Whiteland Community High School

WCHS Construction Update! As you can see in photos taken this week the new swimming facility is starting to take shape. Classrooms are coming together and crews are getting ready for Winter work.

E-Learning Day Tomorrow! Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation will have an asynchronous E-Learning day on Wednesday, November 6, 2024. Students can access their classes online through Google Classroom. Please refer to the attached flyer for additional information.

Running For State! Their fellow students cheered them on Friday afternoon during a hallway parade. Lena Shipp, Colton Watson, and Nolan Edens will all run in the state cross-country finals tomorrow. Best wishes to these amazing runners and their coaches.

The Whiteland Band is having our annual Mattress Fundraiser on Saturday, November 16th so we'd love your support if you are in the market for a mattress. Here is some additional information about the sale. 1. All school faculty/staff receive 10% OFF their mattress set! (see coupon attached) 2. There will be over 20 NEW, name-brand, high quality mattresses on display. They'll have all sizes and price ranges and each mattress comes with a full factory warranty. They carry the same brands as a retail store but for less money! This is EXACTLY like shopping at a retail store, AND you get to help our program! 3. They also sell adjustable beds, premium pillows, sheets, frames, and mattress protectors—no need to shop anywhere else! 4. The fundraiser will be at the Whiteland HS Band Room on Sat, Nov. 16th from 10-5. Please come check it out. 5. The new beds can be delivered to your house and set up, or you’ll have the option to pick them up here at the school. Your products will be available less than 2 weeks after the sale. 6. You can pay with a check, cash, or a credit card. Financing is also available!! 7. If you’re not in the market for a new bed but you want to help us, please tell your family and friends. ALSO....THAT SAME WEEKEND in the Auxiliary Gym at WCHS is the Band Booster Craft Fair. We will have over 40 local vendors there with some amazing items that would be perfect for holiday shopping. We hope that you will swing by both events here in 2 weeks on Saturday, November 16th!! Thanks for your support!

Mr. Aguilar and Mrs. Hubbard accompanied a group of students to the 2024 Indiana Latino Institute Education Summit and College & Career Fair, which was held at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Don't Forget to FALL Back this weekend!

FACS Fall Showcase-Halloween Theme! Family and Consumer Science (FACS) students have created a variety of delicacies for their Fall Showcase at WCHS. In an exciting collaboration, classes came together to present a showcase that features displays for both Diwali and Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The FACS graduation pathways include culinary arts, nutrition, child development, and human services as key components of the curriculum.

Know a Veteran? Whiteland Community High School will be hosting a Veterans Day luncheon on November 11 from 11:30-12:30pm. Please contact Amanda Coop at the high school at 317-535-3125 if interested.

News from the 97th annual FFA Convention in Indianapolis! Thursday afternoon Whiteland FFA was named a National 3-Star FFA Chapter! This is the highest honor an FFA chapter can earn from the National FFA! Congratulations to our FFA students and sponsors.

We're just 2 weeks away from the play! Students are excited for everyone to see this production! Shows are Nov. 8, 9 & 10. Staff gets free tickets! Just show your ID at the door and our ticket folks will take care of it! So excited for everyone to see this! Spread the word!

FFA News Congratulations to our Milk Quality & Products Team of Brody Polesel, Leorah Morris, Lillian Nick and Garrett Rice for earning a Silver Ranking in the National FFA Contest! and to Josie Kelsay for being awarded a Silver Ranking in the National FFA Dairy Handler Contest!

Congratulations Spencer Spencer Gillespie is named to the Indiana All-Star Tennis Team. This means that he is one of the best senior tennis players in the state of Indiana. He will play against other senior all-stars on November 10th in Pendleton, IN. This makes it eight straight years for the program with an Indiana All-Star! Here is the list of current and former Indiana All-Star selections from Whiteland: Spencer Gillespie (‘25) Kinsey Shipp (‘24) Cathy Nguyen (‘24) Chase Koester (‘24) Carson Baumann (‘24) Ty McCullars (‘23) Dylan Gross (‘22) Sarah Scott (‘21) Quinten Gillespie (‘21) Travis Robinson (‘21) Garrison Pelfree (‘20) Reese Johnson (’19) Caleb Scott (‘18) Sam Venter (‘’16)

Breaking FFA News! Congratulation Whiteland FFA Member, Cian Cribbs. He was just announced as a Top 4 National FFA Finalist in the Agricultural Education Proficiency Program! .

Got Milk? Good luck to our Milk Quality & Products Team today as they compete in the National competition! 🥛 at the FFA Convention in downtown Indianapolis. #FFA

WCHS Band News! Congratulations!!!

WCHS student, Jack Kelsay, will compete in the National FFA Creed Speaking Contest, this week. He presented his speech to the school board Monday night. The original FFA Creed was written in 1928 and outlines the FFA organization's values and beliefs regarding the industry of agriculture, FFA membership, citizenship, and patriotism. Jack will be judged on his oral presentation of the creed and his response to questions about the meaning of the creed.

National FFA News!

Big Fall Break for the Marching Warriors. On Oct 5th we hosted the ISSMA Scholastic Prelims/Open Invitational here at WCHS and hosted over 2500 student musicians and thousands of their supporters in the stands. The Marching Warriors competed in this contest and received a GOLD rating and special "With Distinction" awards in both Music and Visual. On Oct 12th we competed in the ISSMA Regional competition at Center Grove. The band performed their best show of the year and in result was named an ISSMA Semi-State Finalist for the 9th year in a row! Saturday, back at WCHS, where we hosted groups again for the Whiteland Marching Band Invitational. The band performed in exhibition at the end of the night, but again stepped up their performance to receive their highest score of the season! I can not express how thankful we are for our students...but to host these VERY large events takes an amazing amount of dedicated and AMAZING parents. We absolutely could not do this without them and the countless hours of preparation and work it takes to make contests successful opportunities for not only our students to perform, but the thousands of other students from schools across the state to have a quality educational experience on our campus. I also would like to thank our administration at both the corporation and building level as well as our Athletic Department, Transportation Department, and custodial staff for all of their work as well. Continuing to hold these events in the construction chaos that is our campus was a challenge. It most definitely took a village. Peter Sampson Director of Bands

Feed the Farmer! It was a beautiful October day for Feed the Farmer 2024! Thank you Johnson County Farmers for everything you do! 🚜🌽🐖🐄🌾 Thanks to our Whiteland FFA students and their sponsors for feeding our farmers!

Progressing! Thanks to favorable weather, construction is proceeding on schedule at WCHS. Crews are preparing to begin excavating the new swimming pool. Currently, over 100 brick masons are on site erecting classroom walls.