Blank Center at the University of Iowa, has local schools in four out of the five top rankings, with Washington High School and Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids ranking one and three, and Regina High School and West High School in Iowa city ranking two and five.
Washington has held the top spot in the index going back to 2009, while all four of these schools have been in the top 10 of the index since its inception in 2005.
The index is a measure of how many students in a school are taking AP tests, which award credit for Advanced Placement classes. The Advanced Placement curriculum is produced by the College Board to offer teenagers a chance at undergraduate level coursework while still in high school.
Iowa’s AP Index is determined by dividing a school’s total graduates by the number of AP exams taken at that school. Performance is not measured by the index, only participation.The top overall score of 3.08 for Washington High means, on average, three AP exams are taken for every student who graduates.
Other Cedar Rapids high schools made the index top 50 as well, with Prairie High School ranking 17, Xavier High School ranking 18 and Jefferson High School ranking 25. In Iowa City, City High School ranked 27 while Linn-Mar High School in Marion ranked 19. Alburnett High School also appeared in the index top 50 for the first time with a score of 29.
Visit http://www.iowaapindex.org/2012top50.html to see the full AP ranking.
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Athletic Club Golf Tournament
Last updated: Wed 04-11-2012 12:40 pm
Event Date: Wed 04-11-2012
Dear Washington Athletic Club Supporter,
Our annual Washington Athletic Club Golf Tournament is Wednesday, June 27, 2012. This is the ninth year of our golf outing and we are looking forward to another successful event! The WAC Golf outing is not only fun, it is a Wash tradition. This year, the Washington Athletic Club is also celebrating its 50th Anniversary!! Thanks to generous supporters like you, we have raised over $82,000.00 a year for the past several years for the student athletes at C.R. Washington HS.
The money raised has been spent on many needed projects. Some examples are: A scoreboard for the new gym, a new swimming scoreboard, transportation for athletes to out of town events, new uniforms and equipment for many sports and the remodel/update of the WHS concession stand.
We are anticipating another great turnout for the 2012 WAC Golf Tournament. We are back at Hunter’s Ridge Golf Course and will tee-off at 12 o’clock noon. Come join us for lunch, golf, dinner and program and a silent auction. Your financial support will help to continue the success of this event and will directly benefit ALL Washington Warrior Athletics!
We hope we can count on your support for the 2012 Washington Athletic Club Golf Tournament.
Sincerely,
The Warrior Athletic Club 2012 Golf Committee Co-chairs,
Ryan Brems 319-533-1699 ryan.j.brems@nmfn.com
Don Claassen 319-360-5404 dclaassen@rand.com
Bob Lillibridge 319-491-2964 robertlillibridge@alliantenergy.com
SEE FOLLOWING ATTACHMENT FOR THE REGISTRATION FORM, SPONSORSHIP INFO AND GENERAL INFORMATION..................... | |
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WARRIOR STORE
Last updated: Wed 04-04-2012 9:50 am
Event Date: Wed 04-04-2012
Now that the 2012 spring sports season is underway, we are aware that many Warrior fans may still be in need of a stadium chair, blanket or Warrior spirit wear! Although the WHS school store will no longer be opened for routine store hours on Thursday afternoons, you can still get your Warrior spirit wear and other items from the school store.
If you would like to place an order or arrange an appointment to visit the school store, please do not hesitate to contact me! Go WARRIORS!!
Kathy Bjornsen
kdbjornsen@aol.com
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