Congratulations to the Claire Hoeg, Blake Maine, Lydia Fisher, Matthew Peterson, Chalee Ramos, and Tess Loyd. Their. Division I rating at the District Speech contest earned them a bid to the State Speech contest on March 9th. Congratulations as well to Drew Ehrman on his Division II placing.
Keaton Mitchell named SEISC Co-Player of the Year! Read all about in this article by Evan Riggs of the Muscatine Journal. Congratulations Keaton!
Click on this link to read the article: https://muscatinejournal.com/sports/mitchell-named-co-seisc-player-of-the-year/article_a8b416ea-7f8a-5e0d-a6fe-7692672e886c.html
Photo Credit to John Schultz of the Quad City Times
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The Wapello JR/SR High Announcements for 2-25-19 have been posted to our website and mobile app. The direct link for today's announcements is: https://5il.co/6p0g
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Tate Wolford loses a tough finals match 4-1. She takes home a hard fought 2nd place title. Great job Tate. #wearewapello #tribepride
Wapello 7th grader Tate Wolford advances to the finals at the AAU girls state tournament!
First grade celebrated Presidents’ Day by learning about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln!
Middle School dance tonight!
The WHS Boys and Girls Track have their Apparel Store through BSN Sports open! Anyone can visit the site and purchase WHS Track and Field Apparel. Don't delay, the team store will close on March 5, and no orders will be accepted after that date. Follow this link to view merchandise and place orders: https://www.bsnteamsports.com/v3/shop/team_shop/WTRAC19#/
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After some revisions to our database, we will be doing another test of our Notification system via voice call and text message this evening at 5:00. If you do not receive these alerts and want to be added to our database, please visit our website, click on Menu, and then Click on Sign Up for Wapello School Phone/Email Alerts.
The Board of Directors for the Wapello Community School District will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Central Office Board Room to discuss and approve the plan to deal with missed days due to weather and also to discuss the draft calendar for the 2019-2020 school year. The direct link for the agenda is: https://5il.co/6o7c
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The Wapello CSD will be doing an "all call" this afternoon at 1:00 p.m. as a reminder for parent/teacher conferences. If you don't receive this call, please see our website for instructions on how to add your information to our database. Calls will come from 319-527-1462. Reminder that this system is voice activated, the system waits to hear a voice before it begins playing its message. If you have questions, please call 319-523-3641.
The Junior High Boys Basketball teams will close out the regular season tonight at home against the Wolves of Winfield-Mt. Union. Tip off is set for 4:30 p.m. this afternoon.
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A group of students attended a workshop at Rockwell Engineering today to learn more about careers available in the Engineering field.
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Collins Aerospace issued a challenge to students to make a difference in someone's life. The challenge was accepted by this group of 8th grade girls, they developed a new prosthetic hand that could someday be used. Way to go girls!
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Wapello Youth Soccer will be accepting Sign Up forms at Parent/Teacher Conferences tonight from 5-8. If you want to sign up your student for youth soccer, there will be someone outside the office at the Elementary and forms can be given to Mrs. Brown at the JH/HS.
Parent/Teacher Conferences continue this afternoon and evening for Wapello Elementary and Wapello JR/SR High. We hope to see you today or tonight to share with you how your student(s) are doing here at Wapello!
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Wapello will have a two hour delay today, February 20. No early dismissal.
Tonight is our Early Childhood Open House at Wapello Elementary. If you have or know of someone that will have a child that will be in Pre-Kindergarten or Kindergarten this fall, please plan on attending our Open House this evening to meet the teachers, tour the facilities and to learn more about our Early Childhood Programs that are available at Wapello Elementary.
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Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss
February 25th-March 1st
March 2nd is Dr. Seuss’ birthday—Did you know Dr. Seuss would be 115 this year? While he is no longer with us, his legacy lives on in the pages of his books. He forever changed the way children’s books were written and continues to inspire generations. So next Wapello Elementary will honor him with dress up days, activities, and reading our favorite Dr. Seuss books.
Monday- “Hats off to Dr. Seuss”
(wear a hat or dress up like a Dr. Seuss character)
Tuesday- “Read My Shirt”
(wear a shirt others can read)
Wednesday- “Wacky Wednesday”
(wear crazy socks, crazy hair or mismatched clothes)
Thursday- “The Lorax Mustache You a Question”
(wear a mustache)
Friday- “Cozy Up and Read”
(wear your pajamas)
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The visitation for Lucas Baker will be Saturday, February 23, 2019, from noon to 2:00 PM at the Solid Rock Baptist Church in Wapello, with a funeral ceremony to follow.
If you ordered a "Lucas Strong" shirt, the family asks that you wear it to the service to honor Lucas.