Wynot Public Schools

Congratulations to this year's Valedictorian and Salutatorian!

Congratulations to April's "Artists of the Month"! - lower elem., Charlie Burbach, 1st grade, "Roosters Rule" - upper elem., Mason Kesterson, 3rd grade, "Black Glue Cactus" - middle school, Jaxon Gould, 6th grade, "Sunsets" - high school, Kason Hans, 9th grade, scratchboard

Day 2 of College-Going Culture Week✅ Next Up ➡️ Class Colors- Pre-K: Red, Kindergarten: Green, 1st: Blue, 2nd: Yellow, 3rd: Purple, 4th: Pink, 5th: Black, 6th: Brown, 7th: Orange, 8th: Grey, 9th: Camo, 10th: White, 11th: Navy, 12th: Class Graduation Colors, Teachers: Tie Die Today we saw some ranchers, vets, babysitters, teachers, hairdressers, horse trainers, artists, and more!! We love how our students dream big and we are so happy we get to be a small part of them achieving that dream!

Day 1 of College-Going Culture Week ✅ Up Next➡️Career Day! On Tuesday, dress for the career you want to have someday! It was so fun to see our staff dressed in their Alma Mater today! It was also cool to hear students ask questions about our staff’s college experiences and why they chose to go where they did!

Way to go Elementary Team! WPS is so lucky to have such dedicated teachers who are committed to professional growth and the growth of their students. GBB!

Next Week at WPS we will celebrate College-Going Culture Week. This is a week where students in all grades will hear about where the people in our school went to college, how college can benefit them and their future, different careers, and hopefully spark conversations about college and careers at home! Students can celebrate daily with the different dress-up days!

This week’s character trait was adaptable! These students were caught being adaptable throughout their week! Nice work kids!

Last week’s character trait was reliable! We are proud of these student for displaying this character trait throughout their week!

The character trait for the week of April 7th was positivity! Congratulations to these kids for displaying positivity throughout their day at school!

Wynot Kindergarten Round Up! Kinders that are 5 before July 31, 2025 are eligible for Kindergarten in the fall. Sign up your Kinder using the Google form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1c0Orht44XYHqbjG_V9_lIEbvz0alLb9MRp0jYmwcZgqZ9Q/viewform?usp=sf_link

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The Big Show art contest in Wakefield took place on Friday, April 4th. Here are the results for the art students. Congratulations to all! Isabelle Francis: Superior - clay, Superior - clay Carter Hans: Superior - pencil, Superior - colored drawing Jordan Foxhoven: Superior - clay, Superior - clay, Judge’s Merit - colored drawing, Superior - colored drawing Jaylin Geisen: Superior - clay Haley Wieseler: Superior - pencil, Superior - acrylic, & Superior - black & white Taylor Pinkelman: Judge’s Merit - black & white, Judge’s Merit - black & white, Judge’s Merit - acrylic, Outstanding School Artist award Claire Haberman: Superior - colored drawing, Superior - colored drawing Tiara Sudbeck: Judge’s Merit - acrylic, Superior - pencil, Judge’s Merit - black & white Kiera Heimes: Superior - pencil, Judge’s Merit - acrylic, Superior - black & white Brianna Pinkelman: Superior - clay Kason Hans: Superior - pencil Payton Pick: Superior - black & white Aven Hanson: Superior - black & white, Superior - pencil drawing Vivian Stencel: Judge’s Merit - acrylic & Superior - colored drawing Kiersten Hans: Judge’s Merit - colored drawing, Judge’s Merit - acrylic, Judge’s Merit - colored drawing, Judge’s Merit - sculpture, Judge’s Merit - black & white, Superior - clay Jacy Nelson: Superior - black & white Maleah Heimes: Superior - acrylic, Superior - black & white Makenzie Foxhoven: Superior - acrylic Layla Lenzen: Excellent - miscellaneous Derik Pinkelman: Superior - photography Charlie Goeden: Superior - clay, Judge’s Merit - miscellaneous Taya Gowery: Excellent - clay

This week’s character trait was sympathetic! Nice work to our many students who were caught showing sympathy towards someone else throughout their day!

Last Call Music Department T-Shirt order forms are available in the office and have been sent home with music students. Everyone is welcome to put in an order form to support our music department. Order forms are due April 9th

Please join us for Prom 2025 Grand March starting at 6:30pm this Saturday, April 5th in the Wynot gym.

Our 7-12 Music Department is excited to present their Spring Concert on April 11th at 7PM in the WPS gym. Performances will be by the 7-12 Band, 9-12 Concert, 7/8 Choir, Solos and Small Groups. Students are to arrive at 6:30PM. Attire: 7-12 Band and 9-12 Band in Polos and black pants/shoes. 7/8 Choir in dress clothes.

Lewis & Clark Conference Art Exhibit results: Isabelle Francis - 3rd, clay wheel thrown Carter Hans - 1st pencil & 1st colored pencil Jordan Foxhoven - 1st clay hand-built, 1st oil pastel, & outstanding school artist award Jaylin Geisen - 2nd clay wheel thrown Haley Wieseler - 2nd pencil & 2nd acrylic Taylor Pinkelman - Best of Category charcoal, Best of Category scratchboard, & 1st acrylic Claire Haberman - Best of Category Honorable Mention oil pastel & 1st chalk pastel Tiara Sudbeck - Best of Category acrylic, 2nd pencil, & 3rd charcoal Kiera Heimes - Best of Category pencil, 1st acrylic, & 1st scratchboard Kason Hans - 1st pencil Payton Pick - Best of Category Honorable Mention charcoal Aven Hanson - 2nd charcoal Vivian Stencel - 1st acrylic & 1st colored pencil Kiersten Hans - Best of Show JH & 1st colored pencil, 2nd acrylic, 1st colored pencil, 1st sculpture, 1st charcoal Jacy Nelson - 2nd charcoal Maleah Heimes - 2nd acrylic Makenzie Foxhoven - 2nd acrylic Layla Lenzen - 2nd tempera Derik Pinkelman - 1st photography Charlie Goeden - 1st clay hand-built & 3rd tempera Taya Gowery - 2nd clay hand-built Oliver Lenzen - 1st mixed media Lauryn Thiele - Best of Show Elem. mixed media Taelyn Hans - 1st oil pastel Harper Oligmueller - 1st clay hand-built Gavin Goeden - 2nd oil pastel Bekah Burbach - 2nd tempera Kyra Koch - 1st mixed media Zoey Hambrick - 2nd mixed media Anson Higgins - 3rd clay hand-built Hazel Brummer - 1st mixed media Arlowe Lenzen - 3rd mixed media Korahl Wortmann - 1st tempera Nora Burbach - 1st mixed media Lily Boeckman - 1st clay hand-built Kennedy Boeckman - 2nd clay hand-built

Congratulations to the March "Artists of the Month" lower elem., Nora Burbach, 1st grade, "First Grade Forest" upper elem., Ruth Heimes, 3rd grade, "Haitian Tap Taps" middle school, Hudson Hans, 5th grade, "Form Ring Pop" high school, Kiera Heimes, 10th grade, acrylic painting

CONGRATS to all the State Speech Competitors: Aven (POE) Alic (ENT) Blake (HUM) Bentley (HUM) Joslyn (ENT) Ian, Joslyn, Kallie, Eliza, and Bentley (OID) Blake ended 6th in Humorous Prose! OID ended runner-up! What a great season it was!