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1 GRADUATION June 5th SEMESTER 2 REPORT CARDS MAILED HOME June 10th SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS DUE IN HS OFFICE June 15th SUMMER SCHOOL DATES First Session June 20th-June 24th June 27th-July 1st Second Session July 11th-July 15th July 18th-July 22nd Freshmen 1st Day September 1st WELCOME CLASS OF 2020! WASHBURN HIGH SCHOOL BAND & CHOIR STUDENTS PARTICI- PATE IN DISTRICT SOLO AND EN- SEMBLE FESTIVAL Washburn High School band and choir students participated in the District Solo & Ensemble Festival hosted by Ashland High School on Saturday, April 2nd. Ketzel Levens (flute solo), Ketzel Levens (piccolo solo), Dan Hawbaker (horn solo), Liv Overby (horn solo), Aaron Libert (baritone or bass solo), Madeline Marsh (musical theater solo), Katie Williamson (soprano solo), Katie Williamson (musical theater solo), Ketzel Levens and Nick Smith (flute/trombone duet), Ketzel Levens and Nick Smith (trombone duet), Madeline Marsh, Claudia Burst, Elsa Armstrong and Emily Wiatr (Barbershop Quartet) and the Woodwind/ Brass Special Ensemble all qualified to perform at the State Solo & Ensemble Festival at UW-Eau Claire on May 7th. Also receiving an excellent (I) rating in Class A, but not qualifying for the State Festival was Madeline Marsh (soprano solo), Alex Fischer and Yumi Tsuchiya(vocal duet), and Katie Williamson and Tim Hudak (vocal duet). Jaryd Traaholt (xylophone solo) and the Jazz Ensemble received a very good (II) rating in class A. This is a wonderful and very challenging activity for young musicians to be involved in. Congratulations to all students who participated in this excellent educational opportunity. The instrumental music program in Washburn is directed by Rick Seppa and the vocal music program is directed by Zachary Olson. Featured on the right: Members of the 2016 Jazz Band and Director Rick Seppa EARTH DAY EDUCATION Washburn High School had an Earth Day presentation on Friday April 22nd from a Randy Lehr a Professor from Northland College. He talked about climate change and the impact it will have on the future of the earth, specifically in our region. For a complete calendar log on to and click on the High School Website

2 Our Mission is to enable students to enter the global society with the knowledge, skills, habits, and attitudes required to be contributing citizens. WASHBURN HIGH SCHOOL ECOLOGY CLUB The Washburn High School Ecology Club participates in several citizen science projects and service learning projects. Currently the club is involved with the University of Minnesota s Monarch Larva Monitoring project, the College of William and Mary s Milkweed project, The Great Sunflower project and the Monarch Tagging project sponsored by the University of Kansas. The club also is an active participant in the Adopt a Beach service learning event under the direction of Alliance for the Great Lakes. Twice a year the club monitors and cleans four beaches along the walking trail in the city of Washburn. Last fall the club hiked with the AFS club to St. Peter s Dome. Currently, the group is investigating the proposed National Marine Sanctuary application process and will be giving informational presentations to the students of Washburn High School. On Earth Day, April 22nd, Randy Lehr from the Water Institute at Northland College, gave a lyceum on Lake Superior and Climate Change. The culminating activity for the year is a sea kayaking trip to the sea caves made possible by a generous grant from the Washburn Community Education Foundation. This year s fundraiser will be the sale of monarch mini oasis. VISUAL ARTS CLASSIC The high school Visual Arts Classic Team traveled to Madison on April 7th to take part in the state competition. This year s team consists of five students: Nolan Ridlon (drawing), Maren Bulovsky (drawing), Avia Merton (printmaking), Isabelle Kerstens (ceramics) and Alex Fischer (traditional photography). The theme this year is Art & Science. In addition to Friday s competition, students visited the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (featuring an exhibition on Frank Stella) on Thursday, and attended an open house at the UW- Madison Art Lofts. They had the opportunity to visit the studio spaces of UW Fine Art faculty and MFA candidates and view demonstrations on glass blowing, metalwork, and a foundry pour. They also met with several of the university professors in their studio spaces to learn about their work. State VAC results are still pending, but the team represented Washburn well and did a great job! Interested in learning more about VAC and how you can take part? Contact Kristin Tetzner for more information! FORESICS GOES TO MADISON! Congratulations to the Washburn High School Forensics Team! They had an outstanding performance at the State Forensics Meet in Madison. The team earned thirteen gold medals and ten silver medals. Three seniors, Emily Wiatr, Elsa Armstrong, and Madeline Marsh, won a special award for winning gold medals all four years of their high school career, an accomplishment that is very difficult to attain. Great job to the whole Washburn Team! Visit the website to find: Daily Announcements School Calendars Lunch Menus Student Skyward Access Links Latest News Forms for Various Activities Athletic and Student Handbooks Links to Clubs and Organizations Links to Sports Links for Academic Support Plus Much More.

3 2016 WASHBURN BASEBALL SEASON After coming off of strong playoff push in 2015, the Castle Guards were bolstered by a good crop of young talent and experienced seniors. The Guards were lead by senior captains Alec Bouchard (catcher) and Tom Crowell (third base). Washburn's young talent was showcased in the infield. Big expectations were set for sophomores Connor Olson (SS,P), Brody Lindenberg (2B), and Chris Cholwek(1B,P). Washburn won their games this year with a mix of pitching and fielding. Pitching was headed by 2015 Pitcher of the Year Connor Bouchard who posted a 6-1 record in Chris Cholwek also earned himself a spot on the All-Conference team this year in part because of his pitching. The Castle Guards put emphasis on offense this year with the hiring of hitting Coach Shane Buckley (Northland College Alum). The Guards finished up their season with a win in the first Regional game, but were unable to play in the Semi-Finals due to a conflict in the scheduling. GOLF Washburn hasn t had a golf team for several years but the team, led by Brady Stephenson, brought golf back to Washburn High School with a vengeance. This year s team worked hard to represent the school and community well and they sure did. Even though most of the team had very little experience in the game and tournament competition, they did a great job. We have focused on developing consistent golf swings and learning the rules and etiquette of the game, said a member of the golf team. The varsity golf team consisted of the top 5 players and played a schedule of 8 tournaments before the Regional held May 24th. Even though a cold, wet, windy spring made it tough to get outside for practice, the team came through an earned a trip to the Section Meet. Brady Stephenson, scored an 81 at the Sectional Meet to earn his way to the State Golf Tournament on June 6th and 7th in Madison, Wisconsin. The golf team would like to thank Apostle Highlands for being their home course for the year and Coach Dick Reese for a GREAT 1st season. Best of luck to Brady at the State Tournament! SOCCER The Washburn Girls Soccer team entered its 16th season and fourth year of the co-op between Bayfield and Washburn. Coach Olaf Kirsten has coached since its inception, and the program has amassed a record of 190 wins, 74 losses, and 23 ties. The Castle Guards have 7 regional championships and 5 trips to the Sectional Final, each time losing to St. Mary Central. The 2016 version of the team features nine returning starters, five of whom are seniors. In goal the ladies will start Bayfield senior Madeline LaPointe, and the defense, led by Washburn senior Anna Nutt, includes two other Washburn seniors Claudia Burst and Elsa Armstrong. In midfield Bayburn United, as the merger is known, has several options, but Washburn junior Kelsie Shields and senior Alex Fischer proved to be anchors in the center. In the attack, the girls surely provided a steady diet of last year s leading scorer Washburn junior Emma Meeker with her accompanying strike mates of fellow Washburn junior Ireland Guenther and Washburn sophomore Pooja Geisen. The team built on their early season win over Barron and made a serious challenge to win the Northern Lights Soccer Conference this season, but came up one win short. The last time the team won a Regional title was in The girls are looking to go deep into the playoffs this year with strong scoring and solid defense, and an attitude of unity and a commitment to excellence communicated from the strong leadership the team possesses. The started the tournament play off right with a Regional win against Amery. They will face #1 seeded Northland Pines on Saturday in the Regional Finals. Game time is 10:00am at the Northland Pines field. Also, congratulations to Emma Meeker, who broke the single season scoring record.we don t have a number for you yet, because we know there will be more goals to come! Congrats, Emma! TRACK The track season has no doubt been an exciting one. There was over 40 athletes on the combined Washburn/South Shore team. Each meet saw improvements by several members, including new personal records. The girls team were Conference and Regional Champs this year and all atheltes made it to the Sectional Meet. The focus has now turned to the State Meet in LaCrosse on June 3rd and 4th where Seniors Ketzel Levens and Colin Liphart will run in the 1600 meters for a spot on the podium.

4 Scholarship Winner 2016 WASHBURN/ BAYFIELD SOFTBALL By Coach Dana Wiezorek Even though the snow fell well into the season, it s the softball coach s favorite time of the year! This year the girls from Washburn and Bayfield worked hard on their fundamentals, polishing skills, and for some, learning the game of softball for the first time! The coaches could not have been more proud of these girls and how they came together as a team! The softball team had 5 seniors this year, from Washburn Autumn Koleski, Sarah Lowe, and Carita Frangen from Bayfield Karen Thomas and Elle Benton. Autumn and Elle are both did an outstanding job pitching. They worked on hitting corners, change ups, and a drop and rise ball. Sarah, the main catcher, was amazing behind the plate. Sarah was committed, quick, aggressive, and had a great arm! Karen was our main centerfielder. She had unbelievable reflexes in catching hard hits, especially backhanded. She worked this season to drag bunting and did a great job at bat. Carita, came all the way from Finland, and caught onto American Fastpitch very well, since it is similar in ways, yet very different from playing Finnish Baseball. The positions are a little different from what we are used to pitcher is in the catcher s spot and catcher is in the pitcher s spot. The other big difference is how the bases are set. We are used to a diamond shape, and Carita is used to more like a zig zag of bases. The seniors were great and had a great last year of playing high school softball, but the rest of the team was just as talented, committed, and were also great softball players. Team members included: From Washburn, Emma Koleski, Makayla Madison, Kim Casper, Carita Frangen, Sarah Lowe, Autumn Koleski, and Ava Karr. From Bayfield, Alyssa Hauser, Elle Benton, Randi Defoe, Savannah Krisik, Tatum Cadotte, Torrie Mertig, Karen Thomas, and Savannah Behm. Thea Assistant Coach was Becky Wygonik. WB softball ended their season in their first Regional game with a loss to Chetek. ELSA ARMSTRONG WINS THE GATES-MILLENNIUM SCHOLARSHIP Washburn High School Senior, Elsa Armstrong, has been awarded the very prestigious Gates-Millennium Scholarship. The Gates-Millennium Scholarship is funded by a $1.6 billion grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It was started in 1999 and is promised to run for 20 years. It focuses on funding outstanding minority students, in either undergraduate or graduate programs. Each year only 1,000 students are selected from across the U.S. to receive this scholarship. The program promotes academic excellence, which Elsa has demonstrated throughout her high school career. The application process is extremely rigorous, demanding eight written essays on specified topics, an educator s evaluation on academics, and an assessment of the student s community and service roles. The scholarship encourages students to pursue and complete an undergraduate degree in the discipline area of their choice. Elsa is Washburn s first Gates- Millennium Scholar and will attend Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire this fall. Don t forget about Summer School. The application is on the final pages of the newsletter. Applications are due to the high school office by June 15th.

5 TECH MATH The Tech Math class took a field trip to the Xcel Energy Biomass plant on March 30th. Woodchips are the main source of energy and they are all purchased around a 60 mile radius of the plant. They toured around the grounds and saw a fuel handling system where they load the woodchips, a combustion boiler, steam turbines, electrical generators, and a mathematical processor controlling all the equipment called a control system. WHS BAND STUDENTS AT NWMA ALL-CONFERENCE BAND Students from the Washburn High School band program participated in the 2015 Northwest Music Association All-Conference Band. The event was hosted by Northwestern High School. The All-Conference Band is made up of students selected from schools in the NWMA, which included Ashland, Butternut, Drummond, Northwestern (Maple), Northwood (Minong), South Shore (Port Wing) and Washburn. The students participated in rehearsals throughout the day and presented a concert at 5:00 p.m. The All-Conference Band was conducted by Mr. Robert Mondlock. Mr. Mondlock is now retired after teaching for 22 years in Boyceville, Elk Mound and UW-Eau Claire. Students from Washburn selected to the All-Conference Band (pictured above from left to right) Nick Smith, Marit Nelson, Matt Kubik, Nathan Holder, Liv Overby, Emma Sauld, James Wiltz, Kira Doman, Bridger Foster, Ketzel Levens, Alicia Roberson, Shannon Soulier, Reed Edmunds, Angelica Rosales and Jaryd Traaholt. MATH COMPETITION Eight students went to the UW-Superior Mathematics meet on April 20th. Each student competed in individual events where they answered 15 multiple choice questions, each worth one point, in 15 minutes. Each student competed in three individual events a piece. Their options included Plane Geometry, Calculus, Algebra II and Analytic Geometry, Trigonometry and Elementary Functions, and Probability and Statistics. In the team event, all of the members of each team were given a set of ten problems to solve together in a 20 minute time period. Each problem in the team event was worth ten points. The first and second place teams in each division (smaller school and larger school) received a trophy. It was a great learning experience for all the students involved and they will return next year. TREE PLANTING Volunteer students from Washburn High School participated in a spring tree planting this week led by Joseph LeBouton (Wisconsin DNR Forester) and Tony Janisch (Director of the Bad River Watershed Association). During this experience, they learned about the ecological practices the Wisconsin DNR puts into use when managing public lands and how humans choices about land use impact lands and water around Lake Superior. Students participated in an hour long talk about various land uses, such as commercial, recreational, and ecological, and how these uses affect various parts of the ecosystem. They were then asked to put some of the topics they just learned about into practice. The students worked in pairs to plant about 1500 trees in two days, in a section of public land near the intersections of County highway C, Church Corner Rd, and Maple Hill Rd. This planting was done to improve stream quality in the Sioux River Watershed, which flows into Chequamegon Bay, an inlet of Lake Superior.

6 Washburn High School Class of 2016 Elsa Armstrong*^ William Blong Alec Thomas Bouchard^ Connor James Bouchard Claudia Candice Burst^ Collin M. Clapero^ Corey Collins^ Caroline Compton^ Thomas M. Crowell Amanda S. Defoe William David Dougherty*+ Alessandro Drago # Andrew Thomas Dunham^ Reed Edmunds^ Alexandria Brooke Fischer*+^ Carita Lilja Frangén # Alexis Myra Griggs*+^ Angela Juliet Heglund^ Morgan Leigh Hinson*+^ Clara Elizabeth Holder*+ Timothy Joseph Hudak, Jr.* Claire Trease Karr Isabelle Cordua Kerstens # Willie Keyes Autumn Elizabeth Koleski* Matthew Charles Kubik+^ Anna Lynn Lazorik*+^ Ulysse Le Corre # Ketzel Lindsey Levens*+^ Aaron David Libert Colin R. Liphart*+^ Sarah Rose Lowe*+^ Dhani Lubis # Madeline Louise Marsh*+^ Taya Ashley Martin^ Brandon F. Miller Muhammad Nabil Nur Adha # Anna Elizabeth Nutt*+^ Laura Anne Paulsen*+^ Nolan Michael Ridlon Andrew J. Sauer*+^ Christopher James Schaitberger Brant Allen Schick Austin Scribner^ Nicholas A.J. Smith+ Yumi Tsuchiya # Colten T. Vernon Emily Rose Wiatr*+^ Katherine Jean Williamson^ *Honor Student +National Honor Society Member #Foreign Exchange Student ^Service Learning - over 80 hours served during high school

7 SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATION SUMMER SCHOOL :30 a.m. 12 noon daily Monday Friday June 20-July 1, 2016 & July 11-22, 2016 Student Phone Grade Course Semester Classroom Teacher Teacher: I agree that (name and semester of class): Option 1: may be made up in Summer School because the student is within 10% of passing. Assignments for the class will be placed in the box in the high school office before the beginning of summer school. If all work is successfully completed, he/she will receive a grade no higher than D. Option 2: this course is not eligible for credit recovery. This student may take an online course to recover credit for the failed class/semester. (see #4 & # 8 on the reverse of this form) Option 3: this student received a grade of Incomplete. Assignments for the class will be placed in the box in the high school office before the beginning of summer school. The student will receive the grade that she/he earned for the class after the needed work has been completed. Teacher Signature Date Student: I agree to complete the course work/online course as described in order to receive credit for the class. Student Signature Date Phone Number Parent or Guardian: I agree that my son or daughter may participate in summer school to make up the class indicated. Parent or Guardian s Signature Date Phone Number Note: Successful completion of this course in summer school may reinstate athletic eligibility. Approved: Principal s Signature Date Please complete this form and return it to Mrs. King in the HS Office by June 15, 2016

8 Summer School Information 1. Summer School will be in session for four weeks following the end of the school year, with a week break during the two sessions. It will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at the middle/ elementary school. 2. Students must submit a completed application, with all the needed signatures, for Summer School by June 15, 2016 to the High School Principal. Students must obtain approval from the teacher of the failed class. 3. If within 10% of a passing grade, the classroom teacher will develop the list of work to be completed by each student. The list and work will be brought to the High School Office by the end of the school year. 4. Students who have failed a class beyond the point of credit recovery may retake a WVS online course during summer school. Please see Mrs. King for details. 5. Attendance in summer school is required. A student with three absences and/or tardies will be dropped from summer school 6. If students finish the assigned work they may be dismissed from summer school, with teacher approval. 7. Successful completion of credit recovery may reinstate athletic eligibility. Grades for Summer School will not be entered on transcripts until September of the following school year. No report cards will be sent. 8. Students can recoup credit for required and elective courses. Credit may be recovered for first or second semester classes, but only fourth quarter/second semester counts toward reinstatement for athletic eligibility. 9. The final grade will be determined by the classroom teacher by July 27, Online courses will follow the WVS deadlines. Be aware that grades from online courses may not be in the time to reinstate athletic eligibility. 10. Students may be asked to leave Summer School if they are not following standard school policies. If a student is asked to leave, he/she will not be readmitted. 11. Students are responsible for bringing classroom materials, pencils, paper etc. 12. Students who do not remediate required course(s) during summer school will have those courses placed into their schedule. 13. Free breakfast and lunch will be served during summer school and throughout the whole summer. All children under 18 are able to eat for free regardless of if they attend Washburn Schools or Summer School. All are encouraged to come and eat!